Regular Season Home Game #28 ● Prince George vs. Tri-City February 23, 2016 ● Toyota Center, Kennewick

Prince George Cougars

No. Name DOB 33 Nick McBride 01.11.97 35 Ty Edmonds 08.20.96 2 Sam Ruopp 03.06.96 3 Luka Zorko 02.27.97 4 Joel Lakusta 06.24.98 6 Shaun Dosanjh 03.15.96 8 Chase Witala 05.27.95 9 Brad Morrison 01.04.97 10 Josh Curtis 09.24.98 12 Jansen Harkins 05.23.97 13 Jesse Gabrielle 06.17.97 14 Colby McAuley 05.28.96 15 Brogan O’Brien 08.13.97 16 Adam Kadlec 09.03.99 17 Luke Harrison 10.07.95 18 Bartek Bison 03.26.98 19 Shane Collins 02.20.97 20 Jonas Harkins 12.26.00 21 Jared Bethune 01.20.97 22 Justin Almeida 02.06.99 23 Aaron Boyd 05.24.97 24 Kolby Johnson 05.12.98 25 Tate Olson 03.21.97 26 Kody McDonald 04.07.98 27 Joseph Carvalho 11.06.95 28 Josh Anderson 08.29.98 29 Max Martin 07.25.99 General Manager: Todd Harkins Head Coach: Mark Holick Asst. Coach: Michael Hengen Asst. Coach: Roman Vopat Asst. Coach: Brent Arsenault Athletic Therapist: Craig Hyslop

Three-Star Awards 02.20.16 at Spokane 1. Hudson Elynuik, Spokane 2. Tyson Verhelst, Spokane 3. Parker Bowles, Tri-City

Tri-City Americans

No. Name DOB 30 Nicholas Sanders 04.24.98 31 Evan Sarthou 09.24.97 2 Dakota Krebs 03.26.99 3 Mackenze Stewart 08.10.95 4 Kurtis Rutledge 06.02.97 5 Jeff Rayman 08.25.96 6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki 10.06.98 7 Brendan O’Reilly 05.15.97 10 Dylan Coghlan 02.19.98 12 Jordan Topping 07.20.97 15 Michael Rasmussen 04.17.99 16 Beau McCue 01.03.95 18 Jordan Roy 09.09.98 19 Tyler Sandhu 01.07.96 20 Maxwell James 04.13.97 21 Vladislav Lukin 01.24.97 22 Nolan Yaremko 05.17.98 24 Austyn Playfair 07.30.97 25 Kyle Olson 03.22.99 28 Morgan Geekie 07.20.98 32 Parker AuCoin 07.30.98 36 Brandon Carlo 11.26.96 37 Parker Wotherspoon 08.24.97 39 Parker Bowles 01.25.95 General Manager: Bob Tory Head Coach: Mike Williamson Associate Coach: Brian Pellerin Athletic Therapist: Zach Fournier Athletic Trainer: Innes Mackie Video Coach: T.J. Millar Tonight’s Officials: Referee: #24, Brett Iverson #91, Jason Nissen Linesmen: #112, Jason Michelbook

#116, Jarrod Boman

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Game #59 - Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 Prince George Cougars (32-23-3-1, 68 pts) at Tri-City Americans (28-27-2-1, 59 pts) Toyota Center (Kennewick, WA), 7:05pm Television/Radio Information Local Radio Broadcast: NewsTalk 870 AM, 6:45pm Web Broadcast: WHL Live, 7:05pm The Series vs. Prince George - This Season (4-Game Series) Game 1: 10/09/15 – Tri-City 5, at Prince George 2 Game 2: 10/10/15 – at Prince George 4, Tri-City 1 Game 3: 02/23/16 – Prince George at Tri-City Game 4: 02/27/16 – Prince George at Tri-City Series tied at 1 The Series vs. Prince George - Last Season (4-Game Series) Game 1: 09/21/14 – at Tri-City 7, Prince George 0 Game 2: 01/06/15 – at Prince George 8, Tri-City 4 Game 3: 01/07/15 – Tri-City 5, at Prince George 3 Game 4: 03/13/15 – at Tri-City 7, Prince George 4 Tri-City wins series 3-1 The Series vs. Prince George - Last 10 Seasons 2014-2015: 3-1-0-0 2009-2010: 4-0-0-0 2013-2014: 1-3-0-0 2008-2009: 4-0-0-0 2012-2013: 2-1-0-1 2007-2008: 3-1-0-0 2011-2012: 3-0-1-0 2006-2007: 4-0-0-0 2010-2011: 2-1-0-1 2005-2006: 3-1-0-0 The Series vs. Prince George – All-Time (59-39-4-2 w/ 6 ties) Record at Home: 31-14-3-2 w/ 4 ties Record on Road: 28-25-1-0 w/ 2 ties Overtime Record at Home: 0-3 w/ 4 ties Overtime Record on Road: 2-1 w/ 2 ties Shootout Record at Home: 0-2 Shootout Record on Road: NONE Last Game - 02.20.16 @ Spokane Parker Bowles and Parker Wotherspoon each scored in the second period, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 3-goal first period, as the Spokane Chiefs skated to a 4-2 win. Hudson Elynuik capped his 2-goal night with a short-handed marker at 6:51 of the third to finish the scoring. Tyson Verhelst finished with 25 saved, while Evan Sarthou took the loss after 17 saves. Tri-City was 0-for-3 on the power play, while Spokane went 1-for-7 on the man-advantage. Washington’s Lottery Weekly Report Tri-City:

