VOLUME 25 | ISSUE 16

OFFICIAL KELOWNA ROCKETS

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6 kaedan korczak

kelowna rocketsvsprince george cougarsMONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019 | PROSPERA PLACE

KELOWNA ROCKETS VS PRINCE GEORGE COUGARSMonday, December 30, 2019 - 7:05 PM

Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC

NO. PLAYER POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB NO. PLAYER POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB

30 ROMAN BASRAN G L 6'3 190 Vancouver, BC Jul. 26/01 30 TYLER BRENNAN* G L 6'3 190 Winnipeg, MB Sept. 27/03**31 COLE SCHWEBIUS G L 6'0 181 Kelowna, BC Apr. 11/01 35 TAYLOR GAUTHIER G R 6'2 180 Calgary, AB Feb. 15/01

3 SEAN COMRIE* D R 6'1 170 Edmonton, AB Jan. 30/00 2 COLE MOBERG D R 6'2 185 North Vancouver, BC Oct. 17/00**4 DEVIN STEFFLER D R 6'2 187 Durango, CO Jul. 14/00 3 MARCO CRETA D L 5'9 164 Oak Bluff, MB May 18/006 KAEDAN KORCZAK D R 6'4 200 Yorkton, SK Jan. 29/01 4 ETHAN SAMSON* D R 6'1 195 Delta, BC Aug. 23/037 CONNER MCDONALD D R 6'0 192 Delta, BC May 31/99 8 NIKITA KRIVOKRASOV LW L 5'10 200 Westminster, CO Dec. 23/00**8 TREVOR WONG* LW L 5'8 154 Vancouver, BC May 4/03 9 TYSON UPPER LW L 5'10 165 Calgary, AB Dec. 23/01**9 MARK LIWISKI LW L 6'0 188 Dauphin, MB Aug. 8/01 11 JOSH MASER LW L 6'2 207 Houston, BC Jan. 18/99

11 PAVEL NOVAK* F R 5'10 170 Tabor, CZE Apr. 16/02 12 DAVIN GRIFFIN* LW L 5'10 157 Regina, SK Apr. 20/0214 ELIAS CARMICHAEL* D L 6'2 184 Langley, BC Mar. 18/03 14 BRENDAN BOYLE RW L 6'0 175 Vernon, BC Apr. 5/0115 DALLON WILTON RW L 6'2 222 Beausejour, MB Apr. 29/01 16 RYAN SCHOETTLER D L 5'10 175 Lloydminster, AB Jul. 25/9916 MICHAEL FARREN C R 5'11 162 Richmond, BC Apr. 19/00 17 JACK SANDER D L 6'1 185 Beaumont, AB May 1/0017 ALEX SWETLIKOFF C L 6'4 189 Kelowna, BC Jul. 6/01 19 ETHAN BROWNE C L 5'11 184 Sherwood Park, AB May 4/0118 JADON JOSEPH C R 6'1 172 Sherwood Park, AB May 22/99 20 ILIJAH COLINA C R 5'6 167 North Delta, BC Feb. 18/0019 ETHAN ERNST F R 6'0 178 Weyburn, SK Jan. 26/02 21 CONNOR BOWIE C R 6'3 200 Fort St. John, BC Apr. 10/0120 MATTHEW WEDMAN C L 6'3 196 Edmonton, AB May 25/99 22 CRAIG ARMSTRONG* C L 5'7 175 Crossfield, AB Jun. 3/ 0321 JAKE LEE D L 6'2 209 Sherwood Park, AB Jul. 13/01 23 FILIP KOFFER* RW L 5'10 150 Hradec Kralove, CZE Apr. 3/0122 DILLON HAMALIUK LW L 6'4 193 Leduc, AB Oct. 30/00** 25 MITCH KOHNER RW R 5'11 193 Rosemount, MN Feb. 11/0223 JAKE POOLE* F R 6'1 187 McAuley, MB Jun. 24/02 26 REID PEREPELUK RW R 6'3 215 Prince George, BC May 1/0024 KYLE TOPPING C L 6'0 189 Salt Spring Island, BC Nov. 18/99** 27 RHETT RHINEHART D R 6'3 200 Lloydminster, AB Nov. 27/01**26 LIAM KINDREE RW L 5'11 182 North Vancouver, BC Jan. 2/00 28 BLAKE EASTMAN* RW R 6'3 190 Ardrossan, AB May 5/0328 NOAH DOREY AP D L 5'11 168 Surrey, BC Jan. 21/03 29 VLADISLAV MIKHALCHUK RW R 6'3 176 Minsk BLR Oct. 16/99**29 NOLAN FOOTE LW L 6'4 200 Englewood, CO Nov. 29/00**

* Rookie** Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft StatusAP - Affiliate Player

