Digital Program vs. Prince George Cougars by Seattle Thunderbirds

T H U N D E R B I R D S

G A M E

N O T E S

DATE

HOME GAME #15

LOCATION

Friday, December 15, 2017

Overall Game #32

accesso ShoWare Center

GAME TIME

REFEREES

LINESMEN

7:35 PM

Stephen Campbell #14, Jeff Ingram #82

Mark Heier #125, Adam Brastad #132

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS 12-14-3-2 #

2 4 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 # 1 33 35

PLAYERS Cole Moberg* (00L) Joel Lakusta (98) Jonas Harkins* (00L) Jackson Leppard (00) Chance Adrian* (99L) Josh Curtis (98L) Josh Maser (99) Max Kryski* (00) Ben Coppinger* (00) Brogan O’Brien (97) Ryan Schoettler (99) Nic Holowko (97) Jack Sander* (00) Cole Beamin* (01L) AP Ethan O’Rourke (99) Jared Bethune (97) Matthew Mosher* (00) Aaron Boyd (97) Liam Ryan* (00) Pavel Azhgirei* (00) Kody McDonald (98) Dennis Cholowski (98) Josh Anderson (98)

POS D D D LW LW RW LW LW RW C D LW D D RW LW RW LW C RW C D D Vladislav Mikhalchuk* (99L) RW GOALTENDERS GP Tavin Grant (98) 18 Isaiah DiLaura* (00) 4 Taylor Gauthier* (01) 12

* Rookie

GP 30 31 12 28 22 31 31 24 12 29 31 8 29 1 31 30 8 27 18 11 28 28 17 29 SV% .903 .869 .896

G 2 2 0 7 1 4 12 1 0 10 3 3 1 0 5 9 0 5 0 1 15 8 1 8 GAA 3.23 3.64 3.02

A PTS +/3 5 -4 10 12 -9 0 0 -3 7 14 7 2 3 -3 11 15 -7 4 16 -6 1 2 -6 2 2 0 11 21 -2 7 10 8 2 5 -6 0 1 -4 0 0 0 8 13 -9 20 29 0 0 0 -5 15 20 1 3 3 -1 1 2 -2 12 27 3 17 25 3 5 6 2 12 20 -5 W L OL/SL 8 8 2/0 0 1 0/1 4 5 1/1

L=Birthday after September 15 of that year

PIM 12 22 0 36 5 0 34 8 2 30 22 7 2 0 16 32 2 38 9 2 39 6 23 26 SH 1 0 0

SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 13-14-3-1 2 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 32

PLAYERS POS GP Austin Strand (97) D 28 Turner Ottenbreit (97) D 24 Jarret Tyszka (99) D 29 Aaron Hyman (98) D 23 Reece Harsch (99) D 31 Tyson Terretta* (00) D 13 Holden Katzalay* (00) C 20 Blake Bargar (98) RW 31 Tyler Carpendale* (00) LW 19 Nikita Malukhin* (00) LW 16 Noah Philp (98) RW 31 Sami Moilanen (99) RW 28 Donovan Neuls (97L) C 31 Zack Andrusiak (98) LW 31 Matthew Wedman (99) C 31 Dillon Hamaliuk* (00L) LW 31 Jake Lee* (01) D 24 Nolan Volcan (98) LW 31 Ian Briscoe (99) C 19 Samuel Huo* (01) C 26 Mike MacLean* (98) RW 0

# 1 29 30 35

GOALTENDERS Carl Stankowski (00) Matt Berlin (98) Liam Hughes (99) Dorrin Luding (99)

* Rookie

GP 0 20 10 15

SV% 0 .892 .895 .888

G 10 4 4 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 7 16 7 15 3 5 1 11 0 0 0

A 19 12 16 6 9 1 0 7 2 1 13 10 22 9 6 6 1 18 2 0 0

GAA 0 3.33 3.32 3.67

W 0 9 4 3

PTS 29 16 20 6 13 1 0 12 5 1 20 26 29 24 9 11 2 29 2 0 0

+/-3 -1 -9 2 -13 -8 -2 -4 2 -5 -6 -2 -1 -7 -10 -1 0 -7 -5 -5 0

PIM 29 57 28 25 15 2 4 27 12 6 10 23 31 4 29 24 25 31 6 12 0

L OL/SL SH 0 0 0 7 1/1 1 4 1/0 0 9 1/0 1

L=Birthday after September 15 of that year

General Manager

Todd Harkins

General Manager

Russ Farwell

Head Coach

Richard Matvichuk

Head Coach

Matt O’Dette

Associate Coach Assistant Coach

Steve O’Rourke Shawn Chambers

Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

Kyle Hagel Castan Sommer

Goaltending Coach

Sean Murray

Director of Player Personnel

Cal Filson

Athletic Therapist Equipment Manager

Craig Hyslop Ramandeep S. Dhanjal

Goaltending Coach Athletic Trainer Equipment Manager

Ian Gordon Phil Varney Trevor Heinzerling

Next 3 Games: Sunday at Spokane 5:05pm, Wednesday, Dec. 27 at Spokane 7:05pm, Friday, Dec. 29 vs. Spokane 7:35pm

WELCOME TO THE 2017-18 WHL SEASON FROM

WHL COMMISSIONER Calgary, Alta. – As we get set for another Western Hockey League season, there is no shortage of excitement as we eagerly await the opportunity to once again watch the world’s premier junior hockey players in action in each of our 22 markets across Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Ron Robison Commissioner Western Hockey League

In this the 52nd season of the WHL, our Clubs remain truly committed to providing our players with the highest standard of development, both on and off the ice. We are proud to continue offering our players exactly that, from world-class coaching and management, to a comprehensive WHL Scholarship and education program to a series of Players First support services designed to ensure they develop in a highly positive environment. \ Having awarded a WHL record 374 post-secondary scholarships to WHL graduates this past season, the WHL Scholarship each year provides players with an unparalleled opportunity to pursue their academic endeavours. Of the 374 WHL Graduates to access their WHL Scholarship last season, 185 furthered their hockey careers by playing Canadian University hockey at the U SPORTS level. We anticipate the number of players receiving WHL Scholarships will continue to grow as our graduates take advantage of the WHL Scholarship benefits. On the ice, the 2017-18 season will undoubtedly be one worth remembering, with Regina set to celebrate its centennial season and getting ready to host the 100th edition of the Mastercard Memorial Cup in May. The province of Saskatchewan will also take centre stage in November when Moose Jaw and Swift Current play host to the 2017 CIBC Canada – Russia Series. Without the support of our loyal fans, our corporate partners, broadcasters and media, none of this would be possible. Your ongoing support and dedication to the WHL and our 22 Member Clubs is greatly appreciated. The 2017-18 WHL season promises to be highly entertaining from start to finish. I am sure you will enjoy cheering on your favourite WHL Club as well as watching these top prospects continue their development, both on and off the ice.

EVERY GAME. EVERY TEAM.

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Seattle thunderbirds 2017-18 ROSTER AS OF 12/14/17 NO.

FORWARDS

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

16-17 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

DRAFT

PRONUNCIATION

Katzalay, Holden*

6’3

184

Vancouver, BC

Jan. 12/00

Burnaby Winter Club

CSSHL

Eligible 2017 CAT-za-lay

Bargar, Blake

5’11

194

Torrance, CA

Mar. 6/98

Victoria Royals

WHL

Eligible 2018 Bar-GAR

Carpendale, Tyler*

6’4

197

Powell River, BC

Jan. 26/00

Westshore Wolves

VIJHL

Eligible 2018 CARP-en-dale

Malukhin, Nikita*

6’3

202

Kazan, Russia

July 15/00

Irbis Kazan

MHL

Philp, Noah

6’3

198

Canmore, AB

Aug. 31/98

Kootenay Ice

WHL

Eligible 2018 Fillp

Moilanen, Sami

5’8

182

Sipoo, FIN

Jan. 22/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2018 SAH-mi MOY-lin-nen

Neuls, Donovan

5’11

193

Grenfell, SK

Oct. 24/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Andrusiak, Zack

5’11

181

Armstrong, BC

July 10/98

Prince Albert/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

Eligible 2018 AN-drew-z-ak

Wedman, Matthew

6’3

195

Edmonton, AB

May 25/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2018 WED-man

Hamaliuk, Dillon*

6’3

182

Leduc, AB

Oct. 30/00

Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAA

AMHL

Eligible 2019 HAM-a-luck

Volcan, Nolan

5’9

192

Edmonton, AB

July 4/98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2018 Voll-kun

Briscoe, Ian

5’10

172

Winnipeg, MB

Feb. 5/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2018 Bris-coe

Huo, Samuel*

6’3

176

Richmond, BC

July 13/01

Burnaby Winter Club Prep

CSSHL

MacLean, Mike*

NO.

