The Prince George Cougars jumped out to a 3-0 lead and then held on for a 3-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks before 2,268 fans. The Cats extended their home point streak to eight games going 7-0-0-1. Jesse Gabrielle tallied once and set up the game winner by Josh Anderson at 11:38 of the third. Aaron Boyd scored just 2:46 into the game as Prince George led 2-0 after both the first and second periods. Ty Edmonds made 31 saves as P.G. outshot Portland 38-33. The 14-9-0-1 Cougars and the 12-12 Winterhawks meet again tonight at 7 at CN Centre.
–Two other games in the WHL Tuesday: Kamloops whipped Kootenay 5-1 and Victoria got by Medicine Hat 3-1. The Cougars are 3rd in the B.C. Division, three points ahead of Kamloops and eight points back of Victoria.
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–10 WHL players, but none from the PG Cougars, have been invited to CANADA’S NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM SELECTION CAMP Dec 10-14 in Toronto. A total of 30 players were chosen for the camp, including two forwards each from the Kelowna Rockets and the Brandon Wheat Kings.
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–The PG Coast Inn Midget Tier 1 Cougars dominated their own seven team tournament going 5-0 and outscoring their opponents by a combined 34-3 margin. They dumped the Okanagan Hockey Academy Edmonton
prep team 5-1 in the final for their 4th tournament win of the season. (Round robin victories were 8—0 over Chilliwack, 9-0 over North Shore, 5-0 over Fort St John and 7-2 over Seafair). The Coast Inn midgets are entered in the major midget division of a tournament in Richmond Dec 26-31.
Photo: Courtesy of the PG Cougars