President/GM: Bruce Hamilton GM & Head Coach: Mark LambAsst GM/ Dir. Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Associate Coach: Jason SmithHead Coach: Adam Foote Goaltending Coach: Taylor DakersAssistant Coach: Kris Mallette Dir. Player Development: Steve O'RourkeAssistant Coach: Vernon Fiddler Equipment Manager: Ramandeep (Chico) DhanjalSkills Development: Kim Gellert Athetic Therapist: Mike MatthiesAthletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer Director of Scouting: Bob SimmondsSkating Instructor: Evan MarbleGoaltender Coach: Adam BrownEquipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson

Referees: Mike LANGIN, Steve PAPP Rockets Next Home Game: Friday, January 3, 2020 vs. Victoria Royals (7:05 PM)Linesmen: Jade PORTWOOD, Cody WANNERVGJ: Barry Kennedy

StandingsWestern ConferenceU.S. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM RW ROW S/O Home Away P10 STK

1 Everett Silvertips 34 25 7 2 0 52 0.765 116 79 396 20 24 1-0 13-5-1-0 12-2-1-0 8-1-1-0 1-0-0-0

2 Portland Winterhawks 34 24 6 1 3 52 0.765 127 76 420 19 22 2-3 13-1-1-1 11-5-0-2 8-1-0-1 8-0-0-1

3 Spokane Chiefs 35 20 11 3 1 44 0.629 127 97 340 18 20 0-1 11-6-2-0 9-5-1-1 7-2-0-1 1-0-0-0

4 Tri-City Americans 33 12 16 4 1 29 0.439 85 118 479 9 10 2-1 6-8-3-1 6-8-1-0 1-7-2-0 0-6-2-0

5 Seattle Thunderbirds 34 13 18 2 1 29 0.426 90 127 519 9 10 3-1 7-10-1-0 6-8-1-1 5-5-0-0 0-1-0-0B.C. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM RW ROW S/O Home Away P10 STK

1 Kamloops Blazers 35 22 10 2 1 47 0.671 141 91 455 20 21 1-1 12-3-0-1 10-7-2-0 6-1-2-1 0-1-0-0

2 Kelowna Rockets 34 18 13 1 2 39 0.574 97 102 469 13 16 2-2 8-5-0-1 10-8-1-1 5-5-0-0 0-3-0-0

3 Victoria Royals 32 18 12 2 0 38 0.594 85 85 348 14 14 4-0 11-7-0-0 7-5-2-0 5-4-1-0 1-0-0-0

4 Vancouver Giants 34 17 15 1 1 36 0.529 90 90 416 14 16 1-1 8-6-1-0 9-9-0-1 5-5-0-0 3-0-0-0

5 Prince George Cougars 34 9 21 1 3 22 0.324 71 113 324 8 9 0-3 5-10-1-2 4-11-0-1 3-5-1-1 0-1-0-0Eastern ConferenceCentral DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM RW ROW S/O Home Away P10 STK

1 Edmonton Oil Kings 37 24 6 5 2 55 0.743 138 99 432 22 22 2-2 13-3-1-1 11-3-4-1 9-0-1-0 9-0-1-0

2 Lethbridge Hurricanes 37 22 10 0 5 49 0.662 144 101 403 19 21 1-5 11-5-0-4 11-5-0-1 5-3-0-2 2-0-0-0

3 Medicine Hat Tigers 35 23 10 1 1 48 0.686 148 107 319 19 19 4-1 11-4-1-0 12-6-0-1 6-3-0-1 1-0-0-1

4 Calgary Hitmen 32 16 11 4 1 37 0.578 109 100 430 12 16 0-1 8-6-1-1 8-5-3-0 3-5-2-0 0-1-1-0

5 Red Deer Rebels 34 12 19 0 3 27 0.397 97 140 483 9 12 0-3 5-9-0-3 7-10-0-0 5-5-0-0 0-2-0-0

6 Swift Current Broncos 33 7 23 1 2 17 0.258 66 143 327 4 6 1-2 5-9-0-1 2-14-1-1 1-9-0-0 0-1-0-0East DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM RW ROW S/O Home Away P10 STK

1 Prince Albert Raiders 35 20 11 3 1 44 0.629 124 93 373 17 19 1-1 10-5-2-0 10-6-1-1 4-6-0-0 0-4-0-0

2 Winnipeg ICE 35 21 13 1 0 43 0.614 123 128 332 14 18 3-0 12-5-0-0 9-8-1-0 8-2-0-0 2-0-0-0

3 Saskatoon Blades 35 17 15 1 2 37 0.529 102 118 405 14 16 1-2 8-5-1-2 9-10-0-0 5-4-0-1 3-0-0-0

4 Brandon Wheat Kings 35 15 17 1 2 33 0.471 126 112 432 12 13 2-2 7-7-1-2 8-10-0-0 4-4-0-2 0-2-0-0

5 Regina Pats 32 10 18 3 1 24 0.375 91 122 394 8 8 2-1 5-9-2-1 5-9-1-0 5-3-1-1 3-0-0-1

6 Moose Jaw Warriors 31 10 19 2 0 22 0.355 77 133 307 7 10 0-0 8-9-1-0 2-10-1-0 1-8-1-0 0-3-1-0x = Clinched Playoff Positiony = Teams who have clinched Division titlez = Regular Season Champion

