The Cougars had a three-game weekend travelling to Central Plains Friday night, then hosting Pembina Valley Saturday night; the CP Capitals again on Sunday afternoon.
On Friday night Luke Robson hooked up with Owen Harris midway through the first period to open the scoring. The Caps evened the score for a tied game after one.
Second period saw the Cougars break loose for three goals. Matthew Ramsay hooked up with Kain Shearer and Hunter Wallace at 6:17 and then Ramsay struck again at the 12-minute mark from Wallace and Myles Sobry. A minute later, Trevor Hunt made it 4-1 with Jordan Boyechko and Brayden Knox picking up the assist. The Caps scored with a man advantage.
Cody Blight scored his second of the game midway through the third to make it a 4-3 score. Cody Gudnason scored a power play marker 16 minutes in from Zach Turner and Boyechko. Hunt put the game on ice with an empty net goal with three ticks left on the clock.
Eric Reid earned the win with 34 saves while Ciaren McVicker turned aside 38 Cougar shots.
Southwest 4, Pembina Valley 3 in OT
The Cougars picked up another win. Coach McNish said on the Cougar Report that both teams seemed disinterested in the game from start to finish. The game was a funny affair as defencemen scored all the Cougar goals. Hunt ended up being the Subway Player of the Game in one of his best games to date. Reid Dyck turned aside 22 Cougar shots while Eric Reid for the Cougars stopped 18 shots.
Kain Shearer opened the scoring from Myles Sobry. The Hawks tied the game midway through the period but Zach Turner responded with a power play marker from Brayden Lewis and Wallace with time winding down in the period.
The Hawks evened the score midway through the second period and Hunt gave the Cougars the lead back with just over a minute left, from Jacob Dolomont and Owen Harris. Trent Penner tied the game at the 15-minute mark with the second of the game.
The game went into overtime and Hunt decided the win with 34 seconds left.
Cougars 5, Central Plains 2
The Cougars skated to a 5-2 win in their second meeting of the weekend with the Caps, who ran out of gas in the third period.
Dexter Whittle opened the scoring 14 minutes into the game. The Caps tied the score and scored again early in the second.
Wallace evened the score with a short- handed marker. Kolton Miller and Hunt picked up assists.
The Cougars took the lead as Matthew Ramsay scored short-handed, five minutes into the period and extended the lead at the nine-minute mark with a short-handed goal by Wallace from Boyechko. Boyechko finished the scoring 16 minutes into the third from Brayden Knox.
Jero Rossi turned aside 37 Cougar shots while Subway Player of the Game Kien Stewart made 17 saves.
The Cougars have a mid-week game with Yellowhead this week and then face Brandon in a home-on-home series this weekend.