- #6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki, Upper Body, 2 Weeks - #24 Austyn Playfair, Upper Body, 2 Weeks - #3 Riley Hillis, Upper Body, Indefinite - #25 Kyle Olson, Lower Body, Indefinite - #29 Taylor Vickerman, Upper Body, Indefinite

Prince George:

- #6 Shaun Dosanjh, Upper Body, Week-To-Week - #28 Josh Anderson, Upper Body, Week-To-Week

Who to Watch Parker Bowles is on a 4-game goal streak, the longest streak of his career Parker Bowles is 2 points shy of passing Patrick Holland (208) for 19th on the Americans’ all-time scoring list Beau McCue is 3 goals shy of passing Blake Evans (86) for 18th on the Americans’ all-time goals list Tyler Sandhu is 4 goals shy of setting a new career-high for goals in a season (20) Mike Williams is 9 wins shy of passing Don Hay (67) for 5th on the Americans’ all-time coaching wins list

What to Watch Prince George:

Jesse Gabrielle had his 5-game point streak snapped last Saturday vs. Red Deer, totaling 5-6-11 during the run. It was his third point streak of 5+ games this season. Gabrielle has collected 9-13-22 in 11 of his last 13 games.

Chase Witala, the Prince George-native, has spent his entire WHL career with the Cougars, with 290 games played in a Prince George sweater. Witala has been red hot since December, failing to record a point in 7 of his last 35 games and registering 24-24-48 since December 1.

The Cougars’ 3rd-ranked penalty kill will match-up against Tri-City’s 2nd-ranked power play unit. The Cougars enter the game as the most penalized team in the WHL, with over 100 more PIM than the next closest team, Calgary (900).

Tri-City:

Tyler Sandhu has 16 points (6-10-16) in his last 10 games, failing to record a point in just 2 games in that span. Sandhu has a career-high 13 points in the month of February, surpassing his previous high of 12 (November, 2013).

Michael Rasmussen has 7 points (2-5) in 9 games during the month of February. Rasmussen leads all Tri-City skaters in scoring vs. Prince George this season, coming in with 1-2-3 in 2 games. With 12-22-34, Rasmussen is also currently 15th in WHL Rookie scoring. At just 16, he is the youngest player inside the top-15.

Parker Bowles has scored a goal in 4 straight games and in 5 of his last 6. Since the start of 2016, Bowles has points in 16 of his last 21 games, amassing 12-16-28 in that span.