Saturday, December 28 2019Red Deer 3 at Edmonton 8 FinalEverett 7 at Kamloops 5 FinalSwift Current 0 at Lethbridge 6 FinalCalgary 1 at Medicine Hat 3 FinalMoose Jaw 0 at Regina 5 FinalPrince Albert 3 at Saskatoon 6 FinalPortland 4 at Seattle 1 FinalTri-City 3 at Spokane 5 FinalKelowna 2 at Vancouver 6 FinalPrince George 1 at Victoria 5 FinalBrandon 2 at Winnipeg 3 Final

Monday, December 30 2019Lethbridge at Swift Current 7:00 pm CSTRegina at Brandon 7:00 pm CSTWinnipeg at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CSTEdmonton at Calgary 7:00 pm MSTEverett at Red Deer 7:00 pm MSTVictoria at Kamloops 7:00 pm PSTPrince George at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST

Tuesday, December 31 2019Brandon at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CSTSeattle at Portland 7:00 pm PSTSpokane at Tri-City 7:05 pm PST

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PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS vs KELOWNA ROCKETS Monday, December 30, 2019 – 7:00PM – Prospera Place

Prince George Cougars (9-21-1-3 – 22 points)

5th in B.C. Division | 9th in Western Conference Power Play: 20/132 – 15.1% (19th in WHL) Penalty Kill: 91/122 – 74.6% (19th in WHL)

Last Ten: 3-5-1-1 Streak: 0-1-0-0 GF: 71 GA: 113

PIM: 324

Kelowna Rockets (18-13-1-2 – 39 points) 2nd in B.C. Division | 5th in Western Conference

Power Play: 30/156 – 19.2% (14th in WHL) Penalty Kill: 121/150 – 80.7% (7th in WHL)

Last Ten: 5-5-0-0 Streak: 0-3-0-0 GF: 97 GA: 102

PIM: 469

TEAM NOTES PREPARED BY REGAN BARTEL OF AM 1150 Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets close out the 2019 calendar year with a date against the Prince George Cougars. The Rockets and Cougars are meeting for the 6th time this season. The Rockets are 4-1-0-0 in the opening five games, having out-scored their BC Division cousins 16-11. The Cougars make one more appearance at Prospera Place March 18th while the Rockets head up to CN Centre one final time for back-to-back games February 25th and 26th. The Rockets have lost three in a row after a 6-2 setback Saturday in Vancouver. Liam Kindree scored both goals in the team’s 20th road game of the season. The loss came on the heels of a 4-0 shutout loss to the Kamloops Blazers last Friday. Following tonight’s game, the Rockets ring in the New Year, January 3rd, against the visiting Victoria Royals before welcoming Vancouver Saturday before closing out the weekend Sunday, January 5th in Tri-City against the Americans.

Broadcasters Notebook: Liam Kindree’s two goals Saturday in Vancouver (Langley) was the first two-goal game of his career….Nolan Foote leads the team with 10 points (5+5=10) in the seasonal series against Prince George….Pavel Novak has 7 points (2+5=7) in the five games….Roman Basran started all five games against the Cougars, posting a goals-against-average of 1.81 with a save percentage of .938…Forward Matthew Wedman leads the WHL in penalty minutes with 68 followed by teammate Mark Liwiski with 64… Nolan Foote is playing for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships, becoming the 18th player in the organization to do so….10 of the Rockets last 13 games have been decided by one goal…The Rockets have played in 18-1 goal games this season, the most in the WHL….Nolan Foote was named the 25th captain in franchise history (Tacoma/Kelowna) October 18th…The Rockets have played in a Western Conference high 20 road games.

Elder Statesmen Added: Matthew Wedman was acquired in a trade with Seattle December 5th, showcased his talents in front of the home town faithful for the first time on December 18th. The 20-year-old led the T-Birds in scoring last season with 40+37=77 and played 275 games in a Seattle uniform. Twenty-year-old d-man Conner McDonald also made his debut December 18th with three assists in a 4-3 loss to visiting Vancouver. McDonald was obtained from the Edmonton Oil Kings. McDonald scored 19 goals back on the blue-line last season, which was the second-highest total only behind Giants rearguard Bowen Byram

ROCKETS STATISTICS LEADERS

ROCKETS SINGLE GAME SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

YEAR-BY-YEAR ROSTER BREAKDOWN

SERIES RECAP vs. COUGARS

OVERALL HOME AWAY 4-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-1-0-0

Oct. 4 @ Prince George 2-1 W Oct. 5 @ Prince George 4-1 L Oct. 23 @ Prince George 4-2 W Nov. 1 vs. Prince George 6-2 W Nov. 30 vs. Prince George 3-2 W Dec. 30 vs. Prince George 7:05PM Feb. 25 @ Prince George 7:00PM Mar. 18 vs. Prince George 7:05PM

LAST FIVE GAMES:

