PREVIEW: Cougars Aim for 46th Win Tonight in Victoria

VICTORIA, BC – Tonight, at the Save on Foods Memorial Centre, the Prince George Cougars aim for their 46th victory of the season, which would set a Cougars single-season record.

The Prince George Cougars collected points in their 15^th consecutive game with a 6-1  victory over the Victoria Royals, on Friday at Save on Foods Memorial Centre. Hudson Thornton and Terik Parascak led the Cougar offence, both scoring twice in the win. Ty Young earned the win in goal, making 38 saves.

 

PG GOAL SCORERS: Parascak, Thornton, Shtrom, Parascak, Thornton, Lajoie

GOALIE: Young – 38/39 (.974)

PP: 1/5

PK: 5/6

COUGARS LAST FIVE RESULTS, Record: 4-0-1-0

DATE	RESULT	GWG	PG GOALIE	OPP. GOALIE
March 2, 2024	PG [5] vs SPO [4] (OT)	Heidt	Young	Michaluk
March 8, 2024	PG [5] vs VAN [3]	Parascak	Ravensbergen	Mirwald
March 9, 2024	PG [6] vs VAN [3]	Funk	Ravensbergen	Mirwald/Hutchison
March 13, 2024	PG [6] at KEL [5] (OT)	Thornton	Ravensbergen/Young	Kykkanen
March 15, 2024	PG [6] at VIC [1]	Thornton	Young	Holt

 

COUGARS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

DATE	TIME (PDT)	OPPONENT	VENUE
March 16, 2024	6:00pm	at Victoria Royals	Save on Foods Memorial Arena
March 17, 2024	4:00pm	at Vancouver Giants	Langley Events Centre
March 22, 2024	7:00pm	at Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre
March 23, 2024	6:00pm	vs Kamloops Blazers	CN Centre
March 29, 2024	7:00pm	Game 1 – Playoffs vs TBD	CN Centre

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Sep. 29/2023 – at Victoria (11-2 PG)

Sep. 30/2023 – at Victoria (5-3 PG)

Dec. 8/2023 – at Prince George (5-3 VIC)

Dec. 9/2023 – at Prince George (1-0 PG)

Feb. 9/2024 – at Prince George (4-1 PG)

Feb. 10/2024 – at Prince George (9-6 PG)

Mar. 15/2024 – at Victoria (6-1 PG)

Mar. 16/2024 – at Victoria

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Nov. 18/2022 – at Victoria (9-2 PG)

Nov. 19/2022 – at Victoria (5-2 PG)

Feb. 3/2023 – at Prince George (8-1 PG)

Feb. 4/2023 – at Prince George (4-2 PG)

Feb. 25/2023 – at Victoria (6-5 PG/OT)

Mar. 10/2023 – at Victoria (8-3 PG)

Mar. 11/2023 – at Victoria (6-3 PG)

Mar. 17/2023 – at Prince George (7-1 PG)

Mar. 18/2023 – at Prince George (7-6 VIC/SO)

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS

Goals (64): Zac Funk

Assists (76): Riley Heidt

Points (112): Zac Funk

PIMS (110): Aiden Foster

Plus/Minus (+49): Zac Funk

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDING LEADERS

Wins (24): Joshua Ravensbergen

Save % (.907): Joshua Ravensbergen

Goals Against Average (2.46) – Joshua Ravensbergen

Shutouts (6): Joshua Ravensbergen

COUGARS CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:

Hudson Thornton – 191 career points (9 away from 200)

Terik Parascak – 96 career points (4 away from 100)

WHO’S HOT

Ondrej Becher has points in 15 consecutive games (6-24-30)

Zac Funk has points in 10 consecutive games (13-9-22)

Riley Heidt has points in 12 of his last 13 games (7-20-27)

Hudson Thornton has points in 11 of his last 12 games (6-12-18)

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS

4 GAMES LEFT: The Cougars enter tonight with a 45-15-1-3 record (94 points) on the season through 64 games which has won the BC Division and leads the Western Conference. The Cats are 24-7-1-1 at home and 21-8-0-2 on the road this season.

THIS TEAM!: The Cougars are one win away from becoming the winningest PG Cougars team in team history. The 2016-17 squad won 45 games. This years’ Cats are at 45 with four games to go in the regular season.

DC GETS FUNKY: 20-year-old sniper Zac Funk has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals. Funk is the third 20-year-old in the last two seasons to sign an NHL deal (Chase Wheatcroft, 2023, DAL – Jaxsen Wiebe, 2023, ANA).

CLOSING IN ON MORE HISTORY: With five games remaining on the Cougar regular season schedule, both Zac Funk and Riley Heidt are closing on becoming the new single-season point leaders in PG Cougar history. Funk (112 points) and Heidt (110 points) are closing in on Quinn Hancock’s record where he owned 112 points in 1997-98.

BC DIVISION CHAMPIONS: For the first time since 2017 and for the second time in franchise history, the Prince George Cougars were crowned BC Division champions on Saturday, February 24^th after a 6-5 shootout win over the Kelowna Rockets.

AGAINST THE BC DIVISION: The Cougars enter tonight’s contest against the Royals with a 22-4-0-2 record against the BC division and are 36-12-1-3 against the Western Conference.

CHL TOP TEN: The WHL is represented by five teams in the Week 23 rankings. Prince George (1), Saskatoon (5), Portland (6), Everett (7), and Moose Jaw (10). The Cougars have been named in the CHL Top 10, 22 of 23 weeks.

 

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PRE-GAME INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL MANGER & HEAD COACH MARK LAMB

PRE-GAME INTERVIEW WITH FORWARD ONDREJ BECHER

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