Give the Kelowna Rockets an inch and they will take a foot(e).
Nolan Foote (13) snapped a 2-2 tie with his second power-play goal of the game at 7:41 of the third period to give the Kelowna Rockets a 3-2 victory over the Prince George Cougars.
Foote, a 2019 first-round pick (27th overall) of the Tampa Bay Lightning, opened the scoring at 11:26 of the first with the Teddy Bear toss goal.
With 30 points in 23 games, Foote has made a habit out of scoring many of his goals with the man advantage.
#WHL PG/KAM: @Kelowna_Rockets Nolan Foote gets back to his power play goal work with another pair to give him 7 already on the season (3rd most in League) of his 13 goals and 39 of 81 (48.1%) for career. 5th career regular season game of multiple power play goals.
— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) December 1, 2019
The Rockets have scored eight power-play goals (8/22) in five games against the Cougars.
Sean Comrie (3) gave Kelowna a 2-0 lead early in the second period before Josh Maser (11), on a power-play, and Connor Bowie (5) tallied later in the second period to tie the game.
The Rockets have won four of five games against the Cougars this season.
Kelowna also outshot Prince George 26-21 in front of 5,656 fans at Prospera Place in Kelowna.
Roman Basran picked up the win in net while Taylor Gauthier suffered the loss.
FINAL: @PGCougars (2) at @Kelowna_Rockets (3)
STATS ? | https://t.co/KxWaVQdAmK#KELvsPG pic.twitter.com/W9TwX1y5Qu
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 1, 2019
The (14-8-1-2) Rockets (5-0-0-1 in their last six games) are second in the BC Division, four points behind Kamloops and three ahead of Victoria and Vancouver.
The (6-17-0-2) Cougars are 13 points behind (12-10-2-1) Tri-City for the last Western Conference wild-card playoff spot with both teams having played 25 games.
Seven of the last nine Prince George games have been decided by just one goal.
The Cougars will play their next four games against the (16-6-1-2) Winterhawks: Tuesday and Wednesday at CN Centre and Dec. 7th and 8th in Portland.
The Winterhawks are tied with (17-6-1) Everett for the U.S. Division lead.
BDN 5 WPG 6
PA 4 SC 1
REG 4 RD 3
SAS 3 MH 5
CGY 4 EDM 5
PG 2 KEL 3
POR 1 KAM 4
VIC 3 SPO 4 (OT)
SEA 2 EVT 1
VAN 1 TC 5— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 1, 2019
The PG Cougars schedule/results right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down this week with @TheWHL Senior Director of Officiating Kevin Muench, who talks about a wide array of topics @PGCougars | #cityofpg https://t.co/ojNPd0Ee3h #Sports pic.twitter.com/BAF3BPXnst
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 28, 2019
Before Saturday’s game in Kelowna, WHL Referee Steve Papp was presented with the WHL Milestone Award.
DETAILS ? | https://t.co/xanA5TIHeQ pic.twitter.com/cD8Gt8UEMd
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 1, 2019
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