Dec. 13 @ Regina 4-3 L Dec. 14 @ Moose Jaw 5-4 OTW Dec. 18 vs. Vancouver 4-3 L Dec. 27 vs. Kamloops 4-0 L Dec. 28 @ Vancouver 6-2 L

NEXT FIVE GAMES: Jan. 3 vs. Victoria 7:05PM Jan. 4 vs. Vancouver 7:05PM Jan. 5 @ Tri-City 4:05PM Jan. 8 vs. Victoria 7:05PM Jan. 10 @ Kamloops 7:00PM

GOALS: ASSISTS: POINTS: ROOKIE POINTS:

+/-: PPG: PIM: GWG:

SV%: GAA: SOG:

MOST GOALS SCORED: MOST GOALS ALLOWED: MOST PP GOALS SCORED: MOST PP GOALS ALLOWED: MOST SHOTS ON NET: FEWEST SHOTS ON NET:

MOST SHOTS ALLOWED: FEWEST SHOTS ALLOWED: MOST GOALS (PLAYER): MOST ASSISTS (PLAYER): MOST POINTS (PLAYER): MOST SAVES (PLAYER):

GOALS: Foote (15) ASSISTS: Korczak (23) POINTS: Foote (33) ROOKIE POINTS: Novak (26)

+/-: McDonald (+13) PPG: Foote (8) PIM: Wedman (68) GWG: Foote (4)

SOG: Wedman (129) SV%: Basran (.913) GAA: Basran (2.61) SO: Basran, Schwebius (1)

MOST GOALS SCORED: 8 vs. SEA, Oct. 11 MOST GOALS ALLOWED: 8 vs. MH, Nov. 8 MOST PP GOALS SCORED: 3, multiple times MOST PP GOALS ALLOWED: 3 vs. MH, Nov. 8 MOST SHOTS ON NET: 42 vs. TC, Oct. 2 FEWEST SHOTS ON NET: 14 vs. VAN, Sept. 29

MOST SHOTS ALLOWED: 55 vs. SPO, Nov. 9 FEWEST SHOTS ALLOWED: 20 vs. TC, Oct. 2 MOST GOALS (PLAYER): 3 - Novak vs PG, Nov. 1 MOST ASSISTS (PLAYER): 4 - Topping vs SEA, Oct. 11

MOST POINTS (PLAYER): 4 - multiple players MOST SAVES (PLAYER): 49 - Schwebius vs. SPO, Nov. 9

20-year-olds (99) – Joseph, McDonald, Topping (injured), Wedman 19-year-olds (00) – Comrie, Farren, Foote, Hamaliuk, Kindree, Steffler 18-year-olds (01) – Basran, Korczak, Lee, Liwiski, Schwebius, Swetlikoff, Wilton 17-year-olds (02) – Ernst, Novak, Poole 16-year-olds (03) – Carmichael, Wong, Dorey AP

NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG PPG PPA SHG SHA OTG GWG29 25 15 18 33 6 49 89 8 10 0 1 1 46 34 5 23 28 2 10 104 1 8 1 1 1 1

11 26 13 13 26 -6 17 72 6 7 0 0 0 320 Matthew Wedman A (FLA '19) 28 9 14 23 -13 68 129 3 6 0 0 0 0

Kelowna 9 3 3 6 -3 27 33 2 1 0 0 0 0Seattle 19 6 11 17 -10 41 96 1 5 0 0 0 0

21 32 3 15 18 6 46 43 0 3 0 1 0 118 Jadon Joseph 32 8 9 17 -19 25 61 2 5 0 0 1 1

Kelowna 11 1 3 4 -2 4 18 0 2 0 0 0 0Moose Jaw 21 7 6 13 -17 21 43 2 3 0 0 1 1

16 30 5 11 16 3 40 40 1 1 1 0 0 022 27 8 7 15 3 20 54 3 2 0 0 1 217 34 8 6 14 -6 31 81 1 1 0 1 0 23 30 3 11 14 -9 31 48 1 8 0 0 0 0

24 14 5 8 13 0 14 35 2 4 0 0 0 126 26 6 7 13 3 23 42 2 1 2 0 0 17 Conner McDonald 18 2 9 11 13 22 58 0 3 0 0 0 1

Kelowna 3 0 3 3 0 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0Edmonton 15 2 6 8 13 16 48 0 3 0 0 0 1

9 34 4 6 10 1 64 46 0 0 1 0 0 023 30 3 5 8 0 4 19 1 1 0 0 0 019 29 1 7 8 1 7 24 0 3 0 0 0 08 33 3 2 5 -15 10 43 1 0 0 0 0 0

14 30 0 3 3 0 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 015 17 2 0 2 -2 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 04 34 0 2 2 -2 8 24 0 0 0 0 0 0

28 Noah Dorey* AP 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0NO. GP MIN SH SAV GAA SV% W L OTL SOL SOW SO PIM30 27 1492 748 683 2.61 .913 14 8 1 1 0 1 231 11 549 304 274 3.28 .901 4 5 0 0 0 1 0

When leading: 11 0 0 0 When Rockets score first: 14 3 0 0When losing: 3 8 0 0 When opposition scores first: 4 10 1 2When tied: 4 5 1 2