PRINCE GEORGE TRI-CITY 2015-16 Statistical Leaders 2015-16 Statistical Leaders Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (37) Goals: Parker Bowles (34) Assists: Brogan O’Brien, Tate Olson (35) Assists: Parker Bowles (45) Points: Jesse Gabrielle (69) Points: Parker Bowles (79) Plus/Minus: Sam Ruopp (+20) Plus/Minus: Tyler Sandhu (+9) Penalty Minutes: Colby McAuley (123) Penalty Minutes: Maxwell James (120) Power Play Goals: Chase Witala (10) Power Play Goals: Parker Bowles (14) Short-Handed Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (6) Short-Handed Goals: Beau McCue (3) Game Winning Goals: Jesse Gabrielle (5) Game Winning Goals: Parker Bowles (7) Goals Against Average: Ty Edmonds (2.78) Goals Against Average: Nicholas Sanders (3.23) Save Percentage: Ty Edmonds (.911) Save Percentage: Nicholas Sanders (0.895) Last 10 Games: 3-5-2-0 Last 10 Games: 7-2-0-1 Current Streak: 0-1-0-0 Current Streak: 0-1-0-0 Tri-City Roster Age Breakdown Total Players: 24 Average Age: 17.83 20 year Olds – 3 – Bowles, McCue, Stewart 19 year Olds – 3 – Carlo, Rayman Sandhu 18 year Olds – 8 – Topping, James, Lukin, A. Playfair, Rutledge, O’Reilly, Wotherspoon, Sarthou 17 year Olds – 7 – Roy, Yaremko, Geekie, AuCoin, Välimäki, Coghlan, Sanders 16 year Olds – 3 – Rasmussen, Krebs, Olson How the Americans Were Built 1st Round (3): Wotherspoon, Rasmussen, AuCoin 2nd Round (1): Yaremko 3rd Round (3): Sarthou, Coghlan, Olson 5th Round (2): Roy, Geekie 6th Round (2): James, Sanders 8th Round (2): Topping, Rutledge 10th Round (1): Carlo Listed (6): Bowles, McCue, O’Reilly, Krebs, Playfair, Rayman Trade (2): Sandhu, Stewart Import Draft (2): Lukin, Välimäki

2015-16 Season Scoring Statistics – Tri-City Leading after 1st Period: 12-7-0-0 Leading after 2nd Period: 19-2-1-0 Tied after 1st Period: 11-7-1-0 Tied after 2nd Period: 6-4-0-1 Trailing after 1st Period: 5-13-1-1 Trailing after 2nd Period: 3-21-1-0 Out Shooting Opponents: 13-8-1-0 Out Shot by Opponents: 15-17-1-0 When Shots are Tied: 0-2-0-1 Score First Goal of Game: 21-11-0-0 Opp. Score First Goal of Game: 7-165-2-1 2015-16 Tri-City Record vs. … U.S. Division: 13-15-2-0 B.C. Division: 8-7-0-1 Western Conference: 21-22-2-1 Central Division: 4-2-0-0 East Division: 3-3-0-0 Eastern Conference: 7-5-0-0 2015-16 Tri-City Season Highs & Lows – Team Streaks Longest Winning Streak: 3 games x5 (10/04-10/09; 12/12-12/18; 01/15-01/19; 01/29-02/02; 02/13-02/19) Longest Home Winning Streak: 5 games (01/15-02/02) Longest Road Winning Streak: 2 games x6 (10/07-10/09; 11/01-11/13; 12/12-12/18; 01/02-01/05; 01/30-02/10; 02/13-02/15) Longest Losing Streak: 4 games (10/21-10/28) Longest Home Losing Streak: 3 games (11/03-11/11) Longest Road Losing Streak: 5 games (01/06-01/24) Scoring Most Goals Scored – Game: (7) 01/30 at SPO Most Goals Scored – Period: (4) 1st, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 12/15 vs. Portland; 2nd, 02/13 vs. Red Deer Most Goals Allowed – Game: (8) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Goals Allowed – Period: (5) 1st, 11/21 vs. Victoria Largest Margin of Victory: (4) 01/19 vs. Vancouver; 01/30 at Spokane Largest Margin of Defeat: (7) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Power Play Goals – Game: (3) 12/12 at Spokane Most Power Play Opportunities – Game: (8) 11/03 vs. Kelowna Most Power Play Goals Against – Game: (3) 11/13 at Medicine Hat; 11/27 vs. Spokane; 01/09 at Kelowna Most Power Play Opportunities Against – Game: (8) 11/27 vs. Spokane Shooting Most Shots Taken – Game: (52) 10/28 at Portland Most Shots Taken – Period: (23) 3rd, 10/28 at Portland Fewest Shots Taken – Game: (17 x2) 01/29 vs. Everett; 02/19 vs. Everett Fewest Shots Taken – Period: (1 x2) 2nd, 10/10 at Prince George; 3rd, 02/19 vs. Everett Most Shots Allowed – Game: (47) 12/27 at Portland Most Shots Allowed – Period: (19) 2nd, 11/07 vs. Spokane; 1st, 12/27 at Portland Fewest Shots Allowed – Game: (20) 11/01 at Vancouver Fewest Shots Allowed – Period: (3) 3rd, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 02/10 at Kootenay Penalty Minutes Most Penalty Minutes – Game: (50) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Penalty Minutes – Game: (4) 10/30 vs. Vancouver; 01/29 vs. Everett Most Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (58) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (0) 10/30 vs. Vancouver

NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW39 Parker Bowles 58 34 45 79 -11 42 14 0 712 Jordan Topping 58 24 30 54 -2 82 6 2 337 Parker Wotherspoon 57 11 39 50 -14 74 5 0 516 Beau McCue 58 21 24 45 -12 33 6 3 221 Vladislav Lukin 54 19 21 40 5 20 5 0 319 Tyler Sandhu 58 16 25 41 9 22 1 1 215 Michael Rasmussen 49 12 22 34 2 35 8 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 47 6 22 28 1 22 1 1 036 Brandon Carlo 38 2 17 19 1 73 0 0 110 Dylan Coghlan 56 3 13 16 4 33 0 0 128 Morgan Geekie 52 8 6 14 -3 8 1 0 025 Kyle Olson 19 3 7 10 -4 20 2 0 020 Maxwell James 54 3 6 9 -11 120 0 2 124 Austyn Playfair 30 3 4 7 0 32 0 1 132 Parker AuCoin 45 3 4 7 -6 19 0 0 022 Nolan Yaremko 55 3 4 7 -5 24 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 23 3 3 6 0 39 0 1 14 Kurtis Rutledge 47 1 5 6 -5 22 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 40 3 2 5 3 31 0 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 23 1 3 4 -2 26 0 0 018 Jordan Roy 29 1 1 2 -3 20 0 0 02 Dakota Krebs 36 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0

DP Departed Players 54 9 17 26 -28 20 4 0 1Bench 0 8 0

1040 189 320 509 829 53 11 28

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 13 539 29 247 3.23 0.895 4 3 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 52 2926 164 1330 3.36 0.890 24 24 2 0 2 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3465 193 1577 3.34 0.891 28 27 2 1 2 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total56 72 57 4 2 191 517 575 575 13 2 168260 72 68 2 1 203 579 612 580 16 1 1788

19 3 1 0 13 8 1 03 21 1 0 15 17 1 06 3 0 1 0 2 0 1

21 11 0 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.%7 16 2 1 228 53 13 23.2

15 10 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%13 17 1 0 2 1 0 253 53 11 79.128 27 2 1 6 2 1

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NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW2 Dakota Krebs 15 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 10 2 1 3 3 23 0 1 14 Kurtis Rutledge 21 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 17 1 0 1 0 13 0 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 24 5 11 16 -2 12 1 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 12 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 010 Dylan Coghlan 25 1 6 7 -1 8 0 0 012 Jordan Topping 27 14 13 27 2 30 3 1 215 Michael Rasmussen 22 4 10 14 2 14 3 0 016 Beau McCue 27 6 14 20 -4 16 2 1 118 Jordan Roy 11 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 019 Tyler Sandhu 27 9 13 22 6 8 0 1 120 Maxwell James 26 2 4 6 -9 59 0 1 021 Vladislav Lukin 27 8 10 18 2 10 1 0 122 Nolan Yaremko 25 2 2 4 -2 20 0 0 024 Austyn Playfair 14 2 2 4 0 18 0 1 125 Kyle Olson 10 1 6 7 -2 10 1 0 028 Morgan Geekie 23 3 3 6 -2 6 0 0 032 Parker AuCoin 20 2 3 5 -3 9 0 0 036 Brandon Carlo 19 1 10 11 6 31 0 0 137 Parker Wotherspoon 27 6 17 23 -7 20 2 0 439 Parker Bowles 27 17 18 35 -8 16 7 0 3DP Departed Players 30 5 9 14 -11 6 2 0 0

Bench 0 6 0486 93 155 248 362 22 6 15

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 6 194 13 81 4.02 0.862 1 1 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 25 1431 79 637 3.31 0.890 14 9 1 0 1 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1625 92 718 3.40 0.886 15 10 1 1 1 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total30 31 27 3 1 92 264 256 241 8 1 77022 38 31 1 1 93 241 266 278 11 1 797

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14 5 0 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.%1 5 1 1 105 22 8 21.0

15 10 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 21 6 82.115 10 1 1 4 1 1

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UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ SPOKANE CHEIFS (FEBRUARY 24TH, 2016) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ SPOKANE CHIEFS (FEBRUARY 26TH, 2016) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ TRI-CITY AMERICANS (FEBRUARY 27TH, 2016) VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 1ST, 2016)

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Prince George Cougars (32-23-3-1) at Tri-City Americans (28-27-2-1)

