[{"id":47758,"date":"2026-04-03T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47758"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:04:21","slug":"prince-george-cougars-provide-medical-update-on-townes-kozicky-following-game-5-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/article\/prince-george-cougars-provide-medical-update-on-townes-kozicky-following-game-5-incident","title":{"rendered":"Prince George Cougars Provide Medical Update on Townes Kozicky Following Game 5 Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince George Cougars forward Townes Kozicky is recovering from a ruptured spleen that occurred during last night\u2019s game in Spokane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Due to the quick response by the EMS and Spokane Chiefs Physicians &amp; Training Staff, Townes was able to be quickly transported to Sacred Heart Children\u2019s Hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the ruptured spleen in an equally fast response time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He is recovering, conscious, and in good spirits with his parents accompanying him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Cougars would like to thank the local EMS and Spokane Chiefs Medical &amp; Training Staff for their fast response time and expertise in caring for Townes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Townes will travel with his parents and return home once he is discharged from the hospital, which should happen in a couple days time. Kozicky will miss the remainder of the WHL Playoffs, but is expected to make a full recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince George Cougars forward Townes Kozicky is recovering from a ruptured spleen that occurred during last night\u2019s game in Spokane. Due to the quick response by the EMS and Spokane Chiefs Physicians &amp; Training Staff, Townes was able to be quickly transported to Sacred Heart Children\u2019s Hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the ruptured&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-437","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/03120021\/PGC_6182-scaled.jpeg",2560,1707,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47753,"date":"2026-04-02T03:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47753"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:01:26","slug":"game-preview-round-1-game-5-at-spo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/article\/game-preview-round-1-game-5-at-spo","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview | Round 1, Game 5 at SPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPOKANE, WASH \u2013 <\/strong>The Prince George Cougars look to punch their ticket to the Western Conference semi-finals tonight for the third time in the last four years. The Cats battle the Spokane Chiefs in Game 5 with the Cougars leading the series 3-1.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>Thursday, April 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUCK DROP: <\/strong>6:05\u00a0pm<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Prince George Cougars Roster Breakdown (Birth Year):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2005-born players (3) \u2013 Dumanski, Gizowski, Seitz<\/p>\n<p>2006-born players (7) \u2013 Souch, Ashe, Parascak, Vaughan, Ravensbergen, Levshyn, Sobry<\/p>\n<p>2007-born players (6) \u2013 Foster, Yakutsenak, Shurgot, Lajoie, Anisimov, Fisher<\/p>\n<p>2008-born players (7) \u2013 Kozicky, Lemire, Finnegan, Cahill, Carels, Johnston, Funk<\/p>\n<p>2009-born players (2) \u2013 Hajt, Wotherspoon<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Spokane Chiefs Roster Breakdown (Birth Year):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2005-born players (3): Oremba, Petr, Wormald<\/p>\n<p>2006-born players (8): Rebman, Vielliard, Howell, Armstrong, McIsaac, Mayes, Sarkenov, Hughes<\/p>\n<p>2007-born players (5): Schoettler, Martin, Perreault, Harrington, Buckley<\/p>\n<p>2008-born players (6): Sparks, Saunderson, Gillespie, Harris, Sather, Esler<\/p>\n<p>2009-born players (5): Burcar, McIntyre, Zasada, Roberts, Mattern<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Series So Far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 1:\u00a0<strong>Brock Souch\u00a0<\/strong>scored twice and compiled four points to help the Cougars to a 6-3 win. The Cats were down 3-1 and then scored five unanswered tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2:\u00a0<strong>Josh Ravensbergen\u00a0<\/strong>was the difference, making 43 saves to give the Cougars a 3-2 victory and help hold serve on home ice.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3:\u00a0<strong>Arsenii Anisimov\u00a0<\/strong>delivered the overtime heroics in Game 3 with a power-play goal to five Prince George a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4: The Chiefs push the series to Game 5 with a 3-2 win.\u00a0<strong>Josh Ravensbergen\u00a0<\/strong>made 42 saves in the loss.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Bouncing Back:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cougars have another shot to punch their ticket to Round 2 of the WHL Playoffs.