Digital Program vs. Prince George Cougars by Seattle Thunderbirds

2015-16

U.S. DIVISION CHAMPIONS

WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

2016-17 ATION PLAYER INFORM RTISEMENTS E V D A R O S N O P S

& MORE! VS

SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS | PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS

FRIDAY, DEC 16 â&#x2C6;&#x2122; 7:35PM

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

G A M E

N O T E S

DATE

HOME GAME #14

LOCATION

Friday, December 16, 2016

Overall Game #32

ShoWare Center

GAME TIME

REFEREES

LINESMEN

7:35 PM

Sean Raphael #28, Colin Watt #72

Ron Dietterle #121, Mark Heier #125

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS 24-8-2-0 2 Sam Ruopp (96)

PLAYERS

POS GP 22 D

4 6 8 9

D D LW C

Joel Lakusta* (98) Jonas Harkins* (00L) Jackson Leppard* (00) Brad Morrison (97)

10 Josh Curtis* (98L)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

LW C LW LW LW D D LW D RW LW

Josh Maser* (99) Jansen Harkins (97) Jesse Gabrielle (97) Colby McAuley (96) Brogan O’Brien (97) Ryan Schoettler* (99) Brendan Guhle (97) Bartek Bison (98) Shane Collins (97) Ethan O’Rourke* (99) Jared Bethune (97)

22 Yan Khomenko (98) 23 Aaron Boyd (97)

RW LW

25 26 27 28 # 33 35

D RW C D GP 10 25

Tate Olson (97) Kody McDonald (98) Justin Almeida (99) Josh Anderson (98) GOALTENDERS Nick McBride (97) Ty Edmonds (96)

* Rookie

25 1 10 33 29 3 28 28 32 32 26 22 22 34 16 34 31 34 32 31 32 31 SV% .892 .923

G 2

A PTS 8 10

+/5

PIM 26

12 -1 -4 7 15

10 0 0 36 12

4 5 6 7 8

Turner Ottenbreit (97) Jarret Tyszka (99) Bryan Allbee (97) Reece Harsch* (99) Scott Eansor (96)

D D D D C

0 4 36 38 18 2 16 4 12 8 20 8 9 36 50 4 31 SH 1 1

11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28

Elijah Brown* (00) Ryan Gropp (96L) Mathew Barzal (97) Alexander True (97) Tyler Adams (97) Sami Moilanen* (99) Donovan Neuls (97L) Zack Andrusiak* (98) Matthew Wedman (99) Luke Ormsby* (99)

1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 18 32 5 12 17 2 7 19 12 5 1 8 5 2 1 11 9 3 2 8 4 0 GAA 3.54 2.12

0 26 13 15 14 4 4 1 4 1 14 7 11 11 15 8 5 W 5 18

2 0 33 7 32 8 27 11 19 3 5 1 12 -3 6 0 6 6 2 -2 25 10 16 9 14 16 13 6 23 10 12 -9 5 7 L OL/SL 3 1/0 5 1/0

L=Birthday after September 15 of that year

General Manager

SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 16-12-2-1 PLAYERS 3 Anthony Bishop (98)

Brandon Schuldhaus (98)

Ethan Bear (97) Nolan Volcan (98) Ian Briscoe* (99) Keegan Kolesar (97)

# GOALTENDERS 1 Carl Stankowski* (00) 29 Matt Berlin* (98) 31 Rylan Toth (96) * Rookie

POS GP D 28

G 0

A PTS 2 2

+/-5

PIM 18

31 30 31 30 31

3 2 0 2 15

11 14 11 13 3 3 5 7 18 33

12 2 -6 3 13

45 14 10 12 32

C LW C C LW RW RW RW C RW D D LW C RW

25 25 13 31 25 29 31 23 30 25 31 29 31 13 14

1 9 2 10 1 10 8 2 4 1 1 10 11 2 4

7 13 17 9 6 14 5 1 10 2 3 16 16 0 4

4 -8 1 -8 2 5 2 -6 -1 -1 -7 10 14 1 -4

8 12 8 18 21 10 23 2 21 4 30 9 31 0 22

GP 3 7 25

SV% .885 .919 .887

GAA 3.07 1.95 3.07

8 22 19 19 7 24 13 3 14 3 4 26 27 2 8

W L OL/SL SH 1 0 0/1 0 3 0 1/0 0 12 12 1/0 0

L=Birthday after September 15 of that year

Todd Harkins

General Manager

Russ Farwell

Head Coach

Richard Matvichuk

Head Coach

Steve Konowalchuk

Associate Coach Goaltending Coach

Steve O’Rourke Sean Murray

Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

Matt O’Dette Tyler Alos

Athletic Therapist

Craig Hyslop

Director of Player Personnel

Cal Filson

Equipment Manager

Ramandeep S. Dhanjal

Goaltending Coach Athletic Trainer Equipment Manager

Ian Gordon Phil Varney Trevor Heinzerling

Next 3 Games: Saturday vs. Tri-City 7:05pm, Tue., Dec. 27 vs Spokane 7:05pm, Wed., Dec. 28 at Spokane 7:05pm

MESSAGE FROM

WHL COMMISSIONER Last year, during the Western Hockey Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th season, we were privileged to reflect on our rich history and honour the many distinguished builders and alumni who have helped to make the WHL the finest junior hockey league in the world today. As we open the 2016-17 WHL season, the same ideals that fostered the growth our great League still serve as its foundation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a commitment to providing our players with a world class experience from both a hockey and education standpoint. The WHL and our 22 member Clubs take great pride in providing our players with the best possible environment in which to succeed both on and off the ice. On the ice, our high calibre of coaching and arena facilities continue to offer an ideal setting to grow and develop as a player. Off the ice, the WHL Scholarship remains the most comprehensive hockey scholarship in North America with a WHL record of over 350 graduates utilizing their WHL Scholarship at post-secondary institutions across the continent last year alone, representing an investment of over $2 million by WHL Club ownership.

Ron Robison Commissioner Western Hockey League

The WHL Scholarship is one of many commitments WHL Club ownership makes to ensure the success of our players. The WHL Players First support services program expanded last year with the addition of a League-wide WHL Security Network and Police Impact Program which engages local police officers in a liaison capacity with all of our teams to ensure our players are in a safe and respectful environment at all times. This year, the WHL has partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association to launch the Talk Today program with all of our WHL member Clubs. Talk Today is a proven and important mental health initiative that will help our players and team staff identify and address mental health issues. The development opportunities the WHL provides on the ice and the assistance offered off the ice to our players through the WHL Scholarship and WHL Players First support services programs would not be possible without the support of our great fans as well as our corporate partners, broadcasters and media. The 2016-17 WHL season promises to be another highly entertaining campaign and we look forward to supporting our players and all of our WHL Clubs as they continue to set the standard for development both on and off the ice.

Seattle thunderbirds 2016-17 ROSTER AS OF 12/15/16 NO.

FORWARDS

Eansor, Scott

Brown, Elijah*

Gropp, Ryan

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

DRAFT

5’9

185

Englewood, CO

Jan. 3/96

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Free Agent

PRONUNCIATION EN-zor

5’9

160

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 5/00

SSAC Midget AAA

ABMHL

6’3

205

Kamloops, BC

Sept. 16/96

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

NYR 15

GROPP

Barzal, Mathew

6’0

182

Coquitlam, BC

May 26/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

NYI 15

BAR-zell

True, Alexander

6’4

199

Copenhagen, DEN

July 17/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 True

Adams, Tyler

6’2

194

Regina, SK

April 11/97

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

Eligible 2017 Adams

Moilanen, Sami*

5’08

182

Sipoo, FIN

Jan. 21/99

Jokerit U20

SM-liiga

Eligible 2017 SAH-mi MOY-lin-nen

Neuls, Donovan

5’11

183

Grenfell, SK

Oct. 24/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 Niles

Andrusiak, Zack*

5’11

177

Yorkton, SK

July 10/98

Kamloops Storm

KIJHL

Eligible 2017 AN-drew-z-ak

Wedman, Matthew

6’3

196

Edmonton, AB

May 25/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 WED-man

Ormsby, Luke*

5’10

181

Monroe, WA

Feb. 14/99

Phoenix Jr Coyotes

T1EHL

Eligible 2017 OR-mms-bee

Volcan, Nolan

5’09

191

Edmonton, AB

July 4/98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 Voll-kun

Briscoe, Ian *

5’10

172

Winnipeg, MB

Feb. 6/99

Winnipeg Wild Midget

MMHL

Eligible 2017 BRIS-coe

Kolesar, Keegan

6’2

223

Winnipeg, MB

Apr. 8/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

107

CBJ 2015

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

DRAFT

NO.