THE HOME STRETCH: As the 2015-16 season continues the Cougars are enjoying a successful 22nd season in the Western Hockey League. Their 32-22-3-1 record has them ranked third in the B.C. Division and 18 points ahead of their pace from a season ago. Heading into tonight’s matchup against the Tri-City Americans the Cougars are one point ahead of their point total and one win ahead of their victory total from 2014-15. Five of the Cougars final 13 games will be played at home while eight more will take place on the road. Six of the Cougars final 13 games will also be played against U.S. Division opponents including tonight’s tilt with the Tri-City Americans. PLAYOFF PUSH: Tonight the Cougars begin a four game road trip with their first of what will be four games in the next five nights. Heading into action tonight the Cougars have earned 68 points and hold sole possession of third place in the B.C. Division. They lead the Kamloops Blazers by five points. The Cougars currently trail the second place Kelowna Rockets by 17 points. The Cougars have two games remaining against both Victoria (Mar. 11, Mar. 13) and Kamloops (Mar. 18, Mar. 19) and one game remaining against Kelowna (Mar. 9). Looking at tonight’s matchup the Americans trail the Cougars by nine points in the Western Conference standings. COUGARS-AMERICANS: Tonight at the CN Centre the Prince George Cougars battle the Tri-City Americans for a third time this season. Back in October of 2015, the Cougars and Americans split a pair of games played at the CN Centre. In two games against the Ams’ Tate Olson (0G, 4A) led the way for the Cougars with four points while Brad Morrison registered two goals and an assist. Last season the Cougars finished 1-3 against Tri-City and were 0-2 against them at the Toyota Center. Over the past five seasons the Cougars are 8-9-1-0 against the Tri-City Americans. WITALA MAKES HISTORY: Wednesday, February 3rd in Prince Albert, SK, Cougars forward Chase Witala became the all-time leading goal scorer in Prince George Cougars history. At 12:21 of the third period Witala ripped a shot past Rylan Parenteau of the Prince Albert Raiders to secure his 32nd goal of the season and the 112th goal of his career, which moved him past former captain Eric Hunter who had previously held the record. For his career, Witala has now scored 114 goals and 110 assists for 224 points. With 13 games remaining in the season Witala is now just 13 points shy of surpassing Troy Bourke for the all-time franchise lead in points. LEADING THE PACK: Through 589 games, Jesse Gabrielle (37G, 32A) leads the team lead in goals (37) and points with 69. Gabrielle also leads the Cougars (and the entire WHL) in shorthanded goals (6), and tops the team with multi-point games (23) and goal scored at home (23). Chase Witala leads the team with nine power play goals and two hat-tricks. Defenceman Tate Olson (8G, 35A) leads all Cougars defencemen with 43 points, and 19 power play points. Cougars captain Sam Ruopp leads the team in plus-minus with at +20. Colby McAuley is tops on the team with 123 penalty minutes and leads the WHL with 13 fighting majors. Brogan O’Brien leads all Cougar rookies with 16 goals and 34 assists. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Currently the Cougars roster sits at 27 players: Two goalies, 10 defencemen and 15 forwards. Three are 20, four are 19, 10 are 18, six are 17, three are 16 and one is 15. 17 of the 27 players were selected by the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, six were acquired via trade, two were added to the 50-man protected list and two were selected in the CHL Import Draft. 10 are from B.C., five are from Saskatchewan, four are from Alberta, four are from Manitoba, along with one each from Ontario, the United States, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ SPOKANE CHEIFS (FEBRUARY 24TH, 2016) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ SPOKANE CHIEFS (FEBRUARY 26TH, 2016) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS @ TRI-CITY AMERICANS (FEBRUARY 27TH, 2016) VANCOUVER GIANTS @ PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (MARCH 1ST, 2016)