<\/li>\n<li>The Cougars were 11-3-2 in the regular season when coming off a loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chasing History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cougars goaltender and San Jose Sharks prospect Josh Ravensbergen continues to deliver in the Prince George goal. The league\u2019s wins and save percentage leader enters Game 5 with a 3-1 record this post-season, while sporting a 2.73 goals against average and a .926 save percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Entering tonight, Ravensbergen owns 14 playoff wins and is three shy or surpassing alumnus Scott Myers who won 16 playoff games.<\/li>\n<li>In Ravensbergen\u2019s playoff career, he is 14-6-2, along with a 2.57 goals against average and a .919 save percentage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Teams Battle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Prince George Cougars enter Game 5 with some impressive numbers on their special teams.<\/li>\n<li>The Cats are operating at 38.5% on the power-play which ranks first in the WHL Playoffs.<\/li>\n<li>The penalty-kill has been fantastic as well as it currently operates at 90% which ranks fourth in the WHL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Where to Watch Every Road Playoff Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can watch every Cougars road playoff game for FREE on\u00a0<strong>Victory +.\u00a0<\/strong>You can also listen live on\u00a0<strong>94.3 The Goat.\u00a0<\/strong>The pre-game show begins at 6:40 with play-by-play at 7:05 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Next After This Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Game:<\/strong> Sunday, April 4 | Round 1, Game 6 (if necessary) vs Spokane\u00a0 | 6:00 p.m. | CN Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPOKANE, WASH \u2013 The Prince George Cougars look to punch their ticket to the Western Conference semi-finals tonight for the third time in the last four years. The Cats battle the Spokane Chiefs in Game 5 with the Cougars leading the series 3-1. WHEN: Thursday, April 2 PUCK DROP: 6:05\u00a0pm Prince George Cougars Roster Breakdown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-437","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02030058\/April-2-TN.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47750,"date":"2026-04-02T02:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47750"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:19:55","slug":"carls-jr-canada-highlights-cougars-at-chiefs-game-4-whl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/video\/carls-jr-canada-highlights-cougars-at-chiefs-game-4-whl-playoffs","title":{"rendered":"Carls Jr. Canada Highlights | Cougars at Chiefs | Game 4 WHL Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","category-438","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02021945\/G4-TN.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47746,"date":"2026-04-02T01:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47746"},"modified":"2026-04-02T01:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:52:17","slug":"cougars-fall-3-2-to-chiefs-in-game-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/article\/cougars-fall-3-2-to-chiefs-in-game-4","title":{"rendered":"Cougars Fall 3-2 to Chiefs in Game 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPOKANE, WASH &#8211; <\/strong>The Prince George Cougars and Spokane Chiefs are headed to Game 5.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"372\">The Cougars fell 3-2 to the Chiefs in Game 4 of the WHL Playoffs on Wednesday at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Numerica Veterans Memorial Arena<\/span><\/span>. Josh Ravensbergen turned in another outstanding performance with 42 saves in the loss, while Townes Kozicky and Lee Shurgot provided the Prince George offence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"477\">On special teams, the Cougars went 0-for-2 on the power play and a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/gamecentre\/1022968\/\">BOX SCORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Game Audio with Assistant Coach Carter Rigby<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-47746-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02013751\/Post-Game-Carter-Rigby-Game-4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02013751\/Post-Game-Carter-Rigby-Game-4.mp3\">https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02013751\/Post-Game-Carter-Rigby-Game-4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"850\">At the 9:14 mark of the opening period, Spokane forward Coco Armstrong was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct for cross-checking, giving the Cougars an extended power-play opportunity. However, it was the Chiefs who opened the scoring. Following a Cougar turnover, Spokane created an odd-man rush that led to Owen Martin\u2019s second goal of the series at 9:52.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"986\">Prince George generated chances but could not capitalize on the lengthy power play, and Spokane carried a 1-0 lead through 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1289\">In the second period, the Cougars found the equalizer. Townes Kozicky scored his first WHL playoff goal at 4:55, locating a loose puck in front to tie the game at one. Prince George spent six minutes shorthanded in the period, but Ravensbergen and the penalty killers stood tall to keep the game even.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1527\">Spokane regained momentum late in the frame, as Assanali Sarkenov (15:16) and Gavin Burcar (16:14) scored 58 seconds apart to give the Chiefs a 3-1 lead after two periods. The Chiefs heavily outshot the Cougars 25-8 in the middle frame.