(As of 12:01 a.m.) by Hartley Miller
WHL: (PG Cougars)
The Prince George Cougars host the (15-9-2) Victoria Royals Friday and Saturday with Saturday being the Teddy Bear Toss game.
The Royals are 4-0 against the Cougars this season.
Victoria has won the last nine head-to-head games against Prince George.
The last time the Cougars beat the Royals was on December 2nd, 2018, which was the last Teddy Bear Toss game at CN Centre.
.@vlad_mikh sent the fur flying last year against Victoria! Make sure you’re in the stands this Saturday to toss the ? & ?!
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 9, 2019
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The (6-20-2-1) Cougars have lost five straight, scoring just seven goals over that stretch.
Prince George has a league-low 57 goals, which is just under two per game.
The Cougars have scored one or fewer goals in 10 of their 29 games (five times they have been shutout and five other times they have scored just once).
Prince George is 12 points behind the (12-12-2-1) Tri-City Americans for the last Western Conference wild-card spot.
The PG Cougars schedule/results right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
LISTEN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars president John Pateman on this week’s edition of the Cat Scan podcast
| https://t.co/y35qybi2m0 #cityofpg #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/LtNzXzqP4c— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 6, 2019
BCHL: (PG Spruce Kings)
The Prince George Spruce Kings have lost their third-leading scorer for the rest of the season.
20-year-old forward Chong Min Lee, who has 24 points in 24 games, will require season-ending shoulder surgery, which will end his junior career.
Lee is expected to play in the fall of 2020 as a freshman at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
NEWS | Spruce Kings forward Chong Min Lee will be having season ending shoulder surgery.
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— Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 8, 2019
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The PG Spruce Kings are 0-3 on a five-game homestand that continues Friday and Saturday against the BCHL-leading (28-5) Coquitlam Express.
The (11-18-2-3) Spruce Kings are last in the Mainland Division, four points behind the (13-16-2-3) Surrey Eagles and five points back of the (15-15-0-1-1) Langley Rivermen.
The BCHL standings are right here.
The Spruce Kings 2019-20 schedule/results right here.
NHL: (4 Monday games) Canadian teams went 2-0
NYI 5 – TBL 1
CBJ 5 – WSH 2
OTT 5 – BOS 2
CGY 5 – COL 4 OThttps://t.co/NFSYj50hKj pic.twitter.com/2w4Q4q4DrG— NHL (@NHL) December 10, 2019
The (15-11-4) Vancouver Canucks host the (14-13-4) Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7:00.
The Leafs are two points out of a playoff spot.
The Canucks are 2-1 on a five-game homestand that wraps up Thursday against the (18-11-1) Carolina Hurricanes.
Vancouver is 5th in the Pacific Division, a point behind Vegas, two back of Calgary and two ahead of San Jose.
The Canucks have scored at least five goals in 13 of their first 30 games.
At Rogers Arena, they are averaging 4.08 goals per game at home.
Vancouver has scored the second-most goals in the Western Conference, only behind Colorado.
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There are a dozen Tuesday games in the NHL with Ottawa the only Canadian team idle.
The Calgary Flames, who have won five in a row under interim head coach Geoff Ward, face off in Arizona.
Brett Connolly of Prince George and the Florida Panthers host the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The 27-year-old Connolly has 21 points, including a team-high 14 goals, in 29 games.
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The NHL schedule is right here.
BC Major Midget League: (Cariboo Cougars)
The Cariboo Cougars are idle until they visit the (7-14-1) South Island Royals Dec. 21st (6:30 p.m.) and 22nd (10:30 a.m.) in Saanich.
The (15-5-1-1) Major Midget Cougars are in third place in the 11-team BCMML, a point ahead of
the (15-6-0-1) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
The Major Midget League schedule/results/standings right here.
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During weekend play in the B.C. Major Midget League, the Cariboo Cougars fell 3-2 to the host Thompson Blazers in the opener Saturday but maintained complete control in a 5-1 victory in the rematch Sunday with both games in Kamloops.
The Cougars will compete in the prestigious Mac’s AAA Midget Tournament, which starts on Boxing Day in Calgary.
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The Cariboo Cougars are the new first-place team in the B.C. Hockey Minor Midget League.
The Cougars caught and passed the Okanagan Rockets thanks to a 9-8 overtime win Saturday
and a 10-5 victory against the Rockets in Kelowna.
In the standings, the Cougars (14-3-1-0) moved one point ahead of the Rockets (14-4-0-0).
The Cats will be in Delta this weekend for games against the fifth-place Valley West Giants (7-9-1-1).
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In other games involving Cariboo Hockey teams, the major bantam Cougars lost 5-2 to the Valley West Giants on Saturday in Delta but bounced back for a 7-6 overtime win on Sunday.
The Cougars are fifth in the eight-team league with a mark of 6-8-0-2.
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In bantam double-A play, the North Central Bobcats dropped a pair on home ice to North East, 4-1 on Saturday and 7-1 on Sunday.
In the standings, the Bobcats (2-9-1-0) are sixth of eight teams.
Snowboard Cross World Cup:
A pair of Prince George athletes, Colby Graham and Meryeta O’Dine, are on the Canadian team that competes at the Snowboard Cross World Cup in Montafon, Austria Thursday and Friday.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 93 Chicago Bulls 92
The (16-7) Raptors ended a three-game losing streak.
Toronto will host Kawhi Leonard and the (18-7) LA Clippers Wednesday.
The Raptors schedule/results right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
NFL: (Final game in Week 14)
Philadelphia Eagles 23 New York Giants 17 (OT)
The (6-7) Eagles rallied from a 17-3 second-half deficit to pull into a tie with the Dallas Cowboys for the NFC East lead.
The (2-9) Giants suffered their ninth straight loss.
The NFL schedule/results right here.
The NFL standings are right here.
MLB:
The World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals have come to terms on a seven-year contract worth a record $245 million.
The 31-year-old right-hander received the highest deal for a pitcher in both total dollars and average annual value at $35 million.
Athlete of the Year:
U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu is the unanimous winner of the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year.
She is the first tennis player to capture the award.
Andreescu entered the 2019 season ranked No. 152 in the world and then climbed all the way to No. 4, the highest such ranking for a Canadian in WTA Tour history.