DEFENSEMEN

Eligible 2018 Ma-LUKE-in

Free Agent

Niles

Eligible 2019 Who-O

6’6

236

Penticton, BC

July 9/98

Summerland Steam

KIJHL

187

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

16-17 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

Eligible 2018 Mac-Lane DRAFT

Feb. 17/97

Red Deer/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

Free Agent

STRAND

Free Agent

OTT-in-bright

PRONUNCIATION

Strand, Austin

6’4

193

Calgary, AB

Ottenbreit, Turner

6’4

193

Yorkton, SK

July 9/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Tyszka, Jarret

6’3

199

Langley, BC

Mar. 15/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Montreal 17 TISH-ka

Hyman, Aaron

6’5

221

Calgary, AB

April 19/98

Calgary/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

Eligible 2018 HIGH-muhn

Harsch, Reece

6’4

191

Grand Prairie, AB

Jan. 7/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2018 Harsh

Terretta, Tyson*

6’2

181

High River, AB

Feb. 22/00

UFA Bisons Midget AAA

AMHL

Eligible 2018 Turr-etta

Lee, Jake*

6’2

197

Sherwood Park, AB

July 13/01

Sherwood Park Midget AAA

AMHL

Eligible 2019 Lee

24 NO.

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

16-17 SEASON

LEAGUE

AVE

Stankowski, Carl

5’9

170

Calgary, AB

Mar. 9/00

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

358

2.18

Eligible 2018 STAN-cow-ski

Berlin, Matt

6’3

194

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 20/98

Spokane/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

712

2.86

Eligible 2018 Berlin

Hughes, Liam*

6’1

200

Kelowna, BC

July 22/99

Edmonton Oil Kings

WHL

423

3.46

Eligible 2018 Hughes

Luding, Dorrin*

6’0

200

Prince George, BC

April 30/99

Valley West Hawks

BCMML

2.93

Eligible 2018 LEW-ding

GOALTENDERS

* Rookie Russ Farwell Cal Filson Matt O’Dette Kyle Hagel Castan Sommer Ian Gordon Phil Varney Trevor Heinzerling Brent Seidel

General Manager Director of Player Personnel Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goaltender Coach Athletic Trainer Equipment Manager Hockey Operations Assistant

DRAFT

PRONUNCIATION

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

B.C. Division Kamloops Blazers Kelowna Rockets Prince George Cougars Vancouver Giants Victoria Royals

East Division Brandon Wheat Kings Moose Jaw Warriors Prince Albert Raiders Regina Pats Saskatoon Blades Swift Current Broncos

U.S. Division Everett Silvertips Portland Winterhawks Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Chiefs Tri-City Americans

ABOUT THE WHL

Central Division Calgary Hitmen Edmonton Oil Kings Kootenay ICE Lethbridge Hurricanes Medicine Hat Tigers Red Deer Rebels

The Western Hockey League started with just seven teams based in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1966. Today, the WHL has representation in all four Western Canadian provinces and the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The WHL now consists of 22 member Clubs with 17 based in Canadian markets and five in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The WHL is a member of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) whose membership is comprised of three major junior hockey leagues: Ontatio Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL). At the conclusion of each Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoffs, the CHL hosts the Mastercard Memorial Cup, a national championship tournament involving each of the three Leaguesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Champions and the tournament host. The WHL is regarded as one of the finest development Leagues in the world today. Each season, the WHL is one of the top Leagues from which players are selected from in the NHL Draft. Currently, 20% of all NHL players are graduates of the WHL. The WHL is also a leading provider of post-secondary scholarships with over 400 scholarships awarded each year to current and graduate WHL players, more than any other League in North America.

2017-2018 Prince George Cougars Hockey Club

8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 2 4 6 16 18 27 28 1 33 35

FORWARDS Leppard, Jackson Adrian, Chance* Curtis, Josh Maser, Josh Kryski, Max* Coppinger, Ben* O'Brien, Brogan Holowko, Nic O'Rourke, Ethan Bethune, Jared Mosher, Matthew* Boyd, Aaron Ryan, Liam* Pavel Azhgirei McDonald, Kody

POS SH HT LW L 6'2 LW L 6'1 RW R 6'0 LW L 6'2 LW L 5'11 RW L 5'9 C L 6'3 LW L 6'0 RW R 6'5 LW L 6'0 RW R 5'11 LW L 6'3 C R 6'1 RW R 6'2 C R 6'1 Mikhalchuk, Vladislav* RW R 6'2 DEFENCE POS SH HT Moberg, Cole* D R 6'2 Lakusta, Joel D R 6'2 Harkins, Jonas* D R 6'3 Schoettler, Ryan D L 5'10 Sander, Jack* D R 6'1 Cholowski, Dennis D L 6'1 Anderson, Josh D L 6'3 GOALTENDERS POS SH HT Grant, Tavin G L 6'2 DiLaura, Isaiah* G L 6'2 Gauthier, Taylor* G R 6'1 * Rookie

WT 196 193 170 213 173 170 197 190 208 187 190 189 189 175 200 168 WT 187 186 235 167 175 200 220 WT 188 208 188

HOMETOWN North Vancouver, BC Dalmeny, SK Winnipeg, MB Houston, BC Kelowna, BC Winnipeg, MB Prince George, BC Burnaby, BC Penticton, BC Fort Frances, ON White Rock, BC Winnipeg, MB

D.O.B Jan 18/00 Nov 16/99 Sep 24/98 Jan 18/99 May 04/00 Apr 03/00 Aug 13/97 June 26/97 Feb 25/99 Jan 20/97 Apr 27/00 May 24/97 New Westminster, BC Jan 2/00 Grodno, BLR Jun 12/00 Lethbridge, AB Apr 07/98 Minsk, BLR Oct 16/99 HOMETOWN D.O.B North Vancouver, BC Oct 17/00 Sherwood Park, AB June 24/98 North Vancouver, BC Dec 26/00 Lloydminster, AB Jul 25/99 Beaumont, AB May 01/00 Langley, BC Feb 15/98 Duncan, BC Aug 29/98 HOMETOWN D.O.B Burnaby, BC Feb 22/98 Lakeville, MN Jun 18/00 Calgary, AB Feb 15/01

16-17 SEASON LEAGUE Cougars WHL Saskatoon Contacts SMAAAHL Cougars WHL Cougars WHL BCMML Okanagan Rockets MMHL Winnipeg Wild Cougars WHL Blazers / Raiders WHL PG Spruce Kings BCHL Cougars WHL Delta Hockey Academy CSSHL Cougars WHL Vancouver NE Chiefs BCMML Belarus U-17 IIHF Cougars WHL Belarus U-17 IIHF 16-17 SEASON LEAGUE Vancouver NW Giants BCMML Cougars WHL Cariboo Cougars BCMML Cougars WHL Leduc Oil Kings AMHL St. Cloud State NCAA Cougars WHL 16-17 SEASON LEAGUE PG Spruce Kings BCHL Lakeville South USHS Calgary Bisons AMHL

GP 35 43 67 23 37 42 70 66 19 72 29 70 38 34 68 31 GP 20 60 27 58 34 36 69 GP 36 24 17

G A PTS PIM 2 2 4 22 19 27 46 63 9 21 30 16 3 1 4 8 23 30 53 44 24 29 53 34 9 24 33 53 7 13 20 41 1 4 5 8 22 27 49 50 13 8 21 48 9 15 24 15 15 28 43 64 5 5 10 50 17 32 49 119 14 21 35 14 G A PTS PIM 8 5 13 22 1 11 12 24 1 7 8 30 1 9 10 8 3 8 11 4 1 11 12 14 3 8 11 75 MP AVG SO SV% 2046 3.43 2 0.893 1135 1.89 6 0.914 1017 2.06 2 0.925

General Manager: Todd Harkins

Power Skating Coach: Karen Kos

Pronunciation Guide

Head Coach: Richard Matvichuk

Goaltending Coach: Sean Murray

Ryan Schoettler SHOT-ler

Associate Coach: Steve O'Rourke

Equipment Manager: Ramandeep S. Dhanjal (Chico)

Vladislav Mikhalchuk MICK-hall-CHUK

Assistant Coach: Shawn Chambers

Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop

Pavel Azhgirei Az-GARE-E

Development Coach: Nick Drazenovic

Nic HO-LOW-KO

DRAFT Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Free Agent Free Agent Eligible '18 Free Agent Eligible '18 Free Agent Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 DRAFT Eligible '19 Eligible '18 Eligible '19 Eligible '18 Eligible '18 DET '16 COL '16 DRAFT Eligible '18 Eligible '18 Eligible '19

Welcome to Kent …and to the Western Hockey League Champion Seattle Thunderbirds 2017- 18 season as the T-Birds defend their WHL Championship! The season commences with a thrilling celebration at ShoWareCenter as the T-Birds will celebrate theirhistoric 2016-2017 season by raising the Western Conference Champion and Western Hockey League Champion banners. This will be an exciting season under the direction of former assistant coach and now head coach, Matt O’Dette. There will be several new faces but also many key returners. Jarret Tyszka was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2017 NHL Draft. Three other players from last year’s Championship team attended NHL Development Camps this summer: Nolan Volcan (Pittsburgh Penguins), Turner Ottenbreit (Anaheim Ducks) and Sami Moilanen (Colorado Avalanche). Carl Stankowski, who backstopped the T-Birds to their first WHL Championship in franchise history, will be back in net this season. Watch out for some rookies to have an impact this season, including new Russian forward Nikita Malukhin and last year’s first overall Bantam Pick defenseman Jake Lee. Returning this year is the T-Birds’ popular 2-for-Tuesday promotion, where fans can enjoy two-for-one tickets and beer along with $2 concession specials. Pub Nights, Turkey Shoot and Ham Shoot are great games to make it out to. You also won’t want to miss the first annual Weiner Dog Races this season. If you’re a new visitor to ShoWare Center, you should know we are immensely proud of this 9-year-old state-of-the-art arena. The 6,125 seats, 20 suites and astonishing Heritage Club seating have unsurpassed hockey sightlines throughout. While you’re in town, grab a bite at Kent Station, a contemporary, open-air urban village with a variety of options for pre and postgame gatherings, but don’t leave your car there during an event as it will be towed. Walk a couple blocks south of the Center to discover the charm of historic downtown Kent, where even more entertainment and dining choices are calling your name.

