Regular Season Home Game #30 ● Tri-City vs. Prince George February 27, 2016 ● Toyota Center, Kennewick

Prince George Cougars

No. Name DOB 33 Nick McBride 01.11.97 35 Ty Edmonds 08.20.96 2 Sam Ruopp 03.06.96 3 Luka Zorko 02.27.97 4 Joel Lakusta 06.24.98 6 Shaun Dosanjh 03.15.96 8 Chase Witala 05.27.95 9 Brad Morrison 01.04.97 10 Josh Curtis 09.24.98 12 Jansen Harkins 05.23.97 13 Jesse Gabrielle 06.17.97 14 Colby McAuley 05.28.96 15 Brogan O’Brien 08.13.97 16 Adam Kadlec 09.03.99 17 Luke Harrison 10.07.95 18 Bartek Bison 03.26.98 19 Shane Collins 02.20.97 20 Jonas Harkins 12.26.00 21 Jared Bethune 01.20.97 22 Justin Almeida 02.06.99 23 Aaron Boyd 05.24.97 24 Kolby Johnson 05.12.98 25 Tate Olson 03.21.97 26 Kody McDonald 04.07.98 27 Joseph Carvalho 11.06.95 28 Josh Anderson 08.29.98 29 Max Martin 07.25.99 General Manager: Todd Harkins Head Coach: Mark Holick Asst. Coach: Michael Hengen Asst. Coach: Roman Vopat Asst. Coach: Brent Arsenault Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop

Three-Star Awards 02.26.16 vs. Seattle 1. Mathew Barzal, Seattle 2. Ryan Gropp, Seattle 3. Nolan Yaremko, Tri-City

Tri-City Americans

No. Name DOB 30 Nicholas Sanders 04.24.98 31 Evan Sarthou 09.24.97 2 Dakota Krebs 03.26.99 3 Mackenze Stewart 08.10.95 4 Kurtis Rutledge 06.02.97 5 Jeff Rayman 08.25.96 6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki 10.06.98 7 Brendan O’Reilly 05.15.97 10 Dylan Coghlan 02.19.98 12 Jordan Topping 07.20.97 15 Michael Rasmussen 04.17.99 16 Beau McCue 01.03.95 18 Jordan Roy 09.09.98 19 Tyler Sandhu 01.07.96 20 Maxwell James 04.13.97 21 Vladislav Lukin 01.24.97 22 Nolan Yaremko 05.17.98 24 Austyn Playfair 07.30.97 25 Kyle Olson 03.22.99 28 Morgan Geekie 07.20.98 32 Parker AuCoin 07.30.98 36 Brandon Carlo 11.26.96 37 Parker Wotherspoon 08.24.97 39 Parker Bowles 01.25.95 General Manager: Bob Tory Head Coach: Mike Williamson Associate Coach: Brian Pellerin Athletic Therapist: Zach Fournier Athletic Trainer: Innes Mackie Video Coach: T.J. Millar Tonight’s Officials: Referee: #10, Fraser Lawrence #89, Mike Campbell Linesmen: #11, Trevor Shively

#115, Nathan Van Oosten

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Game #61 - Saturday, February 27th, 2016 Prince George Cougars (33-25-3-1, 70 pts) at Tri-City Americans (29-28-2-1, 61 pts) Toyota Center (Kennewick, WA), 7:05pm Television/Radio Information Local Radio Broadcast: NewsTalk 870 AM, 6:45pm Web Broadcast: WHL Live, 7:05pm The Series vs. Prince George - This Season (4-Game Series) Game 1: 10/09/15 – Tri-City 5, at Prince George 2 Game 2: 10/10/15 – at Prince George 4, Tri-City 1 Game 3: 02/23/16 – at Tri-City 4, Prince George 1 Game 4: 02/27/16 – Prince George at Tri-City Tri-City leads series 2-1 The Series vs. Prince George - Last Season (4-Game Series) Game 1: 09/21/14 – at Tri-City 7, Prince George 0 Game 2: 01/06/15 – at Prince George 8, Tri-City 4 Game 3: 01/07/15 – Tri-City 5, at Prince George 3 Game 4: 03/13/15 – at Tri-City 7, Prince George 4 Tri-City wins series 3-1 The Series vs. Prince George - Last 10 Seasons 2014-2015: 3-1-0-0 2009-2010: 4-0-0-0 2013-2014: 1-3-0-0 2008-2009: 4-0-0-0 2012-2013: 2-1-0-1 2007-2008: 3-1-0-0 2011-2012: 3-0-1-0 2006-2007: 4-0-0-0 2010-2011: 2-1-0-1 2005-2006: 3-1-0-0 The Series vs. Prince George – All-Time (60-39-4-2 w/ 6 ties) Record at Home: 32-14-3-2 w/ 4 ties Record on Road: 28-25-1-0 w/ 2 ties Overtime Record at Home: 0-3 w/ 4 ties Overtime Record on Road: 2-1 w/ 2 ties Shootout Record at Home: 0-2 Shootout Record on Road: NONE Last Game - 02.26.16 vs. Seattle Mathew Barzal and Ryan Gropp each tallied a goal and an assist, while Landon Bow kicked aside 27 shots, as the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds outlasted Tri-City 4-2. Cavin Leth and Nolan Volcan also scored for Seattle, who scored three times in the opening frame. Tri-City responded with goals from Nolan Yaremko and Michael Rasmussen in the second period. Evan Sarthou, who started the game, and Nick Sanders combined for 23 saves in the loss. Washington’s Lottery Weekly Report Tri-City:

