The New Year’s woes continue for the Prince George Cougars, as they dropped their sixth straight, 4-1 to the Everett Silvertips Saturday night.
“We’re always concerned when we don’t win, and right now it’s unknown territory for a lot of guys in the dressing room that haven’t been through this before,” said Cougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lamb on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.
“We have to play better, you can see that you’re losing confidence, losing that will, and you just get tentative out there, and we’ve got to throw that in the garbage.”
The Cougars got on the board first with a signature Kooper Gizowski powerplay goal.
Carels and Gizowski connect on the powerplay, we lead through one!#NHLDraft | @CarlsJrCA pic.twitter.com/gk4wDqH4Gk
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) January 11, 2026
From the second period on, it was all Everett, with the Tips scoring a pair of powerplay goals in the second.
“I really liked the start and our first period, and then the second period, you take three penalties in a row against a team like that, it’s going to put you in big trouble, and that’s exactly what it did,” Lamb said.
“In the third period, I thought we were way too tentative, I thought we gave them way too much respect, we weren’t connected, we were kind of running into each other, our passes were, some of the chances we did have, we were bobbling it, we were just a little off and I didn’t think we had a lot of energy and emotion, we were just kind of sitting back watching.”
Kayd Reudig scored an insurance marker in the third, and Zackary Shantz added an empty netter in the final minute.
Josh Ravensbergen held the Cougars in it, making 40 saves on the night.
“He was unreal, had nothing to do with Josh, he did his job,” Lamb said.
“We couldn’t get the puck out, we made some pretty easy passes, pretty easy plays, we made really hard.”
3,679 fans attended at the CN Centre.
The box score is here.
The Cougars (23-15-2-0) are second in the BC Division, seven points back of the Penticton Vees (24-9-4-3).
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars host the Silvertips at the CN Centre again this afternoon.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
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