Game Preview | Cougars vs. Wheat Kings | 01/24/25
PRINCE GEORGE – The Prince George Cougars start a back-to-back against a pair of opponents on Friday, first taking on the Brandon Wheat Kings.
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When: Friday, January 24
Puck Drop: 7:00 pm PDT
Tickets: HERE
Watch: WHL Live
Listen: 94.3 The Goat
Cougars Record: 24-14-3-2 (53 Points – 2nd – BC Division / 5th – Western Conference)
Cougars Last Game: 4-1 loss against the Everett Silvertips on Saturday, January 18
Wheat Kings Record: 22-15-3-2 (49 points – 3rd – East Division / 7th – Eastern Conference)
Wheat Kings Last Game: 6-3 win over the Kamloops Blazers on Wednesday, January 22
Last Game…
• Josh Ravensbergen was outstanding on Saturday night, stopping 37 of 40 in the setback
• Terik Parascak scored his 20th goal of the season, now raising $4,000 to the Honor House Society
Ziems on the Cusp of 120…
• Alternate captain, 20-year-old, and LA Kings prospect Koehn Ziemmer is closing in on 120 career goals in the WHL which would tie alumnus’ Chase Witala’s all-time Prince George Cougar record.
• Ziemmer is currently at the 115 goal mark entering tonight’s game
200 Watch for Vally…
• Entering tonight’s game, Cougars 20-year olds, forward Borya Valis is closing in on 200 career points in the WHL. He currently sits with 197.
• Should he accomplish the 200-point feat, he would become the 11th Cougar in PG Cougar history to reach that mark.
In Goal…
• Despite a four-game slide, the Cats had terrific performances from both Josh Ravensbergen and Cooper Michaluk last weekend. The Cats could turn right back to Ravensbergen after having a week to prepare for a big weekend on home ice (Ravensbergen: 20-8-3-1 | 3.09 GAA | .901 SV%
• For Cooper Michaluk, he came in relief for Ravensbergen on Friday against Spokane, where he went 7/8. His last start was January 10th at Kelowna.
On The Other Side…
• The Brandon Wheat Kings come to the CN Centre on the back half of their BC Division road swing. Brandon is coming off back-to-back wins over Kelowna and Kamloops
• Brandon has been led offensively by of a pair of 20 year olds in Nolan Flamand and former Portland Winterhawk forward Marcus Nguyen. Nguyen, 20, owns 42 points (22-20-42) in 42 games played this season. Nguyen was acquired by Brandon this past summer. Flamand enters tonight’s game with 46 points in 41 games. The former Kelowna Rocket has scored 16 times and has compiled 30 helpers.
• In goal, the Wheat Kings have a nice tandem in Philadelphia Flyer prospect Carson Bjarnason and draft-eligigle goaltender Ethan Eskit. For Bjarnason, he is coming off a 31 save performance in the 6-3 win over Kamloops on Wednesday. He owns a 9-10-2-0 record, along with a .908 save percentage and a 3.09 goals against average. For Eskit, he enters tonight with a 9-3-1-2 record in 16 games played. He also sports a 2.95 goals against average and a .899 save percentage.
