For the first time this season, the Prince George Cougars played the Kelowna Rockets and it did not turn out well for the visitors.
Saturday night before 3,400 fans at Prospera Place, the Rockets scored twice in each of the last two periods to beat the Cougars 4-1.
It was the third straight loss for Prince George and second in as many nights as they fell 3-1 on Friday to the Vancouver Giants.
(The Cougars are 5-0 against Victoria this season but 0-6 against Kamloops, Vancouver, and Kelowna)
Koehn Ziemmer scored his 3rd of the season Saturday against the @Kelowna_Rockets.
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) November 7, 2021
Koehn Ziemmer scored his third of the season in the second period to give Prince George a brief 1-0 lead.
Kelowna’s Gabriel Szturc tied the game 13 seconds later.
Jake Lee, with his first of two goals, notched the winner two minutes after Szturc’s tally.
Tyson Feist added the insurance goal in the third followed by Lee’s second of the night on a five-on-three power-play.
Taylor Gauthier took the loss in net as he made 30 saves, including a highlight-reel stop.
?️ SAVE OF THE NIGHT ?️
How did Taylor Gauthier of the @PGCougars do this?!?@RealCdnSS | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/q5ssdP3wIo
— The WHL (@TheWHL) November 7, 2021
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring
Cougars: Koehn Ziemmer
Rockets: Jake Lee (2), Gabriel Szturc, Tyson Feist
Goaltending
Cougars: Taylor Gauthier, 60:00, 30 saves, 34 shots
Rockets: Cole Tisdale, 60:00, 33 saves, 34 shots
Power-Play
Cougars: 0-5
Rockets: 1-4
Shots
Cougars: 34
Rockets: 34
Three Stars (all from Kelowna): 1) Jake Lee 2) Cole Tisdale 3) John Babcock
The 5-6 Cougars host the (6-2-1) Vancouver Giants on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The final scores from another busy Saturday night!#WHLScores pic.twitter.com/kGloxNInUb
— The WHL (@TheWHL) November 7, 2021
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars bench boss and general manager Mark Lamb on this week’s episode of the podcast
| https://t.co/OnYlR7H4YK #CityofPG #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/kvA42pw8JA— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 4, 2021
With files from Fraser Rodgers
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