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1890\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Cougars pushed in the third period and generated some quality looks. Chiefs forward Tyus Sparks was awarded a penalty-shot, but Josh Ravensbergen stood tall and kept the game at 3-1. With the net empty, Lee Shurgot finished a strong passing play from Brock Souch and Kooper Gizowski at 18:20 to bring Prince George within one. That would be as close as the Cougars would come, as Spokane held on for the 3-2 win to force a decisive Game 5 on Thursday night in Spokane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ravensbergen makes 42 saves; Kozicky and Shurgot score as series returns to the Numerica Veterans Memorial Arena for Thursday showdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-437","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/02014915\/2026_04_01-1-36-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47742,"date":"2026-04-01T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47742"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:09:26","slug":"game-preview-round-1-game-4-at-spo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/video\/game-preview-round-1-game-4-at-spo","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview | Round 1, Game 4 at SPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPOKANE, WA &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The Prince George Cougars look to punch their ticket to the Western Conference semi-finals tonight for the third time in the last four years. The Cats battle the Spokane Chiefs in Game 4 with the Cougars leading the series 3-0.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>WHEN:\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, April 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUCK DROP:\u00a0<\/strong>7:05\u00a0pm<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Prince George Cougars Roster Breakdown (Birth Year):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2005-born players (3) \u2013 Dumanski, Gizowski, Seitz<\/p>\n<p>2006-born players (7) \u2013 Souch, Ashe, Parascak, Vaughan, Ravensbergen, Levshyn, Sobry<\/p>\n<p>2007-born players (6) \u2013 Foster, Yakutsenak, Shurgot, Lajoie, Anisimov, Fisher<\/p>\n<p>2008-born players (7) \u2013 Kozicky, Lemire, Finnegan, Cahill, Carels, Johnston, Funk<\/p>\n<p>2009-born players (2) \u2013 Hajt, Wotherspoon<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Spokane Chiefs Roster Breakdown (Birth Year):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2005-born players (3): Oremba, Petr, Wormald<\/p>\n<p>2006-born players (8): Rebman, Vielliard, Howell, Armstrong, McIsaac, Mayes, Sarkenov, Hughes<\/p>\n<p>2007-born players (5): Schoettler, Martin, Perreault, Harrington, Buckley<\/p>\n<p>2008-born players (6): Sparks, Saunderson, Gillespie, Harris, Sather, Esler<\/p>\n<p>2009-born players (5): Burcar, McIntyre, Zasada, Roberts, Mattern<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Series So Far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 1:\u00a0<strong>Brock Souch\u00a0<\/strong>scored twice and compiled four points to help the Cougars to a 6-3 win. The Cats were down 3-1 and then scored five unanswered tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2:\u00a0<strong>Josh Ravensbergen\u00a0<\/strong>was the difference, making 43 saves to give the Cougars a 3-2 victory and help hold serve on home ice.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3:\u00a0<strong>Arsenii Anisimov\u00a0<\/strong>delivered the overtime heroics in Game 3 with a power-play goal to five Prince George a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marching On:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cougars enter tonight\u2019s game with wins in 11 consecutive games, dating back to the regular season<\/li>\n<li>Prince George owned a perfect 11-0 record in the month of March<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019re a real team,&#8221; said GM &amp; Head Coach Mark Lamb at Morning skate. &#8220;We got a real good group that&#8217;s hard to play against. The consistency, the depth, and the buy-in has been huge and it&#8217;s a big reason why we are playing so well.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Russian Rocket:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh off an OT winner in Game 3, Arsenii Anisimov has proven to be vital for the Cougars in their success<\/li>\n<li>Entering Game 4, Anisimov owns three points in three games and has also been named the first star in two of three contests<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Arsenii has played unbelievable,&#8221; said Lamb. &#8220;With Carels not in the lineup, we are asking a lot from him and he&#8217;s playing his best hockey. He&#8217;s a real motivated kid as we all know and this couldn&#8217;t happen to a better guy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chasing History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cougars goaltender and San Jose Sharks prospect Josh Ravensbergen continues to deliver in the Prince George goal. The league&#8217;s wins and save percentage leader enters Game 4 with a 3-0 record this post-season, while sporting a 2.32 goals against average and a .926 save percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Entering tonight, Ravensbergen owns 14 playoff wins and is three shy or surpassing alumnus Scott Myers who won 16 playoff games.