Go Birds!

Suzette Cooke Mayor, City of Kent

Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

33 26

Moose Jaw Warriors

54 0.818 150

GA PIM 97

359

Home

Away

P10

STK

14-1-1-1

12-4-0-0

8-0-1-1

10-0-1-1

Swift Current Broncos

33 24

50 0.758 133

433

12-4-1-0

12-3-1-0

7-2-1-0

4-0-0-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 23

47 0.758 135

399

14-2-0-1

9-5-0-0

9-1-0-0

9-0-0-0

Regina Pats

33 16 15

34 0.515 105 117 484

10-6-0-0

6-9-2-0

4-6-0-0

0-1-0-0

Prince Albert Raiders

33 13 13

33 0.500 101 120 436

8-2-2-2

5-11-3-0

4-3-2-1

1-0-0-0

32 13 16

29 0.453 100 133 434

6-8-0-0

7-8-2-1

5-4-0-1

2-0-0-0

6 Saskatoon Blades Western Conference U.S. Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

31 21

Portland Winterhawks

GA PIM

Home

Away

P10

STK

43 0.694 124

434

9-6-0-0

12-3-0-1

4-5-0-1

1-0-0-0

Everett Silvertips

33 19 12

40 0.606

403

9-5-1-0

10-7-0-1

9-1-0-0

9-0-0-0

Tri-City Americans

29 16 10

35 0.603 102 101 442

8-5-1-0

8-5-2-0

4-5-1-0

1-0-0-0

Spokane Chiefs

31 16 12

35 0.565 115 102 418

8-7-0-2

8-5-1-0

6-4-0-0

0-1-0-0

31 13 14

30 0.484

111 461

6-7-1-0

7-7-2-1

3-5-2-0

0-1-1-0

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

5 Seattle Thunderbirds Eastern Conference Central Division Rank Team

GP W

32 17 13

Medicine Hat Tigers

36 0.563 125 120 299

Home 11-5-1-0

Away 6-8-1-0

P10

STK

2-6-2-0

0-2-1-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

31 14 15

30 0.484 113 114 394

9-6-2-0

5-9-0-0

6-3-1-0

0-2-1-0

Kootenay ICE

32 13 17

28 0.438

125 345

8-7-1-0

5-10-1-0

4-5-1-0

0-2-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

31 10 17

24 0.387

115 385

6-10-0-0

4-7-3-1

4-5-0-1

1-0-0-0

Red Deer Rebels

23 0.359

122 428

5-9-2-1

4-9-2-0

0-6-3-1

0-7-3-1

17 0.274

136 390

4-11-2-0

3-10-1-0

2-7-1-0

0-2-0-0

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

6 Edmonton Oil Kings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team

GP W

34 20 11

Victoria Royals

Home

Away

P10

STK

43 0.632 147 117 443

11-3-1-0

9-8-2-0

4-4-2-0

0-1-0-0

Kelowna Rockets

32 18 11

39 0.609 124 119 442

11-3-0-1

7-8-2-0

6-4-0-0

0-3-0-0

Vancouver Giants

32 15 13

34 0.531 116 120 422

9-6-0-0

6-7-2-2

6-4-0-0

3-0-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

5 Prince George Cougars x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title

Wednesday, Dec 13 Lethbridge 2 at Prince Albert 3 Final Kamloops 3 at Regina 0 Final Kelowna 1 at Swift Current 5 Final Tri-City 6 at Medicine Hat 3 Final Edmonton 1 at Calgary 6 Final

32 15 16

31 0.484 100 109 472

7-10-0-0

8-6-0-1

6-3-0-1

1-0-0-0

31 12 14

29 0.468

7-8-3-0

5-6-0-2

4-5-1-0

3-0-1-0

109 396

Friday, Dec 15 Kamloops at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Kelowna at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CST Saskatoon at Regina 7:00 pm CST Lethbridge at Brandon 7:30 pm CST Tri-City at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Everett at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Victoria at Vancouver 7:30 pm PST Prince George at Seattle 7:35 pm PST

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Saturday, Dec 16 Calgary at Kootenay 4:00 pm MST Brandon at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Kamloops at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Lethbridge at Regina 7:00 pm CST Kelowna at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Medicine Hat at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Spokane at Portland 6:00 pm PST Tri-City at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Prince George at Everett 7:05 pm PST Vancouver at Victoria 7:05 pm PST

Conference Standings Eastern Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

Home

Away

P10

STK

Moose Jaw Warriors

33 26 5

54 0.818 150 97

14-1-1-1

12-4-0-0

8-0-1-1

10-0-1-1

Swift Current Broncos

33 24 7

50 0.758 133 97

12-4-1-0

12-3-1-0

7-2-1-0

4-0-0-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 23 7

47 0.758 135 98

14-2-0-1

9-5-0-0

9-1-0-0

9-0-0-0

Medicine Hat Tigers

32 17 13

36 0.563 125 120

11-5-1-0

6-8-1-0

2-6-2-0

0-2-1-0

Regina Pats

33 16 15

34 0.515 105 117

10-6-0-0

6-9-2-0

4-6-0-0

0-1-0-0

Prince Albert Raiders

33 13 13

33 0.500 101 120

8-2-2-2

5-11-3-0

4-3-2-1

1-0-0-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

31 14 15

30 0.484 113 114

9-6-2-0

5-9-0-0

6-3-1-0

0-2-1-0

Saskatoon Blades

32 13 16

29 0.453 100 133

6-8-0-0

7-8-2-1

5-4-0-1

2-0-0-0

Kootenay ICE

32 13 17

28 0.438 90 125

8-7-1-0

5-10-1-0

4-5-1-0

0-2-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

31 10 17

24 0.387 98 115

6-10-0-0

4-7-3-1

4-5-0-1

1-0-0-0

Red Deer Rebels

32 9 18

23 0.359 88 122

5-9-2-1

4-9-2-0

0-6-3-1

0-7-3-1

31 7 21

17 0.274 85 136

4-11-2-0

3-10-1-0

2-7-1-0

0-2-0-0

12 Edmonton Oil Kings Western Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

Home

Away

P10

STK

Portland Winterhawks

31 21 9

43 0.694 124 78

9-6-0-0

12-3-0-1

4-5-0-1

1-0-0-0

Victoria Royals

34 20 11

43 0.632 147 117

11-3-1-0

9-8-2-0

4-4-2-0

0-1-0-0

Everett Silvertips

33 19 12

40 0.606 96

9-5-1-0

10-7-0-1

9-1-0-0

9-0-0-0

Kelowna Rockets

32 18 11

39 0.609 124 119

11-3-0-1

7-8-2-0

6-4-0-0

0-3-0-0

Tri-City Americans

29 16 10

35 0.603 102 101

8-5-1-0

8-5-2-0

4-5-1-0

1-0-0-0

Spokane Chiefs

31 16 12

35 0.565 115 102

8-7-0-2

8-5-1-0

6-4-0-0

0-1-0-0

Vancouver Giants

32 15 13

34 0.531 116 120

9-6-0-0

6-7-2-2

6-4-0-0

3-0-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

32 15 16

31 0.484 100 109

7-10-0-0

8-6-0-1

6-3-0-1

1-0-0-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 13 14

30 0.484 97 111

6-7-1-0

7-7-2-1

3-5-2-0

0-1-1-0

Prince George Cougars

31 12 14

29 0.468 98 109

7-8-3-0

5-6-0-2

4-5-1-0

3-0-1-0

Division leaders (marked with a *) are automatically seeded first and second. x = Teams who have clinched a playoff spot. y = Teams who have clinched Division title

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Leaders (Overall) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