- #6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki, Upper Body, 2 Weeks - #24 Austyn Playfair, Upper Body, 3 Weeks - #3 Riley Hillis, Upper Body, Indefinite - #25 Kyle Olson, Lower Body, Indefinite - #29 Taylor Vickerman, Upper Body, Indefinite

Prince George:

- #6 Shaun Dosanjh, Upper Body, Week-To-Week - #28 Josh Anderson, Upper Body, Week-To-Week

Who to Watch Parker Bowles had his 5-game goal streak snapped last night vs. Seattle, the longest streak of his career Parker Wotherspoon is 2 games shy of 200 for his WHL career Beau McCue and Parker Bowles are 3 goals shy of passing Blake Evans (86) for 18th on Tri-City’s all-time goals list Parker Bowles is 4 points shy of passing Taylor Procyshen/Terry Ryan (212) for 18th on Tri-City’s all-time scoring list Mike Williams is 8 wins shy of passing Don Hay (67) for 5th on the Americans’ all-time coaching wins list

What to Watch Prince George:

Jesse Gabrielle had his 5-game point streak snapped last Saturday vs. Red Deer, totaling 5-6-11 during the run. It was his third point streak of 5+ games this season. Gabrielle has collected 7-7-14 in 7 of his last 11 games.

Chase Witala, the Prince George-native, has spent his entire WHL career with the Cougars, with 293 games played in a Prince George sweater. Witala has been red hot since December, failing to record a point in 8 of his last 38 games and registering 25-26-51 since December 1.

The Cougars’ 3rd-ranked penalty kill will match-up against Tri-City’s 2nd-ranked power play unit. The Cougars enter the game as the most penalized team in the WHL, with over 200 more PIM than the next closest team, Calgary (928).

Tri-City:

Tyler Sandhu has 17 points (6+11) in his last 12 games, failing to record a point in just 3 games in that span. Sandhu has a career-high 14 points in February, surpassing his previous monthly high of 12 (November, 2013).

Parker Bowles has scored a goal in 5 of his last 6 games and in 6 of his last 8. Since the start of 2016, Bowles has points in 17 of his last 23 games, amassing 13-17-30 in that span. Bowles leads all skaters in the Tri-City/Prince George series this season, recording 2-2-4 in 3 games this season.

Michael Rasmussen has 9 points (3+6) in 11 games during the month of February. Rasmussen has 4 points vs. Prince George this season, which is tied for the team-lead. With 13-23-36, Rasmussen is also currently 14th in WHL Rookie scoring. At just 16, he is the youngest player inside the top-15.

PRINCE GEORGE TRI-CITY 2015-16 Statistical Leaders 2015-16 Statistical Leaders Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (38) Goals: Parker Bowles (35) Assists: Brogan O’Brien, Tate Olson (35) Assists: Parker Bowles (46) Points: Jesse Gabrielle (70) Points: Parker Bowles (81) Plus/Minus: Sam Ruopp, Shane Collins (+19) Plus/Minus: Tyler Sandhu (+11) Penalty Minutes: Colby McAuley (135) Penalty Minutes: Maxwell James (122) Power Play Goals: Chase Witala (10) Power Play Goals: Parker Bowles (14) Short-Handed Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (6) Short-Handed Goals: Beau McCue (3) Game Winning Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (5) Game Winning Goals: Parker Bowles (7) Goals Against Average: Ty Edmonds (2.71) Goals Against Average: Nicholas Sanders (2.89) Save Percentage: Ty Edmonds (.914) Save Percentage: Nicholas Sanders (0.903) Last 10 Games: 2-7-1-0 Last 10 Games: 6-3-0-1 Current Streak: 1-0-0-0 Current Streak: 0-1-0-0 Tri-City Roster Age Breakdown Total Players: 24 Average Age: 17.83 20 year Olds – 3 – Bowles, McCue, Stewart 19 year Olds – 3 – Carlo, Rayman Sandhu 18 year Olds – 8 – Topping, James, Lukin, A. Playfair, Rutledge, O’Reilly, Wotherspoon, Sarthou 17 year Olds – 7 – Roy, Yaremko, Geekie, AuCoin, Välimäki, Coghlan, Sanders 16 year Olds – 3 – Rasmussen, Krebs, Olson How the Americans Were Built 1st Round (3): Wotherspoon, Rasmussen, AuCoin 2nd Round (1): Yaremko 3rd Round (3): Sarthou, Coghlan, Olson 5th Round (2): Roy, Geekie 6th Round (2): James, Sanders 8th Round (2): Topping, Rutledge 10th Round (1): Carlo Listed (6): Bowles, McCue, O’Reilly, Krebs, Playfair, Rayman Trade (2): Sandhu, Stewart Import Draft (2): Lukin, Välimäki