<\/li>\n<li>In Ravensbergen&#8217;s playoff career, he is 14-5-2, along with a 2.55 goals against average and a .918 save percentage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where to Watch Every Road Playoff Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can watch every Cougars road playoff game for FREE on\u00a0<strong>Victory +.\u00a0<\/strong>You can also listen live on\u00a0<strong>94.3 The Goat.\u00a0<\/strong>The pre-game show begins at 6:40 with play-by-play at 7:05 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next After This Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Game:<\/strong> Thursday, April 2 | Round 1, Game 5 (if necessary) at Spokane | 6:05 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPOKANE, WA &#8211;\u00a0The Prince George Cougars look to punch their ticket to the Western Conference semi-finals tonight for the third time in the last four years. The Cats battle the Spokane Chiefs in Game 4 with the Cougars leading the series 3-0. WHEN:\u00a0Wednesday, April 1 PUCK DROP:\u00a07:05\u00a0pm Prince George Cougars Roster Breakdown (Birth Year): 2005-born&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","category-438","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/01122628\/Game-4-TN.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":{"video_id":"2549710","partner_id":"31027","player_id":"47915","width":"16","height":"9","360p":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/sd\/2549710.mp4","240p":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/ld\/2549710.mp4","480p":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/hsd\/2549710.mp4","1080p":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/fhd\/2549710.mp4","hls":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/streaming\/2549710\/2549710.m3u8","webp":"https:\/\/cdn.target-video.com\/live\/partners\/31027\/webp\/2549710.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47740,"date":"2026-03-31T15:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47740"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:46:37","slug":"carson-carels-and-josh-ravensbergen-named-western-conference-first-team-all-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/article\/carson-carels-and-josh-ravensbergen-named-western-conference-first-team-all-stars","title":{"rendered":"Carson Carels and Josh Ravensbergen Named Western Conference First Team All-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPOKANE, WASH &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The WHL announced today that defenceman Carson Carels and goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen have been named first-team all-stars in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Carson Carels, the 17-year-old product of Cypress River, Man., emerged as a dominant force in 2025-26, recording 73 points (20G-53A) in 58 games. Carels\u2019 73 points tied for fourth among WHL blueliners, while he was one of only six rearguards to reach the 20-goal plateau. Eligible for the 2026 NHL Draft, the 6-foot-1, 175-pound left-shot Carels is ranked third among North American skaters in NHL Central Scouting\u2019s midterm rankings. In November, he was selected to represent Team CHL in the CHL USA Prospects Challenge. Come February, Carels was named captain of Team West for the 2026 WHL Prospects Game presented by Showpass. Originally selected by the Cougars in the first round (16th overall) of the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft, Carels has played 125 career WHL regular season games, securing 111 points (26G-85A). In eight career WHL Playoff games, he has notched four points (1G-3A).<\/p>\n<p>For Ravensbergen, the 19-year-old product of North Vancouver, B.C., posted his third straight season with 25 or more wins, going 32-13-0-0 with a 2.51 goals-against average, .919 save percentage, and four shutouts. Among qualified WHL netminders, the 6-foot-6, 195-pound puckstopper ranked first in wins, first in save percentage, tied for second in shutouts, and fourth in goals-against average. Selected by the San Jose Sharks in the first round (30th overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft, Ravensbergen has played 135 career WHL regular season games, going 91-30-4-2 with a 2.68 GAA, .909 SV%, and 10 shutouts. He was undrafted into the WHL. In 22 career WHL Playoff games, Ravensbergen is 14-7 with a 2.55 GAA, .918 SV%, and three shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars return to action tomorrow night looking to punch their ticket to the Western Conference Semi-Final for the third time in four seasons. Prince George leads the Spokane Chiefs three games to none, with Game 4 set for 7:05 PM in Spokane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPOKANE, WASH &#8211;\u00a0The WHL announced today that defenceman Carson Carels and goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen have been named first-team all-stars in the Western Conference. Carson Carels, the 17-year-old product of Cypress River, Man., emerged as a dominant force in 2025-26, recording 73 points (20G-53A) in 58 games. Carels\u2019 73 points tied for fourth among WHL