{"id":44552,"date":"2020-02-24T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/cougars-skate-past-thunderbirds-in-overtime\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:30:00","slug":"cougars-skate-past-thunderbirds-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/cougars-skate-past-thunderbirds-in-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars skate past Thunderbirds in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince George Cougars defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 in overtime Sunday night at the accesso ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n

The T-Birds (23-28-4-3) remain in the second wild-card playoff spot in the WHL’s Western Conference, two points behind the Kelowna Rockets (24-26-2-3) for the first wild-card spot. The Rockets have two games in hand on the T-Birds, with the teams meeting on March 6 in Kelowna in their fourth and final game of the season.<\/p>\n

Prince George went in front 1-0 on a power-play goal by Vladislav Mikhalchuk at 12:13 of the second period.<\/p>\n

Seattle tied the game 1-1 on a power-play goal by Jared Davidson at 14:17 of the third period. Owen Williams passed the puck from the left point to Keltie Jeri-Leon at the right point. Jeri-Leon skated towards the slot and then dished the puck to Davidson in the right circle. Davidson one-timed the pass and beat Prince George goalie Taylor Gauthier over the glove for his eighth goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Josh Maser scored at 4:41 of overtime to win the game for Prince George.<\/p>\n

Next<\/strong><\/p>\n

The T-Birds travel to Spokane on Friday to take on the Chiefs at 7:05 p.m. The T-Birds host Portland at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets are on sale online<\/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 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n

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

First period<\/strong> – No scoring. Penalties – Gottfried, Sea (tripping), 3:38.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 1, Prince George, Mikhalchuk 9 (Schoettler, Hooker), 12:13 (pp). Penalties – Hooker, PG (interference), :51. Roulette, Sea (tripping), 11:43.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 2, Seattle, Davidson 8 (Jeri-Leon, Williams), 14:17 (pp). Penalties – Bruggen-Cate, Sea (holding), 3:07. Hooker, PG (charging), 12:38.<\/p>\n

Overtime<\/strong> – 3, Prince George, Maser 24 (Schoettler, Mikhalchuk), 4:41. Penalties – No penalties.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal<\/strong> – Seattle 8-11-5-2 26, Prince George 5-13-11-3 32. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Ross 32 shots-30 saves (19-19-3-4); Prince George, Gauthier 26-25 (13-24-3-4). Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 1-2; Prince George 1-3. Referees<\/strong> – Kevin Bennett, Chris Crich. Linesmen<\/strong> – Kris Delany, Tim Plamondon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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