PRINCE GEORGE - Carson Carels has won the Brett Connolly award for Rookie of the Year for the Prince George Cougars. The defenceman had 6 goals and 29 assists for 35 points in 60 games in his rookie campaign (2024-2025).The blue-liner from Cypress River, MB was the 15th overall selection in the 2023 WHL Prospect's Draf...

PRINCE GEORGE - Riley Heidt has been named the recipient of the Michael Fogolin Memorial Award. The award is presented annually to the player who best represents the Prince George Cougars both on and off the ice, as voted on by members of this year's team. Heidt had another impressive season for the Cougars, leading th...

PRINCE GEORGE- Over a week after the Cougars season has concluded, a number of their top players have joined their NHL teams American Hockey League (AHL) affiliated clubs for the remainder of their 2024-25 season.Earlier this week, Cougars Captain Riley Heidt joined the Iowa Wild, while last summers 17th overall pick i...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels is in the mix to play for Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships in Frisco and Allen, Texas.The 16-year-old Carels is one of 19 players who were named to the pre-tournament camp roster Saturday (April 12) with the tournament set to get underwa...

PRINCE GEORGE- With the Cougars season coming to an end earlier this week, it's also likely the end of Riley Heidt's illustrious junior hockey career in Prince George. The Cougars Captain played over 300 games for Prince George between the regular season and playoffs, and is the franchise's all-time assist leader."...

PRINCE GEORGE- Many of the Cougars leaders are still recovering from a heartbreaking Game 7 loss against the Portland Winterhawks on Monday (Apr. 9). Despite falling short in the first round, the Cats showed plenty of character battling back from a 3-1 deficit and shared mixed emotions following the end of their season...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Prince George Cougars 4-2 Monday night to win their first round best-of-seven playoff series 4-3.Terik Parascak and Lee Shurgot had the Cougars goals in a game Prince George outshot their visitors, 35-23.The announced attendance at CN Centre was 6,016.

PRINCE GEORGE- The Cougars have battled back from a 3-1 series deficit to force Game 7 against the Winterhawks at the CN Centre. The Cats have picked up two must win games to get here, demolishing Portland 7-2 in Game 5 and securing a 4-1 win on Sunday (Apr. 6) to force a do or die Game 7."The team has a lot of he...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars defeated the Portland Winterhawks 4-1 Sunday night to force a Game 7 in the first round best-of-seven series.Riley Heidt lead the Cougars with a hat trick with Ben Riche picking up the other Cougars goal.Riley Heidt now has eight points in five games in the series. Josh Ravensb...

PORTLAND - The Prince George Cougars live to see another day in the WHL playoffs after they scored four goals in the third period Friday (April 4) night in Portland.The fourth-seeded Cougars staved off elimination with a dominant 7-2 victory over the fifth-seeded Winterhawks to drag the first-round playoff series back ...

PORTLAND - It will be do or die for the Prince George Cougars Friday night in Portland.This after the Cats suffered a heartbreaking double overtime loss in Game 4 versus the Winterhawks Wednesday night, 5-4 in front of 3,929 fans at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.Diego Buttuzzoni scored the game winner at the 17:57 mar...

PORTLAND - The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Prince George Cougars 6-3 Tuesday night before 3,808 fans at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.With the win, Portland leads the best-of-seven series 2-1. The Winterhawks scored first and never looked back, leading 2-1 after the first period, 5-2 after the second period befo...

PRINCE GEORGE - A pair of Prince George Cougars have been named to the WHL's Western Conference Second All-Star-Team.They are goalie Josh Ravensbergen and defenceman Viliam Kmec. They were both chosen by WHL general managers.Ravensbergen posted a 33-13-3-1 record with a 3.01 goals against average and a .901 save percen...