2015-16 Season Scoring Statistics – Tri-City Leading after 1st Period: 13-7-0-0 Leading after 2nd Period: 20-2-1-0 Tied after 1st Period: 11-7-1-0 Tied after 2nd Period: 6-4-0-1 Trailing after 1st Period: 5-14-1-1 Trailing after 2nd Period: 3-22-1-0 Out Shooting Opponents: 14-9-1-0 Out Shot by Opponents: 15-17-1-0 When Shots are Tied: 0-2-0-1 Score First Goal of Game: 22-11-0-0 Opp. Score First Goal of Game: 7-17-2-1 2015-16 Tri-City Record vs. … U.S. Division: 13-16-2-0 B.C. Division: 9-7-0-1 Western Conference: 22-23-2-1 Central Division: 4-2-0-0 East Division: 3-3-0-0 Eastern Conference: 7-5-0-0 2015-16 Tri-City Season Highs & Lows – Team Streaks Longest Winning Streak: 3 games x5 (10/04-10/09; 12/12-12/18; 01/15-01/19; 01/29-02/02; 02/13-02/19) Longest Home Winning Streak: 5 games (01/15-02/02) Longest Road Winning Streak: 2 games x6 (10/07-10/09; 11/01-11/13; 12/12-12/18; 01/02-01/05; 01/30-02/10; 02/13-02/15) Longest Losing Streak: 4 games (10/21-10/28) Longest Home Losing Streak: 3 games (11/03-11/11) Longest Road Losing Streak: 5 games (01/06-01/24) Scoring Most Goals Scored – Game: (7) 01/30 at Spokane Most Goals Scored – Period: (4) 1st, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 12/15 vs. Portland; 2nd, 02/13 vs. Red Deer Most Goals Allowed – Game: (8) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Goals Allowed – Period: (5) 1st, 11/21 vs. Victoria Largest Margin of Victory: (4) 01/19 vs. Vancouver; 01/30 at Spokane Largest Margin of Defeat: (7) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Power Play Goals – Game: (3) 12/12 at Spokane Most Power Play Opportunities – Game: (8) 11/03 vs. Kelowna Most Power Play Goals Against – Game: (3) 11/13 at Medicine Hat; 11/27 vs. Spokane; 01/09 at Kelowna Most Power Play Opportunities Against – Game: (8) 11/27 vs. Spokane Shooting Most Shots Taken – Game: (52) 10/28 at Portland Most Shots Taken – Period: (23) 3rd, 10/28 at Portland Fewest Shots Taken – Game: (17 x2) 01/29 vs. Everett; 02/19 vs. Everett Fewest Shots Taken – Period: (1 x2) 2nd, 10/10 at Prince George; 3rd, 02/19 vs. Everett Most Shots Allowed – Game: (47) 12/27 at Portland Most Shots Allowed – Period: (19) 2nd, 11/07 vs. Spokane; 1st, 12/27 at Portland Fewest Shots Allowed – Game: (20) 11/01 at Vancouver Fewest Shots Allowed – Period: (3 x3) 3rd, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 02/10 at Kootenay; 1st, 02/23 vs. Prince George Penalty Minutes Most Penalty Minutes – Game: (50) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Penalty Minutes – Game: (4) 10/30 vs. Vancouver; 01/29 vs. Everett Most Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (58) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (0) 10/30 vs. Vancouver

NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW39 Parker Bowles 60 35 46 81 -9 48 14 0 712 Jordan Topping 60 27 30 57 0 72 6 2 337 Parker Wotherspoon 59 10 41 51 -12 76 5 0 516 Beau McCue 60 21 24 45 -15 33 6 3 219 Tyler Sandhu 60 16 26 42 11 24 1 1 221 Vladislav Lukin 56 19 21 40 3 22 5 0 315 Michael Rasmussen 51 13 23 36 0 37 8 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 47 6 22 28 1 22 1 1 036 Brandon Carlo 40 2 19 21 1 75 0 0 110 Dylan Coghlan 58 3 17 20 6 33 0 0 128 Morgan Geekie 54 9 7 16 -2 8 2 0 125 Kyle Olson 19 3 7 10 -4 20 2 0 020 Maxwell James 56 3 6 9 -10 122 0 2 122 Nolan Yaremko 57 4 4 8 -4 24 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 25 3 4 7 1 41 0 1 124 Austyn Playfair 30 3 4 7 0 32 0 1 132 Parker AuCoin 47 3 4 7 -6 19 0 0 04 Kurtis Rutledge 49 1 5 6 -5 22 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 42 3 2 5 2 33 0 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 25 1 3 4 -2 21 0 0 018 Jordan Roy 29 1 1 2 -3 20 0 0 02 Dakota Krebs 38 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0