blueliners,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-437","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/31154453\/KD11.05.25-3rd-Period-26-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47737,"date":"2026-03-31T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47737"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:59","slug":"whl-morning-skate-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/video\/whl-morning-skate-march-31","title":{"rendered":"WHL Morning Skate: March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEED TO KNOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Draft-eligible defenceman Arsenii Anisimov scored in overtime to give the Prince George Cougars a 3-0 series lead against Spokane<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Five teams can take a 3-0 series lead with wins on Tuesday night<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOP PERFORMER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47734\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31090529\/HEt1QJobgAAXOrK.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31090529\/HEt1QJobgAAXOrK.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31090529\/HEt1QJobgAAXOrK-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31090529\/HEt1QJobgAAXOrK-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31090529\/HEt1QJobgAAXOrK-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the second time this postseason, San Jose Sharks first-rounder Joshua Ravensbergen has topped the pack. The 19-year-old allowed just one even-strength goal while holding Spokane 1\/5 on the powerplay to give his team an all-important road win. Ravensbergen, who clocks in at 6-foot-5.5, 195 pounds,\u00a0 stopped 14 shots in the first period alone. The North Vancouver, B.C. product is 3-0-0-0 in the 2026 WHL Playoffs with a 2.32 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47735\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG-1024x72.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG-768x54.png 768w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/28121704\/SPOvsPG-1536x108.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince George 3<\/strong>, Spokane 2 (OT)<\/p>\n<p>PG leads 3-0<\/p>\n<p>It took some bonus hockey, but the Cougars have pounced for a commanding 3-0 series lead against the Chiefs. On a second-period penalty kill, Brock Souch (NHL CSS: 166) poke-checked the puck away from the Chiefs off the rush for a shorthanded breakaway, where he deked Carter Esler and backhanded the puck into a yawning cage. Coco Armstrong responded with an equalizing snapper, but Kayden Lemire (NHL CSS: 64) restored the visitors&#8217; lead with a seeing-eye wrister less than three minutes later. Spokane trade deadline pickup Tyus Sparks (NHL CSS: 63) got the crowd on its feet by picking the top corner on a screened powerplay shot for his second strike in as many games. Neither team could find a go-ahead goal in the third, setting the stage for overtime. An early tripping call gave Prince George a glorious opportunity, and 1:06 into the extra frame, defenceman Arsenii Anisimov (NHL CSS: 198) called game with a tremendous one-timer from the point. Souch earned the primary assist to finish the night with two points. The 19-year-old has four goals and four assists for eight points in three games to lead all WHL skaters in playoff goals and points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THREE STARS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1- Arsenii Anisimov, PG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 1G<\/p>\n<p><strong>2- Joshua Ravensbergen, PG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 30 saves, .938 save percentage<\/p>\n<p><strong>3- Carter Esler, SPO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 29 saves, .906 save percentage<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON TAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47736\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31101222\/HEwFo2NbEAABfNq.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31101222\/HEwFo2NbEAABfNq.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31101222\/HEwFo2NbEAABfNq-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31101222\/HEwFo2NbEAABfNq-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31101222\/HEwFo2NbEAABfNq-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW &#8211; Draft-eligible defenceman Arsenii Anisimov scored in overtime to give the Prince George Cougars a 3-0 series lead against Spokane &#8211; Five teams can take a 3-0 series lead with wins on Tuesday night TOP PERFORMER For the second time this postseason, San Jose Sharks first-rounder Joshua Ravensbergen has topped the pack.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","category-438","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/31123515\/1920-13.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47732,"date":"2026-03-31T15:39:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47732"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:31","slug":"carls-jr-canada-highlights-cougars-at-chiefs-game-3-whl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/video\/carls-jr-canada-highlights-cougars-at-chiefs-game-3-whl-playoffs","title":{"rendered":"Carls Jr. Canada Highlights | Cougars at Chiefs | Game 3 WHL Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":47739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-47732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","category-438","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/31153920\/Game-3-TN.