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Cougars on Final Island Roadtrip |
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Friday, 27 January 2012 00:15 |
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The Cariboo Cougars are off to Nanaimo this weekend for their final matchup with the North Island Silvertips.
The Silvertips are coming off a big two wins over the Blazers in which they outscored Thompson 12-2 including a 5-0 shutout Saturday. The Cougars meanwhile are 4-1-1 in their last six games following last weekend's split with the Kootenay Ice.
A surprising 4-3 loss to Kootenay last Saturday was followed up by a 10-2 destruction of the Ice. But the weekend opening loss to the last place Ice was a lesson the Cats will take with them as they enter the home stretch of the regular season including this weekend against the 7th place Silvertips.
"We need to work harder and we can't take those teams for granted. We need to keep continuing on and be consistent," said Cougar forward Chase Astorino. "We need to make sure that we get the sweep and try to make sure we can catch up to the Giants and try to get that home ice advantage."
When the Silvertips visited Prince George in late October, the two teams split with North Island earning their first ever win against the Cougars on the road.
"We're playing a team that's aggressive, that takes away your time and space and don't give you a lot of opportunites to score goals," said Cougars Head Coach Trevor Sprague.
The Cougars will be without forwards Nathan Craft and Tyler Povelofskie due to injury. Riley Pettit and Derek Bulmer, younger brother of former Cougar and current Kelowna Rocket star Brett, will step into the lineup while defenceman Colton Manning returns after missing the last four games.
Puckdrop Saturday night at the Nanimo Ice Centre is 5:00pm with Sunday's rematch set for 10:30am.
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Jameson Jones Presents Cheque to BCCH |
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 21:11 |
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Young Jameson Jones was in Vancouver today to present a cheque for $3,000 to BC Children's Hospital on behalf of the Cariboo Cougars and their fans.
In mid November, Cougar fans opened their hearts and wallets during a weekend home series with admission by donation, all of which was given to BCCH. Jameson has been an inspiration for the Cougars as he has battled through cancer for much of his young life. The fundraising weekend was organized as a thank-you to all the doctors and staff at BC Children's Hospital.
Once again thank you Cougar fans for your generosity and thank you Jameson for continuing to be our biggest fan and inspiration!
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Sunday, 22 January 2012 14:32 |
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After suffering a 4-3 loss to Kootenay Saturday night, the Cariboo Cougars responded with an offensive explosion downing the Ice 10-2 Sunday.
The Cougars got off to another rough start as Nathan Warren let in two goals on three shots with the Ice putting up a 2-0 lead by the 8:06 mark of the first period. Cougar head coach Trevor Sprague decided to make a goaltender change which immediately turned the tide as Eli Jarvis scored 13 seconds later to put the Cougars on the board cutting the Kootenay lead to one.
Later in the period the Cougars tied the game at two as Jarvis once again beat Ice netminder Kimberly Newell. The Cats then took their first lead of the weekend off a Ryan Gagnon power play slapshot taking a 3-2 lead into the first intermission.
From there on in it was all Cougars who added three more power play goals in the second from Jake LeBrun, Hayden-James Berra, and Gagnon with his second of the game.
Cariboo added a total of six goals in the middle frame with even strength markers from Brett Roulston, Brett Harris, and Berra who scored his fourth goal of the weekend and 11th point in his last six games.
Cougar Captain Tanner Fjellstrom scored his 12th of the season in the first minute of the third to give the Cats a season-high ten goals Sunday.
The Cougars finished the game 4/10 on the power play, killing off their only two shorthanded situations. Gagnon and Harris finished the game with four points, Fjellstrom and Jarvis each had three points with Josh Connolly and Ryan Forbes each adding a pair of assists.
The Cougars take their 18-8-4 record back on the road next weekend for a pair of games against the North Island Silvertips Saturday and Sunday.
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Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:24 |
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The Kootenay Ice continued their hot streak Saturday night defeating the Cariboo Cougars in their own barn, 4-3.
Despite outshooting the Ice by a whopping 54-13 margin the Cougars never led in the game as Kootenay goaltender Brett Soles put on an outstanding performance.
Ice forward Riley Brandt opened scoring 4:01 into the first on a long hard slapshot from the Cougar blueline getting it by Cariboo netminder David Readman. The Ice took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission after Darren Medeiros put a strange bounce into the Cougar net.
The Cougars finally got on the board 6:23 into the second when Hayden-James Berra scored his 13th of the season, shorthanded. Just over four minutes later the Cats tied the game at two on Nathan Craft's 21st on the year.
But the Ice responded as Mitch Foyle tapped a bouncing puck past the goal line to restore Kootenay's one goal lead making it 3-2 heading into the third.
The Cougars once again tied the game in the first minute of the final frame on the power play with Berra's second of the night. Foyle then once again gave the Ice a go-ahead goal 7:48 into the third with his second of the game which stood as the eventual game winner.
The loss ends a four-game point streak for the Cougars who remain in second place in the BCMML with a record of 17-8-7.
The game marked the return of Cougar defenceman Josh Connolly who nearly scored on his second shift of the game hitting the goal post before getting his first assist of the season on Berra's second goal.
The Cougars and Ice play in their final meeting of the season Sunday morning at 10:00 at Kin 1.
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Cougars Back Home to Face Ice |
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Friday, 20 January 2012 13:08 |
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After a successful road sweep of the Vancouver NE Chiefs last weekend, the Cariboo Cougars are looking to extend their winning streak hosting the Kootenay Ice this Saturday and Sunday.
The Cats are riding a two-game win streak with points in their last four while the Ice are coming off a three point weekend against the Canadians.
Saturday's game marks the return of defenceman Josh Connolly to the Cougars lineup after sitting out the entire season so far due to injury.
Puckdrop on Saturday night is 7:15 with Sunday's rematch set for 10:00am. Both games are at Kin 1.
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