Cougars Pre-Season Rosters Stands At 36

Following Tuesday night’s Black vs. White intrasquad game at CN Centre, the Cougars now have 36 players on the current roster heading into the first pre-season game this Saturday in Edmonton.

There are 20 forwards, 12 defencemen and four goaltenders that remain on the Cougars pre-season roster. The club will take 33 players to Edmonton this weekend for the Cougars first pre-season games against Medicine Hat Saturday and Swift Current Sunday. 15-year olds Chase Witala, Eli Jarvis and Raymond Grewal will not make the trip to Edmonton, but will rejoin the team following their Cariboo Cougars Midget AAA try-outs this weekend.

The Cougars will host the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11 in their first pre-season home games at CN Centre. The Cougars will entertain the Kamloops Blazers in their final exhibition contest on Saturday, November 18. Puck drop for all pre-season games at CN Centre is 7:00pm. After starting the season on the road in Kamloops September 24, the Cougars home opener will be on Friday, October 1 against the Vancouver Giants, starting at 7:00pm.

Prince George Cougars Pre-Season Roster

Forwards
Spencer Asuchak, LW, ’91, Kamloops, BC (6’4”, 207)
Caleb Belter, RW, ’93, Edmonton, AB (6’1”, 215)
Troy Bourke, LW, ’94, Onoway, AB (5’10”, 188)
Nick Buonassisi, C, ’92, Coquitlam, BC (5’10”, 173)
Brett Connolly, RW, ’92, Prince George, BC (6’2”, 203)
James Dobrowolski, LW, ’90, Vernon, BC (6’3”, 206)
Wilson Dumais, LW, ’93, Southend, SK (5’11”, 200)
Jarrett Fontaine, C, ’95, Humboldt, SK (5’5”, 148)
Alex Forsberg, C, ’95, Waldheim, SK (5’10”, 188)
Greg Fraser, C, ’92, Nanaimo, BC (6’1”, 173)
Brock Hirsche, C, ’92, Lethbridge, AB (6’0”, 200)
Eli Jarvis, LW, ’95, Quesnel, BC (5’7”, 147)
Taylor Makin, LW, ’92, Blairmore, AB (6’0”, 185)
John Odgers, LW, ’93, Spy Hill, SK (5’11”, 187)
Carter Rigby, LW, ’94, Penticton, BC (5’11”, 220)
Parker Stanfield, C, ’90, Anaheim, CA (6’2”, 180)
Tayler Thompson, C, ’93, Bredenbury, SK (5’11”, 167)
Jordan Tkatch, C, ’95, Prud’Homme, SK (5’10”, 180)
Jaroslav Vlach, LW, ’92, Pabenice, CZE (6’2”, 219)
Chase Witala, C, ’95, Prince George, BC (5’9”, 140)

Defence
Art Bidlevskii, D, ’91, Kelowna, BC (6’1”, 196)
Mattia Bortolotto, D, ’93, San Mateo, CA (5’8”, 193)
Joseph Carvalho, D, ’95, Burnaby, BC (5’6”, 165)
Sean Collins, D, ’93, Winnipeg, MB (5’10”, 180)
Jesse Forsberg, D, ’93, Waldheim, SK (6’1”, 195)
Daniel Gibb, D, ’92, Prince George, BC (6’3”, 205)
Raymond Grewal, D, ’95, Prince George, BC (6’0”, 157)
Martin Marincin, D, ’92, Kosice, SVK (6’4”, 187)
Dane Phaneuf, D, ’94, Edmonton, AB (5’10”, 178)
Shane Pilling, D, ’93, Lethbridge, AB (5’10”, 162)
Joshua Smith, D, ’94, Lacombe, AB (5’11”, 185)
Kurt Torbohm, D, ’90, Chase, BC (6’3”, 210)

Goalies
Morgan Clark, G, ’90, Flower Mound, TX (6’1”, 162)
Devon Fordyce, G, ’94, Cochrane, AB (6’1”, 190)
James Priestner, G, ’91, Edmonton, AB (6’0”, 180)
Tyler Santos, G, ’94, Sherwood Park, AB (5’10”, 178)

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