Cougars Sweep the Hurricanes
By: Dan O’Connor
Saturday night in Prince George, the Prince George Cougars earned their second victory in a row and their first home weekend sweep of the season. They defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-2 on the strength of 39 saves from Drew Owsley and some timely offense from the likes of Jordan Tkatch and Jesse Forsberg.
It was 1-0 Cougars after one. After a back-and-forth period the Cougars buried at 17:23 when Daulton Siwak converted on a Troy Bourke feed for his seventh of the season and second in as many nights.
The second period was scoreless but the third period was wide open.
Lethbridge opened the third period scoring when Brady Ramsey scored his 16th of the season and all of a sudden Lethbridge had some life.
That quickly changed when Jordan Tkatch forced a turnover at the Lethbridge blueline and raced down the left wing and buried a wrister past Damien Ketlo for his 10th of the season.
The Cougars then increased their lead when Jesse Forsberg tipped home an Alex Forsberg shot for a power play goal, and ultimately the game-winner.
Jake Mykitiuk added some insurance for the Cougars at 12:13 of the period and the rest was history.
Lethbridge did score a power play marker in the final minute (Jay Merkley) but it was too little, too late. Drew Owsley made 39 saves on 41 shots faced to earn his 14th victory of the season.
The Cougars finished the game one-for-five on the power play while Lethbridge countered with a one-for-two result. The Cougars were outshot 41-27.
With the victory, the Cougars now sit one point back of both the Victoria Royals and the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL’s Western Conference.
The Cougars are back in action Wednesday night, in Edmonton. Wednesday’s game marks the first of a three-game Alberta road-swing for the Cougars.
Comments
What happened?
The Cougars won two in a row?
What surprises are left?
A berth in the playoffs?
metalman.
Two great games and a pleasure to watch. Drew Owsley played two strong games even though he let in 5 goals. I only wish we could see the attendance improve to support the players.
Attendance will improve when they become winners. This is no longer a player or coach issue as those have all changed over the years. The mainstay in the equation is management (Dallas) which is therefore the SOLE REASON for the poor performance.
Would any other management in any other team or business still be in place given the results? Come on, Brodsky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the cougars played well against an “equal opponent” …the start of the 3rd period had lapses of old habits…interesting to see jesse play forward on the pp.
Way to go boys! I can’t remember the last time the Cougars won both Fri/Sat home games.
This is a first season in awhile that I’ve seen several games and they look pretty good. The bottom line is that we are blessed to have a WHL franchise in this city. Management isn’t ideal, but what team is ideal?
Go Cougars!
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