Prince George Cougars goalie Tyler Brennan has four shutouts this season, half of them against the Victoria Royals.
The 18-year-old Brennan made 24 saves to get the goose egg in the Cougars much needed 3-0 win Saturday night over the Royals before 3,195 fans in Victoria.
Craig Armstrong scored the winner shorthanded and added an assist.
‘Fine, I’ll do it myself’
– Thanos– Craig Armstrong@PGCougars pic.twitter.com/pKji7cdSNl
— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 27, 2022
Special teams played a key role in the win for the Cats with their power-play going 1-for-4 and their penalty kill 5-for-5.
Riley Heidt tallied his third goal in two nights and Blake Eastman scored just 37 seconds into the second period to make it 3-0.
Eastman did not finish the game, as he suffered a leg injury late in the third period.
Tarun Fizer was given a five-minute kneeing major and a game misconduct.
It was just the Cougars second victory in their last 12 games and allowed them to get a split of the two weekend games against the Royals.
Victoria won on Friday 4-2.
“That was a big win for us in a game we had to win. Getting the first goal and killing off a bunch of penalties early gave us momentum. Really happy for [Tyler] Brennan to get that shutout,” said Cougars’ Associate Coach Josh Dixon.
The Royals loss snapped Victoria’s five-game win streak.
P.G. is 9-4 this season against Victoria.
The Cougars visit the Vancouver Giants this afternoon at 4:00 in Langley.
The (21-35-2-1) Cougars are holding down the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, two points ahead of the (19-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs and five points behind the (22-35-5-1) Royals and the (23-32-4-0) Giants.
Prince George and Vancouver have nine games remaining, Spokane has seven left and Victoria has five remaining.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring
Royals: No scoring
Cougars: Craig Armstrong, Riley Heidt, Blake Eastman
Goaltending
Royals: Campbell Arnold (L), 58:37, 16 saves, 19 shots
Cougars: Tyler Brennan (W), 60:00, 24 saves, 24 shots
Shots
Royals: 24
Cougars: 19
Power-Play
Royals: 0/5
Cougars: 1/4
Three Stars: 1) Craig Armstrong 2) Tyler Brennan 3) Riley Heidt
All wrapped up. Which game was your favourite? #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/JhjZeHNuv9
— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 27, 2022
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars co-owner Eric Brewer in this week’s episode
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With files from Fraser Rodgers
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