DEFENSEMEN

Eligible 2018 BROWN

KOHL-ah-sar PRONUNCIATION

Bishop, Anthony

5’11

181

Kelowna, BC

April 1/98

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

Eligible 2017 BISH-up

Ottenbreit, Turner

6’4

200

Yorkton, SK

July 9/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 OTT-in-bright

Tyszka, Jarret

6’3

191

Langley, BC

Mar. 15/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 TISH-ka

Allbee, Bryan

6’0

196

Prince George, BC

July 11/97

Kootenay Ice/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

Eligible 2017 ALL-bee

Harsch, Reece*

6’3

194

Grand Prairie, AB

Jan. 7/99

Grand Prairie Storm Midget

AMHL

Eligible 2017 Harsh

Schuldhaus, Brandon

6’4

197

Calgary, AB

Feb. 23/98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 SH-ULD-house

Bear, Ethan

5’11

205

Ochapowace, SK

June 26/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

EDM 2015

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

AVE

DRAFT

NO. 1

GOALTENDERS

Bear PRONUNCIATION

Stankowski, Carl*

5’9

159

Calgary, AB

Mar. 9/00

Anaheim Jr. Ducks

T1EHL

839

1.87

Eligible 2018 STAN-cow-ski

Berlin, Matt*

6’3

195

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 20/98

Spokane Chiefs

WHL

233

4.38

Eligible 2017

Toth, Rylan

6’2

201

Saskatoon, SK

May 31/96

Red Deer Rebels

WHL

2385

106

2.67

Free Agent

* Rookie Russ Farwell Cal Filson Steve Konowalchuk Matt O’Dette Tyler Alos 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

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Prince George Cougars Roster - As Of December 16th, 2016 #

FORWARDS (15) POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B

LEAGUE GP

PTS PIM

DRAFT

27 Almeida, Justin

5'10" 162 Kitimat, B.C.

P.G. Cougars

WHL

Eligible 2017

21 Bethune, Jared

6'0"

185 Fort Frances, ONT Jan. 20/97 P.G. Cougars

WHL

Eligible 2017

18 Bison, Bartek

6'3"

190 Amsterdam, NED Mar. 26/98 P.G. Cougars

WHL

Eligible 2017

23 Boyd, Aaron

6'3"

190 Winnipeg, MB

May. 24/97 P.G. Cougars

WHL

Eligible 2017

10 Curtis, Josh RW 13 Gabrielle, Jesse "A" LW 12 Harkins, Jansen C

6'0"

170 Winnipeg, MB

Sep. 24/98 P.G. Cougars

WHL

Eligible 2017

6'0"

205 Moosomin, SK

Jun. 17/97 P.G. Cougars

WHL

101

BOS '15

L L L L L R L L R

6'2" 6'0" 6'2" 6'2 6'0" 6'1" 6'0" 6'3" 6'5"

195 174 195 215 185 195 170 200 199

N. Vancouver B.C. May 23/97 St. Petersburg, RUSMar. 31/98 N. Vancouver B.C. Jan. 18/00 Houston, B.C. Jan. 18/99 Sherwood Park, AB May 28/96 Lethbridge, AB Apr. 7/98 Prince George, B.C.Jan. 4/97 Prince George, B.C.Aug. 13/97 Penticton, B.C. Feb. 25/99

P.G. Cougars Everett Silvertips

WHL WHL Vancouver NW Giants BCMML Cariboo Cougars BCMML P.G. Cougars WHL P.G. Cougars WHL P.G. Cougars WHL P.G. Cougars WHL Cariboo Cougars BCMML

69 46 34 32 66 71 72 71 30

24 5 14 20 13 15 28 18 9

33 4 17 17 17 14 34 38 7

57 9 31 37 30 29 62 56 16

51 14 32 52 156 137 35 28 46

WPG '15

SH L R L R R L L L

HT 6'2" 6'1" 6'3" 6'3" 6'2" 6'2" 6'4" 5'10"

WT 220 193 194 210 190 190 195 163

HOMETOWN Duncan, B.C. Rosetown, SK

15-16 Season P.G. Cougars

GP 39 69 63 37 44 65 69 33

G 1 2 10 1 2 9 4 6

A 5 19 18 8 5 38 21 11

SH L L

HT 6'2" 6'3"

WT HOMETOWN 180 Winnipeg, MB 193 Maple Ridge, BC

22 8 11 14 26 9 15 20

Khomenko, Yan Leppard, Jackson Maser, Josh McAuley, Colby "A"

# 28 19 17 6 4 25 2 16

DEFENCEMEN (7) POS Anderson, Josh D Collins, Shane D Guhle, Brendan "A" D Harkins, Jonas "AP" D

McDonald, Kody Morrison, Brad O'Brien, Brogan O'Rourke, Ethan

Lakusta, Joel Olson, Tate Ruopp, Sam "C" Schoettler, Ryan

RW LW LW LW RW C LW RW

D D D D

# GOALTENDERS (2) POS 35 Edmonds, Ty G 33 McBride, Nick G

President: Greg Pocock General Manager: Todd Harkins Head Coach: Richard Matvichuk Associate Coach: Steve O'Rourke

Feb. 6/99

15-16 Season

D.O.B Aug. 29/98 Feb. 20/97 Sherwood Park, AB Jul. 29/97 N. Vancouver B.C. Dec. 26/00 Sherwood Park, ABJun. 24/98 Saskatoon, SK Mar. 21/97 Zehner, SK Jun. 3/96 Lloydminster, AB Jul. 25/99

LEAGUE WHL P.G. Cougars WHL P.A. Raiders WHL Cariboo Cougars BCMML P.G. Cougars WHL P.G. Cougars WHL P.G. Cougars WHL Lloydminster Bobcats AMHL

D.O.B 15-16 Season Aug. 20/96 P.G. Cougars Jan. 11/97 PA Raiders

LEAGUE GP MIN GA WHL 45 2462 113 WHL 28 1406 71

Power Skating Coach: Karen Kos Goaltending Coach: Sean Murray Equipment Manager: Ramandeep S. Dhanjal (Chico) Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop

Eligible 2017 Eligible 2018 Eligible 2017 Free Agent Eligible 2017 NYR '15 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017

PTS PIM DRAFT 6 86 COL '16 21 51 Eligible 2017 28 53 BUF - '15 9 55 Eligible 2019 7 19 Eligible 2017 47 90 VAN '15 25 100 CBJ '15 17 40 Eligible 2017 SO 4 1

GAA DRAFT 2.75 Free Agent 3.03 Eligible 2017

MEMBER CLUBS OF THE

'WESTERN HOCKEY LEADUE

A80UT THE

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division

U.S. Division

EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division

Central Division

Kamloops Blazers Kelowna Rockets Prince George Cougars Vancouver Giants Victoria Royals

Everett Silvertips Portland Winterhawks Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Chiefs Tri-City Americans

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

Calgary Hitmen Edmonton Oil Kings Kootenay Ice Lethbridge Hurricanes Medicine Hat Tigers Red Deer Rebels

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The Western Hockey League started with just seven teams based in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1966. The WHL now 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: the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL). At the conclusion of each league's playoffs, the CHL hosts the MasterCard Memorial Cup, a national championship tournament involving each of the three league 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 over 20% of all NHL players are graduates of the WHL. The WHL is also a leading provider of post-secondary scholarships with over 325 scholarships awarded each year to current and graduate WHL players, more than any other league in North America.

Welcome to Kent …and to the Western Conference Champion Seattle Thunderbirds 2016-2017 season as the T-Birds pursue a return to the WHL Championship! This season starts with an exciting celebration at the first home game of the season as the T-Birds will raise a U.S. Division Champions Banner and a Western Conference Champions Banner. Ethan Bear, Keegan Kolesar and Scott Eansor, leading scorers for the T-Birds last season, return this year as the T-Birds defend their Western Conference Championship. Also returning are Nolan Volcan, Donovan Neuls, Alexander True, Turner Ottenbreit and the hero of Game 4 of the Western Conference Championship, Matthew Wedman. Watch for new Finnish forward Sami Moilanen, who the T-Birds selected in the annual Import Draft, and center Elijah Brown, the 2015 first overall Bantam Draft pick, to do big things. Returning this year is the T-Birds’ popular 2-for-Tuesday promotion, where fans can enjoy 2-for-1 tickets along with $2 concession specials! The very popular Pub Nights, Turkey Shoot and Ham Shoot are always fun nights. If you’re a new visitor to ShoWare Center, you should know we are very proud of this 8 year-old state-ofthe-art arena. The 6,125 seats, 20 suites, and incredible Heritage Club seating section have unmatched 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 post-game gatherings, but don’t leave your car there during an event as they 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 await you. Go Birds!

