Tri-City Americans drop second game in a row at Prince George
Jordan Topping and Morgan Geekie each had a goal and an assist, but for the second night in a row, the Tri-City Americans dropped a game at Prince George.
The Cougars got goals from five players in their 5-3 victory over the Americans on Wednesday.
Ty Edmonds finished with 22 saves as PG (24-8-2-0, 50 points) increased its lead in the B.C. Division to eight points over Kamloops.
In the U.S. Division, the Americans (19-13-3-0, 41 points), who play at Everett on Friday, trail the first-place Silvertips by eight points. Tri-City’s lead over No. 3 Portland shrank to two points.
After trailing 2-0 in the first period, the Americans got a goal from Geekie to close out the period. Michael Rasmussen scored 19 seconds into the second period to knot the score at 2.
Brogan O’Brien gave the Cougars a 3-2 lead before Topping scored at 13:26 to even things out. But Prince George scored the next two goals to improve to 3-0 against Tri-City this season.
Rylan Parenteau finished with 32 saves for the Americans, who were outshot 37-25.
The Americans, whose power play ranks third in the Western Hockey League, went 0-for-4 on the night. But their penalty kill, which ranks fifth in the league, was 6-for-7.
Cougars 5, Americans 3
Tri-City | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 |
Prince George | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
First — 1, PG, Morrison 14 (McDonald, Collins), 11:08. 2, PG, Bethune 11 (Gabrielle, McAuley), 11:47. 3, TC, Geekie 18 (Topping, Lukin), 17:57. Penalties — Khomenko, PG (hooking), 7:28; Rasmussen, TC (delay of game), 13:01; Olson, TC (tripping), 14:50.
Second — 4, TC, Rasmussen 23 (Yorke, Wotherspoon), :19. 5, PG, O’Brien 5 (Ruopp), 2:00. 6, TC, Topping 3 (Geekie, Coghlan), 13:26. 7, PG, Guhle 8 (Bethune, McAuley), 16:31. Penalties — Morrison, PG (hooking), 8:51; Guhle, PG (roughing), 10:53; Rasmussen, TC (goaltender interference), 15:59; Olson, PG (cross-checking), 15:59.
Third — 8, McDonald 8 (Guhle, O’Brien), 5:08 (pp). Penalties — Focht, TC (high-sticking), 1:56; Wotherspoon, TC (slashing), 4:37; Bafaro, TC (tripping), 7:52; Yorke, TC (charging), 8:47; PG bench (too many men, served by Maser), 11:38; Geekie, TC (high-sticking), 12:23; O’Brien, PG (goaltender interference), 17:24.
Shots — TC 5-11-9 — 25. PG 14-9-14 — 37. Power plays — TC 0-4. PG 1-7. Goalies — TC, Parenteau 10-6-1-0 (37 shots-32 saves). PG, Edmonds 19-5-1-0 (25-22). Referees — Mike Campbell and Dexter Rasmussen. A — 2,855.
This story was originally published December 15, 2016 at 3:26 PM with the headline "Tri-City Americans drop second game in a row at Prince George."