Prince George Cougars at Portland Winterhawks: Preview, updates, chat, how to listen and watch

The (24 10 1 1) take on the (28 10) in Western Hockey League action. Saturday, January 6, 6pm PST. You can stream the game via the and audio. After the Winterhawks go for their 5th straight win. They’ll also be looking to hang onto 1st place in the US Division, as they’re currently a point ahead of Wenatchee.

This is the last game before the trade deadline, so this might be the Winterhawks’ final game with this look. Klassen and Davies both have 10 game point streaks; it’s hard to see Portland winning if they aren’t at 11 by the end of the game. Klassen has been caught from behind in the scoring race and is now tied for 3rd.

Chyzowski has a 4 game streak, Zakreski a 3 game streak. Nguyen’s 2 shorthanded goals, including the late one to tie it, were instrumental in the win over Everett Friday. Klassen (64 points/36 games), Stefan (51/35), Davies (46/32), Nguyen (33/34), O’Brien (31/35). Massey has been added to the roster; what the significance of that is remains to be seen.

Alscher won a bronze medal with Team Czechia at the World Juniors Friday. With no roster changes Portland will have five 19 year olds on his return. That isn’t ideal for the development of Ravndahl and Alex Thompson, but they might decide that they got their development minutes in the first half of the season and now it’s time to go for a banner.

Cagnoni (42/34), Sotheran (21/34), Ryder Thompson (13/35). Brunen Apparently that day came and he was the backup goalie Friday. That makes the signing and addition to the roster of Schlenker a little curious, but there may be more to play out in the next week. Špunar .929, Avakyan .863, Maric .867, Brunen .860.

They have the league’s best record (by points; 2nd in percentage) and the best goal differential, the only team better than Portland. They’re not at their best, missing three key pieces. LA Kings draft pick Koehn Ziemmer is out very long term and won’t be back until just right before the playoffs or even later.

Forward Ondrej Becher and defenseman Viliam Kmec just finished their World Junior duties, Becher winning a bronze medal with Alscher, and probably won’t be back until next week. But after coming back from the break with a hiccup against Edmonton, they’ve won four in a row. They won in Seattle Friday 2 1, Ephram McNutt scoring the winner halfway through the 3rd.

Heidt (2nd round pick of the Minnesota Wild) and Funk are 1 2 in the league in scoring. Parascak is 7th. They acquired Valis from Regina last week. He had a 10 game point streak when he arrived, and he’s added two games onto it with the Cougars. Heidt (70/36), Funk (69/38), Parascak (58/38), Becher (45/30), Valis (36/37).

Pauls was recently acquired from Lethbridge as their third 20 year old. He’s not known for scoring but has points in all four games with the Cougars. Thornton (41/38), Kmec (20/30), Dumanski (16/38). Canucks draft pick Young started the season as the number one, then rookie Ravensbergen has played terrifically, and they’ve split the minutes almost equally.

Young started Friday so it will probably be Ravensbergen in this one. Young .896, Ravensbergen .927..