Suzette Cooke Mayor, City of Kent

Standings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

34 24

Prince George Cougars

Home

Away

P10

STK

50 0.735 124

GA PIM 88

415

13-5-1-0

11-3-1-0

6-4-0-0

3-0-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

34 20 12

42 0.618 112

462

12-4-1-0

8-8-0-1

7-2-0-1

6-0-0-1

Kelowna Rockets

33 19 12

40 0.606 115 107 554

9-6-0-0

10-6-2-0

6-2-2-0

0-1-1-0

Victoria Royals

35 17 15

37 0.529 115 109 496

10-8-0-0

7-7-3-0

3-6-1-0

0-1-0-0

32 11 18

25 0.391

125 444

7-10-1-1

4-8-0-1

1-6-1-2

0-2-0-1

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

5 Vancouver Giants Eastern Conference Central Division Rank Team

GP W

34 23 10

Medicine Hat Tigers

47 0.691 164 113 440

Home

Away

P10

STK

10-4-1-0

13-6-0-0

5-5-0-0

2-0-0-0 11-0-2-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

34 18 11

41 0.603 118 125 444

11-5-2-0

7-6-1-2

8-0-2-0

Red Deer Rebels

34 16 12

38 0.559 120 128 481

10-4-2-0

6-8-2-2

5-2-2-1

3-0-2-0

Edmonton Oil Kings

33 15 15

33 0.500 100 114 467

6-9-1-0

9-6-2-0

5-4-1-0

1-0-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

6 Kootenay ICE East Division Rank Team 1

Regina Pats

29 12 15

26 0.448

108 392

6-5-1-0

6-10-1-0

4-6-0-0

1-0-0-0

20 0.294

148 452

3-10-5-0

3-10-2-1

1-7-2-0

0-3-1-0

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

29 21

48 0.828 158

Home

Away

P10

STK

413

11-0-4-0

10-2-2-0

6-1-3-0

5-0-3-0

Moose Jaw Warriors

31 19

43 0.694 122 109 351

10-4-3-1

9-3-1-0

6-3-0-1

1-0-0-0

Swift Current Broncos

33 16 10

39 0.591 111 108 421

8-5-2-1

8-5-1-3

5-3-1-1

1-0-1-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 13 14

30 0.484

106 474

9-4-2-0

4-10-2-0

2-7-1-0

0-5-1-0

Saskatoon Blades

34 13 18

29 0.426

131 413

5-6-2-0

8-12-1-0

4-4-2-0

2-0-1-0

16 0.242

132 434

4-10-1-0

3-14-0-1

2-7-0-1

0-1-0-0

GA PIM

6 Prince Albert Raiders Western Conference U.S. Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

31 22

Everett Silvertips

49 0.790 105

261

Home

Away

P10

STK

14-2-1-0

8-2-4-0

7-2-1-0

1-0-0-0

Tri-City Americans

35 19 13

41 0.586 125 125 434

11-5-2-0

8-8-1-0

4-5-1-0

0-2-0-0

Portland Winterhawks

34 19 14

39 0.574 132 113 432

10-8-1-0

9-6-0-0

8-2-0-0

1-0-0-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

5 Spokane Chiefs x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title

Wednesday, Dec 14 Swift Current 5 at Kootenay 2 Final Kamloops 3 at Lethbridge 2 Final OT Prince Albert 1 at Moose Jaw 4 Final Tri-City 3 at Prince George 5 Final Edmonton 3 at Saskatoon 2 Final OT Portland 4 at Victoria 3 Final

31 16 12

35 0.565

360

7-5-0-1

9-7-2-0

5-4-1-0

0-2-0-0

32 14 12

34 0.531 110 112 480

7-6-4-1

7-6-1-0

5-4-1-0

1-0-0-0

Friday, Dec 16 Prince Albert at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Regina at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Saskatoon at Brandon 7:30 pm CST Kelowna at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Lethbridge at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Kamloops at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Portland at Vancouver 7:30 pm PST Prince George at Seattle 7:35 pm PST Tri-City at Everett 7:35 pm PST

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Saturday, Dec 17 Moose Jaw at Regina 7:00 pm CST Swift Current at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CST Brandon at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Kamloops at Kootenay 7:00 pm MST Kelowna at Calgary 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MST Portland at Everett 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Tri-City at Seattle 7:05 pm PST Vancouver at Victoria 7:05 pm PST

Wildcard Standings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank

Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Prince George Cougars

34 24

Kamloops Blazers

STK

P10

50 0.735 124

3-0-0-0

6-4-0-0

34 20 12

42 0.618 112

6-0-0-1

7-2-0-1

33 19 12

40 0.606 115 107

0-1-1-0

6-2-2-0

3 Kelowna Rockets Western Conference Wildcard Rank Team

GP W

STK

P10

Victoria Royals

35 17 15

37 0.529 115 109

0-1-0-0

3-6-1-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 16 12

35 0.565

0-2-0-0

5-4-1-0

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GF 98

GA 95

Spokane Chiefs

32 14 12

34 0.531 110 112

1-0-0-0

5-4-1-0

Vancouver Giants

32 11 18

25 0.391

125

0-2-0-1

1-6-1-2

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Eastern Conference Central Division Rank

Team

GP W

Medicine Hat Tigers

34 23 10

Lethbridge Hurricanes

STK

P10

47 0.691 164 113

2-0-0-0

5-5-0-0

34 18 11

41 0.603 118 125

11-0-2-0

8-0-2-0

34 16 12

38 0.559 120 128

3-0-2-0

5-2-2-1

3 Red Deer Rebels East Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Regina Pats

29 21

Moose Jaw Warriors

31 19

43 0.694 122 109

1-0-0-0

6-3-0-1

33 16 10

39 0.591 111 108

1-0-1-0

5-3-1-1

STK

P10

48 0.828 158

5-0-3-0

6-1-3-0

3 Swift Current Broncos Eastern Conference Wildcard Rank Team

GP W

STK

P10

Edmonton Oil Kings

33 15 15

33 0.500 100 114

1-0-1-0

5-4-1-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 13 14

30 0.484

0-5-1-0

2-7-1-0

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GF 98

GA 106

Saskatoon Blades

34 13 18

29 0.426

131

2-0-1-0

4-4-2-0

Calgary Hitmen

29 12 15

26 0.448

108

1-0-0-0

4-6-0-0

Kootenay ICE

20 0.294

148

0-3-1-0

1-7-2-0

Prince Albert Raiders

16 0.242

132

0-1-0-0

2-7-0-1

STK

P10

49 0.790 105

1-0-0-0

7-2-1-0

Western Conference U.S. Division Rank

Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Everett Silvertips

31 22

Tri-City Americans

35 19 13

41 0.586 125 125

0-2-0-0

4-5-1-0

34 19 14

39 0.574 132 113

1-0-0-0

8-2-0-0

3 Portland Winterhawks Western Conference Wildcard Rank Team

GP W

STK

P10

Victoria Royals

35 17 15

37 0.529 115 109

0-1-0-0

3-6-1-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 16 12

35 0.565

0-2-0-0

5-4-1-0

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GF 98

GA 95

Spokane Chiefs

32 14 12

34 0.531 110 112

1-0-0-0

5-4-1-0

Vancouver Giants

32 11 18

25 0.391

0-2-0-1

1-6-1-2

125

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Conference Standings Western Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