DP Departed Players 54 9 17 26 -28 20 4 0 1Bench 0 8 0

1076 195 333 528 836 54 11 29

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 15 645 31 288 2.88 0.903 5 3 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 53 2937 167 1338 3.41 0.889 24 25 2 0 2 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3582 198 1626 3.32 0.891 29 28 2 1 2 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total57 75 59 4 2 197 538 602 589 13 2 174463 72 70 2 1 208 594 630 601 16 1 1842

20 3 1 0 14 9 1 03 22 1 0 15 17 1 06 3 0 1 0 2 0 1

22 11 0 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.%7 17 2 1 234 54 13 23.1

16 11 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%13 17 1 0 2 1 0 259 54 11 79.229 28 2 1 6 2 1

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NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW2 Dakota Krebs 17 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 12 2 2 4 4 25 0 1 14 Kurtis Rutledge 23 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 19 1 0 1 -1 15 0 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 24 5 11 16 -2 12 1 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 14 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 010 Dylan Coghlan 27 1 9 10 1 8 0 0 012 Jordan Topping 29 17 13 30 4 30 3 1 215 Michael Rasmussen 24 5 11 16 0 16 3 0 016 Beau McCue 29 6 14 20 -7 16 2 1 118 Jordan Roy 11 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 019 Tyler Sandhu 29 9 14 23 8 10 0 1 120 Maxwell James 28 2 4 6 -8 61 0 1 021 Vladislav Lukin 29 8 10 18 0 12 1 0 122 Nolan Yaremko 27 3 2 5 -1 20 0 0 024 Austyn Playfair 14 2 2 4 0 18 0 1 125 Kyle Olson 10 1 6 7 -2 10 1 0 028 Morgan Geekie 25 4 4 8 -1 6 1 0 132 Parker AuCoin 22 2 3 5 -3 9 0 0 036 Brandon Carlo 21 1 12 13 6 33 0 0 137 Parker Wotherspoon 29 5 19 24 -5 22 2 0 439 Parker Bowles 29 18 19 37 -6 22 7 0 3DP Departed Players 30 5 9 14 -11 6 2 0 0

Bench 0 6 0522 99 167 266 389 23 6 16

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 8 300 15 122 3.00 0.891 2 1 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 26 1442 82 645 3.41 0.887 14 10 1 0 1 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1742 97 767 3.34 0.888 16 11 1 1 1 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total31 34 29 3 1 98 285 283 255 8 1 83225 38 33 1 1 98 256 284 299 11 1 851

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16 11 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 22 6 82.116 11 1 1 4 1 1

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UPCOMING GAMES: VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 1ST, 2016) VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 2ND, 2016) SPOKANE CHIEFS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 4TH, 2016) SPOKANE CHIEFS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 5TH, 2016)

Saturday, February 27, 2016 Prince George Cougars (33-25-3-1) at Tri-City Americans (29-28-2-1)