Aleksi Heponiemi

29 19 52

Glenn Gawdin

33 30 37

Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

Tyler Steenbergen

27 35

Jayden Halbgewachs

33 33 33 30

A PTS

Tyler Steenbergen

27 35 26

Glenn Gawdin

Brayden Burke

31 14 44

Ty Ronning

VAN

32 29

Jayden Halbgewachs

33 33 24

Mark Rassell

32 27

Ty Lewis

BDN

31 17 36

Stelio Mattheos

BDN

31 24 26

Matthew Phillips

VIC

34 23 27

Cody Glass

POR

30 20 28

Kale Clague

BDN

28 10 37

Cameron Hebig

SAS

30 26 20

Patrick Bajkov

EVT

33 18 28

Jordy Stallard

33 24 21

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Aleksi Heponiemi

29 52

Brayden Burke

31 44

Kale Clague

BDN

28 37

Glenn Gawdin

33 37

Ty Lewis

BDN

31 36

Giorgio Estephan

LET

31 14 31

Ty Ronning

VAN

32 29 14

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Tanner Jeannot

33 24 19

Barrett Sheen

Justin Almeida

33 18 25

Riley McKay

SPO

Mark Rassell

32 27 15

Montana Onyebuchi

EVT

Hudson Elynuik

SPO

31 15 26

Zach Fischer

SPO

Several Players Tied

Jake Kustra

SAS

Minor Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

Barrett Sheen

32 30

Riley McKay

SPO

27 9

Evan Fiala

SAS

32 25

Jake Kustra

SAS

32 6

Brayden Pachal

30 24

Darian Skeoch

VAN

28 6

Glenn Gawdin

33 24

Braydon Buziak

REG

31 6

Several Players Tied

Tylor Ludwar

KAM

22 6

Power Play Goals Rank Player 1

Glenn Gawdin

Stelio Mattheos

Aleksi Heponiemi

Several Players Tied

22 Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

33 13

Matthew Phillips

VIC

34 4

BDN

31 12

Evan Weinger

BDN

24 3

29 11

Dillon Dube

KEL

27 3

Jaret Anderson-Dolan

SPO

29 3

Brogan O'Brien

29 3

Team GP Shots

Shooting Percentage Rank Player

Team GP Goals Shots PCT

KAM

32 171

Regan Nagy

VIC

32.1

VAN

32 170

Michael Rasmussen

30.8

Kieffer Bellows

POR

31 161

Aleksi Heponiemi

27.9

Matt Bradley

REG

33 153

* Igor Martynov

VIC

27.9

Glenn Gawdin

33 150

* Dino Kambeitz

VIC

26.9

Team GP

+/-

Shots Rank

Player

Garrett Pilon

Ty Ronning

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Stelio Mattheos

BDN

31 7

Glenn Gawdin

James Malm

VAN

32 6

Kale Clague

BDN

Mark Rassell

32 6

Tanner Jeannot

Several Players Tied

Aleksi Heponiemi

Henri Jokiharju

POR

Shootout Goals Rank Player 1

Several Players Tied

Team SOG SOA 2

Shootout Percentage Rank Player 1

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Team SOG SOA SO% 100.0

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Leading Goalies Top 15 Goalies (by GAA) Rank Player

Team GP Mins W

L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SOW SOL SOGA SOA SO% SA SVS SV%

Carter Hart

EVT

17 1000 13

1.32 1

0.600 563 541

0.961

Cole Kehler

POR

25 1484 18

2.14 0

0.600 773 720

0.931

Logan Flodell

28 1608 20

2.99 2

0.833 925 845

0.914

Brody Willms

26 1568 19

3.02 0

0.500 829 750

0.905

* Taylor Gauthier

12 636

3.02 0

0.400 307 275

0.896

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

28 1583 18

3.03 1

1.000 952 872

0.916

Ian Scott

20 1166

3.09 1

0.333 638 578

0.906

Dawson Weatherill

SPO

22 1268 10

3.12 0

0.444 628 562

0.895

Logan Thompson

BDN

25 1421 18

3.17 0

0.333 855 780

0.912

David Tendeck

VAN

18 1039 10

3.18 0

0.667 582 527

0.905

Tavin Grant

18 1058

3.23 1

1.000 590 533

0.903

* Ethan Anders

18 1001

3.24 0

0.000 533 479

0.899

Beck Warm

16 859

3.28 0

0.000 433 386

0.891

Tyler Brown

REG

24 1337 10 11

3.32 0

0.000 660 586

0.888

Several Goaltenders Tied

Wins Rank

Player

Team W

Saves Rank

Player

Team SVS

Logan Flodell

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

872

Brody Willms

Logan Flodell

845

Cole Kehler

POR

Logan Thompson

BDN

780

Logan Thompson

BDN

Brody Willms

750

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

Stuart Skinner

LET

743

3.33

Losses Rank Player

Team L

Save Percentage Rank Player

Team GA SVS SV%

Nick Schneider

CGY

Carter Hart

EVT

22 541

0.961

Stuart Skinner

LET

Cole Kehler

POR

53 720

0.931

Dylan Ferguson

KAM

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

80 872

0.916

Travis Child

EDM

Logan Flodell

80 845

0.914

* Ethan Anders

Logan Thompson

BDN

75 780

0.912

Mins Rank

Player

Team Mins

Logan Flodell

1608

Nick Schneider

CGY

1598

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

1583

Brody Willms

1568

Cole Kehler

POR

1484

Shootout Wins Rank Player

Team SOW

Logan Flodell

Patrick Dea

Nick Schneider

CGY

Several Goaltenders Tied

Shutouts Rank Player

Team SO

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team Saves Att SO%

Carter Hart

EVT

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

1.000

Stuart Skinner

LET

Jordan Hollett

1.000

Logan Flodell

Travis Child

EDM

1.000

Cole Kehler

POR

1.000

Brody Willms

1.000

* indicates rookie

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Leaders (Rookies) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

A PTS

Goals Rank

* Milos Roman

VAN

* Kristian Reichel

32 14

* Kristian Reichel

32 14 11

* Igor Martynov

VIC

33 12

* Igor Martynov

VIC

33 12 13

* Dylan Cozens

LET

* Peyton Krebs

KTN

* Dylan Cozens

LET

* Brodi Stuart

KAM

* Vladislav Mikhalchuk

* Kirby Dach

SAS

* Liam Kindree

KEL

* Chase Hartje

* Isaac Johnson

* Filip Kral

SPO

Player

Team GP G

Several Players Tied

9 8

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

* Milos Roman

VAN

32 21

* Peyton Krebs

KTN

27 18

* Chase Hartje

25 16

* Brodi Stuart

KAM

32 15

Several Players Tied

* Jake McGrew

SPO

* Alex Kannok Leipert

VAN

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

* Braden Schneider

BDN

* Dawson Butt

EVT

* Dillon Hamaliuk

SEA

* Ty Ettinger

BDN

* Bowen Byram

VAN

* Dino Kambeitz

VIC

* Cade McNelly

SEA

* Roman Kalinichenko

Several Players Tied

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

POR

29 14

* Dawson Butt

EVT

27 4

23 13

* John Ludvig

POR

21 4

* Cade McNelly

SEA

14 3

Minor Penalties Rank Player 1

* Ty Kolle

* Ty Ettinger

BDN

* Dino Kambeitz

VIC

32 13

* Roman Kalinichenko

28 13

* Vladislav Mikhalchuk

29 13

Several Players Tied

Power Play Goals Rank Player

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

* Kristian Reichel

32 6

* Filip Kral

SPO

22 1

* Dylan Cozens

LET

26 5

* Kristian Reichel

32 1

* Brodi Stuart

KAM

32 3

Several Players Tied

Shots Rank

Player

2 Team GP Shots

Shooting Percentage Rank Player

Team GP Goals Shots PCT

* Kristian Reichel

32 93

* Igor Martynov

VIC

27.9

* Brodi Stuart

KAM

32 90

* Dino Kambeitz

VIC

26.9

* Jake McGrew

SPO

24 74

* Tyler Carpendale

SEA

20.0

* Dylan Cozens

LET

26 72

* Dawson Heathcote

19.0

* Milos Roman

VAN

32 64

* Aidan Barfoot

VAN

18.8

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

+/-

* Tyler Lees

SAS

14 2

* Alex Kannok Leipert

VAN

* Peyton Krebs

KTN

27 2

* Filip Kral

SPO

* Liam Kindree

KEL

30 2

* Mason Mannek

POR

* Brodi Stuart

KAM

32 2

* Milos Fafrak

SPO

* Igor Martynov

VIC

Several Players Tied

Shootout Goals Rank Player

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

* Kristian Reichel

100.0

* Logan Barlage

100.0

* Kirby Dach

SAS

* Kirby Dach

SAS

100.0

* Vladislav Mikhalchuk

50.0

* Connor Zary

KAM

* Connor Zary

KAM

50.0

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Leaders (Defencemen) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

