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Winterhawks 4 Cougars 1

Cougars fall to Winterhawks 4-1, trail Western Conference Finals 2-1

Apr 30, 2024 | 5:00 AM

PORTLAND — For the first in the 2024 Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs, the Prince George Cougars are trailing a series.

The Cougars fell to the Portland Winterhawks 4-1 on the road in game three of the WHL Western Conference Finals Monday (April 29) and trail the best-of-seven series 2-1.

The Cats surrendered the first three goals in the first 9:40 of the first period, leading to an early pull of rookie goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen. The Winterhawks would add one more goal early in the third period on the power play before Borya Valis got the Cougars on the board with a wrist shot from the right circle on the power play.

The Cougars have a day off before the Western Conference Finals against the Winterhawks resumes with game four in Portland on Wednesday (May 1). Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m.

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`First Period

1-0, Winterhawks, Marcus Nguyen (2) from Nate Danielson, 1:13

2-0, Winterhawks, Marcus Nguyen 2 (3) from Nate Danielson and Tyson Jugnauth, 7:10

3-0, Winterhawks, Marek Alscher (2) from Nate Danielson, 9:40

Second Period

No scoring.

Third Period

4-0, Winterhawks, Marcus Nguyen 3 (4) from Jack O’Brien and Diego Buttazzoni (power play), 1:47

4-1, Cougars, Borya Valis (7) from Hudson Thornton and Viliam Kmec (power play), 15:56

Goaltending

Jan Špunar (W), Winterhawks, 30 saves on 31 shots in 60 minutes played.

Joshua Ravensbgeren (L), Cougars, seven saves on 10 shots in 10 minutes played.

Ty Young, Cougars, 19 saves on 20 shots in 50 minutes played.