The Edmonton Oil Kings posted a 5-2 pre-season win over the Prince George Cougars Friday in Hinton, Alberta.
With a packed house at the Bill Thomson Memorial Arena, the Oil Kings and Cougars battled in the first of two games this weekend in the mountain town.
The shot clocked showed a 16-5 advantage for Prince George in the first period, but it was Edmonton that capitalized on their opportunities, holding a 3-1 lead. First, it was Chris Kokkoris finishing off a nice passing play just about two minutes into the game. That was followed by Gavin Hodnett slicing his way through traffic to beat Cougars netminder Alexander Levshyn to make it 2-0. The Oil Kings would add their third off Kayden Stroeder tucking away a backhand with just seconds remaining in the period.
Prince George would get on the board just 25 seconds into the second period as Dmitri Yakutsenak made it 3-1. Lukas Sawchyn would restore the three-goal lead firing a wrister on a two-on-one passed Levshyn, leaving things at 4-1 after two periods.
Raill Schollar took over the Oil Kings net in the third period after Parker Snell stopped 23 of 24 shots he faced in the first two periods.
The score stayed that way until the final minute when Riley Ashe scored on the powerplay for Prince George to make it 4-2, before seconds later Jensen Marsh tossed one into the empty Prince George net to make it 5-2. Schollar stopped eight shots for Edmonton, while Levshyn stopped 21 through 60 minutes for Prince George.