Dowhaniuk’s dominant effort leads Cougars to victory against Kamloops
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Keaton Dowhaniuk is only 15 games into his Western Hockey League career for the Prince George Cougars but already has the look of a star blueliner.
The 16-year-old was oozing with confidence on Wednesday during a 5-1 win over the Kamloops Blazers at Sandman Centre collecting a goal and three assists.
“Pucks were bouncing my way all game, that helps and I was feeling good and fresh out there. I have definitely felt comfortable since the first game, I know that is a big part of my game and I have kind of been feeling it all year.”
Prince George controlled the face-off circle 39-16 and when you do that you control the game. “The Cougars got a lot of puck possession off the draws. We will work on that. We had a couple of young centres out there and we will help them with that,” said Price. Anaheim Ducks first-round draft-pick Brayden Tracey, who had a seven-game points streak of five goals and six assists snapped in Thursday’s 4-0 loss to the Vancouver Giants, opened scoring for Victoria on the power play at 11:32 of the first period. The Royals’ reverie was not long lived, however, as the Cougars went ahead in the second period on the first goals of the season for Majid Kaddoura and Keaton Dowhaniuk.
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