PRINCE GEORGE - Yesterday the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft took place. The Prince George Cougars made ten total selections taking five forwards, four defensemen, and one goalie. Dade Wotherspoon was the first name the Prince George Cougars announced taking the Martensville, Saskatchewan product 21st Overall. Wotherspoon li...

PRINCE GEORGE - The hardest part about a season-ending is the goodbyes. The Prince George Cougars had three 20-year-old players play their final game in the Western Hockey League.Zac Funk was first acquired at last year's trade deadline. He led them in playoff points in his first season with the team. The next year he ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars were flying high. Competing in the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2007. It was one of the most successful seasons in franchise history and all of a sudden it was taken away after a double OT loss to the Portland Winterhawks.There were plenty of young players ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The best season of Prince George Cougars hockey has come to an end. After setting new regular season records in wins and points, 49 and 102 respectively, and embarking on their deepest Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff run since 2007, the Cougars' 2023-24 season was cut short in double overtime Monday...

PORTLAND - The Prince George Cougars have sent the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals back up north of the border. The Cougars blew out the Portland Winterhawks 6-1 on the road Thursday (May 2) night in game five of the WHL Western Conference Finals. They now trail the best-of-seven series 3-2. In a ...

PORTLAND - It's do or die for the Prince George Cougars for the rest of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals. The Cougars were put on the brink of elimination Wednesday (May 1) night, falling to the Portland Winterhawks on the road in game four by a score of 5-2. They now trail the best-of-seven se...

CALGARY - Prince George Cougars goalie Joshua Ravensbergen has been named the WHL's Rookie of the Month for April.This is a first for Ravensbergen, though he was named Goalie of the Month for November.The 17-year-old went 6-2-0-0 through March with a 2.10 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and a league-leadi...

PRINCE GEORGE - Update: Just hours after being named WHL Coach of the Year, Mark Lamb has also won the Lloyd Saunders Trophy, given annually to the WHL Executive of the Year.This is the first time Lamb has been awarded the trophy and its the first time a Cougars executive has won the award.Lamb and his staff have worke...

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 f...

PRINCE GEORGE -- A third-period barrage was not sustained by the Prince George Cougars on Saturday (April 27) at CN Centre. The Portland Winterhawks tallied three goals in the third stanza en route to a 5-3 victory over the Cats in Game 2 of the best-of-seven Western Conference final, which is tied at one name apiece. ...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Joshua Ravensbergen is quickly becoming a local hero.The 17-year-old goaltender was magnificent for the Prince George Cougars in a 5-0 win over the Portland Winterhawks in Game 1 of the WHL Western Conference final on Friday (April 26) at CN Centre.He stopped 33 shots to secure his third shutout of the...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Portland Winterhawks took to the CN Centre Ice Friday morning getting ready to play the first game of the Western Conference Finals. Portland has yet to lose a game so far this playoffs sweeping both their previous opponents in the Victoria Royals and Everett Silvertips. Now comes their toughest tas...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars will host away game watch parties at CN Centre next week. They'll take place Monday and Wednesday for Games 3 and 4 in Portland. If Game 5 of the Western Conference Final is necessary, another watch party will take place next Thursday. The CN Centre concession and bars will als...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are off to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. Up next? The team's toughest opponent yet. The Portland Winterhawks. The two teams split the season series and finished 1st and 2nd in the Western Conference. With almost identical stats it is building up t...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougars forward Terik Parascak has been named the WHL's Rookie of the Week. This is the sixth time the 17-year-old has won the award this season.Parascak registered three assists in three games as the Cougars eliminated the Kelowna Rockets from the WHL playoffs on April 19.The rookie pheno...

The No. 1-seed Prince George Cougars have begun preparations for the No. 2 seed Portland Winterhawks in what promises to be a tense Western Conference final showdown in the WHL. The conference behemoths split the regular-season series, with each club winning two games. The Cats outscored the Winterhawks 11-8, including...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Zac Funk tallied his first post-season hat-trick to help his Prince George Cougars reach the Western Conference final for the fourth time in club history. The Cats doubled the Kelowna Rockets 6-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 6,014 on Friday (April 19) at CN Centre to clinch a 4-1 victory in the best-...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars can punch their ticket to the WHL's Western Conference Final with a win Friday night versus the visiting Kelowna Rockets at CN Centre.The Cougars lead the series 3-1. They will meet the winner of the Portland/Everett series. Portland leads that series 3-0 with Game 4 schedule f...

KELOWNA - The Prince George Cougars have taken a commanding lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series versus the Kelowna Rockets.This after the Cats beat Kelowna in overtime Tuesday night, 4-3. Matteo Danis scored the game winner 1:22 into the extra frame to seal the win.With the victory, Prince ...

KELOWNA - The Prince George Cougars will look to take a strangle-hold on their second round playoff series when they face the Kelowna Rockets on the road Tuesday night (April 16). The Cats won the first two games of the series handily - 4-0 in Game 1 and 5-0 in Game 2. Joshua Ravensbergen picked up both shutouts and as...

PRINCE GEORGE - The WHL has announced that Prince George Cougars netminder Joshua Ravensbergen has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week. This is the third time the 17-year-old has won the award after an incredible weekend to start Round 2 of the WHL PlayoffsRavensbergen led all WHL goaltenders with a perfect 2-0-0-0 r...

PRINCE GEORGE - It was a sold-out crowd this weekend at the CN Centre as the Prince George Cougars took a 2-0 series lead over the Kelowna Rockets. Many people in the city bought tickets for last weekend. Over 5000 people packed the CN Centre on Friday and Saturday, which is not only great for the organization but even...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Make it 15 straight victories for the Prince George Cougars and a second consecutive WHL post-season shutout for 17-year-old goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen.The Cougars blanked the Kelowna Rockets 5-0 on Saturday (April 13) at sold-out CN Centre to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Joshua Ravensbergen recorded his first post-season shutout for the Prince George Cougars in a 4-0 victory over the Kelowna Rockets on Friday (April 12) at CN Centre."We have the best goaltending in the league," Cougars' head coach and general manager Mark Lamb told CKPG Today prior to the Rou...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougars defenceman Hudson Thornton has signed an AHL contract with the Hershey Bears. The Bears are an affiliate of the Washington Capitals and the 20 -year-old has signed a deal for next season. "It's really exciting. It was one of my goals this year to try and earn myself a professi...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars finally know who they'll be playing in the second round of the WHL playoffs.It will be the Kelowna Rockets, after the Rockets defeated the Wenatchee Wild 4-2 Sunday in Kelowna to clinch the series, four games to two.The seven-game series kicks off this Friday night at CN Centre...

Prince George Cougars' head coach and general manager Mark Lamb is feeling the buzz."It's a lot of fun, that's for sure," Lamb said. "That's what playoff hockey is all about. That's what sports are all about." The Cougars are a hot ticket, with lineups forming this week at the box office ahead of th...

CALGARY - Cougars star forward is the B.C. Division nominee for the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy.The award is presented annually to the WHL Player of the Year.In his first full season with the Cougars, Funk scored 67 goals to go along with a career-best 56 assists, 123 points a league-leading +56 rating.Funk also led t...