PRINCE GEORGE- To open up the 2025 WHL Playoffs this past weekend, Cougars fans flooded the CN Centre for another edition of the Prince George Cougars and Portland Winterhawks rivalry."I've been a fan of junior hockey for a lot of years and I have never seen an arena or a town show up the way Prince George does,&q...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars' first round Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff series is tied 1-1. Following a dramatic third period rally to win game one 7-6 in overtime, the Cougars dropped game two to the Portland Winterhawks at home 5-2. The Winterhawks opened the scoring on the power play early in the ...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - It was a thrilling start to the Western Hockey League playoffs for the Prince George Cougars Friday night (March 28), as the Cougars came back from a three-goal, third-period deficit to defeat the Portland Winterhawks 7-6 in overtime of their first-round opener.Terik Parascak scored the winner - h...

PRINCE GEORGE- For the second year running, the Prince George Cougars and Portland Winterhawks will face off in the WHL Playoffs. Last season, the Winterhawks defeated the Cougars in a thrilling six game series to advance to the finals. This year, the Cats are looking for their revenge as they meet in the first round.&...

PRINCE GEORGE- After the Cougars final game of the 2024-25 regular season this past Saturday (Mar. 22), they wrapped up the night honouring the players that played their final regular season WHL game, with the selection of the three stars.The three stars of game 68 against the Royals, were Borya Valis, Villiam Kmec and...

PRINCE GEORGE - Koehn Ziemmer, the all-time leading goal scorer for the Prince George Cougars, scored the overtime winner to power his team to a 4-3 win against the Victoria Royals Saturday (March 22) night. The 20-year-old LA Kings prospect scored 2:14 into the extra period in his final WHL regular season game as the ...

PRINCE GEORGE - There will be no back-to-back BC Division titles for the Prince George Cougars, as they were doubled up by the Victoria Royals 6-3 Friday (March 21) at the CN Centre. The Royals claimed just their second B.C. Division title, and will finish second in the Western Conference. The Cougars will have to sett...

PRINCE GEORGE - An extra incentive to attend the Prince George Cougars game Saturday night (March 22).When the Cougars host the Victoria Royals in the final game of the regular season, not only is the BC Division on the line, but you have the chance to purchase a ticket for the MEGA 50/50 with 100% of local proceeds go...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Cougars have just two games remaining in the regular season but still have plenty to play for before the playoffs. This weekend they host the Royals who the Cats are tied with atop the B.C. Division, but Victoria have a game in hand."We've been going at it with Victoria all year. T...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars scored on their first shot of the game, and then avoided a late lapse, as they beat the Wenatchee Wild 5-3 Saturday (March 15) night.The win keeps the Cougars atop the BC Division standings going into the final week of the WHL regular season. The Cougars move to 86 points from ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars will have home ice in the first round of the WHL Playoffs, after a come-from-behind 4-2 win over Wenatchee Friday (March 14) night. Koehn Ziemmer scored twice as the Cougars moved two points ahead of Victoria for top spot in the BC Division, though the Royals have played two fe...

PRINCE GEORGE- Entering their final four games of the season, the Cougars are coming off a successful last road trip of the campaign, winning four of five away from the CN Centre.During the road trip, the Cats managed to defeat the WHL's best, Everett Silvertips at the Angel of the Winds Arena for the first time since ...

LANGLEY - The Vancouver Giants defeated the Prince George Cougars 3-1 in Langley Sunday afternoon before 3,919 fans at the Langley Events Centre.Borya Valis scored the Cougars lone goal, his 33rd of the season. The Cougars outshot the Giants 37-28 with Joshua Ravensbergen taking the loss in net.Vancouver's victory snap...

EVERETT, Wash. - The Prince George Cougars have won their seventh straight game as they beat the league-leading Everett Silvertips 4-3 Saturday (March 8) night. It's the Cougars' third 4-3 win on the trot and their first in Everett since Dec. 2019 - as they moved into the B.C. Division lead, following Victoria's 2-1 se...

WENATCHEE, Wash. - Make it six wins in a row for the Prince George Cougars, who got a little bit of help in their quest to catch the Victoria Royals for the BC Division lead.The Cougars held off a late comeback by the Wenatchee as they picked up a 4-3 win over the Wild Friday (March 7), while Victoria were blown out 9-...