(As of 12:01 a.m.) Weekend Wrap
GOLF:
American Gary Woodland has his first Major title.
The 35-year-old Woodland finished at 13-under-271 to win the US Open at Pebble Beach by three shots over two-time defending champ Brooks Koepka.
Tiger Woods tied for 21st at 2-under while Canadian Nick Taylor tied for 43rd at two-over.
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Brooke Henderson won the LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan by a shot to set a Canadian golf record.
The 21-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont. has nine career LPGA titles, the most wins by a Canadian golfer on either the PGA or LPGA tours.
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER: (IN FRANCE)
(Saturday)
Canada 2 New Zealand 0
Netherlands 3 Cameroon 1
Canada and the Netherlands are 2-0 in Group E and have qualified for the round of 16. They will play each other on Thursday at 9 AM PT.
(Sunday)
Sweden 5 Thailand 1
USA 3 Chile 0
Both Sweden and the USA have qualified for the round of 16 and will battle each other on Thursday at noon (PT) for first place in Group F.
(Today-Monday)
Germany vs. South Africa (9 AM PT)
Spain vs. China (9 AM PT)
Norway vs. South Korea (Noon PT)
France vs. Nigeria (Noon PT)
NBA:
In a major trade, the Los Angeles Lakers reached an agreement to acquire three-time All-NBA forward Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans for three players and three first-round draft picks.
The Lakers gave up Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and the picks — including the No. 4 overall selection in Thursday’s NBA draft — to the Pelicans.
The trade cannot be finalized until July 6.
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The Raptors hold their championship parade today in Toronto.
Up to a couple of million people are expected to line the parade route.
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NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard can begin negotiating with teams as a free agent on June 30th.
Players can’t officially be signed until July 6.
WARRIORS/RAPTORS RESULTS:
Thu May 30th–Game 1 Golden State at Toronto RAPTORS WON 118-109
Sun June 2nd–Game 2 Golden State at Toronto WARRIORS WON 109-104
Wed June 5th–Game 3 Toronto at Golden State RAPTORS WON 123-109
Fri June 7th—Game 4 Toronto at Golden State RAPTORS WON 105-92
Mon June 10th–Game 5 Golden State at Toronto WARRIORS WON 106-105
Thu June 13th–Game 6 Toronto at Golden State RAPTORS WON 114-110
NHL:
The Anaheim Ducks are expected to introduce Dallas Eakins as the team’s new head coach today.
Eakins had been the coach of the Ducks’ AHL farm club, the San Diego Gulls.
This will be his second NHL coaching job having guided the Edmonton Oilers from 2013 to 2014.
2019 Stanley Cup Final Results:
Game 1 May 27–St. Louis at Boston BRUINS WON 4-2
Game 2 May 29–St. Louis at Boston BLUES WON 3-2 IN OT
Game 3 June 1–Boston at St. Louis BRUINS WON 7-2
Game 4 June 3–Boston at St. Louis BLUES WON 4-2
Game 5 June 6–St. Louis at Boston BLUES WON 2-1
Game 6 June 9–Boston at St. Louis BRUINS WON 5-1
Game 7 June 12–St. Louis at Boston BLUES WON 4-1
PG COUGARS:
The Prince George Cougars will play five pre-season games but none at CN Centre.
The Cougars face off in Langley September 6th against the Kamloops Blazers and on the 7th vs. the Vancouver Giants.
P.G. will travel to Kelowna to face the Rockets on the 8th before playing a pair of exhibition games against the Edmonton Oil Kings in Dawson Creek on the 12th and 14th.
The 2019-20 WHL Regular Season schedule will be unveiled in late June.
We’ve released our pre-season schedule. Hockey is back September 6th!
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) June 12, 2019
Westwood Pub Devils 12 Mackenzie Lumberjacks 2 (Saturday)
Westwood Pub Devils 17 Mackenzie Lumberjacks 2 (Sunday)
Prince George Senior Lacrosse has just two games left in the regular season.
The RPR Mechanical/JR Construction Bandits play Northland Nissan Assault Wednesday night at 8:00.
The Bandits also face the Westwood Pub Devils Thursday night at 8:00 with both games at Kin 1.
League Standings: (As of June 17th morning)
Westwood Pub Devils 15-0
Northland Nissan Assault 8-7
Mackenzie Conifex Power Lumberjacks 8-8
RPR Mechanical/JR Construction Bandits 6-8
Quesnel Summit Electric Crossfire 1-15 (suspended for rest of season)
#PrinceGeorge is mourning the loss of local lacrosse legend Fred Doig, the family is a lacrosse institution within the northern capital
| https://t.co/5v0vFzuK2B #cityofpg #sports pic.twitter.com/UpBvIwhEnG— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 13, 2019
CFL: (Final games in week 1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33 B.C. Lions 23 (Saturday)
(The Lions play their second game Friday in Edmonton against the 1-0 Eskimos)
Ottawa RedBlacks 32 Calgary Stampeders 28 (Saturday)
UNBC TIMBERWOLVES:
The Canada West 2019 regular season soccer schedules are out.
The UNBC men play 15 games, seven at home and eight on the road beginning at UBC Okanagan Aug 23rd with their home opener a week later against Fraser Valley.
The UNBC women have six home games starting Sept 5th vs Thompson Rivers, and they also play eight on the road.
.@CanadaWest released the 2019 conference soccer schedule, and @UNBCMSoccer are ready to get things going! Major matchups coming to @CityofPG‘s Masich Place! Get all the details here: https://t.co/L1Y7lJEtnY pic.twitter.com/mZ3hHRr2X1
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) June 13, 2019
Coming off the first @CanadaWest playoff win in @UNBC program history, @UNBCWSoccer learned its full 2019 conference schedule this morning! No shortage of great games coming to @CityofPG‘s Masich Place! Read the details: https://t.co/BkGXuHgPeB #gotwolves #wearealltimberwolves pic.twitter.com/PD0dQnjmr8
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) June 13, 2019