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Thomas, Dubois help Cougars sweep Thunderbirds

Williams Lake’s Trey Thomas scored a pair on Sunday as the Cariboo Cougars completed a weekend sweep.
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Trey Thomas of Williams Lake had a big weekend for the Cariboo Cougars

Williams Lake’s Trey Thomas scored a pair on Sunday as the Cariboo Cougars completed a weekend sweep of the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds with a 4-2 win in Abbotsbord.

The victory is the fourth straight for the Cougars and the team’s 15th win in their last 16 BC Major Midget League games. At 26-7-3 the Cougars are level on points with the Valley West Hawks for first place, but the Hawks have two games in hand.

Jesse Pomeroy and Riley Coish also scored for the Cougars on Sunday and Aaron Jakubowski got the win in net.

With the score knotted 2-2 after two periods, Thomas notched his second of the game just seconds into the period to give the Cougars a lead they would never relinquish. Mason Richey and Daine Dubois, also of Williams Lake, picked up the assists.

Coish from Tyler Ho and Darian Long put the game out of reach late in the third.

Thomas also got things started for the Cougars, potting the lone goal of the first period from Jeremy Gervais.

Pomeroy scored late in the second to get the Cougars back on even terms after the Thunderbirds had taken a short-lived lead. Richey and Ty Kolle got the helpers.

The Cougars head back to the Lower Mainland next weekend to face the Greater Vancouver Giants for their penultimate regular season doubleheader.

In the first game Saturday, a three-goal first period gave the Cariboo Cougars an early lead Saturday as they skated to a 5-2 win over the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds in Abbotsford.

Thomas, Tyler Maser and Ty Kolle connected in the first period and Josh Maser and Mason Richey added insurance markers as the Cougars continued their strong play and improved to  25-7-3 in BC Major Midget League action this season. The Thunderbirds fall to 14-13-6.

Richey and Dubois set up Thomas’ opening goal midway through the first period. Kolle got the lone assist on Tyler Maser’s tally and Riley Coish and Ethan O’Rourke set up Kolle’s goal as the Cougars took a 3-0 lead into the break.

The teams exchanged goals in each of the final two periods, with Jesse Pomeroy and O’Rourke setting Josh Maser in the second and Richey adding an unassisted goal in the third.

The Cougars penalty killing unit was busy as the team took 10 minor penalties and one major penalty over the course of the contest.