Kale Clague

BDN

28 10 37

Colby Sissons

Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

David Quenneville

31 11

Josh Mahura

REG

27 11

A PTS

Henri Jokiharju

POR

Kale Clague

BDN

28 10

David Quenneville

31 11 24

Austin Strand

SEA

28 10

Nolan Reid

SPO

31 10

Calen Addison

LET

Cal Foote

KEL

Ty Smith

SPO

Josh Mahura

REG

27 11 18

Austin Strand

SEA

28 10 19

Kevin Davis

EVT

Joe Gatenby

KAM

Jake Bean

CGY

Vladislav Yeryomenko

CGY

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Kale Clague

BDN

28 37

Colby Sissons

33 31

Henri Jokiharju

POR

31 29

Calen Addison

LET

31 27

Several Players Tied

Dennis Cholowski

Dylan Plouffe

VAN

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Dylan Coghlan

Montana Onyebuchi

EVT

Libor Hรกjek

SAS

Jake Kustra

SAS

Nolan Reid

SPO

31 10 12

Darian Skeoch

VAN

Dawson Davidson

REG

Evan Fiala

SAS

Jared Freadrich

VIC

Sahvan Khaira

Minor Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

Evan Fiala

SAS

32 25

Jake Kustra

SAS

32 6

Brayden Pachal

30 24

Darian Skeoch

VAN

28 6

KAM

22 6

Sahvan Khaira

33 22

Tylor Ludwar

Colby Sissons

33 22

Several Players Tied

Schael Higson

BDN

31 21

Power Play Goals Rank Player

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Austin Strand

SEA

28 9

David Quenneville

31 7

Team GP SHG

Several Players Tied

Shots Rank

Player

Team GP Shots

Shooting Percentage Rank Player

Team GP Goals Shots PCT

David Quenneville

31 129

Jett Woo

17.1

Dylan Coghlan

27 111

Keoni Texeira

POR

14.6

Henri Jokiharju

POR

31 109

Nolan Reid

SPO

13.0

Colby Sissons

33 95

Austin Strand

SEA

12.8

Josh Mahura

REG

27 94

Braydyn Chizen

KEL

12.0

Game Winning Goals Rank Player 1

Jared Freadrich

Several Players Tied

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

+/-

VIC

33 3

Kale Clague

BDN

Henri Jokiharju

POR

Colby Sissons

Oleg Sosunov

Several Players Tied

Shootout Goals Rank Player

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

Nolan Reid

SPO

Nolan Reid

SPO

100.0

Vladislav Yeryomenko

CGY

Vladislav Yeryomenko

CGY

100.0

Dennis Cholowski

50.0

Jake Bean

CGY

Jake Bean

CGY

33.3

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Specialty Team Records Team Power Play Rank Team

GP ADV GF PP% SHGA

Team Penalty Kill Rank Team

GP TSH PPGA PK% SHGF

Swift Current Broncos

33 133 46 34.6 3

Everett Silvertips

33 114 16

86.0 1

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 131 40 30.5 2

Portland Winterhawks

31 143 24

83.2 4

Portland Winterhawks

31 126 37 29.4 1

Prince George Cougars

31 137 23

83.2 8

Lethbridge Hurricanes

31 131 37 28.2 6

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 134 23

82.8 2

Kelowna Rockets

32 139 38 27.3 4

Kamloops Blazers

32 146 26

82.2 2

Moose Jaw Warriors

33 119 31 26.1 1

Calgary Hitmen

31 139 26

81.3 4

Tri-City Americans

29 123 31 25.2 2

Moose Jaw Warriors

33 127 24

81.1 7

Regina Pats

33 137 33 24.1 8

Tri-City Americans

29 130 26

80.0 4

Medicine Hat Tigers

32 134 31 23.1 4

Prince Albert Raiders

33 130 27

79.2 4

Kamloops Blazers

32 126 29 23.0 2

Spokane Chiefs

31 124 26

79.0 7

Vancouver Giants

32 125 28 22.4 9

Swift Current Broncos

33 144 31

78.5 2

Victoria Royals

34 188 42 22.3 5

Kootenay ICE

32 120 26

78.3 1

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 131 29 22.1 4

Kelowna Rockets

32 152 36

76.3 7

Saskatoon Blades

32 118 23 19.5 6

Red Deer Rebels

32 149 37

75.2 4

Calgary Hitmen

31 131 25 19.1 3

Medicine Hat Tigers

32 100 25

75.0 2

Edmonton Oil Kings

31 137 25 18.2 6

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 143 36

74.8 9

Spokane Chiefs

31 147 26 17.7 5

Victoria Royals

34 154 39

74.7 8

Everett Silvertips

33 165 29 17.6 2

Lethbridge Hurricanes

31 118 30

74.6 2

Prince Albert Raiders

33 113 19 16.8 4

Vancouver Giants

32 140 36

74.3 3

Red Deer Rebels

32 132 22 16.7 4

Saskatoon Blades

32 142 39

72.5 3

Prince George Cougars

31 132 22 16.7 7

Regina Pats

33 141 41

70.9 4

Kootenay ICE

32 136 18 13.2 4

Edmonton Oil Kings

31 127 44

65.4 4

Team Overtime Performance Rank Team

GP W L SW SL PTS PCT

Brandon Wheat Kings

0 0

13 0.929

Moose Jaw Warriors

1 0

10 0.833

Kelowna Rockets

2 0

11 0.786

Swift Current Broncos

2 3

16 0.889

Tri-City Americans

3 2

15 0.833

Kootenay ICE

2 0

Medicine Hat Tigers

2 1

10 0.833

Vancouver Giants

2 0

10 0.714

Spokane Chiefs

1 0

0.700

Regina Pats

2 0

0.750

Victoria Royals

3 1

0.750

Red Deer Rebels

4 1

11 0.688

Prince Albert Raiders

11 2

5 2

15 0.682

Kamloops Blazers

0 1

0.833

Portland Winterhawks

0 0

0.750

Saskatoon Blades

2 0

0.625

Calgary Hitmen

3 2

10 0.714

Edmonton Oil Kings

3 1

0.700

Everett Silvertips

1 1

0.667

Lethbridge Hurricanes

2 1

0.667

Prince George Cougars

3 1

0.583

0.800

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Player Streaks Player Goal Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

From

Dec 2, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

Matteo Gennaro

Dec 9, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

Tanner Kaspick

BDN

Dec 2, 2017

Dec 9, 2017

Dec 2, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

KAM

Dec 8, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

Jayden Halbgewachs

Michael Rasmussen

5 4 Garrett Pilon Player Goal Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

From

Oct 14, 2017

Nov 17, 2017

Goals Assists Points

11 Aleksi Heponiemi

11 Ty Ronning

VAN

Oct 28, 2017

Nov 22, 2017

Mark Rassell

Nov 4, 2017

Nov 24, 2017

Tyler Steenbergen

Sep 27, 2017

Oct 13, 2017

Nov 29, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

5 7 Glenn Gawdin Player Assist Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

Goals Assists Points

Team

From

Goals Assists Points

15 Aleksi Heponiemi

Nov 4, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

Juuso Välimäki

Nov 11, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

Stelio Mattheos

BDN

Dec 2, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

Josh Brook

Dec 5, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

From

5 4 Several Players Tied Player Assist Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

Goals Assists Points

15 Aleksi Heponiemi

Nov 4, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

10 Ty Lewis

BDN

Sep 22, 2017

Oct 15, 2017

POR

Nov 11, 2017

Nov 29, 2017

Team

Henri Jokiharju

4 8 Several Players Tied Player Point Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

From

Oct 14, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

19 Jayden Halbgewachs

Oct 27, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

Nov 29, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

21 Aleksi Heponiemi

2 3

Glenn Gawdin

4 8 Several Players Tied Player Point Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

