(As of 12:01 a.m.)
PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS:
The Prince George Spruce Kings leave Wednesday morning for Brooks, site of the national junior A hockey championship May 11-19.
The schedule is right here.
PG SPRUCE KINGS NATIONAL SCHEDULE:
Sunday, May 12th: PG Spruce Kings vs. Oakville Blades (1:00 PT)
Monday, May 13th: PG Spruce Kings vs. Ottawa Jr. Senators (6:00 PT)
Wednesday, May 15th: PG Spruce Kings vs. Portage Terriers (6:00 PT)
Thursday, May 16th: PG Spruce Kings vs. Brooks Bandits (6:00 PT)
The tournament semi-finals are Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. PT and the final goes Sunday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. PT.
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The BCHL champion Spruce Kings are 20-3 in the post-season after winning the Doyle Cup Pacific Region championship four games to two over the Brooks Bandits.
The @GoBCHL and Pacific Region champions used a 32-wins-in-36-games run of dominance to punch their ticket to Brooks.
? https://t.co/5g0QFAsF85 #NJAC pic.twitter.com/dKGkDvgLjE
— National Junior A Championship (@HC_NJAC) May 6, 2019
Patrick Cozzi of the P.G. Spruce Kings is the BCHL Player of the Week.
The just-turned 21-year-old Cozzi scored four goals and added an assist in three games, all wins on home ice against Brooks.
Congrats to @SpruceKings F Patrick Cozzi, this week’s #BCHLPOW!
Read more: https://t.co/FzvO4kSbOF pic.twitter.com/xBDZ9Q2qGH
— BC Hockey League (@GoBCHL) May 6, 2019
SPRUCE KINGS-BANDITS DOYLE CUP RESULTS:
Game 1 Friday, April 26th, 2019 @ BROOKS PG won 2-0
Game 2 Saturday, April 27th, 2019 @ BROOKS Brooks won 3-1
Game 3 Sunday, April 28th, 2019 @ BROOKS Brooks won 4-0.
Game 4 Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ RMCA PG won 3-1
Game 5 Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 @ RMCA PG won 4-1
Game 6 Saturday, May 4th, 2019 @ RMCA PG won 4-2
NHL: (2 Monday playoff games)
Colorado Avalanche 4 San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)
(Captain Gabriel Landeskog scored at 2:32 of overtime as the Avs tied the second-round series
3-3. The 7th and deciding game will go Wednesday night at 6:00 in San Jose)
The goal that sends the @Avalanche to #Game7, courtesy of @GabeLandeskog92! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/bc9ylha2sW
— NHL (@NHL) May 7, 2019
Boston Bruins 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 0
(Tuukka Rask made 39 saves for his 6th career playoff shutout. The Bruins won the series 4-2 to advance to the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina Hurricanes)
FINAL: @NHLBruins (3) – @BlueJacketsNHL (0) @Discover recap: https://t.co/RexR2kHHAv
BOS wins 4-2 #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/nGCXlQRGhx— NHL (@NHL) May 7, 2019
The St. Louis Blues host the Dallas Stars tonight (5:00 PT) in the 7th and deciding game of their Western Conference semi-final.
The NHL playoff schedule is right here.
WHL:(Ed Chynoweth Cup)
The WHL final has shifted to Langley for game three tonight as well as games four and five Wednesday and Friday.
The Prince Albert Raiders and the Vancouver Giants are tied 1-1.
The Giants won the opener 5-4 Friday and the Raiders bounced back with a 4-0 victory Saturday.
P.A. is 11-0 when scoring first in the 2019 playoffs and 55-0 when including the regular season.
The winner of the series will advance to the Memorial Cup May 16 to 26 in Halifax.
| DATE | GAME | AWAY | HOME | TIME | |
| Friday, May 3 | 1 | Vancouver | at | Prince Albert | Van won 5-4 |
| Saturday, May 4 | 2 | Vancouver | at | Prince Albert | PA won 4-0 |
| Tuesday, May 7 | 3 | Prince Albert | at | Vancouver | 7 p.m. PT |
| Wed., May 8 | 4 | Prince Albert | at | Vancouver | 7 p.m. PT |
| Friday, May 10 | 5 | Prince Albert | at | Vancouver | 7:30 p.m. PT |
| Sunday, May 12 | 6* | Vancouver | at | Prince Albert | 5 p.m. PT |
| Monday, May 13 | 7* | Vancouver | at | Prince Albert | 6 p.m. PT |
*= if necessary
PG SENIOR LACROSSE:
Westwood Pub Devils 15 Northland Nissan Assault 4
Prince George Senior Lacrosse continues tonight (Tuesday) at 8:00 in Quesnel as the Crossfire play the RPR Mechanical/Jr Construction Bandits.
League Standings:
Westwood Pub Devils 2-0
Mackenzie Conifex Power Lumberjacks 1-0
RPR Mechanical/Jr Construction Bandits 0-1
Northland Nissan Assault 0-1
Quesnel Summit Electric Crossfire 0-1
UNBC TIMBERWOLVES:
Prince George city all-star Isabel Fuller has committed to play for the UNBC Timberwolves in the 2019-20 Canada West women’s basketball season.
A five-foot-ten guard, Fuller has played for the College Heights senior girls team since Grade 9.
An exciting day for @UNBCWomensBball, officially announcing the commitment of @CHSSCougars city all-star Isabel Fuller for the 2019-2020 @CanadaWest season! Check out the video to hear from Isabel, and to read all the details, click here: https://t.co/798i3dnWRW pic.twitter.com/uBanjMrvH4
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) May 6, 2019
NBA: (2 playoff games Monday)
Houston Rockets 112 Golden State Warriors 108
(The best-of-seven Western semi-final is tied 2-2 with game five Wednesday (7:30) in Oakland and game six Friday night in Houston)
Milwaukee Bucks 113 Boston Celtics 101
(The Bucks lead the second-round series 3-1 with game five Wednesday (5:00 PT) in Milwaukee)
The Toronto Raptors are home against the Philadelphia 76’ers (5:00 PT) in the early NBA playoff game tonight (Tuesday).
The late game (7:30) has the Portland Trail Blazers at the Denver Nuggets.
Both Conference semi-final series are tied 2-2.
The NBA playoff schedule is right here.
MLB:
Minnesota Twins 8 Toronto Blue Jays 0
It was the 6th loss in the last seven games for the (15-20) Blue Jays.
The same teams play again tonight (4:00 PT) in Toronto.
The Blue Jays are 4th in the A.L. East, 7.5 games behind the division leading Tampa Bay Rays.
The (21-12) Twins lead the Central Division.
The Blue Jays schedule/results right here.
The MLB standings are right here.