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 – Game Notes Continued… COUGARS SIGN ADAM KADLEC: Prince George Cougars General Manager Todd Harkins announced earlier this month that 1999-born forward Adam Kadlec (Edina, MN) signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Cougars. Originally selected by the Cougars in the 10th round (203rd overall) in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, Kadlec (6’2”, 179 pounds) started this season with the Boston Jr. Bruins 18U program in the U.S. Premier Hockey League. Last season Kadlec scored 16 goals and added 25 assists for 41 points along with 46 penalty minutes in just 25 games with the Jr. Bruins 16U team. Kadlec became the sixth player form the 2014 Cougars draft class to sign with the team joining Justin Almeida, Max Martin, Ethan O’Rourke, Peter Kope, and Ryan Schoettler. EDMONDS MAKES HISTORY: With a victory on January 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers Prince George Cougars veteran goaltender Ty Edmonds (Winnipeg, MB) earned his 65th career WHL victory, all of which have come with the Cougars. That 65th victory moves Ty Edmonds into sole possession of second place on the list for all-time victories by a Prince George Cougars goaltender which had previous been held by Billy Thompson (1999 – 2003 and 64 wins). Edmonds is now just 30 victories shy of surpassing Scott Myers (1996-2000 and 95 wins) for the all-time lead in wins. FOUR COUGARS RANKED BY NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Back in January Cougars had four of their players crack NHL Central Scouting’s Mid-Term Rankings list. Leading the way was defenceman Josh Anderson who was ranked 62nd out of all draft eligible North American skaters. Rookie forward Brogan O’Brien appeared 94th on the list and goaltenders Ty Edmonds (20th) and Nick McBride (29th) made the list for draft eligible North American goaltenders. In 39 games this season, Anderson has a goal, five assists and 86 penalty minutes. O’Brien leads all Cougars rookies in scoring with 16 goals and 34 assists. Edmonds has a record of 18-13-2-0 with three shutouts and Nick McBride is 11-6-1-1 with a shutout since joining the Cougars after a trade with Prince Albert. In addition to the four roster players, the Cougars also had three of their college prospects: Riley Tufte (17th), Dennis Cholowski (48th), and Rem Pitlick (141st) ranked.

BRIGHT FUTURE: The Cougars were well represented at the 2015-16 Mac’s AAA Midget Tournament in Calgary. 10 Cougars prospects represented their respective teams. Ethan O’Rourke (Cariboo Cougars), Ryan Schoettler (Lloydminster Bobcats) and Joel Patsey (Cariboo Cougars) were all selected by the Cougars in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft while 2015 draftees Jackson Leppard (Vancouver Northwest Giants), Jonas Harkins (Cariboo Cougars), Tyler Ho (Cariboo Cougars), Reid Perepeluk (Cariboo Cougars), and Liam Ryan (Vancouver North East Chiefs) had an impressive first showing at the tournament. Jeremy Gervais (Cariboo Cougars) and Brandon McClintock (South Island Royals) were both listed earlier this season by the Cougars and also gained valuable experience. Ryan Schoettler won a Silver Medal, the tournament plus-minus award and was named a tournament all-star for Lloydminster. Schoettler signed a Standard WHL Player Agreement with the Prince George Cougars earlier in January, 2016. DID YOU KNOW: Jesse Gabrielle is red hot having scored five goals and six assists for 11 points in his past six games. Overall, Gabrielle has recorded points in 11 of his past 13 games, and during that span he has scored nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points. On December 8th against Kootenay, Chase Witala became the first Cougar since Blake Robson in 2002 to record back-to-back hat-tricks. Jansen Harkins recorded his 100th career assist on December 15th in Seattle. Harkins is now just 41 assists shy of the all-time record which is currently held by Troy Bourke (152) and is also just three games shy of reaching 200 for his WHL career. The Prince George Cougars have scored at least one power play goal in 11 of their past 14 games. During that span the Cougars power play has gone 17 for 64 (27 percent).

No. Player GP G A PTS PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG +/- IG MGG MPG SOG SOA SOWG

13 Jesse Gabrielle 59 37 32 69 88 4 9 6 5 9 6 8 23 1 3 0

8 Chase Witala 59 34 30 64 67 10 5 1 3 6 6 6 13 0 2 0

15 Brogan O'Brien 58 16 34 50 26 5 9 1 3 11 3 0 13 0 1 0

9 Brad Morrison 59 22 26 48 31 8 9 0 3 -4 6 5 14 1 2 1

12 Jansen Harkins 56 19 28 47 45 3 11 0 3 -10 2 3 13 1 2 1

25 Tate Olson 53 8 35 43 78 4 15 1 2 16 1 1 12 0 0 0

21 Jared Bethune 59 16 17 33 54 4 3 0 1 13 2 1 7 0 0 0

27 Joseph Carvalho 59 1 27 28 26 1 10 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0

14 Colby McAuley 53 13 14 27 123 3 2 1 2 11 0 1 2 0 0 0

26 Kody McDonald 58 13 13 26 100 1 3 0 2 4 0 1 5 0 0 0

2 Sam Ruopp 59 4 17 21 88 0 1 0 0 20 1 0 4 0 0 0

17 Luke Harrison 54 7 11 18 49 0 2 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 0

19 Shane Collins 56 2 16 18 43 0 4 0 0 16 1 0 1 0 0 0

18 Bartek Bison 45 6 9 15 44 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 0

23 Aaron Boyd 51 5 9 14 30 0 1 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0

28 Josh Anderson 39 1 5 6 88 0 2 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0 0 0

4 Joel Lakusta 37 2 4 6 17 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 Justin Almeida 41 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 Kolby Johnson 32 1 3 4 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 Josh Curtis 13 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

