Prince George 3 Calgary 1

Prince George, BC – Drew Owsley made 37 saves to back stop the Prince George Cougars to a 3-1 win over the visiting Calgary Hitmen Wednesday night at CN Centre.

Troy Bourke, John Odgers and Austin Daae all scored for Prince George who built period leads of 1-0 and 2-1.

Cody Sylvester, with his 14th goal of the season, scored the lone Calgary marker as the Hitmen opened a five road trip through the BC Division.

Calgary’s top pick, and the number one overall selection in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft, Jake Virtanen made his regular season debut.  The 15-year-old was summoned from the Fraser Valley Bruins where he leads the BC Major Midget team in scoring with 33 points in 24 games.

 
Calgary, 17-16-2-1 on the season, will return to action Friday night in Kamloops against the BC Division leading Blazers.

Internet Broadcast on sportsnet960.ca starts at 8:00 p.m. MST.

Calgary Hitmen 1 at Prince George Cougars 3
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - CN Centre - Prince George, BC

Calgary 0 1 0 - 1
Prince George 1 1 1 - 3

1st Period
1, Prince George, Bourke 9 (Fraser, Asuchak), 9:25.
Penalties-Asuchak P.g (hooking), 2:53; Cheek Cal (roughing), 4:29; Forsberg P.g (tripping), 4:29; Smith P.G. (roughing), 4:29; Brassart Cal (hooking), 6:17; Rissling Cal (interference), 11:19; Brassart Cal (embellishment), 19:00; Smith P.g (roughing), 19:00.

2nd Period
2, Calgary, Sylvester 14 (Bubnick), 14:56.
3, Prince George, Odgers 1 (Smith), 17:52.
Penalties-Rissling Cal (tripping), 0:56; Cheek Cal (roughing), 8:26; Carlson P.g (roughing), 8:26; Brassart Cal (holding), 15:35.

3rd Period
4, Prince George, Daae 1 (Belter, Carlson), 9:41.
Penalties-Virtanen Cal (roughing), 7:51; Fraser P.g (roughing), 7:51; Rissling Cal (roughing), 10:33; Elynuik P.g (roughing), 10:33; Springer P.g (roughing), 10:33; Smith P.g (tripping), 13:41.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 14-11-13-38. Prince George 13-9-8-30.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 0 / 4; Prince George 0 / 4.
Goalies-Calgary, Glover 8-8-0-0 (30 shots-27 saves). Prince George, Owsley 12-18-0-1 (38 shots-37 saves).
A-2,532
Referees-Jon Stephenson (38), Colin Watt (72).
Linesmen-Adam Hyatt (16), Alex Teichroeb (120).