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Eat Your Wheaties: Brandon shreds listless Cougars

A trip to the Wheat City didn’t yield any results for the Prince George Cougars.

Chad Nychuk and Duncan Pierce notched a goal and assist each for the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday skating to a 4-0 win over the Cats in front of 2,506 fans at Westoba Place.

Nychuk scored on the power-play at 8:12 of the first period following a pass from Vincent Iorio to give the Wheat Kings a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.

Prince George remained within an eyelash heading into the third period until the roof caved in as Brandon scored three times in eight minutes peppering Cougars netminder Taylor Gauthier.

Pierce, Connor Gutenberg and Marcus Secundiak all lit the lamp for the Wheat Kings who outshot PG 41-21 overall.

Jiri Patera pitched a shutout for the 22-17-1-2 Wheat Kings who extended their winning streak to seven.

Ex-Wheat Kings Jonny Hooker failed to get on the scoresheet in his first game against his old team since being acquired by the Cougars at the WHL Trade Deadline.

Ditto for former Cougar Reid Perepeluk who went the other way in that trade.

Prince George defenceman Cole Moberg left the game and did not return after blocking a shot.

The (11-24-3-4) Cougars are 1-2-1-1 on a six-game East Division road trip that concludes Friday in Moose Jaw against the (11-25-2) Warriors.

Moose Jaw is 19 points out of a playoff berth.

Prince George is eight points behind the (17-20-2-1) Seattle Thunderbirds for the final Western Conference wild-card spot.

The Cougars are also four points back of the (14-21-4-1) Tri-City Americans.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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