Tyrell, Dana

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(PG Citizen) Dana Tyrell believes he belongs at a higher level, but that's not going to keep him from doing the best he can at this one.

Tyrell, the captain of the Prince George Cougars, will see his first home action of the WHL season when the Chilliwack Bruins arrive for a doubleheader -- games Friday and Saturday at CN Centre. Tyrell, now a 19-year-old and the longest-tenured player on the team, was on the ice last weekend as the Cats lost in Vancouver but rebounded with an overtime victory in Chilliwack.

"I definitely feel I can play there, and I could've played there this year," said Tyrell, who had a lengthy stay at the main camp of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.

Weekend game results for Lightning prospects playing in the BCHL, QMJHL, OHL, and WHL. Season stat update included.

Erik Erlendsson is reporting the Lightning have made six more cuts: Ty Wishart, Riku Helenius, Paul Szczechura, Wyatt Smith, and Radek Smolenak.

Dana Tyrell was also returned to Prince George of the WHL.

That leaves Matt Smaby, Vladimir Mihalik, and Andrew Hutchinson battling for the seventh job on the blueline, presuming that Janne Niskala has already wrapped up the sixth spot, as it appears.

It's nice to see the Lightning generating a lot of offensive pressure without their top guns in the lineup, despite the loss.

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Olaf Kolzig allowed 3 goals on 24 shots for the loss.

First Period
Tampa Bay 0:46, Jussi Jokinen 1 (Evgeny Artyukhin)
Pittsburgh 14:36, Kris Letang 1 (power play) (Alex Goligoski)
Pittsburgh 18:19, Max Talbot 1 (Ruslan Fedotenko, William Thomas)

Second Period
Tampa Bay 2:56, Michel Ouellet 1 (Dana Tyrell, Ty Wishart)

Third Period
Pittsburgh 4:54, Tyler Kennedy 1 (power play) (Kris Letang, Alex Goligoski)