3 Luka Zorko 18 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Shaun Dosanjh 30 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 Max Martin 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. Goaltender GP MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W L OTL SOL SOW SOSv SOS SOGA SO EN

35 Ty Edmonds 36 1962 91 2.78 929 0.911 18 13 2 0 0 4 4 0 3 3

33 Nick McBride 22 1126 56 2.98 534 0.905 11 7 1 1 0 3 5 2 1 0

59 3088 147 2.86 1463 0.909 29 20 3 1 0 7 9 2 4 #REF!

A % PK Pen % G/Kill PP/PK %

46 239 19.2% 226 271 83.4% 2-man PP 2 14 14.3%

7 13 2-man PK 14 20 70.0%

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO TOT 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO TOT

COUGARS 50 75 83 2 210 657 657 673 11 2 2000

Opposition 45 68 68 3 1 185 618 609 522 21 1 1771

3.56 33.9

3.14 30.0

Cougars lead after 1

Cougars tied after 1Cougars trail after 1

Cougars lead after 2

Cougars tied after 2

Cougars trail after 2

Cougars score firstOpponent scores first

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA STK L10 Pct PTS PP PKCougars at home 31 18 11 1 1 117 84 0-1-0-0 4-5-1-0 0.613 38 19.8% 81.3%

Cougars on the road 28 14 12 2 0 93 101 0-3-0-0 5-4-1-0 0.536 30 18.7% 85.1%

Cougars OVERALL 59 32 23 3 1 210 185 0-1-0-0 3-5-2-0 0.576 68 19.2% 83.4%

23-15-1-1 Cougars vs BC

SHOTS ON GOAL

20-4-0-0

SCORING

Average shots per game:

13-12-1-1

Average shots allowed per game:

PG outshoot the opp.

9-8-3-1 PG are outshot

PG score 3 or less

4-17-0-0

PG allow 4 or more

COUGARS

1-1-0-0

9-19-3-1

Average goals allowed per game:

Average goals scored per game:

9-3-0-0

2015-16 Prince George Cougars Regular Season Scoring

GOALTENDERS

Cougars powerplay

SPECIAL TEAMS

Cougars penalty kill

Cougars vs CENTRAL3-11-0-0 Shots are tiedCougars vs US

Cougars vs EAST

Cougars in Shootouts

0-3

23-4-0-023-1-0-0

Cougars in OT5-5-3-1

PG score 4 or more

2-3-1-0

23-7-1-1

HOME and AWAY

8-5-1-0

Shorthanded Goals Against Shorthanded Goals For

8-7-2-0

Opposition

9-16-2-0

PG allow 3 or less

it's a 2-goal gameit's a 3+-goal game

2-18-2-1

2-130-5-1-0

18-12-0-0

it's a 1-goal game 8-3-3-16-8-0-0

Prince George Cougars vs Tri-City Americans Head to HeadTri-City Americans# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

