Silvertips 7-2 Winners Over Cougars Saturday

Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:09 PM

Some of the young parts the Prince George Cougars will be looking at in coming years to be key players down the road were offensive players Saturday against the Everett Silvertips. Carter Rigby had his first WHL goal, Wilson Dumais had his first two WHL assists and Josh Smith earned an assist as well. But the Silvertips, who were winners Friday night, found another gear Saturday, leaving PG with a convincing 7-2 win.

The Silvertips entered the game just two points back of the Tri-City Americans for first in the Western Conference. The Silvertips opened the scoring Saturday, just 1:57 in the game on a wrap-around from Scott McDonald, who earned his 8^th goal to open the scoring on Hudson Stremmel. The Silvertips opened up a 2-0 lead at 8:13 on a goal from Chris Langkow from the right face-off circle, who beat Stremmel to the glove hand. Langkow’s 20^th also ended the night for Stremmel, who faced five shots and allowed two goals. Alex Wright, who hasn’t played since January 8 after suffering a broken collar bone, was back in the Cougars goal for the rest of the game. The Silvertips added another tally before the period was out, with Clayton Cumiskey redirecting his 7^th of the year at 15:40 into the Cougars goal for a 3-0 lead. The Cougars out-hit the Silvertips in the first period, with a couple of big blows from Smith and Art Bidlevskii. The Cougars were out-shot 11-10.

Cumiskey would notch his second of the game at 10:21 to put the Silvertips ahead 4-0, then Kellan Tochkin buried his 26^th off a turn-over at 15:20. The Cougars would solve Thomas Heemskerk at 17:05, who tended goal for the Silvertips Saturday. Parker Stanfield would earn his 12^th of the season and second goal in as many nights. Dumais got his first of two assists on that tally. The shots in the second period were 16-10 in favour of the Silvertips, who carried a 5-0 lead into the dressing room after 40 minutes.

Tyler Maxwell restored the five goal lead for the visitor’s at 3:51 on a 5-on-3 power play for his 32^nd and Tochkin would get his second of the night at 11:16 for a 7-1 Silvertips lead. The Cougars youngsters would end the scoring, when Rigby tipped home a power play goal at 18:17. Smith let the shot go and Dumais earned his second assist of the game. 7-2 was the final for Everett, who improve to 44-19-3-2, while the Cougars fall to 11-53-1-2. The Silvertips out-shot the Cougars 10-8 in the third and 37-28 in the game. The Cougars went 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Silvertips went 1-for-8.

The Cougars go to Kamloops Sunday for their third game in three nights in back-to-back weekends. The Cats return home March 9 and 10 to face the Chilliwack Bruins in the Cougars final home games of the season. Puck drop both nights is 7:00, with tickets available by calling Ticketmaster at 250-564-5585.

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Posted by: Mr. PG on March 7 2010 8:17 AM

How many games are left Dallas?

I hope that everyone, including Dallas, is look forwrad to another rebuilding season next year. This will be our 8th consecutive rebuilding season in a row.

Posted by: Stompin Tom on March 7 2010 8:44 AM

rebuilding implies an attempt to rebuild

In reality what we have seen is 8 years of ineptness.

The Cougs have gone from the toast of the town to the joke of the town, many used to wear their 300 dollar Cougar jackets in pride, now you get laughed at if you have a Cougar shirt on.

Posted by: dan on March 7 2010 10:12 AM

It is obvious that Rick wants to provide good jobs for all of his family. It is his business, and he can run it however he wants to. So I have no problem with that.

But it is equally obvious that things are not working out with Dallas making the hockey decisions. I really do hope that Brodsky is able to find Dallas another job in the organization somewhere. Can't they give him a promotion, they way they did with Brandi, and move him up in the organization somehow.

Worst team in the entire CHL says it all.

Regardless of what people think of Rick or Dallas it has been shown in the past that if the team is winning, the crowds will grow. So they need to find a balance of keeping the family employed, while at the same time having a good product on the ice.

There is only so many times you can change the coach. But the coach can only do so much with what they are given. I really do hope they get someone in place before the draft that can maximize the value of the top draft picks we will have in the upcoming WHL and Import drafts.

Posted by: MrPG on March 7 2010 11:49 AM

While Dallas Thompson is certainly a big piece of the puzzle and everybody's favorite whipping boy, there are other problems here as well that people rarely mention.

Coaching hasn't impressed me. Whatever system Dean Clark is trying to sell to the players, they're not buying.

You have to get it done at the draft table. Scouting hasn't done a good job and many of the players they have drafted have not panned out.

Posted by: cougs78 on March 7 2010 12:23 PM

This might be the best result. If Conolly was healthy all year we probably would hqave 25 or 30 wins and squeak into the playoffs and out in first round. I think if the drafting is done right and we don't trade our drafts for 2nd rate players, we could be fine in a couple of years. Let's hope Clark does like he did in Calgary. 15 wins first year , 40 wins second year, and trip to Memorial Cup third year. He will definitely have a ton of young talent to work with over the next 2 years. I do agree with most of you though! It starts at the top and clearly the G.M. has not done his job effectively!

Posted by: MrPG on March 7 2010 4:40 PM

As good as Connolly is, I don't think he would have gotten 15 or 20 more wins for the Cougars.

Posted by: Palopu on March 7 2010 7:31 PM

The Cougers this year have been a disaster. 53 loses, with 5 games to go. If their past performance is any indication then they could lose 5 more.

Probably the worst record in CHL history.

Maybe its time to get out of the WHL business. Once you crunch the numbers it becomes obvious that the taxpayer are subsidising private business. The Cougers can now rent the ice for approx $1500.00 per night, while other shows etc, have to pay $3000.00. So you could argue that the Taxpayers of Prince George are paying part of the salaries for the Cougers.

In any event it will be interesting to see how long we will hold on to this franchise, even though it is obvious that it is costing a fortune.

Prince George people, are almost incapable of admitting they ever make mistakes, and this Franchise will be no different.