Home

Away

P10

STK

Prince George Cougars

34 24 8

50 0.735 124 88

13-5-1-0

11-3-1-0

6-4-0-0

3-0-0-0

Everett Silvertips

31 22 4

49 0.790 105 64

14-2-1-0

8-2-4-0

7-2-1-0

1-0-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

34 20 12

42 0.618 112 89

12-4-1-0

8-8-0-1

7-2-0-1

6-0-0-1

Tri-City Americans

35 19 13

41 0.586 125 125

11-5-2-0

8-8-1-0

4-5-1-0

0-2-0-0

Kelowna Rockets

33 19 12

40 0.606 115 107

9-6-0-0

10-6-2-0

6-2-2-0

0-1-1-0

Portland Winterhawks

34 19 14

39 0.574 132 113

10-8-1-0

9-6-0-0

8-2-0-0

1-0-0-0

Victoria Royals

35 17 15

37 0.529 115 109

10-8-0-0

7-7-3-0

3-6-1-0

0-1-0-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 16 12

35 0.565 98

7-5-0-1

9-7-2-0

5-4-1-0

0-2-0-0

Spokane Chiefs

32 14 12

34 0.531 110 112

7-6-4-1

7-6-1-0

5-4-1-0

1-0-0-0

32 11 18

25 0.391 93 125

7-10-1-1

4-8-0-1

1-6-1-2

0-2-0-1

10 Vancouver Giants Eastern Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

Home

Away

P10

STK

Regina Pats

29 21 2

48 0.828 158 90

11-0-4-0

10-2-2-0

6-1-3-0

5-0-3-0

Medicine Hat Tigers

34 23 10

47 0.691 164 113

10-4-1-0

13-6-0-0

5-5-0-0

2-0-0-0

Moose Jaw Warriors

31 19 7

43 0.694 122 109

10-4-3-1

9-3-1-0

6-3-0-1

1-0-0-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

34 18 11

41 0.603 118 125

11-5-2-0

7-6-1-2

8-0-2-0

11-0-2-0

Swift Current Broncos

33 16 10

39 0.591 111 108

8-5-2-1

8-5-1-3

5-3-1-1

1-0-1-0

Red Deer Rebels

34 16 12

38 0.559 120 128

10-4-2-0

6-8-2-2

5-2-2-1

3-0-2-0

Edmonton Oil Kings

33 15 15

33 0.500 100 114

6-9-1-0

9-6-2-0

5-4-1-0

1-0-1-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 13 14

30 0.484 98 106

9-4-2-0

4-10-2-0

2-7-1-0

0-5-1-0

Saskatoon Blades

34 13 18

29 0.426 86 131

5-6-2-0

8-12-1-0

4-4-2-0

2-0-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

29 12 15

26 0.448 73 108

6-5-1-0

6-10-1-0

4-6-0-0

1-0-0-0

Kootenay ICE

34 6 20

20 0.294 85 148

3-10-5-0

3-10-2-1

1-7-2-0

0-3-1-0

Prince Albert Raiders

33 7 24

16 0.242 75 132

4-10-1-0

3-14-0-1

2-7-0-1

0-1-0-0

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

Jayden Halbgewachs

31 28 22

Chad Butcher

31 15 35

Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

Jayden Halbgewachs

31 28

Matthew Phillips

VIC

33 23

A PTS

Sam Steel

REG

23 21 27

Michael Rasmussen

35 23

Cody Glass

POR

34 17 31

Zak Zborosky

KTN

34 23

Several Players Tied

Adam Brooks

REG

23 14 34

Mason Shaw

Nikita Popugaev

32 20 24

Matthew Phillips

VIC

33 23 20

Morgan Geekie

35 18 25

Skyler McKenzie

POR

34 21 21

Tyler Wong

LET

31 20 22

Noah Gregor

32 17 25

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Mason Shaw

33 39

Brayden Burke

26 35 31 35

Chad Butcher

Adam Brooks

REG

23 34

Steven Owre

33 32

Michael Spacek

30 16 26

Patrick Bajkov

EVT

31 16 26

Steven Owre

33 10 32

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Kailer Yamamoto

SPO

26 20 21

Zach Fischer

Kole Lind

KEL

32 18 23

Barrett Sheen

KTN

David Quenneville

32 17 23

Dalton Yorke

Keegan Iverson

POR

32 13 27

* Riley McKay

SPO

Brayden Burke

Kade Jensen

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

KTN

34 28

* Riley McKay

SPO

24 9

35 26

Zach Fischer

28 8

Minor Penalties Rank Player 1

Barrett Sheen

Dalton Yorke

Tyler Coulter

BDN

30 26

Dakota Odgers

Carter Folk

VIC

31 25

* Tristyn DeRoose

Several Players Tied

32 8

VAN

18 8

Several Players Tied

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

32 12

Mark Rassell

34 5

33 11

Austin Wagner

REG

23 4

Power Play Goals Rank Player 1

David Quenneville

Tyler Steenbergen

Max Gerlach

34 11

Sam Steel

REG

23 3

Michael Rasmussen

35 11

Jesse Gabrielle

28 3

Matthew Phillips

VIC

33 10

Jayden Halbgewachs

31 3

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

KAM

32 7

Sergey Zborovskiy

REG

33 6

Chase Harrison

REG

Game Winning Goals Rank Player 1

Deven Sideroff

Tyler Steenbergen

Several Players Tied

Deven Sideroff

KAM

Adam Brooks

REG

Sam Steel

REG

Shootout Goals Rank Player

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Morgan Geekie

Stelio Mattheos

BDN

Noah Philp

KTN

Tyler Wong

LET

* Aleksi Heponiemi

+/-

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Team SOG SOA SO% 100.0

Leading Goalies Top 15 Goalies (by GAA) Rank Player

Team GP Mins W

Carter Hart

EVT

24 1398 16

1.85 1

1.000 594 551

0.928

Ty Edmonds

26 1503 19

2.12 1

0.750 692 639

0.923

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

Connor Ingram

KAM

24 1414 14

2.12 0

0.000 766 716

0.935

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

31 1719 17 12

2.83 1

0.727 963 882

0.916

Cole Kehler

POR

26 1473 15

2.89 1

1.000 824 753

0.914

Nick Schneider

29 1701 21

3.00 1

0.667 822 737

0.897

Zach Sawchenko

18 1060 12

3.00 1

0.750 630 577

0.916

Michael Herringer

KEL

26 1464 15

3.03 0

0.000 730 656

0.899

Tyler Brown

REG

22 1283 14

3.04 0

0.000 655 590

0.901

Logan Flodell

SAS

23 1225 10 10

3.04 0

0.000 733 671

0.915

Logan Thompson

BDN

11 671

3.04 2

1.000 375 341

0.909

Rylan Toth

SEA

25 1405 12 12

3.07 0

0.000 639 567

0.887

Travis Child

18 987

3.10 0

0.375 550 499

0.907

Taz Burman

19 1018

3.12 0

0.667 547 494

0.903

Nicholas Sanders

16 702

3.16 1

0.571 347 310

0.893

Wins Rank

Player

Team W

Saves Rank

Player

Team SVS

Nick Schneider

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

882

Ty Edmonds

Stuart Skinner

LET

849

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

Payton Lee

KTN

809

Carter Hart

EVT

Ryan Kubic

VAN

769

Stuart Skinner

LET

Cole Kehler

POR

753

Losses Rank Player

Team L

Save Percentage Rank Player

Team GA SVS SV%

Ian Scott

Connor Ingram

KAM

50 716

0.935

Ryan Kubic

VAN

Carter Hart

EVT

43 551

0.928

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

Ty Edmonds

53 639

0.923

Rylan Toth

SEA

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

81 882

0.916

Several Goaltenders Tied

Zach Sawchenko

53 577

0.916

Mins Rank

Player

Team Mins

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

1719

Nick Schneider

1701

Stuart Skinner

LET

1690

Ryan Kubic

VAN

1598

Patrick Dea

EDM

1505

Shootout Wins Rank Player

Team SOW

Logan Thompson

BDN

Several Goaltenders Tied

2 1

Shutouts Rank Player

Team SO

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team Saves Att SO%

Carter Hart

EVT

Logan Thompson

BDN

1.000

* Riley Lamb

Carter Hart

EVT

1.000 1.000

Logan Flodell

SAS

Cole Kehler

POR

Connor Ingram

KAM

* Kyle Dumba

CGY

Several Goaltenders Tied

* indicates rookie

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1.000 0.800

Leaders (Rookies) Goals Rank

Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

34 19 18

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

34 19

* Aleksi Heponiemi

* Filip Ahl

REG

28 18

* John Dahlstrom

32 16 17

* John Dahlstrom

32 16

* Filip Ahl

REG

28 18 14

* Nick Henry

REG

29 14

* Nick Henry

REG

29 14 16

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

31 12

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

31 12 16

* Sami Moilanen

SEA

29 10 14

* Trey Fix-Wolansky

EDM

* Henri Jokiharju

POR

* Luka Burzan

* Calen Addison

LET

* Ondrej Najman

SPO

A PTS

Player

Team GP G

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

* Aleksi Heponiemi

33 27

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

34 18

* John Dahlstrom

32 17

Several Players Tied

* Kyle Topping

KEL

* Michael Farren

SAS

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

* Kristians Rubins

* Riley McKay

SPO

* Dmitri Zaitsev

* Tanner Sidaway

KTN

* Nolan Foote

