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Friday, October 20th, 2017Prince George Cougars (3-5-2-0) vs. Edmonton Oil Kings (4-6-2-0)PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS EDMONTON OIL KINGS Record: 3-5-2-0 Home: 1-4-2-0 Away: 2-1-0-0Record: 4-6-2-0 Home: 2-2-1-0 Away: 2-4-1-0PP: 9-49 (18.4%) PK: 34-43 (79.1%)PP: 11-52 (21.1 %) PK: 34-48 (70.8%)GF-GA: 31-36 (-5)GF-GA: 30-32 (-2)Ranking: 4th BC Division 10th Western ConferenceRanking: 3rd Central Division 5th Eastern ConferenceLAST GAME: The Prince George Cougars are coming off back-to-back 4-1 losses to the Kamloops Blazers (2-9-0-0) last weekend at the CN Centre; those two losses ended a five-game point streak for the Cougars. The Cougars hope a return to the road, returns them to their winning ways as they’re 2-1-0-0 in three road games and have won back-to-back games in Portland and Kamloops. Prince George was 23-11-2-0 on the road last season and their 48 points were only behind Regina (59) and Medicine Hat (50).ROAD TRIP: Tonight, kicks-off a stretch of seven straight on the road and this weekend Prince George play three games in two and a half days. This weekend it’s a swing through the WHL’s Central Division, as they head down HWY 2 tomorrow to face Red Deer, before pulling into Calgary on Sunday afternoon. Last season, the Cougars were 9-3-1-1 against the Central Division, and they were a combined 6-2-1-1 against Edmonton, Red deer and Calgary.SEASON SERIES (3 GAMES): Oct 20th: Prince George at Edmonton Rogers Place Nov 17th: Edmonton at Prince George CN CentreNov 18th: Edmonton at Prince George CN Centre* 4-0-0-0 (GF: 23 GA: 7) vs. Edmonton last yearCOUGARS ROSTER: The Cougars roster currently sits at 25 players (3 goalies, 7 defencemen and 15 forwards). The roster includes 13 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, four players via trade, eight players from the free agent list, and one player from the CHL Import Draft. The roster includes three NHL draft picks in Josh Anderson (Colorado ’16), Dennis Cholowski (Detroit ’16) and Nikita Popugaev (New Jersey ’17). The Cougars have 12 players from BC, five from Alberta, three from Manitoba, one from Saskatchewan, one from Ontario, one from Minnesota, one from Belarus and one from Russia. Prince George has 13 WHL veterans and 12 rookiesCHOLOWSKI TEAM WHL: The WHL, in collaboration with the Canadian Hockey League and Hockey Canada, announced this week the roster for Team WHL for the 2017 CIBC Canada Russia Series, and the Cougars’ Dennis Cholowski is one of six defencemen named to the squad. Cholowski is third in team scoring and ninth among WHL defenceman with four goals and nine points, to go along with a plus four rating through eighth games. The Langley, BC, product was selected in the first round, 20th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2016 NHL Draft.The six-game series features regional league teams of Canadian National Junior Team candidates competing against the Russian National Junior Team. For the fourth straight season, the event will open with two games in the WHL, on November 6th and 7th in Moose Jaw and Swift CurrentGAUTHIER GETS THE CALL: Hockey Canada announced rosters for the three Team Canada rosters for the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, and goaltender Taylor Gauthier is one of six goalies picked. Gauthier has appeared in four games with the Cougars, picking up his first WHL win last week against his hometown team, the Calgary Hitmen. In his last two starts Gauthier has a tidy .902 save percentage, to go along with a 2.50 goals-against average. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is an eight-team tournament showcasing, the top 16-year-old players in the world. The tournament is split into two four-team groups.COUGARS LEADERS OIL KINGS LEADERSGOALS8Kody McDonaldGOALS6Trey Fix-WolanskyASSISTS9Jared BethuneASSISTS10Trey Fix WolanskyPOINTS12Kody Mcdonald Jared BethunePOINTS16Trey Fix Wolansky+/-+6Jackson Leppard+/-+2Jayden PlatzPIMS17Jackson LeppardPIMS12Brett KempGWG2Kody McDonaldGWG14-TiedRECORD THROUGH THE WEEK COUGARS GPWLOTLSOLGPWLOTLSOLMonday00000Saturday3021 0Tuesday10000Sunday1100 0Wednesday10000Thursday00000Friday40310SITUATIONAL SCORINGCOUGARSGPWLOTLSOL GPWLOTLSOLScore 1st 5320 0Lead After 2nd 3301 0Opponent 1st 5032 0Tied After 2nd 0000 0Lead After 1st3301 0Trail After 2nd 5041 0Tied After 1st 3120 0OT2002 0Trail After 1st 4031 0 ................
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