In their last 10 games played in Victoria, the Prince George Cougars have zero wins to show for it (0-7-1-2).
Saturday night before 5,262 fans in the provincial capital, the Cougars blew a 1-0 lead after the first period and lost to the Victoria Royals 5-1.
The defeat ended a season-high three-game win streak for the Cats, who won Friday night in Everett 4-3.
FINAL: @PGCougars (1) at @victoriaroyals (5)
STATS ? | https://t.co/efIgxk7UK1#VICvsPG pic.twitter.com/HptMRhinpw
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 29, 2019
Kaid Oliver tallied twice and Gary Haden chipped in with three assists for the Royals, who scored three goals in the second and two more in the third.
Nikita Krivokrasov scored the Cougars’ only goal, 4:09 into the first period.
Cougars win streak comes to an end on Vancouver Island in 5-1 setback against Victoria.#NorthernUprising #WHL
RECAP➡️ https://t.co/WcllIuFYbJ pic.twitter.com/bZENXQRGxi
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 29, 2019
Brock Gould turned aside 24 of 25 shots for Victoria while Taylor Gauthier was tagged with the loss, stopping 25 of 30 shots.
The Cougars visit the (18-13-1-2) Kelowna Rockets Monday night in their final game in 2019.
Prince George will start 2020 with home games against the (25-7-2) Everett Silvertips.
The (9-21-1-3) Cougars are 7 points behind the (12-16-4-1) Tri-City Americans and the
(13-18-2-1) Seattle Thunderbirds, who share the final Western Conference wild-card spot.
BDN 2 WPG 3
MJ 0 REG 5
PA 3 SAS 6
SC 0 LET 6
CGY 1 MH 3
RD 3 EDM 8
EVT 7 KAM 5
KEL 2 VAN 6
PG 1 VIC 5
TC 3 SPO 5
POR 4 SEA 1— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 29, 2019