THE HOME STRETCH: As the 2015-16 season continues the Cougars are enjoying a successful 22nd season in the Western Hockey League. Their 33-25-3-1 record has them ranked third in the B.C. Division and 16 points ahead of their pace from a season ago. Heading into tonight’s matchup against the Tri-City Americans the Cougars are three points ahead of their point total and two wins ahead of their victory total from 2014-15. Five of the Cougars final 10 games will be played at home while five more will take place on the road. Three of the Cougars final 10 games will also be played against U.S. Division opponents including tonight’s game against the Tri-City Americans. PLAYOFF PUSH: Tonight the Cougars wrap up a four game road trip with their fourth of game in five nights. Heading into action tonight the Cougars have earned 70 points and hold sole possession of third place in the B.C. Division. They lead the Kamloops Blazers by five points. The Cougars currently trail the second place Victoria Royals by 18 points. The Cougars have two games remaining against both Victoria (Mar. 11, Mar. 13) and Kamloops (Mar. 18, Mar. 19) and one game remaining against Kelowna (Mar. 9). Looking at tonight’s matchup the Americans trail the Cougars by nine points in the Western Conference standings. COUGARS-AMERICANS: Tonight in Kennewick, WA the Prince George Cougars battle the Tri-City Americans for the fourth and final time in 2015-16. The Cougars are 1-2 against the Ams’ this season and are coming off a 4-1 loss against Tir-City last Tuesday in Kennewick. Back in October of 2015, the Cougars and Americans split a pair of games played at the CN Centre. In three games against the Ams’ Tate Olson (0G, 4A) leads the way for the Cougars with four points while Brad Morrison has two goals and an assist. Last season the Cougars finished 1-3 against Tri-City. WITALA MAKES HISTORY: Wednesday, February 3rd in Prince Albert, SK, Cougars forward Chase Witala became the all-time leading goal scorer in Prince George Cougars history. At 12:21 of the third period Witala ripped a shot past Rylan Parenteau of the Prince Albert Raiders to secure his 32nd goal of the season and the 112th goal of his career, which moved him past former captain Eric Hunter who had previously held the record. For his career, Witala has now scored 115 goals and 112 assists for 227 points. With 10 games remaining in the season Witala is now just 10 points shy of surpassing Troy Bourke for the all-time franchise lead in points. LEADING THE PACK: Through 62 games, Jesse Gabrielle (38G, 32A) leads the team lead in goals (38) and points with 70. Gabrielle also leads the Cougars (and the entire WHL) in shorthanded goals (6), and tops the team with multi-point games (23) and goal scored at home (23). Chase Witala leads the team with nine power play goals and two hat-tricks. Defenceman Tate Olson (8G, 35A) leads all Cougars defencemen with 43 points, and 19 power play points. Cougars captain Sam Ruopp leads the team in plus-minus with at +19. Colby McAuley is tops on the team with 135 penalty minutes and leads the WHL with 15 fighting majors. Brogan O’Brien leads all Cougar rookies with 17 goals and 35 assists. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Currently the Cougars roster sits at 27 players: Two goalies, 10 defencemen and 15 forwards. Three are 20, four are 19, 10 are 18, six are 17, three are 16 and one is 15. 17 of the 27 players were selected by the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, six were acquired via trade, two were added to the 50-man protected list and two were selected in the CHL Import Draft. 10 are from B.C., five are from Saskatchewan, four are from Alberta, four are from Manitoba, along with one each from Ontario, the United States, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

UPCOMING GAMES: VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 1ST, 2016) VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 2ND, 2016) SPOKANE CHIEFS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 4TH, 2016) SPOKANE CHIEFS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 5TH, 2016)

Saturday, February 27, 2016 – Game Notes Continued… COUGARS SIGN ADAM KADLEC: Prince George Cougars General Manager Todd Harkins announced earlier this month that 1999-born forward Adam Kadlec (Edina, MN) signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Cougars. Originally selected by the Cougars in the 10th round (203rd overall) in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, Kadlec (6’2”, 179 pounds) started this season with the Boston Jr. Bruins 18U program in the U.S. Premier Hockey League. Last season Kadlec scored 16 goals and added 25 assists for 41 points along with 46 penalty minutes in just 25 games with the Jr. Bruins 16U team. Kadlec became the sixth player form the 2014 Cougars draft class to sign with the team joining Justin Almeida, Max Martin, Ethan O’Rourke, Peter Kope, and Ryan Schoettler. Kadlec made his WHL debut Wednesday in Spokane. EDMONDS MAKES HISTORY: With a victory on January 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers Prince George Cougars veteran goaltender Ty Edmonds (Winnipeg, MB) earned his 65th career WHL victory, all of which have come with the Cougars. That 65th victory moves Ty Edmonds into sole possession of second place on the list for all-time victories by a Prince George Cougars goaltender which had previous been held by Billy Thompson (1999 – 2003 and 64 wins). Edmonds is now just 29 victories shy of surpassing Scott Myers (1996-2000 and 95 wins) for the all-time lead in wins. FOUR COUGARS RANKED BY NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Back in January Cougars had four of their players crack NHL Central Scouting’s Mid-Term Rankings list. Leading the way was defenceman Josh Anderson who was ranked 62nd out of all draft eligible North American skaters. Rookie forward Brogan O’Brien appeared 94th on the list and goaltenders Ty Edmonds (20th) and Nick McBride (29th) made the list for draft eligible North American goaltenders. In 39 games this season, Anderson has a goal, five assists and 86 penalty minutes. O’Brien leads all Cougars rookies in scoring with 16 goals and 34 assists. Edmonds has a record of 19-14-2-0 with four shutouts and Nick McBride is 11-7-1-1 with a shutout since joining the Cougars after a trade with Prince Albert. In addition to the four roster players, the Cougars also had three of their college prospects: Riley Tufte (17th), Dennis Cholowski (48th), and Rem Pitlick (141st) ranked.

