Vees Clinch Bc Division Title with OT Loss
Published on March 11, 2026 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Penticton Vees News Release
Penticton Vees huddle vs. the Prince George Cougars
(Penticton Vees, Credit: Prince George Cougars)
Prince George, BC - The Penticton Vees fell 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night in Prince George but in the process, clinched the BC Division title with the point.
The Vees fall to 41-13-5-4 on the season.
Ryden Evers opened the scoring 3:17 into the game collecting a rebound off a shot from Chase Valliant and wiring home his 32nd goal of the season.
After the Cougars answered, Brittan Alstead took a fortuitous bounce off the wall and put the puck backhand over goaltender Josh Ravensbergen to make it 2-1 after 20 minutes.
The Cougars scored the lone goal of the second period on the powerplay off the stick of Terik Parascak to make it 2-2 heading into the final frame.
Nolan Stevenson found the back of the net on the powerplay for his 11th goal of the season to give the Vees a 3-2 lead with 10:15 remaining.
With the goaltender pulled, the Cougars scored to tie the game 3-3 as Dmitri Yakutsenak found a rebound off a point shot to send the game to overtime.
Brock Souch scored 22 seconds into the extra frame to give the Cougars the 4-3 win.
GAME STATS
Shots:
Vees- 32
Cougars- 28
Scoring:
Vees- Ryden Evers, Brittan Alstead, Nolan Stevenson
Cougars- Koy Funk, Terik Parascak, Dmitri Yakutsenak, Brock Souch
Power Plays:
Vees- 1/2
Cougars- 1/1
Goaltending:
Vees- AJ Reyelts - 24/28
Cougars- Josh Ravensbergen- 29/32
Up Next: The Vees return to the SOEC to host the Everett Silvertips to begin a home-and-home Friday at 7:00PM.
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