BY COLE WALDIE
Prince George Cougars
RED DEER, AB – The Prince George Cougars began their weekend double-header with a 3-2 loss to the Red Deer Rebels, Friday at the Peavey Mart Centrium.
Terik Parascak and Carson Carels scored the Prince George goals, and Joshua Ravensbergen made 28 saves.
1st Period
- 1-0 Cougars (11:49) – Terik Parascak (13) assisted by Borya Valis// The Cougars jumped in the lead for the second straight time on the road as Borya Valis dropped the puck off for Terik Parascak at the right circle and wired a shot by rookie goaltender Peyton Shore who was making his WHL debut.
- 1-1 Red Deer (16:35) – Matthew Gard (6) assisted by Talon Brigley //The Rebels tied the game and it was courtesy of Talon Brigley forcing a turnover in the offensive zone and he spotted Matthew Gard in tight and slid in his sixth of the season to make it 1-1.
2nd Period
NO SCORING
3rd Period
- 2-1 Red Deer (7:13) – Jaxon Fuder (6) assisted by Ollie Josephson and Talon Brigley // The Rebels jumped to their first lead of the contest as Ollie Josephson and Jaxon Fuder traded a pair of passes in the offensive zone which led to Fuder sliding in Red Deer’s second of the game.
- 3–1 Red Deer (12:46) – Matthew Gard (7) assisted by Talon Brigley // The Rebels added another courtesy of Matthew Gard. The Rebels forward did the old-fashioned wrap around the Cougars goal and slid the puck by the right pad of Ravensbergen at the left of the goal to make it 3-1.
- 3-2 Cougars (19:08) – Carson Carels (2) (PP) assisted by Viliam Kmec and Riley Heidt // On a 6 on 4 power-play, the Cats cut the lead to one. Carson Carels received a pass at the left point from Viliam Kmec and Carels’ shot made its way through traffic and past Shore to make it a 3-2 game.