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We miss you all and hope to see your smiling faces in the stands next season. We look forward to having our fans back with us and cheering on the team. BC HUB REVIEW - AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK LAMB The 2021 B.C. Division Hub season is first got into the hub. We were such a in the B.C. Hub, and the second-youngest one no one will soon forget and that’s true young team and many of our players I team in the WHL. Their roster featured 10 for Prince George Cougars’ General hadn’t seen for such a long time or for the rookies, which included seven Manager & Head Coach Mark Lamb. first time ever. We had such a long off 16-year-olds. One of those seven The Cougars, along with the four other season coming into [the season] with the 16-year-olds was Riley Heidt, who was not B.C. Division teams, played the 22-game pandemic, so it all was an unknown.” only the second overall pick in the 2020 season out of two centres in The Cougars finished fourth in the B.C. WHL Draft but didn’t turn 16 until two days and . The Cougars, Kamloops Division with a 9-10-2-1 record. They before the season began. The young Blazers, and Vancouver Giants were ended the season with a loss to the players made a good first impression on based out of the in but Lamb says there their coach. Kamloops. The Kelowna Rockets and were plenty of positives to take out of the “I think they were excellent. Potential Victoria Royals were housed in Kelowna. season, “There’s a lot of different ways to wise, they have a very high ceiling. Lamb says he came into the two-month look at success. Of course, when you look Through the hub, I’ve seen our young season with an open mind, “My at your record, you always want it to be players do things I haven’t seen young expectations were wide open when we better than five hundred, that’s the players do in a long, long time,” said Lamb. competitive part of “With that being said, lots of things can hockey. As the happen in hockey. Can they keep doing season progressed, that, can they keep improving, can they our team really keep improving over the summer?” gelled. I’ve seen a lot The young core certainly had an of positives with the immediate impact. 16-year-old Koehn whole group. I saw Ziemmer finished second in team scoring our veterans from with nine goals and 12 points in 22 games. the previous season He was third in scoring among rookies in build really good the B.C. Division. Fellow 16-year-old Kyren chemistry with our Gronick had 11 points (5g-6a) in 17 rookies and I think games, and 16-year-old Keaton we became a team Dowhaniuk was the Cougars’ third-highest that could win scoring defenceman. He also had a games against four-point game against the Blazers on anybody.” April 28th. The Cougars were Continued on next page. Rookie Koehn Ziemmer battles for a puck. Ziemmer finished second in team the youngest team scoring as a 16-year old. Continued from previous page. overage spots, the off-season will be busy for the team’s “Where we are with our cycle, we’re in a spot to play a lot of General Manager but a challenge he embraces, “There’s going younger players. We didn’t have a huge older core, so our to be lots of accountability, we’re going to get better every day younger guys had to come in and play certain roles right away. and there’s no looking backwards,” said Lamb. “At the start of What we did as a coaching staff was to give everyone an the season, we told our players to be prepared to find a role. opportunity, regardless of experience. Development wise, you They certainly did that within our team concept and there’s going need to be put into game situations, different situations to grow to be some hard decisions to make, but we’re happy to make as a player. Our group grew a lot and worked through those them as it’s going to make us a better hockey team for next experiences,” commented Lamb. season.” With an influx of more talent next year from the 2019 and The outlook is promising for the Cougars as they head into 2020 WHL Draft class, and a decision with the team’s three the 2021-22 season. The north is certainly on the uprise.

COUGARS’ 2021 SEASON THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS Thank you to the partners who supported the Cougars during BY THE NUMBERS this once in a lifetime season. 3 - Connor Bowie led the team with three - Brownridge Insurance - Crossroads Brewing & powerplay goals. - Northern Mat and Bridge Distillery 4 - Forwards Craig Armstrong and Jonny - Dean Birks - McDonalds Hooker, along with defenceman Keaton - Pizza 73 - BC Corrections Dowhaniuk each recorded four points in a - KPMG - Datoff Construction game this season. - Taco Del Mar - Chieftain Auto Parts 4 - Number of goals scored by Craig - Tim Horton’s - Hockey Gives Blood Armstrong on April 12th against Vancouver. - Signtek - Pittman Asphalt Armstrong was the first Cougar to score - Yeti Refrigeration - Subway four goals in a single game since Josh Maser - MNP - Re/Max during the 2017-18 season. - TLC Communications 5 - The Cougars scored five shorthanded We can’t wait to have you back in the CN Centre next season! goals. Kyren Gronick, Craig Armstrong, Connor Bowie, Fischer O’Brien, and Keaton Dowhaniuk all scored while on the penalty kill. 6 - Riley Heidt and Kyren Gronick led all Cougars’ rookies with six assists each. 8 - The number of rookies who recorded their first career WHL point this season. 9 - Rookie Koehn Ziemmer led the team in goals with nine. Ziemmer is the first rookie since Brett Connolly in 2008-09 to finish the season with the team lead in goals. 11 - Defenceman Ethan Samson led the Cougars with 11 assists. 26 - Jack Sander was named the 26th Captain in franchise history prior to the start of the season. 53 - The Cougars won 53% of their faceoffs this season, a 5% improvement over their 2019-20 mark. 54 - Riley Heidt led all Cougars’ rookies Craig Armstrong scores one of his four goals of the night against the Vancouver Giants with a 54% faceoff winning percentage. 61 - Connor Bowie led the team with a 61% MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE COUGARS’ faceoff winning percentance. 150 - Taylor Gauthier played in his 150th SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS DURING THE WHL game on May 5th and earned a 3-0 shutout. SUMMER FOR ALL THE UPDATES. 200 - Jack Sander took part in his 200th WHL game on the same night as Gauthier’s 150th contest. Prince George Cougars Hockey Club 250 - Mark Lamb earned his 250th WHL win as a Head Coach against Victoria on April 26th. @PGCougars

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