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Showing their prospect depth, the Prince George Cougars announced on Thursday that 10 players in their development system will be on the ice at the Mac's Midget AAA Tournament. This tournament happens Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 in Calgary.

When the Northern Capitals step on the ice on Boxing Day in Calgary for their opening game at the Mac's Triple-A Midget Hockey Tournament, whether they like it or not, they'll be wearing targets on their backs.

At the most prestigious tournament of the season, nobody could keep up with the Northern Capitals.

It was not a great day Saturday for Megan Tandy of Prince George on the World Cup biathlon circuit but it certainly was for Julia Ransom, Tandy's teammate from Penticton.

Cougars goaltender Ty Edmonds is impressing the league and clawing away at his team's record books. The 1996-born Edmonds was named the Western Hockey League's goaltender of the week for the time spanning Dec.

They piled up 47 shots on one of the top teams in the B.C. Hockey League but not enough of those pucks went into the net to suit the Prince George Spruce Kings. That power-play failure didn't help the Kings' cause either.

Ty Pochipinski scored an unassisted power-play goal 10:54 into the second period to give the Cowichan Valley Capitals the lead and Justin Perron added to the count in the third period to help the Capitals defeat the Prince George Spruce Kings 4-2 Sat

Ty Edmonds is now officially on the Prince George Cougars' list of the all-time greatest puckstoppers.

The Prince George Cougars raided the tree Friday night in Kent, Wash. They unwrapped an early Christmas present which came disguised as a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds.

So far so good for the Prince George Spruce Kings. They kicked off a three-game, three-day roadtrip Friday night in Coquitlam with an 8-3 win over the Express.