{"id":659148,"date":"2026-05-09T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659148\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:46:10","slug":"canucks-prospects-cootes-and-chiarot-both-score-en-route-to-early-wins-in-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659148\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks prospects Cootes and Chiarot both score en route to early wins in league finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canucks prospects Cootes and Chiarot both score en route to early wins in league finals<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Hockey League Finals are officially underway across the country as teams battle for their respective league championships and spots at the 2026 Memorial Cup in Kelowna, BC.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the <a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/canucksarmy.com\/vancouver-canucks-line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have two prospects in that fight, with Braeden Cootes and Gabe Chiarot both helping their clubs jump out to early series leads.WHL Final \u2014 Prince Albert Raiders vs. Everett Silvertips<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, the Prince Albert Raiders opened the WHL Championship series in Everett, Washington, against the high-powered Silvertips.<\/p>\n<p>Although Everett struck first in the opening period, the Raiders responded with a dominant three-goal second frame en route to a 4-2 victory. Canucks 2025 first-round pick <a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/canucksarmy.com\/news\/vancouver-canucks-prospect-news-braeden-cootes-prince-albert-raiders-advance-whl-final\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braeden Cootes<\/a> was named first star of the game after having his hands all over the final result. The Sherwood Park native helped spark Prince Albert\u2019s offence with a slick behind-the-back feed into the slot for his first point of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Later that period, he wired a seeing-eye shot from distance that slipped clean through the goaltender\u2019s five-hole for his seventh goal of the postseason and 20th playoff point.<\/p>\n<p>Cootes finished the night with a goal, an assist, four shots on goal, and a plus-2 rating. He was heavily praised on the broadcast for his impact away from the puck and continues to play a major role in Prince Albert\u2019s deep playoff run thanks to his ability to drive play in all three zones.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 is set for Saturday at 6:00 PM PT, as the Raiders look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p>OHL Final \u2014 Kitchener Rangers vs. Barrie Colts<\/p>\n<p>Over in the Ontario Hockey League, Gabe Chiarot and the Kitchener Rangers now hold a 2-0 series lead after a 4-3 overtime victory on Friday evening. After Barrie opened the scoring, Chiarot responded in the second period, jamming away at a loose puck for his fourth goal of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks\u2019 2025 sixth-round pick finished the night with six shots on goal, four penalty minutes, and a plus-1 rating while continuing to provide energy and physicality in a middle-six role.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday at 3:00 PM PT, with the Rangers now looking to take full control of the series on the road. Canucks fans can catch both league finals on TSN this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canucks prospects Cootes and Chiarot both score en route to early wins in league finals The Canadian Hockey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-659148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}