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COUGARS 2 ROYALS 4

Cougars fall on the road to Royals 4-2

Mar 26, 2022 | 10:21 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The Prince George Cougars lost their game Friday (March 25) against the Victoria Royals 4-2, their third loss in a row against the Royals.

Neither team scored in the first period, and the second period was quiet too. Royal Gannon Laroque opened the scoring at 14 minutes into the second with help from Bailey Peach and Tarun Fizer.

The beginning of the third period was lively with a goal from Victoria’s Marcus Almquist at 26 seconds in, followed by a Cougar goal from Riley Heidt at just under a minute in.

Riley Gannon made it 3-1 for the Royals a minute later.

The Cougars fought hard and got within one with around one minute left in the game.

They pulled the goalie and Victoria’s Wyatt Wilson scored on the empty net with seconds left in the game, making the final score 4-2 for the Royals.

The Cougars stand at 20-35-2-1 and are good for 43 points in 58 games. Next up, they finish up this six game mini series against Victoria Saturday (March 26) at 7:00 p.m. at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Arena.

Scoring Summary

First Period

No Scoring.

Second Period

1-0, Royals, Gannon Laroque (9) from Bailey Peach and Tarun Fizer, 14:35

Third Period

2-0, Royals, Marcus Almquist (4) from Tanner Scott and Brayden Schuurman, 0:26

2-1, Cougars, Riley Heidt (16) from Jonny Hooker and Koehn Ziemmer, 0:49

3-1, Royals, Riley Gannon (21) from Tanner Scott, 2:19

3-2, Cougars, Riley Heidt (17) from Hudson Thornton (power play), 18:47

4-2, Royals, Wyatt Wilson (3) from Evan Patrician (empty net), 19:48

Goaltending

Tyler Brennan (L), Cougars, 20 saves on 23 shots in 57:49 played.

Tyler Palmer (W), Royals, 31 saves on 33 shots in 60 minutes played.