15 Michael Rasmussen 2 1 2 3 0 1

39 Parker Bowles 2 1 1 2 4 1

36 Brandon Carlo 2 1 1 2 9 0

16 Beau McCue 2 1 1 2 5 1

29 X Taylor Vickerman 1 1 1 2 2 1

37 Parker Wotherspoon 2 0 2 2 6 0

25 Kyle Olson 2 1 0 1 2 1

19 Tyler Sandhu 2 0 1 1 0 -1

6 Juuso Välimäki 2 0 1 1 0 -1

22 Nolan Yaremko 2 0 1 1 0 1

32 Parker AuCoin 1 0 0 0 2 -1

10 Dylan Coghlan 2 0 0 0 2 -2

28 Morgan Geekie 2 0 0 0 0 -2

20 Maxwell James 2 0 0 0 21 -1

2 Dakota Krebs 2 0 0 0 0 0

7 Brendan O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 7 -1

18 Jordan Roy 1 0 0 0 2 -1

4 Kurtis Rutledge 2 0 0 0 0 0

31 Evan Sarthou 2 0 0 0 0 0

12 Jordan Topping 2 0 0 0 0 0

26 X Brian Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

31 Evan Sarthou 2 1 1 0 0 119:05 5 2.52 0.915

Prince George Cougars# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

25 Tate Olson 2 0 4 4 2 1

9 Brad Morrison 2 2 1 3 5 0

12 Jansen Harkins 2 1 2 3 0 0

8 Chase Witala 2 1 1 2 6 -1

13 Jesse Gabrielle 2 1 0 1 6 1

15 Brogan O'Brien 2 1 0 1 0 1

28 Josh Anderson 2 0 1 1 9 0

19 Shane Collins 2 0 1 1 0 0

22 Justin Almeida 1 0 0 0 0 0

21 Jared Bethune 2 0 0 0 17 0

18 Bartek Bison 2 0 0 0 9 0

23 Aaron Boyd 2 0 0 0 0 0

27 Joseph Carvalho 2 0 0 0 0 2

35 Ty Edmonds 1 0 0 0 0 0

24 Kolby Johnson 2 0 0 0 14 0

4 Joel Lakusta 1 0 0 0 0 0

26 Kody McDonald 1 0 0 0 4 0

10 X Tyler Mrkonjic 2 0 0 0 0 0

11 X Jordan Ross 2 0 0 0 0 0

2 Sam Ruopp 2 0 0 0 2 -1

1 X Mack Shields 1 0 0 0 0 0

3 Luka Zorko 1 0 0 0 0 0

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

35 Ty Edmonds 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 1 1.00 0.952

1 X Mack Shields 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.800

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Wildcard Standings

Eastern Conference

East Division

Rank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

1 x Brandon Wheat Kings 60 37 18 3 2 79 0.658 246 175 0-1-1-0 6-3-1-0

2 Prince Albert Raiders 60 32 20 7 1 72 0.600 186 186 1-0-2-0 5-3-2-0

3 Moose Jaw Warriors 61 31 22 7 1 70 0.574 214 195 1-0-0-0 6-3-1-0Central DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

1 x Lethbridge Hurricanes 60 40 19 1 0 81 0.675 241 173 0-3-0-0 4-5-1-0

2 Red Deer Rebels 60 36 21 1 2 75 0.625 214 172 1-0-0-0 4-6-0-0

3 Calgary Hitmen 60 34 22 2 2 72 0.600 197 184 1-0-1-0 4-4-1-1Eastern Conference WildcardRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

7 Regina Pats 58 28 23 3 4 63 0.543 192 200 5-0-0-0 8-2-0-0

8 Edmonton Oil Kings 60 25 28 6 1 57 0.475 163 189 0-1-0-0 5-5-0-0

9 Saskatoon Blades 60 23 33 4 0 50 0.417 188 253 4-0-0-0 5-5-0-0

10 Swift Current Broncos 59 21 31 4 3 49 0.415 156 202 0-1-0-0 4-4-0-2

11 Medicine Hat Tigers 60 22 34 3 1 48 0.400 178 246 1-0-0-0 2-8-0-0

12 Kootenay Ice 59 10 44 5 0 25 0.212 125 260 0-3-1-0 2-7-1-0

Western Conference

B.C. Division

Rank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

1 Victoria Royals 62 40 16 3 3 86 0.694 226 145 3-0-1-0 8-1-1-0

2 Kelowna Rockets 60 41 16 3 0 85 0.708 216 177 0-1-0-0 7-3-0-0

3 Prince George Cougars 59 32 23 3 1 68 0.576 210 185 0-1-0-0 3-5-2-0U.S. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

1 Everett Silvertips 59 35 20 2 2 74 0.627 156 132 2-0-0-0 6-4-0-0

2 Seattle Thunderbirds 58 32 23 3 0 67 0.578 181 165 0-1-0-0 6-4-0-0

3 Portland Winterhawks 59 31 25 3 0 65 0.551 193 180 5-0-1-0 6-3-1-0Western Conference WildcardRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10

7 Spokane Chiefs 59 28 23 5 3 64 0.542 194 199 0-1-0-0 4-3-2-1

8 Kamloops Blazers 60 27 24 5 4 63 0.525 195 197 0-2-0-1 4-5-0-1

9 Tri-City Americans 58 28 27 2 1 59 0.509 191 203 0-1-0-0 7-2-0-1

10 Vancouver Giants 61 23 31 5 2 53 0.434 175 219 2-0-0-0 4-4-2-0

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Every time the Americans score a goal, a lucky fan will receive a prize from one of these local busi-nesses listed below. Listen to the public address announcer after a goal is scored -- if your number is

called, claim your prize at the Benton-Franklin Orthopedic Infomation Center Center behind SectionL.

Every time the Americans score a goal, a lucky fan will receive a prize from one of these local busi-nesses listed below. Listen to the public address announcer after a goal is scored -- if your number is

called, claim your prize at the Benton-Franklin Orthopedic Information Center behind Section L.