(Photo credit: James Doyle).

By Stephanie Swensrude

COUGARS OPENING WEEKEND

Cougars finish opening weekend 1-1 against Americans

Sep 25, 2022 | 2:49 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — The Prince George Cougars walked away from their opening weekend with a win and a loss against the Tri-City Americans.

Friday (Sept. 23), the Cats opened the scoring two minutes in with a goal by Ephram McNutt.

In the second period, Carter MacAdams scored twice in about 20 seconds. Ondrej Becher scored to make it 4-0 at around 12 minutes.

The Americans got a goal in the third period, but the Cats sealed their fate with one more goal six minutes later, making the final score 5-1 for Prince George.

Saturday (Sept. 24), Koehn Ziemmer opened the scoring for the Cougars at about five minutes in. That was followed by three goals by the Americans in the first period.

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In the second period, Ziemmer scored again, making it 3-2 for the Americans. Dwayne Jean Jr. of Tri-City scored, followed by a Cougars goal by Riley Heldt.

In the third, the Americans scored four unanswered goals, making the final score 8-3 for the Americans.

Scoring Summary – Friday

First Period

1-0, Cougars, Ephram McNutt (1) from Carter MacAdams and Madden Mulawka, 2:11

Second Period

2-0, Cougars, Carter MacAdams (1) from Ondrej Becher and Blake Eastman, 5:50

3-0, Cougars, Carter MacAdams (2) from Caden Brown and Ephram McNutt, 6:09

4-0, Cougars, Ondrej Becher (1) from Blake Eastman and Hudson Thornton, 12:34

Third Period

4-1, Americans, Ian Ferguson (1) from Jake Sloan, 6:31

5-1, Cougars, Koehn Ziemmer (1) from Keaton Dowhaniuk, 13:11

Goaltending

Tomas Suchanek (L), 36 saves on 41 shots in 60 minutes played

Madden Mulawka (W), 23 saves on 24 shots in 60 minutes played

Scoring Summary – Saturday

First Period

1-0, Cougars, Koehn Ziemmer (2) from Chase Wheatcroft and Riley Heldt, 5:11

1-1, Americans, Reese Belton (1) from Drew Freer, 10:43

2-1, Americans, Ethan Ernst (1) from Lukas Dragicevic and Jake Sloan, 13:17

3-1, Americans, Jake Sloan (1) from Ethan Ernst and Jordan Gavin, 14:55

Second Period

3-2, Cougars, Koehn Ziemmer (3) form Hudson Thornton and Riley Heldt, 8:03

4-2, Americans, Dwayne Jean Jr (1) from Elouann Lemonnier, 11:12

4-3, Cougars, Riley Heldt (1) from Bauer Dumanski and Chase Wheatcroft, 11:44

Third Period

5-3, Americans, Adam Mechura (1) from Ian Ferguson and Tyson Greenway, 7:54

6-3, Americans, Lukas Dragicevic (1) from Tyson Greenway and reese Belton, 10:45

7-3, Americans, Dwayne Jean Jr. (2) from Elouann Lemonnier, 11:01

8-3, Americans, Ethan Ernst (2) from Jake Sloan and Jordan Gavin, 15:40

Goaltending

Tomas Suchanek (W), 38 saves on 41 shots in 60 minutes played

Madden Mulawka (L), 20 saves on 28 shots in 60 minutes played