Less than 24 hours removed from a 6-3 victory in Portland, the Prince George Cougars were defeated 7-0 on Sunday night by the Tri-City Americans. Brian Williams scored twice and added two assists while Parker Bowles chipped in with a goal and two assists. Evan Sarthou stopped all 14 shots he faced for the shutout. Special teams were a major factor in this one, as five of the Americans goals came on the power play.

Parker Bowles opened the scoring at 6:17 on the man advantage when he one-timed home a Brian Williams pass from the corner. Beau McCue then made it 2-0 at the 12:41 mark, and late in the period Parker Wotherspoon snuck a point shot through traffic (also on the power play) and in to give Tri-City a 3-0 lead through one period.

Tri-City kept coming in the second period with three more unanswered power play goals in the first 6:33. First it was Lukas Nickles who deflected home a Parker Wotherspoon point shot, and then Brian Williams notched his first of two on the night, which spelt the end of the line for Ty Edmonds.

In came rookie 16-year-old Tavin Grant, who surrendered goals to Ty Comrie and Brian Williams, which put the score at 7-0.

From there though Grant kept the door shut and finished strong stopping 21 of 23 shots in his WHL debut.

Shots on goal were hard to come by for the Cougars all game long. They had five in the first, and two in the second before putting seven on net in the third for a three period total of 14. Tri-City had 38 in response.

Prince George finished zero-for-two on the power play and killed five of their 10 minor penalties.

The loss moves the Cougars record to 1-1 on the young season while the Americans improve to 1-1.

Now the Cougars head home to welcome the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night in a highly anticipated home opener that will officially welcome the New Ice Age to the CN Centre.