The Penticton Vees fell 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night in Prince George but in the process, clinched the BC Division title with the point. 

The Vees fall to 41-13-5-4 on the season. 

Ryden Evers opened the scoring 3:17 into the game collecting a rebound off a shot from Chase Valliant and wiring home his 32nd goal of the season. 

After the Cougars answered, Brittan Alstead took a fortuitous bounce off the wall and put the puck backhand over goaltender Josh Ravensbergen to make it 2-1 after 20 minutes.  

The Cougars scored the lone goal of the second period on the powerplay off the stick of Terik Parascak to make it 2-2 heading into the final frame. 

Nolan Stevenson found the back of the net on the powerplay for his 11th goal of the season to give the Vees a 3-2 lead with 10:15 remaining. 

With the goaltender pulled, the Cougars scored to tie the game 3-3 as Dmitri Yakutsenak found a rebound off a point shot to send the game to overtime. 

Brock Souch scored 22 seconds into the extra frame to give the Cougars the 4-3 win. 

 

 

GAME STATS

Shots:

Vees- 32

Cougars- 28

 

Scoring:

Vees- Ryden Evers, Brittan Alstead, Nolan Stevenson

Cougars- Koy Funk, Terik Parascak, Dmitri Yakutsenak, Brock Souch

 

Power Plays:

Vees- 1/2

Cougars- 1/1

 

Goaltending:

Vees- AJ Reyelts – 24/28

Cougars- Josh Ravensbergen- 29/32

 

Up Next: The Vees return to the SOEC to host the Everett Silvertips to begin a home-and-home Friday at 7:00PM.