12 4 0 0When leading: 10 0 0 1 6 9 1 2When losing: 3 11 0 0 When shots are tied: 0 0 0 0When tied: 5 2 1 1

OTW SOW OTL SOL PP PPGF SHGA PP%8 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 Rockets 156 30 3 19.2

10 8 1 1 1 2 1 118 13 1 2 3 2 1 2 TSH PPGA SHGF PK%

Rockets 150 29 6 80.7Rockets vs. B.C. Division: 7 9 1 1Rockets vs. U.S. Division: 6 1 0 0 One goal games: 12 3 1 2Rockets vs. Central Division: 1 1 0 1 Two goal games: 1 1 0 0Rockets vs. East Division: 4 2 0 0 5 9 0 0

Liam Kindree

Jake Poole*

Devin Steffler

Mark Liwiski

Trevor Wong*

12/30/19PLAYER

Pavel Novak*

Kyle Topping A

Nolan Foote C (TBL '19)

Dillon Hamaliuk A (SJ '19)

Sean Comrie*

Kaedan Korczak (Vegas '19)

Michael Farren

Alex Swetlikoff

Jake Lee

Three or more goal games:

SITUATION

HOMEROADTOTAL

RECORD VERSUS DIVISIONS

SHORTHANDED

OVERALLL

Outshooting opponents:

Ethan Ernst

Cole SchwebiusROCKETS RECORD AFTER FIRST PERIOD

ROCKETS RECORD AFTER SECOND PERIOD

GOALTENDER

Outshot by opponents:

POWER PLAY

Dallon Wilton

Roman Basran

HOME AND AWAY RECORD

FIRST GOAL

ROCKETS SHOTS ON GOAL RECORD

SPECIALTY TEAMS

Elias Carmichael*

NO. FORWARDS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM NHL STATUS PRONUNCIATION8 Wong, Trevor* LW L 5'8 154 Vancouver, BC May 4/03 Greater Vancouver Canadians BCMML 34 12 30 42 35 Eligible 2021 wong9 Liwiski, Mark LW L 6'0 188 Dauphin, MB Aug. 8/01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 60 11 6 17 81 Eligible 2020 lew-es-ki

11 Novak, Pavel* F R 5'10 170 Tabor, CZE Apr. 16/02 Motor Ceske Budejovice U19 Czech U19 31 29 16 45 16 Eligible 2020 no-vack15 Wilton, Dallon RW L 6'2 222 Beausejour, MB Apr. 29/01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 61 4 5 9 25 Eligible 2020 wil-ton16 Farren, Michael C R 5'11 162 Richmond, BC Apr. 19/00 Saskatoon/Kelowna WHL 58 3 9 12 33 Eligible 2020 fare-en17 Swetlikoff, Alex C L 6'4 189 Kelowna, BC Jul. 06/01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 32 6 8 14 6 Eligible 2020 swet-lik-off18 Joseph, Jadon C R 6'1 172 Sherwood Park, AB May 22/99 Lethbridge/Regina/Vancouver WHL 68 22 31 53 36 Free Agent joseph19 Ernst, Ethan C R 6'0 178 Weyburn, SK Jan. 26/02 Kelowna Rockets WHL 61 1 5 6 2 Eligible 2020 earn-st20 Wedman, Matthew C L 6'3 196 Edmonton, AB May 25/99 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 19 6 11 17 41 FLA '19 wed-man22 Hamaliuk, Dillon LW L 6'4 193 Leduc, AB Oct. 30/00** Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 31 11 15 26 32 SJ '19 ham-a-look23 Poole, Jake* F R 6'1 187 McAuley, MB Jun. 24/02 Yellowhead Chiefs Midget AAA MMHL 48 40 41 81 58 Eligible 2020 pool24 Topping, Kyle C L 6'0 189 Salt Spring Island, BC Nov. 18/99** Kelowna Rockets WHL 68 23 46 69 69 Free Agent topp-ing26 Kindree, Liam RW L 5'11 182 North Vancouver, BC Jan. 2/00 Kelowna Rockets WHL 52 7 27 34 28 Eligible 2020 kin-dree29 Foote, Nolan LW L 6'4 200 Englewood, CO Nov. 29/00** Kelowna Rockets WHL 66 36 27 63 62 TB '19 footeNO. DEFENCE POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT PRONUNCIATION

3 Comrie, Sean* D R 6'1 170 Edmonton, AB Jan. 30/00 University of Denver NCAA 18 0 1 1 4 Eligible 2020 com-ree4 Steffler, Devin D R 6'2 187 Durango, CO July 14/00 Kelowna Rockets WHL 64 0 7 7 28 Eligible 2020 steff-ler6 Korczak, Kaedan D R 6'4 200 Yorkton, SK Jan. 29/01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 68 4 29 33 64 VGK '19 core-zack7 McDonald, Conner D R 6'0 192 Delta, BC May 31/99 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 68 19 31 50 58 Free Agent mick-don-ald

