{"id":38342,"date":"2018-12-29T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/cougars-claw-past-thunderbirds\/"},"modified":"2018-12-29T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:30:00","slug":"cougars-claw-past-thunderbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/cougars-claw-past-thunderbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars claw past Thunderbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince George Cougars defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 in a Western Hockey League game Friday night at the accesso ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n

Prince George (12-19-1-2) took a 1-0 lead on Vladislav Mikhalchuk’s goal at 1:04 of the second period. Ryan Schoettler and Rhett Rhinehart had the assists.<\/p>\n

The Cougars made it 2-0 at 10:58 of the second on Josh Maser’s goal. Ethan Browne and Mikhalchuk had the assists.<\/p>\n

Seattle (11-17-4-0) cut the Cougars lead to one goal at 13:12 of the third period. From behind the Prince George net, Brecon Wood found Payton Mount in the high slot with a pass. Mount spun and put a wrist shot on goal that beat Prince George goalie Taylor Gauthier through the legs. It was Mount’s third goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Seattle pulled goalie Liam Hughes for an extra attacker with 1:22 left in the third period. The T-Birds pressured but were not able to get the tying goal past Gauthier.<\/p>\n

Prince George outshot Seattle 32-30 in the game.<\/p>\n

Hughes had 30 saves on 32 shots while Gauthier made 29 saves on 30 shots.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n

The T-Birds play the Portland Winterhawks at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at the ShoWare Center. The game is being broadcast on JOEtv (Channel 22\/Cable 110).<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets are on sale online on the T-Birds website<\/a> and at the ShoWare box office.<\/p>\n

Fans who purchase the 24-flex ticket package will be able to select any available premium seat for any game, in any ticket combination, during the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n

SCORING SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

First period<\/strong> – No scoring. Penalties – Leppard, PG (boarding), :58. Philp, Sea (tripping), 2:37. Harsch, Sea (roughing), 4:18. Bench, PG (too many men-served by Kohner), 6:20. Kaluski, Sea (roughing), 18:47. Toman, PG (roughing), 18:47.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 1, Prince George, Mikhalchuk 13 (Schoettler, Rhinehart), 1:04. Penalties – Bowie, PG (slashing), 2:41. Kaluski, Sea (double minor-roughing), 2:41. Kohner, PG (double minor-roughing), 2:41. Bench, Sea (too many men-served by Mount), 15:03. Harsch, Sea (roughing), 15:36.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 2, Prince George, Maser 11 (Browne, Mikhalchuk), 10:58. 3, Seattle, Mount 3 (Wood), 13:12. Penalties – Browne, PG (delay of game), 5:04. Crossley, PG (high-sticking), 11:02.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal<\/strong> – Seattle 14-6-10 30, Prince George 11-14-7 32. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Hughes 32 shots-30 saves (10-14-3-0); Prince George, Gauthier 30-29 (8-13-1-1). Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 0-5; Prince George 0-4. A – 4,100. Referees<\/strong> – Ian Jendro, Dexter Rasmussen. Linesmen<\/strong> – Nick Bilko, Mark Heier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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