KEL

* Tristyn DeRoose

VAN

* Ty Smith

SPO

* Zane Franklin

LET

* Eetu Tuulola

EVT

* Kaid Oliver

VIC

Several Players Tied

Minor Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

* Tanner Sidaway

KTN

30 20

* Riley McKay

SPO

24 9

* Davis Murray

EDM

20 14

* Tristyn DeRoose

VAN

18 8

* Dmitri Zaitsev

30 14

* Kaid Oliver

VIC

33 5

* Trey Fix-Wolansky

EDM

33 12

* Zane Franklin

LET

28 4

Several Players Tied

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

REG

28 9

* Braydon Buziak

REG

19 1

31 5

* Bryce Kindopp

EVT

25 1

* Cole Reinhardt

BDN

32 1

Power Play Goals Rank Player 1

* Filip Ahl

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

* Nick Henry

REG

29 4

* Sami Moilanen

SEA

29 3

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

34 3

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

* Filip Ahl

REG

28 5

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

34 3

* Dmitri Zaitsev

Several Players Tied

* John Dahlstrom

* Henri Jokiharju

POR

5 Shootout Goals Rank Player 1 2

* Aleksi Heponiemi Several Players Tied

+/-

Several Players Tied

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

* Jake Elmer

KTN

100.0

* Michael Farren

SAS

100.0

* Andrei Grishakov

CGY

100.0

* Kaid Oliver

VIC

100.0

* Eetu Tuulola

EVT

100.0

2 1

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Leaders (Defencemen) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

David Quenneville

32 17 23

Connor Hobbs

REG

27 13 23

Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

David Quenneville

32 17

Connor Hobbs

REG

27 13

A PTS

Juuso V채lim채ki

32 12 23

Juuso V채lim채ki

32 12

Aaron Irving

EDM

33 12 23

Aaron Irving

EDM

33 12

Ethan Bear

SEA

29 10

Sergey Zborovskiy

REG

Colton Bobyk

Josh Mahura

Parker Wotherspoon

Caleb Jones

POR

Cal Foote

KEL

Clayton Kirichenko

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Caleb Jones

POR

32 28

Colton Bobyk

34 28

Several Players Tied

Chaz Reddekopp

VIC

Ethan Bear

SEA

29 10 16

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Artyom Minulin

Dalton Yorke

Chase Harrison

REG

Kade Jensen

Brennan Menell

LET

Schael Higson

BDN

Dylan Coghlan

Ryan Pouliot

KTN

Evan Fiala

SAS

Keoni Texeira

POR

Kevin Davis

EVT

Several Players Tied

Minor Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

Dalton Yorke

35 26

Jeff Faith

SPO

31 6

Kade Jensen

33 24

Ryan Pouliot

KTN

33 5

Schael Higson

BDN

32 24

Dalton Yorke

35 4

Ondrej Vala

KAM

32 24

Darian Skeoch

VAN

27 4

Evan Fiala

SAS

32 22

Several Players Tied

Power Play Goals Rank Player 1

David Quenneville

Josh Mahura

Parker Wotherspoon

Several Players Tied

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

32 12

Kale Clague

BDN

32 6

Several Players Tied

32 5

22 2 1

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

Ethan Bear

SEA

29 4

Sergey Zborovskiy

REG

Connor Hobbs

REG

27 3

Chase Harrison

REG

+/-

David Quenneville

32 3

Connor Hobbs

REG

Aaron Irving

EDM

33 3

Clayton Kirichenko

Several Players Tied

Jonathan Smart

REG

2 Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

POR

Caleb Jones

POR

100.0

Kord Pankewicz

LET

100.0

Shootout Goals Rank Player 1

Caleb Jones

Kord Pankewicz

LET

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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

Regina Pats

29 125 37 29.6 2

Prince George Cougars

34 154 19

87.7 6

Medicine Hat Tigers

34 156 46 29.5 5

Medicine Hat Tigers

34 147 21

85.7 9

Tri-City Americans

35 153 44 28.8 3

Everett Silvertips

31 98

84.7 3

Portland Winterhawks

34 145 37 25.5 4

Kamloops Blazers

34 145 24

83.4 5

Swift Current Broncos

33 137 34 24.8 4

Tri-City Americans

35 143 24

83.2 4

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 129 32 24.8 2

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 130 22

83.1 3

Spokane Chiefs

32 125 31 24.8 6

Regina Pats

29 151 28

81.5 14

Everett Silvertips

31 137 32 23.4 4

Victoria Royals

35 155 31

80.0 1

Lethbridge Hurricanes

34 171 39 22.8 6

Edmonton Oil Kings

33 147 30

79.6 2

Kelowna Rockets

33 140 31 22.1 0

Brandon Wheat Kings

31 158 33

79.1 8

Moose Jaw Warriors

31 132 27 20.5 7

Portland Winterhawks

34 165 35

78.8 6

Victoria Royals

35 197 40 20.3 2

Moose Jaw Warriors

31 108 23

78.7 4

Red Deer Rebels

34 145 27 18.6 7

Calgary Hitmen

29 141 31

78.0 2

Kamloops Blazers

34 152 28 18.4 6

Prince Albert Raiders

33 128 29

77.3 3

Saskatoon Blades

34 159 29 18.2 5

Swift Current Broncos

33 126 29

77.0 1

Edmonton Oil Kings

33 128 23 18.0 3

Kootenay ICE

34 151 35

76.8 1

Prince George Cougars

34 147 25 17.0 3

Red Deer Rebels

34 162 38

76.5 4

Seattle Thunderbirds

31 131 22 16.8 3

Kelowna Rockets

33 178 44

75.3 6

Kootenay ICE

34 125 19 15.2 4

Lethbridge Hurricanes

34 132 33

75.0 1

Calgary Hitmen

29 126 19 15.1 5

Spokane Chiefs

32 138 37

73.2 5

Vancouver Giants

32 120 16 13.3 5

Vancouver Giants

32 134 36

73.1 0

Prince Albert Raiders

33 146 16 11.0 4

Saskatoon Blades

34 135 37

72.6 2

Team Overtime Performance Rank Team

GP W L SW SL PTS PCT

Edmonton Oil Kings

10 6

3 1

17 0.850

Red Deer Rebels

12 6

4 0

18 0.750

Kamloops Blazers

1 0

12 0.857

Moose Jaw Warriors

11 5

4 1

17 0.773

Vancouver Giants

1 0

11 0.786

Lethbridge Hurricanes

3 0

13 0.722

Swift Current Broncos

11 4

3 0

15 0.682

Tri-City Americans

3 2

15 0.833

Portland Winterhawks

1 1

0.900

Prince Albert Raiders

1 0

0.800

Calgary Hitmen

2 2

12 0.857

Kelowna Rockets

2 0

Regina Pats

6 0

12 0.667

Medicine Hat Tigers

1 1

0.875

Saskatoon Blades

3 1

0.750

Everett Silvertips

5 1

11 0.688

Spokane Chiefs

5 0

10 0.625

Prince George Cougars

2 1

0.750

Seattle Thunderbirds

2 0

0.625

Victoria Royals

3 1

0.700

Brandon Wheat Kings

4 3

12 0.750

Kootenay ICE

10 1

7 1

12 0.600

0.800

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Player Streaks Player Goal Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

From

Nov 22, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Vince Loschiavo

KTN

Dec 2, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Calvin Thurkauf

KEL

Dec 7, 2016

Dec 11, 2016

Evan Polei

Dec 7, 2016

Dec 13, 2016

10 Jayden Halbgewachs

3 4

5 3 Several Players Tied Player Goal Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player 1

10 Jayden Halbgewachs

Lane Bauer

3 6 Several Players Tied Player Assist Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player 1

10 Brayden Burke

Caleb Jones

Jayden Halbgewachs

Team

Goals Assists Points

From

Nov 22, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Goals Assists Points 15

EDM

Nov 23, 2016

Dec 9, 2016

Team

From

Nov 18, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Goals Assists Points 1

POR

Nov 30, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Dec 3, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

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

Team

From

13 Adam Brooks

REG

Oct 30, 2016

Dec 4, 2016

13 Colton Bobyk

Nov 4, 2016

Dec 3, 2016

Goals Assists Points

11 Chase Harrison

REG

Oct 8, 2016

Nov 10, 2016

10 David Quenneville

Nov 5, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

5 10 Brayden Burke Player Point Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

Nov 18, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

Team

From

13 Keanu Yamamoto

SPO

Nov 18, 2016

Dec 13, 2016

11 Kole Lind

KEL

Nov 18, 2016

10 Jayden Halbgewachs

Nov 22, 2016

10 Brayden Burke

Nov 18, 2016

Goals Assists Points 8

Dec 13, 2016

Dec 14, 2016

5 8 Several Players Tied Player Point Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