Goals Assists Points

From

21 Aleksi Heponiemi

Oct 14, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

19 Jayden Halbgewachs

Oct 27, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

17 Matthew Phillips

VIC

Sep 22, 2017

Oct 29, 2017

13 Ty Lewis

BDN

Sep 22, 2017

Oct 21, 2017

13 Tyler Steenbergen

Sep 22, 2017

Oct 28, 2017

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Goals Assists Points

2017 - 18 Regular Season Team Statistics Prince George Cougars PLAYERS #

Name

Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%

21 Jared Bethune

LW 30 9

20 29

33.3

0.97 1.07

26 Kody McDonald

28 15 12 27

0.0

0.96 1.39

100 15.0

27 Dennis Cholowski

28 8

50.0

0.89 0.21

11.4

15 Brogan O'Brien

29 10 11 21

-2

0.0

0.72 1.03

14.7

29 Vladislav Mikhalchuk

RW 29 8

12 20

-5

50.0

0.69 0.90

18.2

23 Aaron Boyd

LW 27 5

15 20

0.0

0.74 1.41

7.7

11 Josh Maser

LW 31 12 4

-6

0.0

0.52 1.10

18.5

10 Josh Curtis

RW 31 4

11 15

-7

0.0

0.48 0.00

7.5

LW 28 7

0.0

0.50 1.29

13.5

20 Ethan O'Rourke

RW 31 5

-9

0.0

0.42 0.52

10.0

Joel Lakusta

31 2

10 12

-9

0.0

0.39 0.71

4.7

16 Ryan Schoettler

31 3

0.0

0.32 0.71

5.0

LW 13 2

-13 4

0.0

0.54 0.31

4.1

28 Josh Anderson

0.0

0.35 1.35

5.3

17 Nic Holowko (total)

LW 8

-6

0.0

0.63 0.88

16.7

KAM

LW 7

-6

0.000 0.57 0.29

20.0

LW 1

0.000 1.00 5.00

0.0

Jackson Leppard

X 17 Nikita Popugaev

17 1

17 25

12.2

Cole Moberg

30 2

-4

0.0

0.17 0.40

11.8

Chance Adrian

LW 22 1

-3

0.0

0.14 0.23

6.7

24 Liam Ryan

18 0

-1

0.0

0.17 0.50

0.0

25 Pavel Azhgirei (total)

RW 11 1

-2

0.0

0.18 0.18

14.3

EVT

RW 4

-1

0.000 0.25 0.50

0.0

RW 7

-1

0.000 0.14 0.00

20.0

13 Max Kryski

LW 24 1

-6

0.0

0.08 0.33

4.3

14 Benjamin Coppinger

RW 12 0

0.0

0.17 0.17

0.0

18 Jack Sander

29 1

-4

0.0

0.03 0.07

3.3

0.0

0.20 0.80

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

X 19 Shane Collins

-3

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

X 12 Reid Perepeluk

RW 4

-1

0.0

0.00 2.25

0.0

22 Matthew Mosher (total) RW 8

-5

0.0

0.00 0.25

0.0

X 3 *

Peter Kope

19 Cole Beamin

SAS

RW 1

0.000 0.00 0.00

0.0

RW 7

-5

0.000 0.00 0.29

0.0

* 6 Jonas Harkins D 12 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 Goalies # Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV% 1

3.23 8

590 533 0.903

* 35 Taylor Gauthier 12 636

Tavin Grant

3.02 4

307 275 0.896

* 33 Isaiah DiLaura

181

3.64 0

Empty Net Totals

18 1058 57 4

31 1875 107 1

0.869

7 3.41 12 14 3

988 881 0.892

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2017 - 18 Regular Season Team Statistics Seattle Thunderbirds PLAYERS #

Name

Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%

26 Nolan Volcan

LW 31 11 18 29

-7

0.0

0.94 1.00

106 10.4

28 10 19 29

-3

0.0

1.04 1.04

12.8

19 Donovan Neuls

31 7

22 29

-1

0.0

0.94 1.00

11.5

18 Sami Moilanen

RW 28 16 10 26

-2

0.0

0.93 0.82

17.6

20 Zack Andrusiak

LW 31 15 9

-7

50.0

0.77 0.13

20.5

16 Noah Philp

31 7

13 20

-6

100.0 0.65 0.32

15.9

Jarret Tyszka

29 4

16 20

-9

0.0

0.69 0.97

7.1

Turner Ottenbreit

24 4

12 16

-1

0.0

0.67 2.38

5.9

Reece Harsch

31 4

-13 15

0.0

0.42 0.48

10.0

12 Blake Bargar

RW 31 5

-4

0.0

0.39 0.87

12.2

22 Dillon Hamaliuk

LW 31 5

-1

0.0

0.35 0.77

8.3

Austin Strand

21 Matthew Wedman C

31 3

-10 29

0.0

0.29 0.94

3.7

23 0

0.0

0.26 1.09

0.0

Aaron Hyman

14 Tyler Carpendale

LW 19 3

0.0

0.26 0.63

20.0

13 1

-2

0.0

0.38 0.15

10.0

24 Jake Lee

24 1

0.0

0.08 1.04

5.6

27 Ian Briscoe

19 0

-5

0.0

0.11 0.32

0.0

13 0

-8

0.0

0.08 0.15

0.0

15 Nikita Malukhin

LW 16 0

-5

0.0

0.06 0.38

0.0

17 Tyler Adams

LW 1

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

25 Tyrel Bauer

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

*X 37 Graeme Bryks

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

RW 11 0

-4

0.0

0.00 1.09

0.0

14 0

-2

0.0

0.00 2.50

0.0

20 0

-2

0.0

0.00 0.20

0.0

26 0

-5

0.0

0.00 0.46

0.0

Tyson Terretta

23 Luke Ormsby

*X 3 *

Elijah Brown

Cade McNelly

11 Holden Katzalay

* 28 Samuel Huo Goalies # Name 29 Matt Berlin

GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV% 20 1116 62

35 Dorrin Luding (total) 15 719

3.33 9

572 510 0.892

3.67 3

393 349 0.888

EVT

11 544

3.64 3

302 269 0.891

SEA

175

3.78 0

10 578

3.32 4

306 274 0.895

3.51 13 14 3

30 Liam Hughes Empty Net Totals

31 1869 110 1

0.879

5 974 864 0.887

* indicates rookie X indicates inactive

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Prince George Cougars vs Seattle Thunderbirds Head to Head Summary Description

Result

Head to Head Record 2017 - 18 Regular Season

Seattle 1-0-0-0

Prince George 0-1-0-0

Head to Head Record 2016 - 17 Regular Season

Seattle 1-2-0-1

Prince George 3-1-0-0

Last 5 Years record between teams

Seattle 6-5-1-1

Prince George 7-6-0-0

Seattle vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Seattle

Seattle 2-3-1-1

Prince George 5-2-0-0

Seattle vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Prince George

Seattle 4-2-0-0

Prince George 2-4-0-0

Previous Meetings This Season

Prince George 1 @ Seattle 5 (Sep 29 2017) Final

Match Up Prince George

Seattle

Team Record

12-14-3-2 -- 29 points

13-14-3-1 -- 30 points

Division Ranking

5th B.C.

5th U.S.

Conference Ranking

10th Western

9th Western

League Ranking

18th

17th

Past 10 Games

4-5-1-0

3-5-2-0

Streak

3-0-1-0

0-1-1-0

Last Game

5-4 W vs Victoria (Dec 12 2017) Final

9-2 L @ Spokane (Dec 9 2017) Final

Home Record

7-8-3-0

6-7-1-0

Away Record

5-6-0-2

7-7-2-1

109

111

PP (Overall)

(22/132) 16.7%

(29/131) 22.1%

PP (Home)

(14/77) 18.2%

(12/58) 20.7%

PP (Away)

(8/55) 14.5%

(17/73) 23.3%

PK (Overall)

(23/137) 83.2%

(23/134) 82.8%

PK (Home)

(17/81) 79.0%

(10/57) 82.5%

PK (Away)

(6/56) 89.3%

(13/77) 83.1%

PP vs. Opp.

(1/7) 14.3%

(1/1) 100%

PK vs. Opp.

(1/1) 0%

(1/7) 85.7%

Leading Rookie

Mikhalchuk (8-12-20)

Hamaliuk (5-6-11)

Most PIM

McDonald - 39

Ottenbreit - 57

Team PIM/GM

12.8/Game

14.9/Game

Leading Scorers

Bethune (9-20-29)

Volcan (11-18-29)

McDonald (15-12-27)

Strand (10-19-29)

Cholowski (8-17-25)

Neuls (7-22-29)

O'Brien (10-11-21)

Moilanen (16-10-26)

Mikhalchuk (8-12-20)

Andrusiak (15-9-24)

5-4 W vs Victoria (Dec 12 2017) Final

9-2 L @ Spokane (Dec 9 2017) Final

5-4 L vs Victoria (Dec 10 2017) Final OT

6-5 L vs Tri-City (Dec 8 2017) Final OT

3-1 W vs Kootenay (Dec 5 2017) Final

4-1 W vs Saskatoon (Dec 5 2017) Final

6-2 W vs Vancouver (Dec 2 2017) Final

2-1 L vs Kamloops (Dec 2 2017) Final

5-3 L vs Vancouver (Dec 1 2017) Final

5-1 W @ Tri-City (Dec 1 2017) Final

Leading After 1st

9-1-2-0

3-4-1-0

Leading After 2nd

9-2-2-0

8-2-1-0

Last 5 Games

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Tied After 1st

2-4-0-0

9-2-1-1

Tied After 2nd

2-2-0-2

4-3-0-1

Trailing After 1st

1-9-1-2

1-8-1-0

Trailing After 2nd

1-10-1-0

1-9-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents

5-5-3-0

7-6-2-0

Out Shot by Opponents

6-7-0-2

6-8-1-1

1 Goal Games

5-2-3-2

5-5-3-1

2 Goal Games

1-5-0-0

3-4-0-0

3 Goal Games

2-3-0-0

3-0-0-0

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Prince George Cougars vs Seattle Thunderbirds Head to Head Seattle Thunderbirds # Name