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":47729,"date":"2026-03-31T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/?p=47729"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:23:20","slug":"prince-george-grabs-3-0-series-stranglehold-in-spokane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/article\/prince-george-grabs-3-0-series-stranglehold-in-spokane","title":{"rendered":"Prince George Grabs 3\u20130 Series Stranglehold in Spokane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPOKANE, WASH &#8211; <\/strong>The Prince George Cougars are one win away from the second round.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"388\">The Cats took a commanding 3\u20130 series lead with a 3\u20132 overtime win over the Spokane Chiefs on Monday at Numerica Veterans Arena. Arsenii Anisimov played hero, scoring 1:06 into the extra frame. Kayden Lemire and Brock Souch also scored in the win, while Josh Ravensbergen earned the victory with 30 saves.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"702\">\u201cHe\u2019s (Anisimov) had such a good year. You look at everything \u2014 obviously coming over last year not knowing a lick of English \u2014 and this year we sometimes forget how young he is out there. He does so much for this group, and to see him get rewarded like that was huge,\u201d said Cougars assistant coach Carter Rigby.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-cougars\/gamecentre\/1022967\/\">BOX SCORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Game Audio with Assistant Coach Carter Rigby<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-47729-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/31121444\/Riggs-Post-Game-gm-3.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/31121444\/Riggs-Post-Game-gm-3.mp3\">https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/31121444\/Riggs-Post-Game-gm-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"993\">After a scoreless first period, the Cougars opened the scoring when Brock Souch netted a short-handed goal at 6:28. Souch stole the puck from Tyus Sparks and made no mistake on the breakaway for his fourth goal of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1302\">Spokane tied the game at 12:16 when Coco Armstrong wired a shot from the right circle. The Cougars quickly restored their lead at 14:58, as Kayden Lemire snapped a wrist shot from the right circle past Carter Esler. Spokane responded again late in the period, with Sparks scoring on the power play at 18:48.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1410\">An entertaining third period saw both Ravensbergen and Esler make key saves, sending the game to overtime.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1700\">In the extra frame, the Cougars went to an early power play and capitalized. 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It marks the third time in franchise the Cats have secured 20 wins away from the CN Centre.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We&#8217;re comfortable on the road.&#8221; &#8220;Playing on the road in the playoffs compared to regular season is totally different and we&#8217;re looking forward to it&#8221; said GM &amp; Head Coach Mark Lamb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Souch a Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cougars forward Brock Souch has owned a monster start to the WHL playoffs.<\/li>\n<li>Souch enters Game 3 with six points in the opening two games which is tied for the league lead.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s been fun,&#8221; said Souch. &#8220;Guys like Foz (Aiden Foster) and Perry (Terik Parascak) on our line have been great too and we have been effective. the Power-play also has been clicking so hopefully that can continue tonight.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On the Other Side<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Despite firing 45 shots in Game 2, Chiefs Head Coach Brad Lauer says he thinks his team has more to give, &#8220;I thought our team game was better but at the end of the day it\u2019s still about winning the game and we\u2019ve got to find a way to get there.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Forward Ethan Hughes leads all Chiefs in scoring through two games. 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Linus Vieillard played Game 2, and allowed three goals on 24 shots. &#8220;I thought Carter got a lot of work (in Game 1), not overtaxing, but I just thought with those three games in four nights we just wanted to manage our guys\u00a0 and manage the rest.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where to Watch Every Road Playoff Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can watch every Cougars road playoff game for FREE on\u00a0<strong>Victory +.\u00a0<\/strong>You can also listen live on\u00a0<strong>94.3 The Goat.\u00a0<\/strong>The pre-game show begins at 6:40 with play-by-play at 7:05 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What&#8217;s Next After This Game?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Game:<\/strong> Wednesday, April 1 | Round 1, Game 4 at Spokane | 7:05 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPOKANE, WASH &#8211;\u00a0After taking care of business on home ice, the Prince George Cougars will try to keep the train rolling as their series against the Spokane Chiefs shifts south of the border. 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