Cougars play spoiler in overtime win versus Blazers
The Prince George Cougars are relishing their role of spoiler as they defeated the Kamloops Blazers 5-4 in overtime last night. The Blazers now sit tied with the Kelowna Rockets for the final playoff spot with just one game to go.
The Cougars opened the scoring less than five minutes into the first with Rhett Rhinehart scoring his fifth of the year from Vladislav Mikhalchuk and Jackson Leppard. The Blazers would tie it up later in the first on a goal from Kobe Mohr.
That would be all the scoring in the first with Kamloops holding a slight 9-7 edge in shots. There would only be one goal scored in the second, that being by Ryley Appelt for the Blazers. The Cougars would head into the third down 2-1 after outshooting Kamloops in the second 13-10.
It was goals aplenty in the third period with the Cougars scoring three times in the first 10 minutes of the third. Vladislav Mikhalchuk scored his 23rd of the year, Josh Curtis got his 13th and Mike MacLean got his fifth for the Cougars.