Wheat Kings, Cougars have had their battles
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Here is a capsule look at the last three times the Prince George Cougars visited the Brandon Wheat Kings.
2023-24
Prince George 3, Brandon 2 (OT)
Prince George Cougars forward Koehn Ziemmer (13) tries to break between Brandon Wheat Kings forwards Caleb Hadland (10) and Rylen Roersma (18) during Western Hockey League action in Brandon on Nov. 1, 2023. The Brandon duo were able to knock the puck away. Prince George won the game 3-2 in overtime. (Perry Bergson/The Brandon Sun)
• Date: Nov. 1, 2023.
• BWK goal scorers: Jayden Wiens, Nate Danielson.
• Prince George scorers: Arjun Bawa, Riley Heidt, Bauer Dumanski.
• BWK goalie: Carson Bjarnason.
• Prince George goalie: Ty Young.
• Shots: 31-26 PG.
• PP: BWK 0-7. PG 0-5.
• Attendance: 2,021.
• RECAP: Prince George led 1-0 and 2-1, with Brandon tying both times. Dumanski then scored the unassisted winner 4:37 into overtime. The game featured the second-ever matchup between step-brothers Kayden Sadhra-Kang of the Wheat Kings defenceman and Arjun Bawa of the Cougars, and their parents were in attendance.
2019-20
Brandon 4, Prince George 0
• Date: Jan. 15, 2020.
• BWK goal scorers: Chad Nychuk, Duncan Pierce, Connor Gutenberg, Marcus Sekundiak.
• Prince George scorers: None.
• BWK goalie: Jiri Patera
• Prince George goalie: Taylor Gauthier.
• Shots: 41-21 BWK.
• PP: BWK 1-6. PG 0-4.
• Attendance: 2,506.
• RECAP: Two months before COVID hit, Patera stopped all 21 shots he faced and Nychuk scored the winner midway through the first period. Clinging to the one-goal lead, Brandon scored three goals in eight minutes in the third period to put the game away.
2017-18
Prince George 3, Brandon 2
• Date: Feb. 2, 2018.
• BWK goal scorers: Evan Weinger, Linden McCorrister.
• Prince George scorers: Ilijah Colina (2), Jared Bethune.
• BWK goalie: Logan Thompson.
• Prince George goalie: Isaiah DiLaura.
• Shots: 32-30 PG.
• PP: BWK 1-3. PG 0-2.
• Attendance: 4,085.
• RECAP: Brandon led 1-0 and 2-1 but Bethune tied the game 7:54 into the third period and Colina’s second goal of the game was the winner at the 17:37 mark.