(Submitted photo/Prince George Cougars).

By Aaron Schulze

Blazers 7 Cougars 6 SO

Blazers split weekend exhibition series; edged by Cougars 7-6 in a shootout

Sep 19, 2021 | 10:47 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The Kamloops Blazers settled for a split in their weekend home-and-home exhibition series against the Prince George Cougars.

After a 5-3 win at the Sandman Centre, the Blazers fell 7-6 in a shootout Saturday (Sept. 18) evening in Prince George.

Matthew Seminoff led the way offensively for Kamloops with a hat trick before the end of the second period. Fraser Minten scored with 30 seconds left to send the game to overtime.

However, the Blazers went zero for three in the shootout as the Cougars’ Riley Heidt scored the winner.

The Blazers continue their Western Hockey League pre-season Wednesday (Sept. 22) at 7 p.m. in Ladner for a game against the Vancouver Giants.

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Scoring Summary

First Period

1-0, Blazers, Matthew Seminoff (1) from Reese Belton, 5:19

2-0, Blazers, Josh Pillar (1) from Reese Belton (shorthanded), 9:36

2-1, Cougars, Jonny Hooker (1) from Majid Kaddoura and Riley Heidt (power play), 9:53

2-2, Cougars, Blake Eastman (1) from Carter MacAdams, 16:31

3-2, Cougars, Riley Heidt (1) from Jonny Hooker and Kyren Gronick, 18:10

Second Period

3-3, Blazers, Matthew Seminoff 2 (2) from Connor Levis 4:28

4-3, Cougars, Fischer O’Brien (1) unassisted (shorthanded), 17:27

4-4, Blazers, Matthew Seminoff 3 (3) from Kaden Hammell and Logan Bairos (power play), 18:17

Third Period

5-4, Cougars, Ryker Singer (1) from Jaren Brinson and Hudson Thornton, 8:30

5-5, Blazers, Nick McCarry (2) from Fraser Minten and Logan Bairos, 9:45

6-5, Cougars, Koehn Ziemmer (2) from Majid Kaddoura (power play), 18:24

6-6, Blazers, Fraser Minten (1) from Mats Lindgren and Josh Pillar, 19:30

Overtime

No score.

Shootout – Blazers

Josh Pillar, miss

Connor Levis, miss

Fraser Minten, miss

Shootout – Cougars

Koehn Ziemmer, miss

Riley Heidt, goal

Liekit Reichle, miss