Blazers scouting report

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS at KAMLOOPS BLAZERS
Today, 7 p.m., Interior Savings Centre (Radio NL)

PRINCE GEORGE (10-13-0-1): The Cougars haven’t played since Saturday when
they erased a 3-0 third-period deficit and went on to beat the host
Chilliwack Bruins 5-4 in OT. . . . F Parker Stanfield won that one with his
10th goal of the season in the first minute of extra time. . . . Prince
George is two points behind the Blazers in the Western Conference. . . . LW
Dana Tyrell, the team captain, and C Brett Connolly, the super rookie, make
this team go. Tyrell leads the Cougars in goals (17), assists (15) and
points (32). Connolly, the 10th pick in the 2007 bantam draft, has 27
points, including 13 goals, in 24 games. . . . The Cougars are 3-11-0-0 on
the road. . . . F Marcus Watson, 19, was released Tuesday and is expected to
join the BCHL’s Langley Chiefs. He was pointless in six games after missing
the early part of the season with a leg injury. . . . The Cougars returned D
Scott Brkich, 18, to the AJHL’s Drayton Valley Thunder on Monday. He had one
assist in four games. . . . Injuries: C Corey Tyrell (knee, probable), LW
Marek Viedensky (concussion, out), D Colin Scherger (hand, out).
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KAMLOOPS (10-12-0-3): The Blazers are coming off two weekend home-ice losses
-- 5-0 to the Kelowna Rockets and 5-2 to the Chilliwack Bruins. . . .
Kamloops is 2-1-0-0 versus the Cougars this season and has outscored Prince
George 12-9 in the process. . . . G Justin Leclerc, who had started nine in
a row before backing up the last two, gets the start tonight. . . . With the
regular-season past the one-third pole, the Blazers are 8-6-0-1 at home and
2-6-0-2 on the road. . . . Kamloops is 0-3-0-1 in its last four games. . . .
RW Brady Calla is expected to play his first game of the season after being
returned by the NHL‚s Florida Panthers. Calla, 20, had been with the AHL’s
Rochester Americans. . . . After 15 home games, the Blazers‚ average paid
attendance is 4,118. Last season, after 15 games, that number was 4,555. . .
. F Ryan Hanes, the 99th pick in the 2007 bantam draft, may play tonight —
it will be a game-time decision. From Kamloops, he plays for the junior B
Kamloops Storm. . . . Injuries: C Mark Hall (knee, out), D Kurt Torbohm
(concussion, out), RW Kenton Dulle (arm, out), C Scott Wasden (shoulder,
out), G Jon Groenheyde (ill, probable).
— GREGG DRINNNAN