An explosive second period led the way for the Prince George Cougars as they dumped the league-leading Everett Silvertips 5-1 last night.
“It was a nice win, I thought we gave up a little but too much, especially when the game gets out of hand, well it wasn’t out of hand, but when we get up a few goals, I would like us to execute a little but better, we put too much pressure on ourselves in the third,” said Cougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lamb on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.
“Those goals were really nice goals, just sticking to it and playing the way we can, and if you stick to it, those are going to open up for us, and we have the skill to put it in.”
Lamb said knocking off the top team in the league was a good measuring stick for the Cats.
“They play a real stingy game, and they’ve got a great organization that’s a winning organization,” he said.
“You always want to see what you’re like against these big teams and it was 1-1, they beat us down there, we know we can play with anybody, we just got to keep playing the right way.”
Once again, Josh Ravensbergen was outstanding, making 33 saves and earning first star honours.
“He’s our backbone, we just need to make some more plays for him,” Lamb said.
“It was a lot of fun from puck drop,” Ravensbergen said on the post-game show.
“It was a close game to start and then we took control in the second, and the guys scored a bunch of huge goals.”
Koehn Ziemmer got the party started in the second period, scoring his 120th goal in a Cougars uniform, tying Chase Witala’s team record.
Koehn Ziemmer has TIED THE FRANCHISE GOALS RECORD WITH 120@LAKings | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/mMAs2ijIXM pic.twitter.com/cVQSJzcAwx
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 16, 2025
Ziemmer added two assists in the middle frame as well, helping Jett Lajoie and Borya Valis find the back of the net.
Koehn Ziemmer has TIED THE FRANCHISE GOALS RECORD WITH 120@LAKings | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/mMAs2ijIXM pic.twitter.com/cVQSJzcAwx
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 16, 2025
Bar Down Borya does it again!@CarlsJrCA https://t.co/UC0rcs7t4S pic.twitter.com/D4FTpJA7Y2
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 16, 2025
Riley Heidt added another in the second.
Riley Heidt caps off a picture perfect second period!@mnwild | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/8PTQDqnY0Q pic.twitter.com/x8z77NJ6D8
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 16, 2025
Ben Riche scored the goal to send the 4,460 fans at the CN Centre home with a free small pizza coupon.
Prince George is eating good tonight 🍕🍕🍕#NHLDraft | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/S85TivpaYO pic.twitter.com/eElmc1WEgh
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 16, 2025
“Your best players have to be your top scorers, they got to do it against the best teams,” Lamb said.
“They can make plays and it all comes from structure.”
The box score is here.
The Cougars (31-16-4-2) are second in the BC Division five points behind the Victoria Royals (32-14-3-6).
The Cougars have two games in hand over Victoria.
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars are on the road for their next three games, starting tomorrow against the Vancouver Giants.
They then take on Victoria for their next two.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
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