From

22 Adam Brooks

REG

Oct 12, 2016

Dec 9, 2016

16 Chase Harrison

REG

Oct 8, 2016

Nov 22, 2016

13 Keanu Yamamoto

SPO

Nov 18, 2016

Dec 13, 2016

Nov 4, 2016

Dec 3, 2016

Oct 29, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

4 5

13 Colton Bobyk * 13 Aleksi Heponiemi

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2016 - 17 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%

12 Jansen Harkins

26 33

100.0 1.18 0.14

0.0

13 Jesse Gabrielle

LW 28 19 13 32

0.0

1.14 1.29

0.0

0.97 1.09

0.0

Brad Morrison

28 7

33 14 18 32

14 Colby McAuley

LW 32 12 15 27

11 38

0.0

0.84 1.19

0.0

21 Jared Bethune

LW 34 11 14 25

10 20

0.0

0.74 0.59

0.0

26 Kody McDonald

31 8

15 23

10 50

100.0 0.74 1.61

0.0

15 Brogan O'Brien

32 5

14 19

0.0

0.59 0.56

0.0

10 Josh Curtis

RW 29 5

12 17

15 12

0.0

0.59 0.41

0.0

22 Yan Khomenko

RW 31 9

0.0

0.52 0.26

0.0

23 Aaron Boyd

LW 34 3

11 14

16 9

0.0

0.41 0.26

0.0

25 Tate Olson

32 2

11 13

0.0

0.41 1.13

0.0

17 Brendan Guhle (total) D

22 8

-3 16

0.0

0.55 0.73

0.0

15 2

-4 10

0.000 0.27 0.67

0.0

0.000 1.14 0.86

0.0

27 Justin Almeida

32 4

-9 4

0.0

0.38 0.13

0.0

22 2

0.0

0.45 1.18

0.0

29 Max Martin

19 3

14 16

0.0

0.37 0.84

0.0

18 Bartek Bison

LW 22 5

0.0

0.27 0.18

0.0

19 Shane Collins

34 2

0.0

0.18 0.35

0.0

Joel Lakusta

25 1

12 10

0.0

0.20 0.40

0.0

16 Ryan Schoettler

26 1

0.0

0.19 0.08

0.0

28 Josh Anderson

31 0

0.0

0.16 1.00

0.0

11 Josh Maser (total)

LW 3

0.0

0.67 0.00

0.0

LW 3

0.000 0.67 0.00

0.0

RW 16 1

-2 8

0.0

0.13 0.50

0.0

*X 32 Cole Moberg

0.0

0.33 0.00

0.0

-1 0

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

*X 38 Brendan Kochanski

LW 1

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

0.00 0.50

0.0

24 Kolby Johnson

LW 6

0.0

0.00 2.17

0.0

RW 6

0.0

0.00 0.67

0.0

* 8 Jackson Leppard LW 10 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 Goalies # Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

* *

Sam Ruopp

PG *

20 Ethan O'Rourke 6

Jonas Harkins Shaun Dosanjh

*X 11 Adam Kadlec

35 Ty Edmonds

26 1503 53

33 Nick McBride 10 542 Empty Net Totals

2.12 19 5 1

692 639 0.923

3.54 5

3 1

296 264 0.892

2.57 24 8 2

36 2045 88

3 991 903 0.911

* indicates rookie X indicates inactive

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2016 - 17 Regular Season Team Statistics Seattle Thunderbirds PLAYERS # 8

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%

Scott Eansor

31 15 18 33

13 32

0.0

1.06 1.03

0.0

26 Nolan Volcan

LW 31 11 16 27

14 31

0.0

0.87 1.00

0.0

25 Ethan Bear

10 9

0.0

0.90 0.31

0.0

18 Sami Moilanen

RW 29 10 14 24

0.0

0.83 0.34

0.0

12 Ryan Gropp

LW 25 9

-8 12

0.0

0.88 0.48

0.0

16 Alexander True

31 10 9

-8 18

0.0

0.61 0.58

0.0

13 Mathew Barzal

13 2

17 19

0.0

1.46 0.62

0.0

21 Matthew Wedman

30 4

10 14

-1 21

100.0 0.47 0.70

0.0

31 3

11 14

12 45

0.0

0.45 1.45

0.0

Turner Ottenbreit

29 10 16 26 13 22 19

19 Donovan Neuls

RW 31 8

0.0

0.42 0.74

0.0

11 13

0.0

0.43 0.47

0.0

Jarret Tyszka

30 2

28 Keegan Kolesar

RW 14 4

-4 22

0.0

0.57 1.57

0.0

11 Elijah Brown

25 1

0.0

0.32 0.32

0.0

30 2

0.0

0.23 0.40

0.0

LW 25 1

0.0

0.28 0.84

0.0

LW 25 1

0.000 0.28 0.84

0.0

31 1

-7 30

0.0

0.13 0.97

0.0

20 Zack Andrusiak (total) RW 23 2

-6 2

0.0

0.13 0.09

0.0

Reece Harsch

17 Tyler Adams (total) SC 24 Brandon Schuldhaus *

RW 8

-2 0

0.000 0.25 0.00

0.0

SEA

RW 15 1

-4 2

0.000 0.07 0.13

0.0

23 Luke Ormsby

RW 25 1

-1 4

0.0

0.12 0.16

0.0

Cavin Leth

LW 5

-1 8

0.0

0.60 1.60

0.0

Bryan Allbee

31 0

-6 10

0.0

0.10 0.32

0.0

27 Ian Briscoe

13 2

0.0

0.15 0.00

0.0

28 0

-5 18

0.0

0.07 0.64

0.0

0.14 0.29

0.0

LW 17 1

-2 15

0.0

0.06 0.88

0.0

*X 17 MacKenzie Wight RW 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalies # Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

Anthony Bishop

15 Layne Bensmiller

RW 7

*X 22 Dillon Hamaliuk

31 Rylan Toth

25 1405 72

* 29 Matt Berlin (total) 7

* 1

0 2

3.07 12 12 1

639 567 0.887

309

1.95 3

123 113 0.919

SPO

6.07 0

SEA

299

1.81 3

119 110 0.924

Carl Stankowski

151

2.38 1

Empty Net Totals

34 1855 94

3 46

0.750 0.885

7 1

3.02 16 12 2

817 723 0.885

* 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 2016 - 17 Regular Season

Seattle 1-1-0-1

Prince George 2-1-0-0

Head to Head Record 16 Tie Break

Seattle 0-0-0-0

Prince George 0-0-0-0

Last 5 Years record between teams

Seattle 7-5-1-2

Prince George 8-6-0-1

Seattle vs. Prince George Last 5 Years record at Seattle

Seattle 1-3-1-2

Prince George 6-1-0-0

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

Seattle 6-2-0-0

Prince George 2-5-0-1

Previous Meetings This Season

Seattle 4 @ Prince George 6 (Dec 10 2016) Final Seattle 3 @ Prince George 2 (Dec 9 2016) Final Prince George 3 @ Seattle 2 (Oct 14 2016) Final SO

Match Up Prince George

Seattle

Team Record

24-8-2-0 -- 50 points

16-12-2-1 -- 35 points

Division Ranking

1st B.C.

4th U.S.

Conference Ranking

1st Western

8th Western

League Ranking

1st

14th

Past 10 Games

6-4-0-0

5-4-1-0

Streak

3-0-0-0

0-2-0-0

Last Game

5-3 W vs Tri-City (Dec 14 2016) Final

3-1 L vs Spokane (Dec 13 2016) Final

Home Record

13-5-1-0

7-5-0-1

Away Record

11-3-1-0

9-7-2-0

124

PP (Overall)

(25/147) 17.0%

(22/131) 16.8%

PP (Home)

(19/88) 21.6%

(7/52) 13.5%

PP (Away)

(6/59) 10.2%

(15/79) 19.0%

PK (Overall)

(19/154) 87.7%

(22/130) 83.1%

PK (Home)

(10/82) 87.8%

(11/53) 79.2%

PK (Away)

(9/72) 87.5%

(11/77) 85.7%

PP vs. Opp.

(2/12) 16.7%

(1/16) 6.3%

PK vs. Opp.

