Roddy Ross won a terrific goaltender’s battle over Taylor Gauthier in the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 Sunday night victory over the Prince George Cougars.
Ross made 33 saves while Gauthier blocked 34 of 36 shots before 4,512 fans in Kent, Washington.
The Thunderbirds scored the only goal in the first and the two teams exchanged goals in the 2nd.
Ilijah Colina (9th) tallied for the Cats on the power-play.
FINAL: @PGCougars (1) at @SeattleTbirds (2)
STATS ? | https://t.co/rVg7yZ7INr#SEAvsPG pic.twitter.com/RTB6cuOOhW
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 10, 2020
On Saturday, the Cougars dropped a 5-2 decision against the Vancouver Giants in Langley.
FINAL: @PGCougars (2) at @WHLGiants (5)
STATS ? | https://t.co/kTuRQXVwti#VANvsPG pic.twitter.com/cwfZeYt73u
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 9, 2020
The (16-28-3-4) Cougars are 9 points behind (21-24-3-3) Seattle and 10 back of (23-25-1-2) Kelowna in the race for the two wild-card playoff spots.
P.G., Seattle and Kelowna all have 17 games remaining.
MJ 3 SAS 4 (OT)
LET 6 CGY 4
KAM 3 VAN 7
EVT 3 SPO 5
PG 1 SEA 2— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 10, 2020
The P.G. Cougars schedule/results right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
Meanwhile, former PG Cougar Zdeno Chara has played his 1,500th NHL game, which is 21st on the all-time list.
???#WHLAlumni https://t.co/gVU7heS075
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 9, 2020
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller with the original voice of the @PGCougars Glen Dufresne in this week’s episode of the podcast
| https://t.co/xnBSGpCQL4 #CityOfPG #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/b4e2g2Zzt8— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 6, 2020