Game Preview: Cougars at Oil Kings
November 30, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release
EDMONTON, AB - Tonight, at Rogers Place, the Prince George Cougars conclude their two game road swing with a battle against the Edmonton Oil Kings at 6:00 pm PDT.
LAST GAME: 3-2 Loss at Red Deer Rebels: The Prince George Cougars dropped their second straight game, falling 3-2 to the Red Deer Rebels on Friday, November 29th at the Peavey Mart Centrium in Red Deer. Terik Parascak and Carson Carels delivered the Prince George Cougar offence, and Josh Ravensbergen made 28 saves. The Cougars went a perfect 3/3 on the penalty kill and then went 1/5 on the power-play.
VS. EDMONTON: Tonight will be the only meeting of the season between the Cougars and Oil Kings. Last season, Edmonton defeated the Prince George Cougars by a 6-4 score at the CN Centre on December 27, 2023. In the last five seasons, both teams have only met twice, and the Cougars are 1-1-0-0 against the Oil Kings in that span. Tonight marks the first time the Cougars visit Edmonton since January 21st 2023 - a span of 677 days.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS
Goals (19) - Koehn Ziemmer
Assists (24) - Viliam Kmec
Points (35) - Terik Parascak
PIMS (64) - Aiden Foster
Plus/Minus (+22) - Viliam Kmec
Wins (12) - Josh Ravensbergen
Save Percentage (.901) - Josh Ravensbergen
Goals Against Average (3.01) - Josh Ravensbergen
Shutouts (0) - N/A
WHOS HOT
Viliam Kmec has points in 6 straight games (1-9-10)
Riley Heidt has points in 7 straight games (6-11-17)
Koehn Ziemmer has points in 9 of his last 10 (13-4-17)
Lee Shurgot has points in 6 of his last 7 (4-4-8)
Hunter Laing has points in 4 of his last 6 (3-2-5)
Borya Valis has points in 11 of his last 13 (9-10-19)
MILESTONE WATCH
Riley Heidt - 96 career goals (4 away from 100)
Riley Heidt - 217 career assists (19 away from record PG & VIC)
Koehn Ziemmer - 110 career goals (11 away from Cougar record)
Hunter Laing - 96 career games played (4 away from 100)
Terik Parascak - 93 career games played (7 away from 100)
Terik Parascak - 139 career points (11 away from 150)
Jett Lajoie - 83 career games played (17 away from 100)
Borya Valis - 177 career points (13 away from 200)
COUGARS NEXT FIVE GAMES
November 30th - @ Edmonton Oil Kings - 6:00 pm PDT
December 6th - vs. Regina Pats - 7:00 pm PDT
December 7th - vs. Kamloops Blazers - 6:00 pm PDT
December 11th - @ Tri-City Americans - 7:05 pm PDT
December 13th - @ Portland Winterhawks - 7:00 pm PDT
You can catch the action live on 94.3 The Goat or you can watch live on WHL Live.
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Western Hockey League Stories from November 30, 2024
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