Make it five victories in a row for the Prince George Cougars.
The Cougars erased a 3-1 second period deficit to beat the Wild 4-3 before 2,590 fans Wednesday night in Wenatchee.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Lee Shurgot tallied the winner with 7:42 left in the 3rd.
Can’t count the Cougs out!
Lee Shurgot makes it three unanswered for the @PGCougars. pic.twitter.com/pxlOPWXeaj
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) March 6, 2025
His goal came less than three minutes after Jett Lajoie tied the game on the power play.
Viliam Kmec gave Prince George life when scored with just 1:36 left in the second.
It also came with the man advantage as the Cougars went 2-for-2 on the power play while Wenatchee was 0-for-2.
Kmec also assisted on the Bauer Dumanski goal at 4:23 of the second.
Josh Ravensbergen had another strong game in the P.G. net with 31 saves as the Wild outshot the Cats 34-32.
The 18-year-old Ravensbergen was at his best in the final 3:45 of the game with his team shorthanded.
Evan Groening was tossed following a Major Penalty for elbowing and a Game Misconduct at 16:15 of the third.
The Comeback Cats!
Recap and reaction from Carter Rigby after our fifth straight win!https://t.co/lUBAHKXoea pic.twitter.com/537fDffFq0
— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 6, 2025
The (36-19-4-2) Cougars are just three points behind the (36-15-3-6) Victoria Royals in the battle for top spot in the B.C. Division.
Prince George has seven regular season games left while Victoria has eight remaining.
This weekend, the Cougars play in Wenatchee again on Friday.
They also visit the league-leading (42-11-4-3) Everett Silvertips Saturday and the
(29-24-8) Vancouver Giants Sunday (in Langley).
The Royals are home Friday and Saturday against the (41-18-1-1) Spokane Chiefs.
Wenatchee is three points behind Seattle for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Prior to puck drop, the WHL’s Vice-President, Hockey Richard Doerksen presented @WHLwild_ head coach Don Nachbaur with a commemorative print in honour of reaching 700 career coaching wins.
Nachbaur currently sits third in all-time WHL coaching triumphs with 713. pic.twitter.com/C3BYfI51c8
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) March 6, 2025
The WHL Conference standings are here.
Have we said how much we love #WHLWednesdays?! #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/pnAYb4qgU3
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