Saturday night in Prince George, the Kelowna Rockets doubled the Prince George Cougars 8-4 earning a weekend sweep. The Rockets got goals from eight difference players, while the Cougars got a three point effort from Jarrett Fontaine in response.

Kelowna got on the board early in the first with two quick goals. Tyrell Goulbourne opened the scoring at 1:21 when he knocked home a puck from the left side. Zach Franko made it 2-0 after he converted off a pass from Myles Bell off the rush at 3:42.

The first period ended with Kelowna up 2-0. They outshot the Cougars 11-4.

Kelowna would add four more goals in the first 9:05 of the second period. Myles Bell, J.T. Barnett, Justin Kirkland and Tyson Baillie all scored for the Rockets, who had complete control at the half-way point of the game.

After a timeout was called on the Cougars bench, the tide turned, starting with a gorgeous goal from Jarrett Fontaine. Chase Witala lifted a high pass over the heads of two Rocket defenders, right onto the stick of Fontaine who made no mistake from in close on Jordan Cooke. Less than three minutes later, Fontaine would add another to make it a 6-2 game.

The Rockets then quickly countered with two of their own as Colton Sissons and Jesse Lees scored less than two minutes apart to open up an 8-2 lead.

Late in the second, Jarrett Fontaine took a Caleb Belter pass and skated in alone on Jordan Cooke. Cooke robbed Fontaine’s breakaway attempt, but Troy Bourke followed up and knocked home the rebound for his sixth of the season, and the Cougars trailed 8-3 after two periods.

The Cougars kept the pedal down in the third period, and came close a number of times. Jordan Cooke made some key saves early in the period off of both Marc McNulty and Chase Witala to keep the game at 8-3.

The game’s final goal came at 16:55 on a Cougars power play when Chase Witala was able to chip one by Jordan Cooke for his eighth of the season. For Witala, it was a well deserved goal after coming close on several occasions in the third.

The final shots on goal were 39-23 for Kelowna who improved to 29-10-1-1 on the season. The Cougars record now sits at 12-22-1-4. Both teams managed two goals on the power play.

Next up for the Cougars, a trip south to Portland, Oregon for the first of two consecutive games with the league leading Portland Winterhawks. The first one goes Tuesday night at 7:00.