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Written by Citizen Staff
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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PRINCE GEORGE -- The Cougars are fresh off their second home doubleheader sweep of the season, beating Chilliwack 4-1 and 4-3, the latter in a shootout. Last season, the team didn't sweep a single two-game set at home -- and there are 11 of those situations left on the schedule this season... C Cody Rainaldi was sent to Portland on Monday, reducing the roster to 24 active players. Only C Marcus Watson, who is home in California recovering from leg surgery, is injured... With a healthy lineup, four players will be numbers scratches tonight... After tonight, the Cougars head south for a Friday game in Kamloops and a Saturday date in Kelowna. Following a brief stop in P.G., the Cats head on a seven-game trip with stops in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Cranbrook and Spokane. One-quarter of the team's road schedule is done before the next home date, Oct. 29 against Prince Albert... LW Colby Kulhanek doesn't have a goal -- he almost had a crucial empty-netter -- but he is an impressive plus-6 through six games... D Dallas Jackson is on top in points with nine (four goals, five assists) in six games. He leads the club in goals, assists, points and power-play goals, and the 19-year-old is tied for fourth in penalty minutes with 14.
PRINCE ALBERT -- The Raiders don't exactly have an easy schedule coming up, either. Tonight starts a six-game trip through B.C., with further games in Chilliwack, Vancouver, Kamloops, Kelowna and Cranbrook, home of the Kootenay Ice. The Raiders are coming off off a 5-4 overtime win on home ice over Medicine Hat, and have won three of their past four outings... If the Raiders' bus driver gets lost, Garrett Thiessen can help. The P.G. minor hockey product, traded to Prince Albert by the Cougars last month, is coming off one of his best statistical games in the WHL -- he had two assists and was plus-2 in a 3-2 loss to Tri-City last weekend. Not only was it his first multi-point game, but it was also the first time he was plus-2 or better in a game... A tip of the cap to Raiders 16-year-old Ryan Aasman, the team's first-round bantam pick from 2007, who is expected to play tonight. Aasman, a defenceman, lost his father Tony to cancer on Sept. 17. Tony was well-known in minor hockey circles for his coaching work out of Medicine Hat. "My mom pretty much well told me to leave," said Aasman with a chuckle, in the Prince Albert Daily Herald. "It was just time to get back, time to get on with things."
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