14 Carmichael, Elias* D L 6'2 184 Langley, BC Mar. 18/03 Burnaby Winter Club Prep CSSHL 27 3 11 14 14 Eligible 2020 car-michael21 Lee, Jake D L 6'2 209 Sherwood Park, AB Jul. 13/01 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 67 3 21 24 76 Eligible 2020 lee28 Dorey, NoahAP D L 5'11 168 Surrey, BC Jan. 21/03 West Van Academy Prep CSSHL 32 2 15 17 81 Eligible 2021 door-eeNO. GOALIES POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP MP GA SO SV% DRAFT PRONUNCIATION30 Basran, Roman G L 6'3 190 Vancouver, BC Jul. 26/01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 51 2645 123 2 0.906 Eligible 2020 baz-ran31 Schwebius, Cole G L 6'0 181 Kelowna, BC Apr. 11/01 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 17 895 58 0 0.886 Eligible 2020 sch-way-be-us

*Rookie**Late Birthday Affects NHL Draft Status AP - Affiliate Player

President/General Manager: Bruce Hamilton Goaltender Coach: Adam Brown CAPTAINCY Asst. GM/Dir. Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Athletic Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Hoyer C - Nolan FooteHead Coach: Adam Foote Skills Development: Kim Gellert A - Kyle Topping Assistant Coach: Kris Mallette Skating Instructor: Evan Marble A - Dillon HamaliukAssistant Coach: Vernon Fiddler Equipment Manager: Chaydyn Johnson A - Matthew Wedman

More information: www.pgcougars.com

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS (9-21-1-2 22 PTS) KELOWNA ROCKETS (18-13-1-2 39 PTS)

5th B.C. DIVISION | 10th WESTERN CONFERENCE 2nd B.C. DIVISION | 5th WESTERN CONFERENCE HOME: 5-10-1-2 | AWAY: 4-11-0-1 HOME: 8-5-0-1 | AWAY: 10-8-1-1 POWER-PLAY 20/132 15.2% (19th) POWER-PLAY 30/156 19.2% PENALTY-KILL 31/122 74.6% (20th) PENALTY-KILL 29/150 80.7%

LAST 10 3-5-1-1 STREAK 0-1-0-0 LAST 10 5-5-0-0 STREAK 0-3-0-0 LAST GAME: The Prince George Cougars had their three-game win streak come to an end on Saturday night after their 5-1 loss to the Victoria Royals at Save on Foods Memorial Centre. Nikita Krivokrasov scored four-minutes into the game to give the Cougars an early lead, but the Royals responded with five unanswered goals over the final two periods. Taylor Gauthier stopped 25 of 30 shots in the Cougars’ crease. The power-play went 0-6. The penalty-kill surrendered two power-play goals. The Cougars are now 1-3-0-3 against the Royals. TONIGHT: Tonight, is the Cougars 35th game of the season and their sixth against the Kelowna Rockets. The Cougars are looking for their second win against the Rockets this season and their fourth in the last five games overall. Prince George is 4-9-1-0 in their last 14 games in Kelowna. They’re 6-11-0-3 against the B.C. Division. SEASON SERIES: Tonight, is the sixth of nine meetings between the Cougars and Rockets. These two teams last met on November 30th, in Kelowna, with the Rockets skating away with a 3-2 victory. In that game, Prince George did erase a 2-0 deficit with goals from Josh Maser and Connor Bowie, but the Rockets scored the game-winner, on the power-play, courtesy of Nolan Foote in the third period. Foote has five goals against the Cougars this season, four on the power-play but he will be absent as he is playing for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Last season the Cougars were 6-2-1-0 against the Rockets. FIRST GOAL FOR EASTMAN: Cougars’ rookie forward Blake Eastman scored his first WHL goal in the team’s 4-3 win over the Everett Silvertips on Friday. Eastman, 16, scored the Cougars’ third goal, late in the first period. He had one assist in the previous 21 games before his milestone marker Friday. STREAKS: Ilijah Colina has five points (3-3-6) in the last four games. Colina is only four points off from matching his best output as a Cougar (16 ) set in the 2017-2018 season. That season split between Portland and Prince George, he had 31 points (11-20-31). Nikita Krivokrasov has three points (2-1-3) in his last four games. Since November 1st, Taylor Gauthier has played 15 games and sports a 2.79 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage; he also has one shutout. MILESTONES: Tyson Upper is played in his 100th career regular season game last night in Everett. Brendan Boyle is five games away from 100. Josh Maser is 10 games away from 200. INJURY REPORT: Ethan Browne (Personal).

