Prince George, B.C. – Cougars forward Brad Morrison became the third Cougar this season to record a hat-trick in Vancouver. Saturday night at the Pacific Coliseum the Cougars erased two separate deficits in a 6-4 road victory against the Vancouver Giants.

Morrison led the charge witjh three goals for the Cougars while four other Cougars recorded multi-point games. Between the pipes Ty Edmonds made 23 saves on 27 shots faced to earn his 15^th win of the season and the 27^th victory of the season overall for the Cougars. Trevor Cox had a goal and two assists in response for the Giants while Thomas Foster chipped in with a pair of goals.

After the opening period the Cougars held a 2-1 lead. The first goal of the game came just over four minutes in when Cougars forward Jesse Gabrielle knocked home a Chase Witala pass off a two-on-one rush for his team leading 28^th of the season.

Trevor Cox quickly countered for Vancouver with his eighth of the season at 7:39, but Morrison countered for the Cougars with his first of the night at 13:01 to move the Cougars ahead.

The second period was a different story altogether as the Giants struck twice in the first 45 seconds to take a 3-2 lead. Thomas Foster knocked home his own rebound on a power play just 15 seconds into the frame, and then Ty Ronning put Vancouver ahead just 30 seconds later off a shot from the left wing.

Chase Witala erased Vancouver’s lead with a power play marker of his own just a minute and 11 seconds after Ronning’s goal, but Vancouver answered right back with another go-ahead goal, this one came courtesy of Foster who one-timed home a Ty Ronning pass on a power play.

The second period ended without any further offense and the Cougars went into the final period down 4-3 while being outshot by a slim 23-21 margin.

Period three belonged to the Cougars who outshot Vancouver 18-4. Just 2:26 into the final period Kody McDonald raced down the right wing and wired a shot high and over the shoulder of Giants goaltender Ryan Kubic for his 12^th of the season and fourth of the week. Brad Morrison then grabbed the Cougars their third (and final) lead of the night in the late stages of a power play when he took a Kody McDonald pass, maneuvered into the slot and blasted a shot past Kubic.

Then with 14 seconds remaining and Vancouver’s net empty, Morrison iced the game for the Cougars with his third of the contest and 17^th of the season. It was Morrison’s first career WHL hat-trick and he was named the game’s first star. Chase Witala, Jesse Gabrielle, Kody McDonald and Joe Carvalho also recorded multi-point games for the Cougars who improved their record to 27-16-1-1 and their road record to 12-8-1-0 with the win. It was the Cougars fourth victory of the season against Vancouver, all of which have come at the Pacific Coliseum. The Cougars are also now 10-2 in their last 12 games on the road.

The power play was brilliant finishing three-for-five while the penalty kill went two-for-eight.

Next up for the Cougars: A road matchup with the Kelowna Rockets Tuesday night at Prospera Place.