Tag: Prince George Cougars

The WHL has made their decision on the playing status of two Prince George Cougars.

"In playoff hockey, you got to play for keeps, and I thought we were casual. We get up two, it tricks you, you think it's going to be alright, we've been playing pretty good. You can't do that in playoffs, you can do that and maybe get away with it in October, but you certainly can't in the playoffs against a very good team."

"They pushed for sure, they're a good team, but really important for our group to come out and be prepared off the get go, and get two shorties right off the bat, everybody's starting to feel good about themselves, stay disciplined again here for the most part of the night, great effort in two games now," said Cougars Assistant Coach Carter Rigby on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.

"I think coming out of the last series, we wanted to get over here early and get ourselves organized and rested, and make sure we started on time, and I think that's what we did tonight," said Cougars Associate Coach Jim Playfair on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.

"Really nice to go up 2-0. We bent and bent, and we didn't break and we won the game," said Cougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lamb on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.

It came down to the last game in the WHL 2025-26 regular season to determine which team the Prince George Cougars would face in the first round of the playoffs.

The Prince George Cougars delivered a dagger to the Victoria Royals, eliminating their division foes from playoff contention with a 2-1 win.

It wasn't pretty, but the the Prince George Cougars finished third in the WHL Western Conference after a 4-3 shootout victory over the Victoria Royals, in front of 4,225 fans at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.