More information: www.pgcougars.com

COUGARS SEASON LEADERS GOALS (16) Maser PPG (8) Maser WINS (6) Gauthier ASSISTS (15) Schoettler SHG (0) GAA (2.63) Brennan POINTS (25) Maser TOP ROOKIE (14) Koffer SV% (.911) Gauthier GWG (2) Bowie, Colina PIMS (46) Perepeluk

HEAD TO HEAD LEADERS

COUGARS GOALS (4) Maser GWG (1) Samson WINS (1) Brennan ASSISTS (4) Rhinehart PPG (3) Maser GAA (1.00) Brennan POINTS (5) Maser SHG (0) SV% (.963) Gauthier ROCKETS GOALS (5) Foote GWG (2) Novak WINS (4) Basran ASSISTS (5) Foote, Korczak PPG (4) Foote GAA (1.81) Basran POINTS (10) Foote SHG (1) Kindree SV% (.938) Basran

COUGARS SITUATIONAL RECORDS

LEADING AFTER 1: 8-4-1-2 2-GOAL GAMES: 3-3-0-0 LEADING AFTER 2: 6-0-1-1 3-GOAL GAMES: 2-6-0-0 TIED AFTER 1: 1-4-0-1 TUESDAY: 1-3-0-0 TIED AFTER 2: 3-5-0-2 WEDNESDAY: 0-2-1-0 TRAILING AFTER 1: 0-13-0-0 FRIDAY: 4-5-0-2 TRAILING AFTER 2: 0-16-0-0 SATURDAY: 3-9-0-1 OUT SHOOTING OPPONENTS: 1-7-0-1 SUNDAY : 1-1-0-0 OUT SHOT BY OPPONENTS: 7-14-1-2 WESTERN CONFERNCE: 9-18-1-3 1-GOAL GAME: 4-7-1-3 EASTERN CONFERENCE: 0-3-0-0

SEASON SERIES RECAP vs. VICTORIA OVERALL HOME AWAY 1-4-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 Oct 4th At Prince George 2-1 L Oct 5th At Prince George 4-1 W

Oct 23rd At Prince George 4-2 L Nov 1st At Kelowna 6-2 L

Nov 30th At Kelowna 3-2 L Dec 30th At Kelowna 7:05 pm Feb 25th At Prince George 7:00 pm Feb 26th At Prince George 7:00 pm Mar 18th At Kelowna 7:05 pm

LAST 5 GAMES Dec 28th 5-1 L at Victoria Dec 27th 4-3 W at Everett Dec 17th 1-0 W at Vancouver Dec 14th 4-2 W vs. Victoria Dec 13th 3-2 SOL vs. Victoria NEXT 5 GAMES Jan 3rd vs. EVT 7:00 pm Jan 4th vs. EVT 7:00 pm Jan 8th at REG 5:00 pm Jan 10th at PA 5:00 pm Jan 11th at SAS 5:00 pm

POS. # Name GP G A PTS +/- PIMS SOG PPG PPA GWG SHG OTG FG IG PTS-GLW 11 Maser, Josh 34 16 9 25 -13 41 121 8 2 0 0 0 6 2 0.74D 2 Moberg, Cole 30 4 14 18 -14 14 81 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.60D 16 Schoettler, Ryan 34 2 15 17 -10 14 69 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0.50LW 23 Koffer, Filip 31 4 10 14 -15 8 39 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.45C 20 Colina, Ilijah 25 6 6 12 -11 4 52 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0.48LW 9 Upper, Tyson 34 4 8 12 -9 16 72 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.35D 27 Rhinehart, Rhett 32 3 9 12 -10 18 58 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0.38C 21 Bowie, Connor 34 6 5 11 -6 12 51 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.32D 17 Sander, Jack 34 2 8 10 -12 12 57 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.29C 25 Kohner, Mitchell 34 5 4 9 -4 23 36 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.26LW 8 Krivokrasov, Nikita 23 5 3 8 1 15 33 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.35

32 Americans 10 2 2 4 -1 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.408 Cougars 13 3 1 4 2 2 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.31

RW 26 Perepeluk, Reid 29 4 4 8 -9 46 58 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.28C 19 Browne, Ethan 17 3 5 8 3 8 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0.47RW 29 Mikhalchuk, Vladislav 12 2 5 7 1 4 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.58C 22 Armstrong, Craig 34 0 5 5 -3 20 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.15G 35 Gauthier, Taylor 27 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.15D 3 Creta, Marco 30 0 3 3 -9 12 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.10

3 ICE 7 0 2 2 -1 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.293 Cougars 23 0 1 1 -8 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.04

RW 28 Eastman, Blake 23 1 1 2 -3 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.09D 4 Samson, Ethan 33 1 1 2 0 20 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.06RW 14 Boyle, Brendan 34 1 0 1 -2 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.03LW 12 Griffin, Davin 20 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

No. Goaltender GP MP SH SAV GA SO GAA SAV% W L OTL SOL SO-W SOGA SO%G 35 Gauthier, Taylor 27 1515 851 775 76 1 3.01 0.911 6 17 1 3 0 5 0.545G 30 Brennan, Tyler 8 410 198 180 18 0 2.63 0.909 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.000

OTHER 2 120 71 59 12 0 6.00 0.831 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.000EMPTY NET 16 17 4 4 14.27TOTALS 34 2045 1124 1014 110 1 3.20 0.902 9 21 1 3 0 5 0.545

