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Cougars Wrap up Three in Three against Wenatchee

January 28, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


Today, in Wenatchee, the Prince George Cougars take on the Wenatchee Wild for the final time this season at 4:00 pm.

The Prince George Cougars roared back into the win column over the Tri-City Americans. Zac Funk, Carlin Dezainde, and Borya Valis scored the Cougar goals, and Josh Ravensbergen steadied the ship in goal, making 26 saves on 28 American shots.

PG GOAL SCORERS: Funk, Dezainde, Valis

GOALIE: Ravensbergen (26/28, .928)

PP: 1/4

PK: 3/3

COUGARS LAST FIVE RESULTS, Record: 2-2-0-1

DATE RESULT GWG PG GOALIE OPP. GOALIE

January 13, 2024 PG [2] vs KEL [3] [SO] Szturc (SOW) Ravensbergen Kykkanen

January 19, 2024 PG [3] vs POR [2] Heidt Ravensbergen Avakyan

January 20, 2024 PG [1] vs POR [2] Buttazzoni Young Avakyan

January 27, 2024 PG [3] at SPO [4] Van Olm Young Michaluk

January 28, 2024 PG [3] at TC [2] Valis Ravensbergen Matecha

COUGARS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

DATE TIME (PDT) OPPONENT VENUE

January 28, 2024 4:00 pm at Wenatchee Wild Town Toyota Center

January 30, 2024 7:05 pm at Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center

February 2, 2024 7:00 pm at Vancouver Giants Langley Events Centre

February 4, 2024 2:00 pm vs Kamloops Blazers CN Centre

February 9, 2024 7:00 pm vs Victoria Royals CN Centre

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Oct. 6/2023 - at Prince George (6-4 PG)

Oct. 7/2023 - at Prince George (6-3 WEN)

Dec. 15/2023 -- at Wenatchee (6-3 PG)

Jan. 3/2024 - at Wenatchee (6-2 PG)

Jan. 28/2024 - at Wenatchee

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS

Goals (43): Zac Funk

Assists (52): Riley Heidt

Points (78): Zac Funk

PIMS (96): Aiden Foster

Plus/Minus (+35): Zac Funk

COUGARS CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:

Hudson Thornton - 49 career goals (1 away from 50)

Zac Funk - 95 career goals (5 away from 100)

Ondrej Becher - 99 games played (2 away from 100)

Riley Heidt - 199 career games played (2 away from 200)

Borya Valis - 46 career goals (4 away from 50)

Ondrej Becher - 91 career points (9 away from 100)

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDING LEADERS

Wins (16): Ty Young

Save % (.923): Joshua Ravensbergen

Goals Against Average (2.15) - Joshua Ravensbergen

Shutouts (6): Joshua Ravensbergen

COUGARS CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:

Hudson Thornton - 49 career goals (1 away from 50)

Zac Funk - 95 career goals (5 away from 100)

Ondrej Becher - 99 games played (2 away from 100)

Riley Heidt - 199 career games played (2 away from 200)

Borya Valis - 46 career goals (4 away from 50)

Ondrej Becher - 91 career points (9 away from 100)

WHO'S HOT

Borya Valis has points in 17 of 20 games (9-18-28)

Zac Funk has points in 11 of his last 15 games (12-11-23)

Riley Heidt has points in 11 of his last 14 games (10-12-22)

Terik Parascak has points in 14 of 18 games (5-18-23)

Ondrej Becher has points in 9 of his last 10 games (5-9-14)

46 DOWN, 22 TO GO: The Cougars enter tonight with a 31-14-0-1 record (61 points) on the season through 46 games which leads the BC Division and the Western Conference. The Cats are 15-7-0-1 at home and 15-7-0-0 on the road so far this season.

AGAINST THE US DIVISION: The Cougars enter tonight's contest against the Wild with a 11-8-0-0 record against the US division and are 23-11-0-1 against the Western Conference.

NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Three Prince George Cougars were listed on NHL Central Scouting's mid-season rankings. Terik Parascak, 17, headlines the trio with being the #14 ranked skater. The Lethbridge, AB owns 26 goals and paces all rookie skaters with 60 points in 40 games at the time of the rankings being released. 19-year-old Ondrej Becher enters the rankings for the first time, coming in at #84. Becher is coming off an impressive World Junior tournament, where he accumulated ten points in seven games (3-7-10). Hunter Laing rounds out the Cougars trio at #108. The 6'6 forward owns 13 points in 48 games at the time of the rankings being released.

CHL TOP TEN: The WHL is represented by three teams in the Week 16 rankings. Saskatoon (2), Prince George (4), Everett (7), and Portland (10). The Cougars have been named in the CHL Top 10 15 of the 16 weeks.

BRONZE BECHER: Ondrej Becher and Team Czechia erased a three-goal deficit against Team Finland on January 5th to claim the Bronze Medal at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship in Sweden. The Cougar sniper led the Czech's in the bronze medal game offensively, netting a hat trick and accumulating five points in the win. Czechia scored six unanswered goals in the final period to earn the Bronze Medal.

HISTORY CHASING: Cougars' forward and Minnesota Wild prospect Riley Heidt is in striking distance of setting a pair of all-time franchise records. #27 is just one assist from surpassing alumnus Jansen Harkins (168) for the most helpers in franchise history and three points behind Harkins for the most points in franchise history (243). Captain Hudson Thornton is also four points shy of holding the Cougars all-time assists record among defencemen. Dan Hamhuis is the leader with 123.

WE WANT THE FUNK: Zac Funk is flirting with Cougar's single-season history. The 20-year-old from Coldstream, BC already owns 43 goals this season. These 43 goals in a single season rank 7th all-time in Cougars history. Quinn Hancock is the franchise leader with 54 goals in a single season. Funk also owns 20 power-play goals and is three power-play tallies away from surpassing Chase Wheatcroft for the most power-play goals by a Cougar in a single season.

HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

WHEN: Sunday, January 28 at 4:00pm PDT

WHERE: Toyota Center - Wenatchee, WA

WATCH: WHL Live

LISTEN: 94.3 The Goat

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