Prince George Cougars proved why they鈥檙e the top team in the Western Conference on Saturday night, Dec. 16, as they defeated the Vancouver Giants 9-2 at the 91原创 Events Centre.

Giants Head Coach Manny Viveiros said Vancouver 鈥済ot outclassed in all phases.鈥�

鈥淚 thought we started off okay and then we just fell apart,鈥� Viveiros commented.

鈥淓verything we talked about as far as what we had to do against this team to have a chance to get a win tonight 鈥� we just didn鈥檛 do it. Puck management, odd-man situations and just making sure we had coverage around the net 鈥� we didn鈥檛 do that tonight. We just didn鈥檛 have anything going.鈥�

Cougars opened the scoring 7:21 into the first period after a wrap-around by Heidt just made it over the goal line.

Then, Prince George scored three times in a span of 4:26 at the tail end of the first, to extend their lead to 4-0.

The Cougars expanded their lead to 5-0 just 27 seconds into the second period.

Giants got on the board 36 seconds later to make it 5-1, but the Cougars scored again, just a few minutes later.

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At the 13:45 mark of the second, Giants got one back after Julian Cull fed a perfect pass from Edwards in the high slot, who beat goaltender Joshua Ravensbergen on the blocker side to make it 6-2.

Cougars would add another goal before the second period was done, then added two more goals in the third.

With the loss, the Giants鈥� record falls to 12-18-2-0 this season. Prince George improves to 24-9-0-0.

Prince George outshot Vancouver 38-23.

Next, Giants welcome the Thunderbirds to the LEC this Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. in their last game before the holiday break.