From the Prince George Citizen . . .

The Prince George Citizen has learned that Drew Schoneck has been fired as head coach of the Prince George Cougars.
The WHL franchise is expected to make the it official by 2:30 p.m. PT with a press release.
The news was given to him in the coach's office at CN Centre just before noon on Monday, coming on the heels of four-straight losses at home including a 7-3 setback to the Saskatoon Blades on Sunday evening, a game played in front of the smallest crowd in CN Centre history (2,054). The Cougars also lost 7-1 to Regina on Saturday.
Schoneck declined comment until after the press release was issued.
It is believed that assistant coach/assistant general manager Wade Klippenstein will remain on the bench, and that general manager Dallas Thompson will join him there for the rest of the season.
Thompson has served as interim head coach on two previous occasions, while Klippenstein has been a WHL head coach before, with the Prince Albert Raiders. Schoneck was an assistant on his staff.
The Cougars currently have a record of 10-18-0-1, sitting last in the B.C. Division and ninth in the Western Conference, with the highest goals-against total in the WHL. The Cougars started the season 6-1, including 5-0 at home, but have won just four of the 22 games played since then. The team is currently on a five-game losing streak.
Schoneck joined the Cougars as associate coach in November of 2006 when the team fired Mike Vandekamp and Stewart Malgunas. The team had a 5-8-0-2 record at that point, and a lop-sided home-ice loss combined with off-ice issues led to that decision.
Schoneck, the former coach-of-the-year in the Manitoba Junior League and a one-time head coach of the BCHL's Powell River Kings, is expected to return to Kennewick, Wash., where he and his wife Lindsay, who have a young son, own a home.
The Cougars play host to the Everett Silvertips on Friday and Saturday at CN Centre.