Prince George Cougars # Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

GP G A PTS PIM +/-

18 Sami Moilanen

27 Dennis Cholowski

-3

19 Donovan Neuls

20 Ethan O'Rourke

-1

Austin Strand

17 X Nikita Popugaev

-2

26 Nolan Volcan

28 Josh Anderson

-1

21 Jared Bethune

-1

20 Zack Andrusiak

23 Aaron Boyd

-1

14 Benjamin Coppinger

-1

24 Jake Lee

10 Josh Curtis

-3

35 Taylor Gauthier

16 Noah Philp

-1

12 Blake Bargar

13 Max Kryski

-1

29 Matt Berlin

Joel Lakusta

-2

Jackson Leppard

Reece Harsch Aaron Hyman Turner Ottenbreit

Jonas Harkins

37 X Graeme Bryks

11 Josh Maser

22 Dillon Hamaliuk

26 Kody McDonald

11 Holden Katzalay

Cole Moberg

23 X Luke Ormsby

15 Brogan O'Brien

Jarret Tyszka

12 X Reid Perepeluk

21 Matthew Wedman

16 Ryan Schoettler

-1

X Elijah Brown

# Name 29 Matt Berlin

GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV% 1

0 60:00

1 1.00 0.971

# Name 35 Taylor Gauthier

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GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV% 1

0 60:00

5 5.00 0.773

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Previous Game…The Spokane Chiefs defeated the T-Birds 9-2 Saturday. Jarret Tyszka and Reece Harsch scored, both on the power play, for the T-Birds. Dorrin Luding had 18 saves and Matt Berlin had 13 saves. Milos Farfak had a hat trick for Spokane and Zach Fischer and Jaret Anderson-Dolan each had two goals. Tyson Helgesen and Jake McGrew each had a single goal. Donovan Buskey had 17 saves. Sami Joins Team Finland…Sami Moilanen has joined the Team Finland Training Camp for the World Junior Championship. Moilanen has 16 goals and 10 assists in 28 games with the T-Birds this season. The Team Finland camp will run from December 15 to December 23. The 2018 World Junior Championship takes place in Buffalo, New York, and starts December 26. Moilanen was a member of the gold medal winning Finnish team at the U-18 World Championship in April of 2016. He played in seven games at the tournament in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and had an assist. Finland beat Sweden 6-1 in the gold medal game. Moilanen, a 1999-born forward, played for Finland at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in November. He appeared in three games and did not register a point. Mike MacLean Added To Roster…Right wing Mike MacLean has been added to the T-Birds roster for this weekend’s games. MacLean, from Penticton, British Columbia, is an affiliate player who has been playing the with the Lloydminster Bobcats in the AJHL this season. He has played 23 games and has three goals and three assists for six points with 106 penalty minutes. MacLean was born in 1998 and played last season for the Summerland Steam in the KIJHL and had six goals and nine assists for 15 points with 187 penalty minutes in 36 games. Strand Signs With Los Angeles Kings…Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell announced Monday defenseman Austin Strand has signed a three-year entry level contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Strand, a 20-year old from Calgary leads the T-Birds in scoring with 10 goals and 19 assists for 29 points in 27 games. Nine of Strand’s 10 goals have come on the power play. Carpendale’s First…Tyler Carpendale scored his first career WHL in the 4-3 loss to the Kamloops Blazers on November 29. Carpendale had the team’s second goal in the game. Carpendale has three goals and two assists in the last six games. Sami Moilanen November Player To Watch…NHL Central Scouting released their November Players To Watch. Sami Moilanen received a C Ranking which means he is a possible fourth, fifth or sixth round selection in the 2018 NHL Draft. Streaking Birds…Turner Ottenbreit has a four-game assist streak…Jarret Tyszka has a two-game point streak with a goal and three assists in the last two games…Donovan Neuls has a two-game point streak with a goal and an assist in the last two games. Third On The PK…The T-Birds are fourth in the WHL on the penalty kill. They have an 82.8% penalty kill rate having given up 23 goals on 134 shorthanded chances. Volcan Point Watch…Nolan Volcan has 11 goals and 18 assists in 31 games this season and is tied for first on the team in scoring with Austin Strand and Donovan Neuls. He had back-to-back games with two goals against Everett on November 17 and 18 and has five goals and 8 assists in the last 13 games. Volcan has played 224 career games and has 512 goals and 75 assists for 127 points. Donnie On The Mark…Donovan Neuls has seven goals and 22 assists in 31 games this season and is tied for first on the team in scoring with Austin Strand and Nolan Volcan. Neuls had a seven-game point streak with two goals and seven assists snapped in the overtime loss to Vancouver on November 28. This streak ties Sami Moilanen and Austin Strand for the team high point streak this season. Neuls has 42 goals and 91 assists for 133 points in 243 career games with the T-Birds.

Sami Lighting The Lamp…Sami Moilanen has five goals and three assists in his last 10 games. Moilanen had a team high seven game point streak in October, which is tied with Austin Strand and Donovan Neuls for the longest point streak of the season for a T-Bird. Moilanen is fourth on team in scoring with 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points. Zack Attack…Zack Andrusiak has 13 goals and seven assists in the last 22 games. First Shutout…Matt Berlin had the team’s first shutout this season when he made 27 saves against Everett on November 18 at accesso ShoWare Center. Berlin has two careers shutouts. NHL DRAFTEES (1) / FREE AGENT TRYOUTS (4) Round # Players 5th 1 Tyszka (2017, Montreal) FA Tryouts 4 Ottenbreit (2017, Ducks), Strand (2017, Edmonton), Volcan (2017, Pitt.), Moilanen (2017, Col.) HOW ACQUIRED Round # Player (year) 1st 2 Tyszka (14), Lee (16) 2nd 3 Volcan (13), Wedman (14), Stankowski (15) 5th 1 Briscoe (14) 6th 3 Hamaliuk (15-111th), Carpendale (15-125th), Terretta (16) 8th 2 Neuls (12), Harsch (14) Euro 2 Moilanen (16), Malukhin (17) List 3 Katzalay, Huo, MacLean Ottenbreit (Sas), Andrusiak (PA), Berlin (Spo), Hyman (Cal), Strand (RD), Bargar (Vic), Philp (Ktn), Trade 9 Hughes (Edm), Luding (Evt) 2017-18 RECORD by MONTH and DAY OF WEEK Month Games Record Home Road September 3 2-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 October 10 5-4-0-1 1-3-0-0 4-1-0-1 November 13 4-7-2-0 1-3-0-0 2-3-2-0 December 11 2-2-1-0 2-1-1-0 1-1-0-0 January 13 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 February 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 March 10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Totals 72 13-14-3-1 6-7-1-0 7-7-2-1 2017-18 TEAM RECORDS 1-goal games 2-goal games 3-plus-goal games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after 1 period Trailing after 1 period Tied after 1 period Leading after 2 periods Trailing after 2 periods Tied after 2 periods Overtime Record Shootout Record Out-shooting opponent Out-shot by opponent Shots are even vs. BC vs. US vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE vs. Central vs. East vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE

5-5-3-1 3-4 4-5 8-8-1-0 4-6-2-1 3-4-1-0 1-8-1-0 9-3-1-1 7-2-1-0 1-9-2-0 5-2-0-1 0-3 1-1 7-7-2-0 6-7-1-1 0-0-0-0 3-6-1-0 4-5-1-1 7-11-2-1 4-1-1-0 2-2-0-0 6-3-1-0

Day Games Wins Loss OTL SOL Monday 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday 11 2 1 1 1 Wednesday 7 2 1 0 0 Thursday 1 1 0 0 0 Friday 19 2 5 1 0 Saturday 24 3 8 1 0 Sunday 10 3 0 0 0 Totals 72 13 14 3 1

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GM #32- Prince George Cougars vs. Seattle Thunderbirds Referees: Stephen CAMPBELL, Jeff INGRAM Linesman: Adam BRASTAD, Mark HEIER

Record: 12-14-3-2 Home: 7-8-3-0 Away: 5-6-0-2 PP: 22-132 (16.7%) PK: 23-137 (83.2%) GF-GA: 98-109 (-11) Ranking: 5th BC Division | 10th Western Conference

Record: 13-14-3-1 Home: 6-7-1-0 Away: 7-7-2-1 PP: 29-131 (22.1%) PK: 23-134 (82.8%) GF-GA: 97-111 (-14) Ranking: 5th US Division | 9th Western Conference

Last Game: Dec 12th vs. Victoria Royals (5-4 W) Goals: Schoettler (2), Mikhalchuk, Moberg, Kryski Win: Taylor Grant SH- 41 SV- 45 Shots: Cougars 25 Royals 45 Power-Play: 1-4 Penalty-Kill: 7-8 LAST 5: 2-2-1-0 (Dec 12th) 5-4 W vs. Victoria Royals (Dec 10th) 5-4 OTL vs. Victoria Royals (Dec 2nd) 6-2 W vs. Vancouver Giants (Dec 1st) 5-3 L vs. Vancouver Giants (Nov 29th) 5-3 L @ Kelowna Rockets

