Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars associate coach Jim Playfair During the episode, both discussed several topics including: Dealing with sickness; assessing the two-thirds mark of the season Going through the dog days of the season Setting the team up for success; team chemistry Approach with gritty defenseman Corbin Vaughan State of the defense; adopting a pro-approach with junior players Thoughts on Winter Classic Weekend in Fort Saint James You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cariboo Hockey General Manager Trevor Sprague. During the episode, he discussed a number of topics including: Wrap-up on Winter Classic weekend in Fort Saint James Work behind the scenes to put it on, reaction from out of town teams on the event Being in charge of four teams; affiliation with PG Cougars Relationship with Junior A and major junior teams; NCAA Rule Changes Growing female hockey in the north; cost to play on any of the four teams Owning Sprague’s Skate Shack You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars Director of Scouting Bob Simmonds. During the episode, he discussed a number of topics including: Thoughts on the trade deadline, Ben Riche deal Parting with Hunter Laing and a 1st Round pick; rising prices at trade deadline and the aftermath of 2017 Ideal road map to staying competitive Thoughts on Cougars playoff chances; Upcoming WHL Prospects Draft, emphasis on US scouting and drafting for need Passion for the Oilers and Cougars – tight-knit comradery among the Cougars scouts You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars Director of Business and Goalie Coach Taylor Dakers. During the episode, both discus sed several topics including: Cooper Michaluk’s first shutout against Seattle Highlights of 2024 Ravensbergen bobblehead sales; Indigenous Weekend on tap for January 24th and 25th Ticket sales in PG, fan feedback and improvements as well as the issue of ticket re-sellers On Ravensbergen not being picked to Canada’s World Junior camp; stellar play in Victoria Maintaining messaging with both goalies You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach Dave Adolph. During the episode, he discussed several topics including: How an injury determines the length of time a player is out of the lineup Game day routines; protocol on injury information and diagnosing concussions Treatment of certain injuries; holding a neutral role on the team Expanding his business, feeling the emotion of wins and losses Resources from the ownership group to help fuel the players off the ice On Riley Heidt playing with a broken jaw You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach Dave Adolph. During the episode, he discussed several topics including: Growing up playing basketball in PG How the trainer position evolved into Athletic Therapist Attending school at UBC; working with women’s basketball program Moving back to PG; dealing with many athletes and joining the Timberwolves Replacing Mitch Karapita who left for the AHL; differences between male and female athletes Three-week stint with U19 Canadian women’s soccer team, which included Christine Sinclair Discussing some of the best athletes to come out of PG You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb. During the episode, he discussed several topics including: Assessment of 1st half, success at CN Centre Cougars travel schedule; dealing with blown leads Acquiring Corbin Vaughan from the Regina Pats Focus on special teams; handicapping the Eastern Conference Coaching and GM mentors over the years Performance of Josh Ravensbergen, not getting invited to Team Canada; Riley Heidt among final World Junior cuts. You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Dan O’Connor, the Sports Information and Marketing Director with the UNBC Timberwolves and former voice of PG Cougars and Vancouver Giants. During the episode, he discussed a number of topics including: The PG Cougars not running away with BC Division, early success of Tri-City and Victoria Where does a full CN Centre rank in terms of toughest places to play in the WHL On moving to Vancouver and then back to PG 17 months ago. Diving into university sports with UBC What makes a good broadcaster; not being able to share certain information during the season Toughest part of the job at UNBC; differences or similarities between a university athlete and junior hockey player You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guest this week is Cariboo Cougars U-18 head coach and President of the PG Cougars Alumni Association Tyler Brough. During the episode, he discussed several topics including: Sitting near the top of the BC Elite Hockey League’s U-18 standings with the Cariboo Cougars; heading to the Circle K Tournament in Calgary during Christmas Holidays How he views the shakedown of the NCAA/WHL eligibility changes and possible trickle down effect to AAA Winter Classic Weekend in Fort Saint James; potential first place showdown with Valley West Giants Passion for coaching and learning from Mark Lamb and Jim Playfair Cougars Alumni Golf Tournament/Cariboo Cougars alumni hockey games this month You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan! This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars. Hartley’s guests this week are Cougars production caller Darnell Toth and in-game host and Corporate Sales rep Jessica Speziale. During the episode, both discussed several topics including: Expanding her role with Cougars (Jess) Outlining roles of game night production crew (Darnell) Passion for making game nights great (Jess and Darnell) Sound system upgrade results (Darnell) Networking with other teams/Cougars attendance (Jess/Darnell) Ravensbergen Bobblehead/Teddy Bear Toss (Jess) You can also find this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and TuneIn.