Prince George, B.C. – The Prince George Cougars still have 39 players with the team as they look ahead to the start of pre-season action this weekend.

The roster looks like this following last night’s Black and White Game:

GOALIES (6):

 

Ty Edmonds (96)

Nick McBride (97)

Tavin Grant (98)

Connor Dochuk (99)

Zach Wickson (99)

Taylor Gauthier (01)

 

DEFENCEMEN (13):

 

Sam Ruopp (96) *

Shaun Dosanjh (96)

Tate Olson (97)

Shane Collins (97)

Josh Anderson (98)

Joel Lakusta (98)

Max Martin (99)

Peter Kope (99)

Ryan Schoettler (99)

Jonas Harkins (00)

Cole Moberg (00)

Cole Beamin (01)

Jack Michell (01)

 

FORWARDS (20):

 

Colby McAuley (96)

Jordan Ross (96)

Jansen Harkins (97)

Brad Morrison (97)

Jesse Gabrielle (97)

Aaron Boyd (97)

Jared Bethune (97)

Brogan O’Brien (97)

Kody McDonald (98)

Bartek Bison (98)

Kolby Johnson (98)

Josh Curtis (98)

Brendan Kochanski (98)

Justin Almeida (99)

Ethan O’Rourke (99)

Adam Kadlec (99)

Jackson Leppard (00)

Tyler Ho (00)

Reid Perepeluk (00)

Keegan Craik (01)

 

*SAM RUOPP IS CURRENTLY WITH THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS.

 

The following Black and White Game players have been reassigned:

 

GOALIES:

 

Niklas Hoem (00)

 

DEFENCEMEN:

 

Noah Kiemel (99)

Eric Parker (01)

 

FORWARDS:

 

Josh Bruce (98)

Brian Adair (99)

Liam Ryan (00)

Edge Lambert (01)

Zach Bolton (01)

 

The club says more players will be reassigned in the days and weeks to come. The roster has to be down to 25 players by October 10^th.

The Cats kick of their exhibition season this Friday in Red Deer when they battle the Calgary Hitmen at 2:00 p.m. (local time).

On Saturday the Cougars face the Edmonton Oil Kings before heading south to Tri-Cities to play three games in three nights starting next Wednesday. Prince George will play Tri-Cities, Portland and the Kootenay Ice.

They will play their lone home pre-season game on Friday September 16^th when divisional rivals Kamloops comes to town.

That game starts at 7:00 p.m.