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Thornton's Six Point Night Helps Cougars to 9-1 Clobbering over Victoria

November 19, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


VICTORIA, BC - The Prince George Cougars (11-9-0-0) were led by a six-point performance from Hudson Thornton to help them to a 9-1 triumph over the Victoria Royals on Friday night at the Save on Foods Memorial Centre.

After some big saves in the opening period from Ty Young, the Cougars were able to get a pair of late goals from both Caden Brown and Keaton Dowhaniuk to get PG up a pair after the opening 20 minutes.

In the second, the Cougars exploded for four more goals, which included a pair from Hudson Thornton, along with singles from Chase Wheatcroft and the first of the season from Viliam Kmec. The Royals got on the board in the final minutes from their leading scorer Jake Poole. Prince George took a 6-1 lead to the dressing room after forty minutes.

In the final period, Prince George tacked on to the lead, getting markers from Cole Dubinsky, Hudson Thornton (hat-trick goal), and Keaton Dowhaniuk. The Cougars soared to a 9-1 victory to kick off the season series against the Victoria Royals.

GAME NOTES

-Koehn Ziemmer and Hudson Thornton's point streak extended to 12 games

-Cole Dubinsky scores his fourth goal as a Cougar in his fourth game

- Hudson Thornton records his first WHL hat-trick

-Keaton Dowhaniuk records his first WHL multi-goal game

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring

Cougars: Brown, Dowhaniuk (2), Thornton (3), Kmec, Dubinsky

Royals: Poole

Goaltending

Cougars: Ty Young 60:00 (W) (1 GA 21 Saves)

Royals: Logan Cunningham 28:26 (L) (5 GA 14 Saves) Jayden Kraus 31:34 (4 GA 17 Saves)

Power-Play

Cougars: 3/5

Royals: 0/4

Shots

Cougars: 24

Royals: 22

Three Stars:

1. PG: Hudson Thornton (3G 3A)

2. PG: Riley Heidt (3A)

3. VIC: Jake Poole (1G)

Next Game: Saturday, November 19th in Victoria to take on the Royals at 6:05 PM.

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