Cougars Swept by Royals

Published on March 20, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release

VICTORIA, BC - The Prince George Cougars (20-34-2-1) are leaving Vancouver Island empty handed. The Victoria Royals (19-34-5-1) completed the weekend sweep on Saturday with their 3-0 victory at Save on Foods Memorial Centre.

The loss, coupled with the Royals' win, drops the Cougars to ninth place in the Western Conference.

Bailey Peach scored all three Royals goals, including an empty-net marker late in regulation. Royals' goaltender Tyler Palmer was excellent again as he stopped all 35 shots fired his way, as he earned his third shutout. Palmer stopped a combined 75 of 77 shots over the two games on the weekend.

Tyler Brennan was solid in the Cougars' crease, as the 18-year-old netminder stopped 25 of 27 shots. Saturday was the first time Prince George was shutout since February 5th.

The Cougars power play, which had scored a goal in each of the last eight games, went 0-4 on Saturday. The penalty kill was 2-2.

Prince George is right back down to Vancouver Island next week, as they face the Royals in another weekend doubleheader starting on Friday, March 25th.

GAME NOTES

Hudson Thornton and Ethan Samson had their eight-game point streaks come to an end Saturday. Koehn Ziemmer's goal scoring streak was halted at five games. The Cougars are now 8-3-0-0 in 11 games against Victoria this season. The two teams still play three more times.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring

Royals: Bailey Peach (3)

Cougars: No scoring

Goaltending

Royals: Tyler Palmer (W), 60:00, 35 saves, 35 shots

Cougars: Tyler Brennan (L), 59:02, 25 saves, 27 shots

Power-Play

Royals: 0/2

Cougars: 0/4

Shots

Royals: 28

Cougars: 35

Three Stars: 1) Bailey Peach 2) Tyler Palmer 3) Tarun Fizer

Next Game: Friday, March 25th at Victoria Royals, 7:05 pm

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