Cougars Announce 2022-23 Home Schedule for Regular Season
Prince George BC – The Prince George Cougars are excited to announce and share the teams’ 34 game home schedule for the upcoming 2022-23 regular season.
2022-23 HOME SCHEDULE:
SEPTEMBER
Friday Sep 23 vs Tri City Americans* Home Opener
Saturday Sep 24 vs Tri City Americans
Friday Sep 30 vs Kelowna Rockets
OCTOBER
Saturday Oct 1 vs Kelowna Rockets
Wednesday Oct 12 vs Brandon Wheat Kings
Saturday Oct 15 vs Winnipeg ICE
Friday Oct 28 vs Seattle Thunderbirds
Saturday Oct 29 vs Seattle Thunderbirds
NOVEMBER
Saturday Nov 12 vs Vancouver Giants
Sunday Nov 13 vs Vancouver Giants
Wednesday Nov 23 vs Moose Jaw Warriors
Saturday Nov 26 vs Kamloops Blazers
DECEMBER
Friday Dec 2 vs Regina Pats
Friday Dec 16 vs Kamloops Blazers
Saturday Dec 17 vs Kamloops Blazers* Teddy Bear Toss
Saturday Dec 31 vs Kamloops Blazers
JANUARY
Friday Jan 6 vs Everett Silvertips
Saturday Jan 7 vs Everett Silvertips
Saturday Jan 28 vs Prince Albert Raiders
FEBRUARY
Friday Feb 3 vs Victoria Royals
Saturday Feb 4 vs Victoria Royals
Tuesday Feb 7 vs Kelowna Rockets
Wednesday Feb 8 vs Kelowna Rockets
Tuesday Feb 14 vs Saskatoon Blades
Monday Feb 20 vs Portland Winterhawks
Tuesday Feb 21 vs Portland Winterhawks
Tuesday Feb 28 vs Vancouver Giants
MARCH
Wednesday Mar 1 vs Vancouver Giants
Friday Mar 3 vs Spokane Chiefs
Saturday Mar 4 vs Spokane Chiefs
Wednesday Mar 15 vs Kelowna Rockets
Friday Mar 17 vs Victoria Royals
Saturday Mar 18 vs Victoria Royals
Saturday Mar 25 vs Kamloops Blazers* Fan Appreciation Night
Closer look at the 34-home game schedule
The Cougars are scheduled to play 68 games during the 2022-23 campaign, with 34 contests at CN Centre.
The home portion of the schedule features 24 weekend contests (nine on Friday, fourteen on Saturday, and one on Sunday).
Prince George’s longest home-stand of the season is four games, which occurs twice. The Cougars face the Tri-City Americans on opening weekend (Sep 23-24) and then follow it up with another two contests against the Kelowna Rockets (Sep 30-Oct 1). In February, the Cats will kick off the month with four games at CN Centre against the Victoria Royals (Feb 3-4) and the Kelowna Rockets (Feb 7-8).
The Cats will wrap up the regular season on home ice against the Kamloops Blazers (Mar. 25)
Breaking Down the 34 Home Games
Cougars vs. Division Opponents: 18 Games
- Five games vs. two teams/Four games vs two teams: Kamloops (5 Home), Kelowna (5 Home), Vancouver (4 Home), Victoria (4 Home)
Cougars vs. Out of Division Western Conference Opponents: 10 Games
- The Cougars will play their other non-division Western Conference opponents 10 times at home (Everett, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Tri-City). The Cats will play two games each at home against the US Division.
- In total, the Cougars play 28 games against the Western Conference
Cougars vs. Eastern Conference Opponents: 6 Games
- Prince George will face off against six Eastern Conference teams to the CN Centre this season.
- The six Eastern Conference teams coming to the CN Centre are the Brandon Wheat Kings (Oct 12), Winnipeg ICE (Oct. 15), 2022 Rookie of the Year Brayden Yager and the Moose Jaw Warriors (Nov. 23), Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats (Dec. 2), Prince Albert Raiders (Jan. 28), and the Saskatoon Blades (Feb. 14).
Cougars Schedule Notes
Home Games by day
Monday: 1
Tuesday: 4
Wednesday: 5
Thursday: 0
Friday: 9
Saturday: 14
Sunday: 1
Home Games by month:
September: 3
October: 5
November: 4
December: 4
January: 3
February: 8
March: 7
Opponents Visits to Prince George
Brandon: 1
Calgary: 0
Edmonton: 0
Everett: 2
Kamloops: 5
Kelowna: 5
Lethbridge: 0
Medicine Hat: 0
Moose Jaw: 1
Portland: 2
Prince Albert: 1
Red Deer: 0
Regina: 1
Saskatoon: 1
Seattle: 2
Spokane: 2
Swift Current: 0
Tri-City: 2
Vancouver: 4
Victoria: 4
Winnipeg: 1
First Half/Second Half
The Cougars will play 15 of their first 34 games at home, while finishing the second half with 19 of the final 34 games at home.
Back-to-Back Series
Back-to-back games at home: 13
Home game followed by home game next day: 12
For further information on tickets for the 2022-23 season, please contact Kevin Patenaude at Kevin.Patenaude@pgcougars.com
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About the Prince George Cougars The Prince George Cougars have been a proud member of the Western Hockey League since 1994. The Cougars play out of the CN Centre, a 5,971-seat multipurpose arena that opened in 1995.The Cougars are owned by EDGEPRo Sports & Entertainment Ltd. The ownership group bought the Cougars in 2014 and the group consists of former Cougars Dan Hamhuis and Eric Brewer and local businessmen Ernest Ouellet, John Pateman, Greg Pocock and Raymond Fortier.