(1/16) 93.8%

(2/12) 83.3%

Leading Rookie

Schoettler (1-4-5)

Moilanen (10-14-24)

Most PIM

McDonald - 50

Ottenbreit - 45

Team PIM/GM

12.2/Game

11.6/Game

Leading Scorers

Harkins (7-26-33)

Eansor (15-18-33)

Gabrielle (19-13-32)

Volcan (11-16-27)

Morrison (14-18-32)

Bear (10-16-26)

McAuley (12-15-27)

Moilanen (10-14-24)

Bethune (11-14-25)

Gropp (9-13-22)

5-3 W vs Tri-City (Dec 14 2016) Final

3-1 L vs Spokane (Dec 13 2016) Final

4-1 W vs Tri-City (Dec 13 2016) Final

6-4 L @ Prince George (Dec 10 2016) Final

6-4 W vs Seattle (Dec 10 2016) Final

3-2 W @ Prince George (Dec 9 2016) Final

3-2 L vs Seattle (Dec 9 2016) Final

6-1 L @ Kelowna (Dec 7 2016) Final

5-1 W vs Brandon (Dec 7 2016) Final

7-1 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 3 2016) Final

Leading After 1st

14-1-1-0

10-0-0-1

Leading After 2nd

20-0-1-0

11-0-0-0

Last 5 Games

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Tied After 1st

8-4-1-0

4-5-1-0

Tied After 2nd

3-2-1-0

3-2-2-1

Trailing After 1st

2-3-0-0

2-7-1-0

Trailing After 2nd

1-6-0-0

2-10-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents

13-4-2-0

10-7-2-0

Out Shot by Opponents

9-4-0-0

6-4-0-0

1 Goal Games

7-2-2-0

5-2-2-1

2 Goal Games

7-2-0-0

4-4-0-0

3 Goal Games

7-3-0-0

4-2-0-0

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Prince George Cougars vs Seattle Thunderbirds Head to Head Seattle Thunderbirds # Name 26 Nolan Volcan

18 Sami Moilanen

-1

Scott Eansor

16 Alexander True

-3

-1

Jarret Tyszka

19 Donovan Neuls

-1

25 Ethan Bear

12 Ryan Gropp

-3

24 Brandon Schuldhaus

21 Matthew Wedman

-2

Bryan Allbee

20 Zack Andrusiak

-3

GP G A PTS PIM +/-

13 Jesse Gabrielle

28 Keegan Kolesar 8

Prince George Cougars # Name

GP G A PTS PIM +/-

Brad Morrison

10 Josh Curtis

-1

12 Jansen Harkins

17 Brendan Guhle (total)

-3

-2

PA P.G 22 Yan Khomenko

-1

11 Josh Maser

27 Justin Almeida

-4

28 Josh Anderson

23 Aaron Boyd

19 Shane Collins

-2

13 Mathew Barzal

-1

14 Colby McAuley

15 Layne Bensmiller

15 Brogan O'Brien

-2

Anthony Bishop

27 Ian Briscoe

25 Tate Olson

Sam Ruopp

11 Elijah Brown

21 Jared Bethune

22 X Dillon Hamaliuk

18 Bartek Bison

-1

-2

35 Ty Edmonds

Reece Harsch

X Cavin Leth

Joel Lakusta

Turner Ottenbreit

-1

Jackson Leppard

Carl Stankowski

31 Rylan Toth # Name 1

Carl Stankowski

31 Rylan Toth

29 X Max Martin

-1

33 Nick McBride

GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV% 1

1 65:00

2 1.85 0.917

0 118:50

7 3.53 0.875

26 Kody McDonald

-4

20 Ethan O'Rourke

-1

16 Ryan Schoettler

-1

# Name

GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

35 Ty Edmonds

0 123:15

5 2.43 0.909

33 Nick McBride

0 60:00

4 4.00 0.902

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Seattle Thunderbirds vs. Prince George Cougars

Friday, December 16

Last Game…The Spokane Chiefs defeated the T-Birds 3-1 Tuesday at ShoWare Center. Keegan Kolesar had the only goal for the T-Birds. Rylan Toth had 30 saves on 32 shots. Ethan McIndoe, Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Kailer Yamamoto (empty net) had goals for the Chiefs. Dawson Weatherill had 29 saves on 30 shots for the Chiefs. Barzal Named To Team Canada For World Junior Championship…Center Mathew Barzal was named to the Team Canada roster for the 2017 World Junior Championship on Thursday. The 2017 World Junior Championship is December 26, 2016, to January 5, 2017, in Toronto and Montreal. Barzal played for Canada at the 2016 World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland and had a goal and two assists in five games. Barzal has 19 points on two goals and 17 assists in 13 games this season since returning from the New York Islanders. Barzal was selected by the Islanders in the first round, 16th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft. He appeared in two games with the Islanders this season. Last season Barzal had 27 goals and 61 assists for 88 points in 58 games. T-Birds Acquire Adams…Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell announced Thursday the team has acquired left wing Tyler Adams from the Swift Current Broncos in exchange for right wing MacKenzie Wight. Adams has one goal and six assists for seven points in 25 games this season with the Broncos. In two seasons with the Broncos Adams has played in 97 games and has seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points. Adams, from Regina, Saskatchewan, is 6’2 and 194 pounds. Wight appeared in six games with the T-Birds this season and did not register a point. True Named To Danish Preliminary Roster for World Junior Championship…Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell today announced center Alexander True has been named to the Danish preliminary roster for the 2017 World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, December 26, 2016, to January 5, 2017. True, from Copenhagen, Denmark, is in his third season with the T-Birds and has 10 goals and eight assists for 18 points in 30 games. The Danish preliminary roster for the World Junior Championship has 26 players, which includes three goaltenders, eight defensemen and 15 forwards. True leaves Wednesday, December 14, for the Team Denmark Training Camp in Cornwall, Ontario. The Training Camp will take place December 15 to December 23. True has played in the last two World Junior Championships for Denmark. In 2015 True played five games for Denmark but did not register a point. In 2016 True had two points on a goal and an assist in five games. True was selected by the T-Birds in the first round, 48th overall, in the 2014 CHL Import Draft. In three seasons with the T-Birds True has 30 goals and 32 assists for 62 points in 133 games. Tyszka Selected For CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game…Defenseman Jarret Tyszka has been selected to play in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on January 30 in Quebec City. Tyszka had two goals and 11 assists for 13 points in 30 games this season. In November Tyszka was given a “B” ranking by NHL Central Scouting for 2017 NHL Draft eligible players. A “B” ranking indicates NHL Central Scouting thinks Tyszka is a potential second or third round selection in the 2017 NHL Draft. Tyszka will play for Team Cherry at the Top Prospects Game. Barzal 3rd in Career Assists…Mathew Barzal is in third place in T-Birds history in career assists with 163. He passed Lindsay Vallis (158) December 2 against Kootenay with three assists in a 4-3 overtime win. Glen Goodall (290) and Victor Gervais (237) are in first and second place in team history in career assists. Barzal passed Dustin Johner (152) and Chris Wells (152) November 25 in Kennewick when he had three assists in 5-2 win over Tri-City. Barzal passed Shea Theodore (154) in the game against Victoria on November 26. He passed Tyler Metcalfe in fourth place with 156 career assists against Kamloops November 30 when he had one assist. Nifty Nolan…Nolan Volcan had a team high four assists against the Prince George Cougars on December 10 in Prince George. This is the most assists by a T-Bird in a game this season. Volcan is second on the team in scoring with 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points in 31 games. Volcan has three goals and nine assists in the last 12 games. Volcan has 81 career points on 36 goals and 45 assists. Streaking Birds…Keegan Kolesar has a three-game goal streak with three goals and an assist in the last three games.

