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HARTLEY’S SPORTS SHORTS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST

By Hartley Miller

(As of 12:01 a.m.) by Hartley Miller

WHL: (PG Cougars)

Kelowna Rockets  3  Prince George Cougars  2  (OT)

Liam Kindree scored with three seconds left in overtime.

The Cougars trailed 2-0 until Cole Moberg (5th) scored on a 5-on-3 power play late in the first.

Connor Bowie (7th) tied the game at 11:42 of the second with the Cougars first shorthanded goal of the season.

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Taylor Gauthier made 30 saves as Kelowna outshot P.G. 33-17, including 16-1 in the scoreless third.

The Cats lost forward Reid Perepeluk at 8:15 of the third when he was given a five-minute Major for Kneeing and a Game Misconduct.
The Cougars finished 1-1-1 on a three-game post Christmas road trip.

Prince George beat Everett 4-3 Friday but lost 5-1 to Victoria Saturday.

The Cougars will start 2020 with home games against the (25-8-2) Everett Silvertips Friday and Saturday.

The (9-21-2-3) Cougars are 6 points behind the (12-16-4-1) Tri-City Americans and the
(13-18-2-1) Seattle Thunderbirds, who share the final Western Conference wild-card spot.

The PG Cougars schedule/results right here.

The WHL standings are right here.

 

Cariboo Cougars: 

The Cariboo Cougars will play the Okanagan Rockets today (11 a.m. PT) in the quarter finals at the Mac’s AAA Midget Hockey Tournament in Calgary.

The winner advances to the semi-finals of the 25-team international competition.

Both teams finished 3-1 in round-robin play.

Okanagan came first in Pool 3 while Cariboo was second in Pool 4 behind the (3-0-1) Moose Jaw Warriors.

The Cougars started the tournament with a 7-2 win Thursday over the Airdrie CFR Bisons, then fell 3-2 to the Moose Jaw Warriors Friday and bounced back with a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Royals on Saturday and a 3-2 win over the St. Albert Nektar Raiders on Sunday.

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The (17-5-1-1) Cougars are in 3rd place in the 11-team BCMML.

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Cariboo will resume league play on the Jan. 11-12 weekend when they’ll be in Kelowna for a showdown with the first place (20-2-1-1) Okanagan Rockets.

The Major Midget League schedule/results/standings right here.

 

World Jr. Hockey Championship: (in the Czech Republic)

Canada beat Germany 4-1 Monday in its third round-robin game at the World Jr. Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic.

Canada, with a 2-1 record (6-4 win over the USA followed by a 6-0 loss to Russia) will conclude round-robin play today at 10 a.m. PT against the Czech Republic.

Mitch Love of Quesnel, the head coach of the Saskatoon Blades, is one of the assistant coaches for Team Canada under head coach Dale Hunter.

The tournament schedule/results right here.

 

NHL: (1 Monday game)

Pittsburgh  5  Ottawa  2

There are 13 Tuesday games in the NHL with Vancouver and Ottawa the only Canadian teams idle.

The Canucks, riding a season-high five-game win streak, host the Chicago Blackhawks Thursday.

The (17-17-6) Blackhawks play tonight in Calgary.

The (21-15-4) Canucks are tied with Arizona for 2nd in the tight Pacific Division, just two points behind Vegas and one point ahead of Calgary.

The NHL schedule is right here.

The Canucks schedule is right here.

The NHL standings are right here.

The NHL scoring leaders are right here.


BCHL: (PG Spruce Kings)
The Prince George Spruce Kings play Friday against the Rivermen in Langley.

The Spruce Kings will host the Surrey Eagles on Jan. 10th and 11th.

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With 19 games left, the (13-21-2-3) Spruce Kings are last in the Mainland Division, three points behind (14-17-2-4) Surrey and six back of (17-17-1-1-1) Langley.

The BCHL standings are right here.

The Spruce Kings 2019-20 schedule/results right here.

NFL: 

The NFL Wild Card playoff games will be played this weekend.

Both AFC games are set for Saturday with Buffalo at Houston (1:35 p.m. PT) followed by Tennessee at New England (5:15 p.m. PT).

The Texans are favoured by 2 1/2 and the Patriots are 4 1/2 point favourites.

On Sunday in the NFC, Minnesota is at New Orleans (10:05 a.m. PT) and Seattle plays at Philadelphia (1:40 p.m. PT).

The betting lines have the Saints favoured by 8 and the Seahawks favoured by 2.

The NFL odds are right here.

The NFL schedule/results right here.

The NFL standings are right here.

NBA:

The Toronto Raptors host the (10-22) Cleveland Cavaliers tonight (4 p.m PT).

The (22-11) Raptors are 16-0 against teams below. 500 and 6-11 against teams above .500.

Toronto is tied for 4th in the Eastern Conference.

The Raptors schedule/results right here.

The NBA standings are right here.

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