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 - Every year Canada West announces its 2024 SID Award recipients, celebrating excellence in sports information across the conference. This year UNBC has earned one of those awards featuring a former athlete, Brooke Molby. It's never easy when a loved one passes, especially to an overdose. Former UNBC socc...

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 - The Prince George Spruce Kings have confirmed another player commitment for next season.Mason Loewen is a 6'0, 185 pound forward from Charlie Lake, B.C., who spent the last two seasons with the Cariboo Cougars of the BC Elite Hockey League. In 70 games, he scored 42 goals and added 38 assists for 80 poi...

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...

PRINCE GEORGE- UNBC Timberwolves Men's Basketball have announced the committment of 6'3" point guard Ben White for the UNBC 2024 season.The Richmond, B.C., product played for Adam Huffman at CTA West, a post-grad prep program based in Calgary, AB. Last season he averaged 5.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced a player commitment as Zachary Hachey is headed to Prince George for the 2024/2025 season. "From Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Hachey is a defenceman who will not only bring skill to the back end of Prince George but plenty of size. Hachey will be 17-years-old...

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...

QUESNEL - It was exciting news when the city of Quesnel announced they were the 3rd expansion team to join the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The first time the city has had junior hockey since 2011.Tracy Mero will take the reigns as the new owner and president of the team after he bought and relo...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Kelowna Rockets staved off elimination by beating the Prince George Cougars 2-1 on Wednesday night at Prospera Place in Kelowna before 3,852 fans. The Rockets scored a pair of goals late in the second period to give them a two-goal lead heading into the third period. Those goals came from Max Graham...

PRINCE GEORGE- The UNBC Timberwolves men's soccer team has announced the committment of Luke Graham for the 2024 Canada West season."The whole experience at UNBC was super welcoming. Everybody was coming up to me, dabbing me up and introducing themselves. It seems like a great community that has been built and I'm...

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 ...

PRINCE GEORGE - 14-year-old Marissa Hawkes is putting the final touches on her routines before she takes off to Langley to compete in the 2024 Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She plans to compete in four events. Floor, Vault, Bars & BeamShe'll be the first female Prince George Gymnastics Club at...

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 -- The Prince George Spruce Kings said any sort of online chatter related to the club departing the B.C. Hockey League is not based in fact.The club directed questions pertaining to the departure of the Merritt Centennials from the BCHL to the league office, but confirmed to CKPG Today via text the Spruce...

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 - There's just six days left to buy a Spruce Kings Show Home lottery ticket.The cut off to buy tickets is Wednesday April 17 at 10 p.m. and the draw will take place on April 19 at noon.Tickets cost $125 and can be purchased by clicking here. As of April 10, there were around 2,600 tickets remaining.The ho...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Penticton Vees beat the Prince George Spruce Kings 3-2 Wednesday night at Kopar Memorial Arena to complete a four game sweep of the first round BCHL playoff series.The Vees overcame a two-goal deficit going into the third period to clinch the series. Owen Goodbrand opened the scoring at the 3:14 mar...

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 - It's not quite do or die but it's a huge game Tuesday night for the Prince George Spruce Kings.The Kings host the Penticton Vees for Game 3 of their best-of-seven opening round series at Kopar Memorial Arena.Prince George dropped games one and two in Penticton on the road over the weekend by identical 3...