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2016-17 Age Breakdown…The T-Birds currently have three 20-year-olds, eight 19-year-olds, five 18-year-olds, seven 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds. The Rookies…The T-Birds have 9 players on the roster who are WHL rookies. They are right wing Zack Andrusiak, center Elijah Brown, right wing Wyatt Bear, right wing Sami Moilanen, right wing Luke Ormsby, center Ian Briscoe, goalie Matt Berlin, defenseman Reece Harsch, and goalie Carl Stankowski. NHL DRAFTEES (3) / SIGNEES* (3) / FREE AGENT TRYOUTS (2) Round # Players 1st 1 Barzal (15, New York Islanders*) 3rd 1 Kolesar (15, Columbus*) 5th 1 E. Bear (15, Edmonton*) FA Tryouts 2 Ottenbreit (15, Rangers), Eansor (15, Canadiens) HOW ACQUIRED Round # Player (year) 1st 6 Gropp (11), Barzal (12), Kolesar (12), Tyszka (14), Brown (15) 2nd 4 E. Bear (12), Volcan (13), Wedman (14), Stankowski (15) 5th 3 Schuldhaus (13), W. Bear (14-102nd), Briscoe (14-104th) 8th 2 Neuls (12), Harsch (14) 9th 1 Ormsby (14) Euro 2 True (14), Moilanen (15) List 1 Eansor Trade 7 Ottenbreit, Allbee, Bensmiller, Toth, Bishop, Andrusiak, Berlin 2016-17 RECORD by MONTH and DAY OF WEEK Month Games Record Home Road September 2 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 October 9 3-5-0-1 2-3-0-1 1-2-0-0 November 14 9-3-2-0 3-1-0-0 6-2-2-0 December 12 3-3-0-0 2-1-0-0 1-2-0-0 January 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 February 14 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 March 9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Totals 72 16-12-2-1 7-5-0-1 9-7-2-0 2016-17 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

5-2-2-1 4-4 7-6 11-1-0-1 5-11-2-0 11-0-0-1 2-7-1-0 3-5-1-0 12-0-0-0 2-10-0-0 2-2-2-1 1-2 0-1 10-7-2-0 6-4-0-0 0-1-0-1 5-3-1-1 3-6-1-0 8-9-2-1 4-1-0-0 4-2-0-0 8-3-0-0

Day Games Monday 1 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 9 Thursday 0 Friday 22 Saturday 22 Sunday 7 Totals 72

Win Loss OTL SOL 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 2 1

Friday, December 16, 2016 Seattle Thunderbirds (16-12-2-1) at Prince George Cougars (24-8-2-0) THE STORY SO FAR: The Cougars are off to their best start in franchise history sporting a 24-8-2-0 record through 34 games. 13 of the Cougars first 24 victories have come at home and heading into tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup with Seattle, the Cougars have just six regulation losses to their credit over the past 24 games (16-6-2-0 in that span. Last season the Cougars were 21-11-1-1 through 34 games, which means that they are six points ahead of their pace from a season ago. Last season it took the Cougars 40 games to reach 24 wins, whereas this season it took only 34. The Cougars have been ranked nationally in the CHL Top 10 for each of the past 12 weeks (number 8 this week). Heading into action tonight the Cougars find themselves atop the B.C. Division leading the Kamloops Blazers by eight points. Tonight the Cougars continue a stretch of four games in five nights when they battle the Seattle Thunderbirds at ShoWare Center. GUHLE REASSIGNED: On December 9th, the Buffalo Sabres announced that they had reassigned defenceman Brendan Guhle to the Prince George Cougars. On December 2nd the Sabres recalled Guhle from the Cougars on an emergency basis. Guhle made his NHL debut on December 3rd against the Boston Bruins and finished the game a +1 with four shots on goal. He appeared in three games with Buffalo in total. Guhle has scored six goals and two assists in seven games since being acquired by Prince George on November 18. In 22 games for the Cougars and Prince Albert Raiders this season, Guhle has 12 points (8+4) and 14 penalty minutes. GABRIELLE SIGNS WITH BOSTON: On Sunday, December 11th the Boston Bruins announced that they had signed Cougars forward Jesse Gabrielle (1997-Moosomin, SK) to a three-year entry-level contract. So far this season in 28 games he has scored a team-high 19 goals along with 13 assists for 32 points. Last season Gabrielle finished tied for the team lead in goals (40) and second in points (75). He also chimed in with 101 penalty minutes and finished second in the entire WHL with seven shorthanded goals. Gabrielle is the youngest Cougar ever to reach the 40 goal mark (one of just two players to ever do so in their 18-year-old season). COUGARS-T-BIRDS: Tonight in Seattle the Prince George Cougars and Seattle Thunderbirds square off for the fourth time this season and the third time within the calendar week. So far this season the Cougars are 2-1 against Seattle and are 1-0 against them at the ShoWare Center. Jesse Gabrielle (2G, 2A) and Brad Morrison (1G, 3A) lead the Cougars with four points each against the T-Birds so far this season. These two clubs squared off against each other in the 2016 WHL playoffs with the T-Birds securing a four game sweep. Over the past five seasons the Cougars are 8-6-0-1 vs. Seattle. LEADING THE PACK: Through 34 games Jansen Harkins (7G, 26A) leads the team lead in scoring with 33 points. Harkins also leads the team in assists (26). Jesse Gabrielle leads the team in goals (19), power play goals (6), multi-point games (10) and shorthanded goals (3). Aaron Boyd leads the team lead in plus-minus with a +16 rating. Kody McDonald leads the team in penalty minutes with 50. Defenceman Tate Olson (2G, 11A) leads all Cougars defenceman with 13 points. Brendan Guhle leads all Cougars defencemen in goals with six. 20-year-old Ty Edmonds leads the way in goal with a 195-1-0 record, a 2.12 goals-against-average and a .923 save percentage. The Prince George Cougars penalty kill is first in the league with an 87.7 percent success rate. The Cougars hold the top record in the B.C. Division at 24-8-2-0 with a road record of 11-3-1-0 and a home record of 13-5-1-0.

UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT SPOKANE CHIEFS (SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT VICTORIA ROYALS (WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH)

Wednessday, December 14, 2016 – Game Notes Continued… ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Currently the Prince George Cougars roster sits at 25 players: 15 forwards, eight defenceman and two goaltenders. Among those 25 players, three are in their 20-year-old season, 10 are in their 19-year-old season, six are in their 18-year-old season, four are in their 17-year-old season and two are in their 16-year-old season. 15 of the 25 players on the roster were drafted by the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, six players were acquired via trade, three were players added via the Cougars 50-man Protected List as free-agents and one was selected by the Cougars in the CHL Import Draft. THE RICHARD MATVICHUK ERA BEGINS: On June 2, 2016 Richard Matvichuk was named the 12th head coach in the history of the Prince George Cougars. The native of Fort Saskatchewan, AB spent the past two seasons as the Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations for the Missouri Mavericks of the ECHL. In 2015-16 Matvichuk led the Mavericks to the Brabham Cup title as the ECHL’s regular season champions. Matvichuk was named both the ECHL Coach of the Year and the ECHL Executive of the Year. Matvichuk spent 14 seasons in the NHL. His impressive career included stints in Minnesota (1992-93), Dallas (1993-2004) and New Jersey (2005-2007). During the 1998-99 season, he played an integral part in helping the Dallas Stars win their first and only Stanley Cup. He’s 24-8-2-0 as a WHL coach. DID YOU KNOW: The Prince George Cougars 2016 Teddy Bear Goal Scorer was: Josh Curtis! The Teddy Bear goal came Saturday December 10th in the second period of a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds. With an assist Wednesday against Brandon, Jansen Harkins recorded his 200th career WHL point. The Cougars have a Western Conference high 11 wins on the road. When the Cougars score the first goal in a game they are 20-2-2-0. So far this season the Cougars are 18-2-1-0 in games when Rangers prospect Brad Morrison records at least a point. So far during the 2016-17 season four Cougars have recorded their first ever WHL goal: Ryan Schoettler (September 24th at Victoria) Josh Curtis (September 27th at Vancouver), Cole Moberg (November 10th at Vancouver), Josh Maser (December 10th vs. Seattle). Josh Maser has goals in two of his first three games in a Cougars uniform. On Friday, December 2nd Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Sam Ruopp was named captain of the 2016-17 Cougars. He’s the first player to wear the ‘C’ in three straight seasons. EDMONDS CHASING HISTORY: With a victory on January 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers Cougars veteran goaltender Ty Edmonds (Winnipeg, MB) earned his 65th career WHL victory. That 65th victory moved Ty Edmonds into sole possession of second place on the list for all-time victories by a Prince George Cougars goaltender which had previous been held by Billy Thompson (1999 – 2003 and 64 wins). Now with 88 career wins, Edmonds is just eight victories shy of surpassing Scott Myers (1996-2000 and 95 wins) for the all-time lead in wins and 24 saves away from the all-time lead ( also held by Scott Myers – 5004). He’s two games shy of surpassing Scott Myers for tops on the all-time games played list by a Cougars goaltender as well. HARKINS INCHING CLOSER TO MORE FRANCHISE RECORDS: In 237 career WHL games, Harkins has notched 61 goals and 142 assists for 203 points. Currently he’s 11 assists shy of setting a new franchise record for assists (Troy Bourke currently leads with 152) and 37 points shy of the all-time franchise scoring lead (Chase Witala currently leads with 239). Harkins is one of only eight Cougars to ever reach the 200-point mark in the WHL. He currently sits eight overall in franchise scoring (just five points shy of surpassing Blair Betts for seventh). During the 2014-15 season the Winnipeg Jets prospect became the second fastest Cougar ever to reach the 100-point mark (The only faster player was Blair Betts).

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