A Day in the Spotlight

For the annual Hockey Day in Canada festivities, which will be held on January 18, 2014, all seven NHL Canadian teams will be in action and there will be three cities that will have the spotlight shined on them.  The three?  Sydney, NS, Barry's Bay, ON, and Prince George, BC.  That last city, as you may know, is home to the WHL's Prince George Cougars, who are currently five points out of the last playoff spot as of this writing.

This is certainly a great honor for the city of Prince George, as the entire country will get to see what the city and the team are about.  The northernmost team in the WHL, the Cougars haven't exactly been successful, with their best season coming in 2006-07, where they made the Conference Finals, but they have turned out some good NHL players such as Zdeno Chara, Dan Hamhuis, Dustin Byfuglien, and Eric Brewer.  Currently, Chase Witala and Troy Bourke lead the team in scoring with 29 points, with mid-season acquisition Todd Fiddler not far behind with 27.  Ty Edmonds is the starting goaltender and has a 3.51 GAA.