BRIGHT FUTURE: The Cougars were well represented at the 2015-16 Mac’s AAA Midget Tournament in Calgary. 10 Cougars prospects represented their respective teams. Ethan O’Rourke (Cariboo Cougars), Ryan Schoettler (Lloydminster Bobcats) and Joel Patsey (Cariboo Cougars) were all selected by the Cougars in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft while 2015 draftees Jackson Leppard (Vancouver Northwest Giants), Jonas Harkins (Cariboo Cougars), Tyler Ho (Cariboo Cougars), Reid Perepeluk (Cariboo Cougars), and Liam Ryan (Vancouver North East Chiefs) had an impressive first showing at the tournament. Jeremy Gervais (Cariboo Cougars) and Brandon McClintock (South Island Royals) were both listed earlier this season by the Cougars and also gained valuable experience. Ryan Schoettler won a Silver Medal, the tournament plus-minus award and was named a tournament all-star for Lloydminster. Schoettler signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Prince George Cougars earlier in January, 2016. DID YOU KNOW: On December 8th against Kootenay, Chase Witala became the first Cougar since Blake Robson in 2002 to record back-to-back hat-tricks. Jansen Harkins recorded his 100th career assist on December 15th in Seattle. Harkins is now just 40 assists shy of the all-time record which is currently held by Troy Bourke (152) and last Wednesday in Spokane he suited up in his 200th career WHL game. Ironically on the same day that Jansen Harkins suited up for game #200, his younger brother Jonas Harkins dressed in his first ever WHL game. The 6’2” defencemen turned 15 on December 26, 2000 and was selected by the Cougars in the second round of the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft. The Prince George Cougars have scored at least one power play goal in 12 of their past 17 games.

No. Player GP G A PTS PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG +/- IG MGG MPG SOG SOA SOWG

13 Jesse Gabrielle 62 38 32 70 88 4 9 6 5 9 7 8 23 1 3 0

8 Chase Witala 62 35 32 67 71 10 5 1 3 8 6 6 14 0 2 0

15 Brogan O'Brien 61 17 35 52 26 5 9 1 3 12 3 0 13 0 1 0

9 Brad Morrison 62 23 28 51 31 9 9 0 4 -6 6 5 15 1 2 1

12 Jansen Harkins 59 20 29 49 47 3 11 0 3 -9 2 3 14 1 2 1

25 Tate Olson 56 8 35 43 78 4 15 1 2 14 1 1 12 0 0 0

21 Jared Bethune 62 16 18 34 56 4 3 0 1 11 2 1 7 0 0 0

27 Joseph Carvalho 62 1 28 29 28 1 11 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0

14 Colby McAuley 56 13 14 27 135 3 2 1 2 10 0 1 2 0 0 0

26 Kody McDonald 61 14 13 27 105 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 5 0 0 0

2 Sam Ruopp 60 4 17 21 88 0 1 0 0 19 1 0 4 0 0 0

19 Shane Collins 59 2 18 20 47 0 5 0 0 19 1 0 2 0 0 0

17 Luke Harrison 57 8 11 19 51 0 2 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 0

18 Bartek Bison 47 6 9 15 46 0 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 0 0 0

23 Aaron Boyd 53 5 9 14 30 0 1 0 0 -5 0 1 1 0 0 0

28 Josh Anderson 39 1 5 6 88 0 2 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0 0 0

4 Joel Lakusta 40 2 4 6 17 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 Justin Almeida 42 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 Kolby Johnson 34 1 3 4 64 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 Josh Curtis 13 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

3 Luka Zorko 20 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Shaun Dosanjh 30 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 Max Martin 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Adam Kadlec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Jonas Harkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. Goaltender GP MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W L OTL SOL SOW SOSv SOS SOGA SO EN

35 Ty Edmonds 38 2081 94 2.71 993 0.914 19 14 2 0 0 4 4 0 4 4

33 Nick McBride 23 1185 57 2.89 563 0.908 11 8 1 1 0 3 5 2 1 0

61 3266 151 2.77 1556 0.912 30 22 3 1 0 7 9 2 5 #REF!

A % PK Pen % G/Kill PP/PK %

47 247 19.0% 235 281 83.6% 2-man PP 2 14 14.3%

7 13 2-man PK 14 20 70.0%

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO TOT 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO TOT

COUGARS 53 75 87 2 217 679 681 709 11 2 2082

Opposition 47 69 70 3 1 190 640 648 559 21 1 1869

3.56 34.1

3.11 30.6

Cougars lead after 1

Cougars tied after 1Cougars trail after 1

Cougars lead after 2

Cougars tied after 2

Cougars trail after 2

Cougars score firstOpponent scores first

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA STK L10 Pct PTS PP PKCougars at home 31 18 11 1 1 117 84 0-1-0-0 4-5-1-0 0.613 38 19.8% 81.3%

