Cougars Pick Up Goalie

Wednesday, July 02, 2008 02:46 PM

Prince George, BC – The Prince George Cougars have acquired 20 year old goaltender Kevin Armstrong from the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for a 2009 Bantam Draft Selection.

Cougars General Manager Dallas Thompson stated “We are thrilled about having Kevin in the fold for the upcoming season. Kevin is an experienced goaltender that will allow the other goaltenders in our system a chance to develop and provide us with experience in net."

Armstrong is a 6’1”, 186 pound native of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He appeared in 33 games for the Chiefs in 2007-2008 posting an impressive record of 20-5-1-3 with a career best 2.17 goals against average and a .915 save percentage. He ranked 5^th in goals against average, and 9^th in save percentage amongst WHL goaltenders last season.

In 129 career games with Saskatoon and Spokane, Armstrong is 65-42-6-8 with a 2.50 goals against average.

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Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 02:46 PM in Sports by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: MrPG on July 2 2008 9:31 PM

Hoping one of these days the Cougars will have a roster of players that make people want to pay to watch. Maybe this is a good first step.

I gave up my season seats some time ago when I got tired of watching players night after night who didn't seem to care.

Posted by: lostfaith on July 2 2008 11:57 PM

Building for the future

Posted by: lmorg on July 3 2008 9:25 AM

Without good defensemen, those sparkling stats will diminish in PG.

Posted by: lostfaith on July 3 2008 2:23 PM

True Imorg, such is the case of the Vancouver giants goalie. The only reason some think he is so great is due to no one being able to get past their D