The win streak hits three for the Prince George Cougars as they picked up a 5-2 win over the Tri-City Americans.
“We’re playing really good right now, I thought we started a little slow, but we got better as the game went on,” said Cougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lamb on the Post Game Show on 94.3 the Goat.
The score could have been a 2-1 Tri-City lead after the marathon first period, but goals were called off after lengthy reviews for each team.
The Cougars came started the second period like they were shot out of a cannon, piling on 11 shots before the Americans could muster one.
“[Our top guys] took over the game, and we had some guys on defence really played well too,” Lamb said.
“It was a good team effort, but the guys that get all the points, if they can outplay their top players, that usually happens.”
The Cougars scored twice in one minute early in the second, Borya Valis started the party with a powerplay laser to beat Ryan Grout.
Borya BOMB 💣@CarlsJrCA https://t.co/PeEcBfttA3 pic.twitter.com/IoEH4eFYMM
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 2, 2025
“He’s just turned into a horse, a 200-foot player that goes back and forth, it doesn’t matter who he plays with, he just keeps bringing it every night,” Lamb said.
Less than a minute later, Aiden Foster rang a shot off both posts but didn’t score, Riley Heidt finished off the rebound.
Foster hits both posts, Heidt tucks in his third goal in three games!@mnwild | #NHLDraft | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/oGoulwfrBt pic.twitter.com/49SvUy4NlP
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 2, 2025
Koehn Ziemmer found Heidt after stealing the puck deep in the Tri-City end, and Heidt found Valis for his second of the night.
Two takeaways, one goal. Valis has three goals this weekend, and Heidt has three points tonight!@CarlsJrCA https://t.co/ot8N28haHC pic.twitter.com/elkuAu05cV
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 2, 2025
Matteo Danis placed his shot perfectly past Grout to put the CN Centre on pizza watch.
Matteo Danis puts the CN Centre on pizza watch!@CarlsJrCA https://t.co/US48Wn2S5H pic.twitter.com/Ofz93Sub52
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 2, 2025
Ziemmer sent the 4,025 fans at the CN Centre home with a free small pizza by firing a wrist shot past Grout.
Koehn Ziemmer delivers the Dominoes for the SIXTH time this season!! 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕@LAKings | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/yZc8R4UQh8 pic.twitter.com/W04Bmb0Im3
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 2, 2025
If attendance numbers are accurate and everyone grabbed a coupon: 39,267 small pizzas across nine games.
At $14 a pop, that's $549,864 worth of pizza. https://t.co/hXP3Wz7TtL
— Will Peters (@WillPeters_1) February 2, 2025
The box score is here.
The Cougars (28-15-3-2) are second in the BC Division, one point behind the Victoria Royals (27-14-3-5).
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars travel to Tri-City to finish off their three-game mini-series on Tuesday.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
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