Cougars on the road 31 15 14 2 0 100 106 1-0-0-0 3-6-1-0 0.516 32 18.3% 85.4%

Cougars OVERALL 62 33 25 3 1 217 190 1-0-0-0 2-7-1-0 0.565 70 19.0% 83.6%

it's a 2-goal gameit's a 3+-goal game

2-19-2-1

2-131-6-1-0

19-13-0-0

it's a 1-goal game 8-4-3-16-8-0-0

24-7-1-1

HOME and AWAY

9-7-1-0

Shorthanded Goals Against Shorthanded Goals For

9-8-2-0

Opposition

9-18-2-0

PG allow 3 or less

Cougars vs EAST

Cougars in Shootouts

0-3

24-4-0-024-1-0-0

Cougars in OT5-5-3-1

PG score 4 or more

2-3-1-0

9-3-0-0

2015-16 Prince George Cougars Regular Season Scoring

GOALTENDERS

Cougars powerplay

SPECIAL TEAMS

Cougars penalty kill

Cougars vs CENTRAL3-13-0-0 Shots are tiedCougars vs US9-8-3-1 PG are outshot

PG score 3 or less

4-19-0-0

PG allow 4 or more

COUGARS

1-2-0-0

9-21-3-1

Average goals allowed per game:

Average goals scored per game:

23-15-1-1 Cougars vs BC

SHOTS ON GOAL

21-4-0-0

SCORING

Average shots per game:

13-12-1-1

Average shots allowed per game:

PG outshoot the opp.

Prince George Cougars vs Tri-City Americans Head to HeadTri-City Americans# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

39 Parker Bowles 3 2 2 4 8 4

36 Brandon Carlo 3 1 3 4 9 1

15 Michael Rasmussen 3 1 3 4 2 0

19 Tyler Sandhu 3 0 3 3 0 2

12 Jordan Topping 3 2 0 2 0 3

16 Beau McCue 3 1 1 2 5 0

29 X Taylor Vickerman 1 1 1 2 2 1

10 Dylan Coghlan 3 0 2 2 2 -1

37 Parker Wotherspoon 3 0 2 2 6 2

28 Morgan Geekie 3 1 0 1 0 -2

25 Kyle Olson 2 1 0 1 2 1

6 Juuso Välimäki 2 0 1 1 0 -1

22 Nolan Yaremko 3 0 1 1 0 1

32 Parker AuCoin 2 0 0 0 2 -1

20 Maxwell James 3 0 0 0 23 -1

2 Dakota Krebs 3 0 0 0 0 0

21 Vladislav Lukin 1 0 0 0 2 -1

7 Brendan O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 12 -1

5 Jeff Rayman 1 0 0 0 0 0

18 Jordan Roy 1 0 0 0 2 -1

4 Kurtis Rutledge 3 0 0 0 0 0

30 Nicholas Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0

31 Evan Sarthou 2 0 0 0 0 0

3 Mackenze Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0

26 X Brian Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

30 Nicholas Sanders 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 1 1.00 0.963

31 Evan Sarthou 2 1 1 0 0 119:05 5 2.52 0.915

Prince George Cougars# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

9 Brad Morrison 3 2 2 4 5 -2

25 Tate Olson 3 0 4 4 2 -2

8 Chase Witala 3 2 1 3 6 -1

12 Jansen Harkins 3 1 2 3 0 -1

13 Jesse Gabrielle 3 1 0 1 6 0

15 Brogan O'Brien 3 1 0 1 0 1

28 Josh Anderson 2 0 1 1 9 0

27 Joseph Carvalho 3 0 1 1 2 3

19 Shane Collins 3 0 1 1 0 0

22 Justin Almeida 1 0 0 0 0 0

21 Jared Bethune 3 0 0 0 19 -2

18 Bartek Bison 3 0 0 0 11 -1

23 Aaron Boyd 3 0 0 0 0 -1

35 Ty Edmonds 2 0 0 0 0 0

17 Luke Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0

24 Kolby Johnson 3 0 0 0 16 0

4 Joel Lakusta 2 0 0 0 0 -1

29 Max Martin 1 0 0 0 0 1

14 Colby McAuley 1 0 0 0 7 0

26 Kody McDonald 2 0 0 0 4 0

10 X Tyler Mrkonjic 2 0 0 0 0 0

11 X Jordan Ross 2 0 0 0 0 0

2 Sam Ruopp 3 0 0 0 2 -2

1 X Mack Shields 1 0 0 0 0 0

3 Luka Zorko 1 0 0 0 0 0

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

35 Ty Edmonds 2 1 1 0 0 119:16 4 2.01 0.925

1 X Mack Shields 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.800

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StandingsEastern ConferenceEast DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 x Brandon Wheat Kings 62 39 18 3 2 83 0.669 255 179 704 19-8-1-2 20-10-2-0 6-3-1-0 2-0-1-0

2 x Prince Albert Raiders 62 34 20 7 1 76 0.613 192 189 775 19-10-3-0 15-10-4-1 5-3-2-0 3-0-2-0

