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Preview: Cougars Aim to Rebound in Tri-City

January 27, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


KENNEWICK, WA - Tonight, the Prince George Cougars aim to get back in the win column as they battle the Tri-City Americans at 6:00 pm.

The Prince George Cougars fell short in the opening game of their five-game road swing in Spokane. Riley Heidt, Terik Parascak, and Hunter Laing delivered the Cougar offence, while Ty Young was busy in goal, making 38 saves.

PG GOAL SCORERS: Heidt, Parascak, Laing

GOALIE: Young (38/42, .904)

PP: 0/4

PK: 1/2

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

DATE RESULT GWG PG GOALIE OPP. GOALIE

January 12, 2024 PG [5] vs KEL [2] Dezainde Young Kykkanen

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

COUGARS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

DATE TIME (PDT) OPPONENT VENUE

January 27, 2024 6:05 pm at Tri-City Americans Toyota Center

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

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Sep. 22/2023 - at Prince George (9-0 PG)

Sep. 23/2023 - at Prince George (6-4 TC)

Dec. 1/2023 -- at Tri-City (4-1 PG)

Jan. 27/2024 - at Tri-City

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Sep. 23/2022 - at Prince George (5-1 PG)

Sep. 24/2022 - at Prince George (8-3 TC)

Dec. 9/2022 - at Tri-City (4-3 TC/OT)

Dec. 10/2022 - at Tri City (4-3 TC)

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS

Goals (42): Zac Funk

Assists (50): Riley Heidt

Points (76): Zac Funk

PIMS (94): Aiden Foster

Plus/Minus (+34): Zac Funk

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 - 94 career goals (6 away from 100)

Ondrej Becher - 98 games played (2 away from 100)

Riley Heidt - 198 career games played (2 away from 200)

Oren Shtrom - 149 career games played (1 away from 150)

Borya Valis - 45 career goals (5 away from 50)

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS

45 DOWN, 23 TO GO: The Cougars enter tonight with a 30-14-0-1 record (59 points) on the season through 45 games which leads the BC Division and second in 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 Americans with a 10-8-0-0 record against the US division and are 22-11-0-1 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 four assists from surpassing alumnus Jansen Harkins (168) for the most helpers in franchise history and six 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.

HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

WHEN: Saturday, January 27 at 6:00pm PDT

WHERE: Toyota Center - Kennewick, WA

WATCH: WHL Live

LISTEN: 94.3 The Goat

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