The Prince George Cougars defeated the Kelowna Rockets in a close game, showing the strength of their defensive strategy.
In their last game before the Christmas break, the Prince George Cougars proved that defence is the best offence. Defencemen Villiam Kmec and Carson Carels both scored goals, leading the Cougars to a 5-3 victory over the Kelowna Rockets in Kelowna on Tuesday. Kmec had a two-goal game and also added two assists. He ended a 2-on-1 rush into the Kelowna zone with a shot from the circle that beat goalie Rhett Stoesser for the game-winner, 11:20 into the third period.
Terik Parascak sealed the victory with an empty-net goal in the final minute. Kmec also set up rookie Carels for his fourth goal of the season, which tied the game eight minutes into the second period. Then it was Kmec's turn a couple of minutes later when he joined the rush and scored with one second left on a Cougars' power play to make it a 3-2 game. Rockets forward Brett Calhoun tied it up before the period ended on a play set up by Andrew Cristall, who scored his 23rd and 24th goals to give the Rockets a 2-1 lead five minutes into the period. Matteo Danis also scored for the Cougars, who improved to 18-9-3-2. Prince George leads the BC Division and ranks second in the Western Conference. The Rockets (13-14-2-1) remained fourth in the BC Division. The Cougars outshot the Rockets 34-30. Cougars goalie Josh Ravensbergen improved his record to 15-4-3-1. He also picked up his third assist of the season, starting the play that led to Kmec's first goal. The win evened the Cats' road record to .500 at 8-8-0-0, one of their goals when they left Prince George a week ago to start their four-game road trip. They started with a 4-3 shootout win in Tri-City, lost 4-1 in Portland, then defeated Spokane 3-1. LOOSE PUCKS: The Rockets were missing four regulars out of the lineup. Defenceman Caden Price is with Canada's world junior team, while defenceman Marek Rocak and left winger Jakob Stancl will be playing for Czechia at the tournament that starts Dec
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