The Spokane Chiefs made a late push, but it was the Prince George Cougars who came away with a 4-3 win at the CN Centre Saturday night.
“That was a hard game, they’re a real good team,” said Cougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lamb on the post-game show on 94.3 the Goat.
“They’ve got some offence, they’ve got some physicality, they’ve got good goaltending, they made it really hard on us. I thought we could’ve got more pucks to the net, we shot wide a lot, give them some breakouts, but all in all, a pretty solid game.”
The Cougars took a 4-1 lead heading into the third period, where Spokane scored twice, including a late goal with 66 seconds left to bring the Chiefs within one.
“I didn’t mind our third period,” Lamb said.
“We didn’t get a lot, they didn’t get a lot, they got that second one, and then they got the third one, but even the third one, that was a tough one for Rav, it was a good period for us.”
Two of the Cougar goals in the game came during four-on-four.
“Those guys that are out there, and Carels, he can take it to the next level,” Lamb said.
“Both those plays, the shot, and splitting those two guys in the offensive zone, throw it over to Souch, those are just high end plays.”
Terik Parascak had a goal and an assist on the night, which tied him and then moved him ahead of Koehn Ziemmer into second on the all-time Cougars points list with 261.
“It means a lot, especially being here with guys Heidt and Ziems that I’m up there with now, that means a lot, just super honored,” Parascak said.
Brock Souch opened the scoring 7:56 into the opening period, after Carson Carels made a filthy move to split a pair of Spokane defenders and find Souch for a goal.
A FILTHY play from Carson Carels gives Brock Souch his 25th of the season!#NHLDraft | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/ypRkqw56Oy pic.twitter.com/fIksb4dwjl
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 8, 2026
The Chiefs tied it 11:36 into the first, when Rhett Sather finished off a pretty passing play with the man advantage.
SATHES FROM DOWNTOWN 💥
Rhett Sather ties this one up on the power play with his 11th goal of the season!#GoChiefsGo pic.twitter.com/BunBik1eRp
— Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) March 8, 2026
The Cougars exploded for three in the second period.
Parascak got the ball rolling 8:38 into the middle frame, tipping home a point shot from Carels on the powerplay.
Make that a 30 goal season for Terik Parascak 🤩@Capitals | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/vhqTHVjesq pic.twitter.com/GJAGwwfhaW
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 8, 2026
Parascak surpassed Ziemmer on the Cougars points list a few minutes later, picking up an assist on a perfect Carels shot.
TERIK PARASCAK HAS THE SECOND MOST POINTS IN PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS FRANCHISE HISTORY @Capitals | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/4354HQb0nO pic.twitter.com/T2jz9vnRdX
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 8, 2026
Souch capped off the Cougars attack with a strong defensive play, forcing a turnover and putting the puck past Carter Esler.
Souch picks a pocket for his second of the night and our third of the period!@CarlsJrCA | #NHLDraft https://t.co/5KuWWFyJBf pic.twitter.com/36B8vhgL0B
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 8, 2026
Just prior to the halfway point of the third period, Ossie McIntyre slashed the Cougars lead to two, putting a rebound past Josh Ravensbergen.
OSSIE ON THE REBOUND 👏@spokanechiefs pic.twitter.com/6NWc2sZuVx
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) March 8, 2026
The Chiefs pushed late to the very end, with Tyus Sparks bringing the Chiefs back to within one with just 66 seconds to go.
The Chiefs outshot the Cougars 28-19.
The box score is here.
The Cougars (38-22-2-0) sit third in the WHL’s Western Conference tied with the Kelowna Rockets (35-19-6-2) at 78 points.
If the season were to end today, the Cougars would play Spokane (32-29-1-0) in the first round of the playoffs.
The Kamloops Blazers (28-22-7-5) are fifth in the conference.
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars host the Penticton Vees on Tuesday.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
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