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Cougars skate past Thunderbirds in overtime

Published 10:30 am Monday, February 24, 2020

The Thunderbirds’ Mekai Sanders maneuvers the puck up the ice as the Cougars’ Majid Kaddoura defends during WHL play Sunday at the accesso ShoWare Center. COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse, T-Birds

The Thunderbirds’ Mekai Sanders maneuvers the puck up the ice as the Cougars’ Majid Kaddoura defends during WHL play Sunday at the accesso ShoWare Center. COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse, T-Birds

The Prince George Cougars defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 in overtime Sunday night at the accesso ShoWare Center.

The T-Birds (23-28-4-3) remain in the second wild-card playoff spot in the WHL’s Western Conference, two points behind the Kelowna Rockets (24-26-2-3) for the first wild-card spot. The Rockets have two games in hand on the T-Birds, with the teams meeting on March 6 in Kelowna in their fourth and final game of the season.

Prince George went in front 1-0 on a power-play goal by Vladislav Mikhalchuk at 12:13 of the second period.

Seattle tied the game 1-1 on a power-play goal by Jared Davidson at 14:17 of the third period. Owen Williams passed the puck from the left point to Keltie Jeri-Leon at the right point. Jeri-Leon skated towards the slot and then dished the puck to Davidson in the right circle. Davidson one-timed the pass and beat Prince George goalie Taylor Gauthier over the glove for his eighth goal of the season.

Josh Maser scored at 4:41 of overtime to win the game for Prince George.

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The T-Birds travel to Spokane on Friday to take on the Chiefs at 7:05 p.m. The T-Birds host Portland at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Single-game tickets are on sale online and at the ShoWare box office.

Fans who purchase the 24-flex ticket package will be able to select any available premium seat for any game, in any ticket combination, during the 2019-20 season.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period – No scoring. Penalties – Gottfried, Sea (tripping), 3:38.

Second period – 1, Prince George, Mikhalchuk 9 (Schoettler, Hooker), 12:13 (pp). Penalties – Hooker, PG (interference), :51. Roulette, Sea (tripping), 11:43.

Third period – 2, Seattle, Davidson 8 (Jeri-Leon, Williams), 14:17 (pp). Penalties – Bruggen-Cate, Sea (holding), 3:07. Hooker, PG (charging), 12:38.

Overtime – 3, Prince George, Maser 24 (Schoettler, Mikhalchuk), 4:41. Penalties – No penalties.

Shots on goal – Seattle 8-11-5-2 26, Prince George 5-13-11-3 32. Goalies – Seattle, Ross 32 shots-30 saves (19-19-3-4); Prince George, Gauthier 26-25 (13-24-3-4). Power plays – Seattle 1-2; Prince George 1-3. Referees – Kevin Bennett, Chris Crich. Linesmen – Kris Delany, Tim Plamondon.

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