Next Game: Dec 16th @ Everett Silvertips. The Cougars continue their three-game road trip tomorrow night up the I5 against the Silvertips, at newly renewed Angels of the Wind Arena. It’s the fourth and final meeting of the regular season. The Cougars 1-2-0-0 vs. the ‘Tips this season. NEXT 5: (Dec 16th) @ Everett Silvertips 7:05 PM (Dec 17th) @ Vancouver Giants 4 PM (Dec 27th) @ Victoria Royals 7:05 PM (Dec 28th) @ Victoria Royals 7:05 PM (Dec 30th) @ Vancouver Giants 7 PM

COUGARS Goals: 15 McDonald Assists: 20 Bethune Points: 30 Bethune PIMS: 39 McDonald Plus/Minus: +8 Schoettler Power-Play Goals: 5 Maser - McDonald Shorthanded Goals: 3 O’Brien Game-Winning Goals: 4 McDonald

OPPONENT Goals: 16 Moilanen Assists: 23 Neuls Points: 30 Neuls PIMS: 57 Ottenbreit Plus/Minus: +2 Hyman Power-Play Goals: 9 Strand Shorthanded Goals: 1 Neuls – Ottenbreit Game-Winning Goals: 4 Moilanen

COUGARS RECORD THROUGH THE WEEK Monday: 0-0-0-0 Tuesday: 3-1-0-0 Wednesday: 2-3-0-0 Thursday: 0-0-0-0 Friday: 3-5-1-1 Saturday: 3-5-1-0 Sunday: 1-0-1-1

COUGARS RECORDS VERSUS BC Division: 5-6-3-0 US Division: 2-6-0-0 Central Division: 5-2-0-2 East Division: 0-0-0-0 Western Conference: 7-12-3-0 Easter Conference: 5-2-0-2

COUGARS RECORD WHEN… Score 1: 8-4-1-1 Opponent 1: 4-10-2-1 Lead After 1: 9-1-2-0 Tied After 1: 2-4-0-0 Trail After 1: 1-9-1-2

Lead After 2: 9-2-2-0 Tied After 2: 2-2-0-2 Trail After 2: 1-10-1-0 Overtime: 0-3 Shootout: 1-2

COUGARS VS. WEST Everett: 1-2-0-0 Kamloops: 2-3-0-0 Kelowna: 0-2-2-0 Portland: 1-1-0-0 Seattle: 0-1-0-0 Spokane: 0-2-0-0 Tri-City: 0-0-0-0 Vancouver: 2-1-0-0 Victoria: 1-0-1-0 COUGARS LAST GOAL NAME 2 Cole Moberg 4 Joel Lakusta 6 Jonas Harkins 8 Jackson Leppard 9 Chance Adrian 10 Josh Curtis 11 Josh Maser 13 Max Kryski 14 Ben Coppinger 15 Brogan O’Brien 16 Ryan Schoettler 18 Jack Sande 20 Ethan O’Rourke 21 Jared Bethune 22 Matthew Mosher 23 Aaron Boyd 24 Liam Ryan 25 Pavel Azhgirei 26 Kody McDonald 27 Dennis Cholowski 28 Josh Anderson 29 Vladislav Mikhalchuk

OPPONENT’S RECOR WHEN… Score 1: 9-8-1-0 Opponent 1: 4-6-2-1 Lead After 1: 3-4-1-0 Tied After 1: 9-2-1-1 Trail After 1: 1-8-1-0

COUGARS VS. EAST Brandon: 0-0-0-0 Calgary: 1-0-0-1 Edmonton: 2-0-0-1 Kootenay: 1-0-0-0 Lethbridge: 0-0-0-0 Medicine Hat: 0-2-0-0 Moose Jaw: 0-0-0-0 Prince Albert: 0-0-0-0 Red Deer 1-0-0-0

DATE December 12th, 2017 December 2nd, 2017 -December 10th, 2017 November 25th, 2017 December 2nd, 2017 December 10th, 2017 December 12th, 2017 -December 2nd, 2017 December 12th, 2017 November 10th, 2017 December 2nd, 2017 December 2nd, 2017 -December 2nd, 2017 -December 5th, 2017 November 22nd, 2017 November 25th, 2017 December 1st, 2017 December 12th, 2017

OPPONENT Victoria Royals (5-4 win) Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) -Victoria Royals (5-4 OT loss) Kamloops Blazers (4-3 loss) Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) Victoria Royals (5-4 OT loss) Victoria Royals (5-4 win) -Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) Victoria Royals (5-4 win) Everett Silvertips (4-3 win) Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) -Vancouver Giants (6-2 win) -Kootenay ICE (3-1 win) Medicine Hat Tigers (7-3 loss) Kelowna Rockets (5-3 loss) Vancouver Giants (5-3 loss) Victoria Royals (5-4 win)

Lead After 2: 8-2-1-0 Tied After 2: 4-3-0-1 Trail after 2: 1-9-2-0 Overtime: 0-3 Shootout: 1-1

Regina: 0-0-0-0 Saskatoon: 0-0-0-0 Swift Current: 0-0-0-0

COUGARS TRACKS LAST GAME: The Cougars look for back-to-back wins tonight, as they face the Seattle Thunderbirds at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington. Prince George is coming off a 5-4 rollercoaster win over the Victoria Royals on Tuesday. The Cougars took three out of a possible four points against the BC Division-leading Royals, after losing 5-4 in overtime on Sunday. Ryan Schoettler scored twice for the Cougars and Vladislav Mikhalchuk, Cole Moberg and Max Kryski also found the back of the net. Just like they did Sunday, the Cougars led 3-0 Tuesday, and just like Sunday, Victoria rallied in the third period, erasing a 4-1 deficit to tie it. However, unlike Sunday, the Cougars found a way to pull out the two points, as Max Kryski scored the game-winner with less than six-minutes left in the third period, his career WHL goal. Tavin Grant got the win in goal; he was excellent stopping 41 of 45 shots. HEAD-TO-HEAD: Tonight, is the second of four meetings against the Thunderbirds and the first meeting since late September. Back on September 29th, the T-Birds scored a 5-1 win against the Cougars. Seattle got out to a 2-0 lead after one and 4-0 lead after 40-minutes, before the two teams traded goals in the third period. Sami Moilanen led the way for Seattle, picking up a hat-trick in the win. Dennis Cholowski scored the Cougars’ only goal, a power-play goal in the third. Taylor Gauthier suffered the loss in net, stopping 17 of 22 shots. The T-Birds come up to Prince George on January 16th and 17th to finish off the season series. The Cougars won three of four against the Seattle last season, with their only loss at home back in December, of 2016. In those four games the Cougars outscored Seattle 14-11, with Brad Morrison leading the way with four goals and six points. Jansen Harkins was close behind with a goal and five points. Nolan Volcan led all T-Birds in scoring against PG with a goal and five points. ROSTER MOVES: The Cougars made a few moves to their roster on Tuesday. Prince George signed 20-year-old forward Nic Holowko and placed fellow 20-year-old forward Brogan O’Brien on the Injured Reserve with a lower-body injury (month-to-month). Holowko started the season with the Kamloops Blazers and had three goals and four points in seven games, before being released. He was most recently with the Coquitlam Express in the BCHL. Holowko is a veteran of four plus seasons and over 200 games in the WHL. The 6’0, 190-pound winger has 21 goals and 53 points, to go along with 100 penalty-minutes in 208 career regular season games, between Seattle and Kamloops. Also, the team called-up 16-year-old defenceman Cole Beamin (Saskatoon, SK), from the Saskatoon Contacts in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. Beamin was a second-round pick in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. Beamin’s call up necessitated by Dennis Cholowski’s departure to Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp in St. Catherines, Ontario. Holowko will wear number 17 with the Cougars and Beamin will wear number 19. CHOLOWSKI TEAM CANADA HOPEFULL: Captain Dennis Cholowski is one 32 invitees for Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp in St. Catherines, Ontario. Team Canada brass unveiled the selection camp roster on Wednesday morning and Cholowski is one of 13 WHL’ers competing for 22 roster spots. The camp runs December 12th to 15th out in Ontario, and Canada will play three exhibition games, two against a U SPORTS select team and one against Denmark, before trimming their roster down. Canada plays two more exhibition games against Switzerland and the Czech Republic, before their opener on Boxing Day against Finland, at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Buffalo, New York. Cholowski is third in team scoring and 12th among defencemen in the WHL with eight goals and 24 points in 27 games; he’s also a +5; he has points in eight of his last 10 games. The Detroit Red Wings draft pick played for Team WHL at the CIBC Canada-Russia series in Moose Jaw and Swift Current Saskatchewan. ON DECK: The Cougars head up north on Interstate 5 tomorrow, as they face the Everett Silvertips at Angel of the Winds Arena. Then they’re in Langley on Sunday afternoon against the Vancouver Giants. After Christmas, the Cougars come back to face the Victoria Royals in a doubleheader on Vancouver Island on December 27th & 28th.

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