3 Moose Jaw Warriors 61 31 22 7 1 70 0.574 214 195 670 17-10-2-1 14-12-5-0 6-3-1-0 1-0-0-0

4 Regina Pats 61 30 24 3 4 67 0.549 207 215 840 16-11-2-0 14-13-1-4 8-2-0-0 0-1-0-0

5 Saskatoon Blades 60 23 33 4 0 50 0.417 188 253 807 11-17-2-0 12-16-2-0 5-5-0-0 4-0-0-0

6 Swift Current Broncos 61 21 32 5 3 50 0.410 158 207 683 13-16-1-1 8-16-4-2 3-5-1-1 0-2-1-0Central DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 x Lethbridge Hurricanes 62 40 20 1 1 82 0.661 251 187 871 25-6-0-1 15-14-1-0 3-5-1-1 0-4-0-1

2 x Red Deer Rebels 61 37 21 1 2 77 0.631 218 175 732 20-7-1-2 17-14-0-0 5-5-0-0 2-0-0-0

3 Calgary Hitmen 62 35 23 2 2 74 0.597 205 192 928 20-9-2-0 15-14-0-2 4-4-1-1 0-1-0-0

4 Edmonton Oil Kings 62 27 28 6 1 61 0.492 174 192 804 16-11-4-0 11-17-2-1 5-5-0-0 2-0-0-0

5 Medicine Hat Tigers 62 23 34 3 2 51 0.411 184 251 770 12-15-1-2 11-19-2-0 3-6-0-1 2-0-0-1

6 Kootenay Ice 61 10 46 5 0 25 0.205 129 270 698 8-20-3-0 2-26-2-0 2-7-1-0 0-5-1-0Western ConferenceB.C. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 Kelowna Rockets 62 43 16 3 0 89 0.718 226 185 865 24-4-2-0 19-12-1-0 8-2-0-0 2-0-0-0

2 Victoria Royals 63 41 16 3 3 88 0.698 232 147 765 22-6-1-3 19-10-2-0 8-1-1-0 4-0-1-0

3 Prince George Cougars 62 33 25 3 1 70 0.565 217 190 1137 18-11-1-1 15-14-2-0 2-7-1-0 1-0-0-0

4 Kamloops Blazers 61 28 24 5 4 65 0.533 198 199 624 15-9-4-2 13-15-1-2 5-4-0-1 1-0-0-1

5 Vancouver Giants 63 23 33 5 2 53 0.421 181 228 751 14-17-2-0 9-16-3-2 3-5-2-0 0-2-0-0U.S. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 Everett Silvertips 61 35 20 4 2 76 0.623 163 141 519 18-8-3-1 17-12-1-1 4-4-2-0 2-0-2-0

2 Seattle Thunderbirds 60 34 23 3 0 71 0.592 190 170 824 23-5-2-0 11-18-1-0 6-4-0-0 2-0-0-0

3 Spokane Chiefs 61 29 24 5 3 66 0.541 195 205 716 18-12-2-1 11-12-3-2 3-4-2-1 0-1-0-0

4 Portland Winterhawks 62 31 27 4 0 66 0.532 199 195 786 18-12-1-0 13-15-3-0 5-3-2-0 0-2-1-0

5 Tri-City Americans 60 29 28 2 1 61 0.508 197 208 840 16-11-1-1 13-17-1-0 6-3-0-1 0-1-0-0x = Clinched Playoff Positiony = Teams who have clinched Division title

Friday, Feb 26Victoria 6 at Calgary 2 FinalKamloops 3 at Everett 2 Final OTEdmonton 6 at Kootenay 2 FinalBrandon 5 at Lethbridge 2 FinalPortland 3 at Red Deer 4 Final OTPrince Albert 3 at Regina 1 FinalPrince George 6 at Spokane 0 FinalMedicine Hat 2 at Swift Current 0 FinalSeattle 4 at Tri-City 2 FinalKelowna 4 at Vancouver 3 Final

Saturday, Feb 27Calgary at Swift Current 7:00 pm CSTPrince Albert at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CSTRegina at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CSTEdmonton at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MSTPortland at Kootenay 7:00 pm MSTVictoria at Red Deer 7:00 pm MSTEverett at Seattle 6:05 pm PSTBrandon at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MSTVancouver at Kamloops 7:00 pm PSTPrince George at Tri-City 7:05 pm PSTSpokane at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST

Sunday, Feb 28Moose Jaw at Saskatoon 2:00 pm CSTTri-City at Everett 4:05 pm PSTSeattle at Kamloops 6:00 pm PST

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Every time the Americans score a goal, a lucky fan will receive a prize from one of these local busi-nesses listed below. Listen to the public address announcer after a goal is scored -- if your number is

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Every time the Americans score a goal, a lucky fan will receive a prize from one of these local busi-nesses listed below. Listen to the public address announcer after a goal is scored -- if your number is

called, claim your prize at the Benton-Franklin Orthopedic Information Center behind Section L.