1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTCOUGARS 26 20 24 1 71 316 324 272 12 924Opposition 22 54 33 1 113 383 356 368 17 1124

2.08 27.183.32 Average shots allowed per game: 33.06

Win Loss Win Loss OTL SOLCOUGARS 9 8 6 11 0 3Opposition 0 17 3 7 1 0

0 3 0 0Win Loss 0 0 0 0

Leading 8 7 5 10 1 2Trailing 0 13 4 11 0 1Tied 1 5 1 1

0 3Win Loss 9 21 1 3

Leading 6 2Trailing 0 16 PPGF OPP SHGA PCT%Tied 3 7 20 132 2 15.2%

PPGA TSH SHGF PCT%Win Loss 31 122 0 74.6%

Outshooting 1 8Outshot 7 17Tied 1 0

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FORWARDS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT8 Krivokrasov, Nikita LW L 5'10 200 Westminster, CO 2000-12-23 Corpus Christi IceRays NAHL 32 7 6 13 86 Eligible '209 Upper, Tyson** LW L 5'10 165 Calgary, AB 2001-12-23 Prince George Cougars WHL 67 5 12 17 17 Eligible '20

11 Maser, Josh LW L 6'2 207 Houston, BC 1999-01-18 Prince George Cougars WHL 61 30 12 42 69 Free Agent12 Griffin, Davin* LW L 5'10 157 Regina, SK 2002-04-20 Saskatoon Contacts SMHL 43 20 26 46 26 Eligible '2014 Boyle, Brendan RW L 6'0 175 Vernon, BC 2001-04-05 Prince George Cougars WHL 58 0 3 3 12 Eligible '2019 Browne, Ethan C L 5'11 184 Sherwood Park, AB 2001-05-04 Prince George Cougars WHL 57 9 22 31 20 Eligible '2020 Colina, Ilijah C R 5'6 167 North Delta, BC 2000-02-18 Prince George Cougars WHL 39 6 6 12 2 Eligible '2021 Bowie, Connor C R 6'3 200 Fort St. John, BC 2001-04-10 Prince George Cougars WHL 64 3 2 5 21 Eligible '2022 Armstrong, Craig* C L 5'7 175 Crossfield, AB 2003-06-03 Edge School CSSHL 29 12 16 28 44 Eligible '2123 Koffer, Filip* RW L 5'10 150 Hradec Kralove, CZE 2001-04-03 HC Dynamo Pardubice CZE U19 34 10 28 38 34 Eligible '2025 Kohner, Mitch RW R 5'11 193 Rosemount, MN 2002-02-11 Prince George Cougars WHL 49 0 5 5 35 Eligible '2026 Perepeluk, Reid RW R 6'3 215 Prince George, BC 2000-05-01 Prince George Cougars WHL 55 2 5 7 58 Eligible '2028 Eastman, Blake* RW R 6'3 190 Ardrossan, AB 2003-05-05 OHA Edmonton Elite 15's CSSHL 33 23 12 35 32 Eligible '2129 Mikhalchuk, Vladislav RW R 6'3 176 Minsk, BLR 1999-10-16 Prince George Cougars WHL 68 25 25 50 36 Free Agent

DEFENCE POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT2 Moberg, Cole** D R 6'2 185 North Vancouver, BC 2000-10-17 Prince George Cougars WHL 61 13 27 40 36 CHI '193 Creta, Marco D L 5'9 164 Oak Bluff, MB 2000-05-18 Regina Pats / Kootenay ICE WHL 61 4 14 18 66 Eligible '204 Samson, Ethan* D R 6'1 195 Delta, BC 2003-08-23 Delta Hockey Academy 15's CSSHL 33 7 17 24 58 Eligible '21

16 Schoettler, Ryan D L 5'10 175 Lloydminster, AB 1999-07-25 Prince George Cougars WHL 67 4 28 32 30 Free Agent17 Sander, Jack D L 6'1 185 Beaumont, AB 2000-05-01 Prince George Cougars WHL 59 2 5 7 10 Eligible '2027 Rhinehart, Rhett** D R 6'3 200 Lloydminster, AB 2001-11-27 Prince George Cougars WHL 68 5 19 24 83 Eligible '20

GOALTENDERS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 18-19 SEASON LEAGUE GP MP AVG SO SV% DRAFT30 Brennan, Tyler* ** G L 6'3 190 Winnipeg, MB 2003-09-27 Rink Hockey Academy CSSHL 19 1092 2.69 2 .909 Eligible '2235 Gauthier, Taylor G R 6'2 180 Calgary, AB 2001-02-15 Prince George Cougars WHL 55 3101 3.25 3 .899 Eligible '20

* RookieAthletic Therapist: Mike Matthies ** Late Birthday Affects DraftDirector of Scouting: Bob Simmonds

Dir. Player Development: Steve O'Rourke

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS 2019-2020 ROSTER

Equipment Manager: Ramandeep (Chico) Dhanjal Associate Coach: Jason SmithGoaltending Coach: Taylor Dakers

GM & Head Coach: Mark Lamb

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