(As of 12:01 a.m.) by Hartley Miller WEEKEND WRAP
WHL: (PG Cougars)
Seattle Thunderbirds 2 Prince George Cougars 1 (Sunday)
Roddy Ross won the goaltender’s battle over Taylor Gauthier as Seattle outshot Prince George 36-34 before 4,512 fans in Kent, Washington.
The Thunderbirds scored the only goal in the first and the two teams exchanged goals in the 2nd.
Ilijah Colina (9th) tallied for the Cats on the power-play.
FINAL: @PGCougars (1) at @SeattleTbirds (2)
STATS ? | https://t.co/rVg7yZ7INr#SEAvsPG pic.twitter.com/RTB6cuOOhW
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 10, 2020
The (16-28-3-4) Cougars are 9 points behind (21-24-3-3) Seattle and 10 back of (23-25-1-2) Kelowna in the race for the two wild-card playoff spots.
P.G., Seattle and Kelowna all have 17 games remaining.
MJ 3 SAS 4 (OT)
LET 6 CGY 4
KAM 3 VAN 7
EVT 3 SPO 5
PG 1 SEA 2— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 10, 2020
Vancouver Giants 5 Prince George Cougars 2 (Saturday)
The Giants enjoyed period leads of 2-1 and 3-2 before 3,566 fans in Langley.
FINAL: @PGCougars (2) at @WHLGiants (5)
STATS ? | https://t.co/kTuRQXVwti#VANvsPG pic.twitter.com/cwfZeYt73u
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 9, 2020
The P.G. Cougars schedule/results right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
Meanwhile, former PG Cougar Zdeno Chara has played his 1,500th NHL game, which is 21st on the all-time list.
???#WHLAlumni https://t.co/gVU7heS075
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 9, 2020
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller with the original voice of the @PGCougars Glen Dufresne in this week’s episode of the podcast
| https://t.co/xnBSGpCQL4 #CityOfPG #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/b4e2g2Zzt8— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 6, 2020
BCMML: (Cariboo Cougars)
The Cariboo Cougars stretched their winning streak to four games after a pair of convincing victories over the last place Greater Vancouver Canadians 8-0 and 12-1.
Cariboo Cougars 12 Greater Vancouver Canadians 1 (Sunday)
Kellan Brienen was our Hard Hat recipient. Adding 2 goals to his season tally, as well as a great defensive effort. ?? #DefendTheNorth #CaribooHockey @BCHockey_Source @BCHockey_U18 #Esso pic.twitter.com/e0ukUia8AZ
— Cariboo Cougars (@cariboocougars) February 9, 2020
Cariboo Cougars 8 Greater Vancouver Canadians 0 (Saturday)
Final score 8-0 for the Cougars. Kenny Gerow with the shutout receives our Hard Hat award and Nico Myatovic is our Reg Dunlop Player of the game, great work guys! #DefendTheNorth #CaribooCougars @BCHockey_Source @BCHockey_U18 @PGMatters @ckpgnews @mypgnow @Hartley_Miller pic.twitter.com/v93kq7i5Bt
— Cariboo Cougars (@cariboocougars) February 9, 2020
The (22-10-1-1) Cougars are in 5th place in the 11-team league while the (7-28-0-1) Canadians are at the bottom.
Cariboo has just six regular-season games remaining, all at home.
They host the (8-26) Kootenay Ice Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Kin 1.
Kootenay is in 10th place and out of playoff contention.
The Major Midget League schedule/results/standings right here.
BCHL: (PG Spruce Kings)
There’s just a couple of weeks left in the BCHL regular-season.
The Prince George Spruce Kings, coming off Friday’s 5-2 loss to Merritt before 1,349 fans at the RMCA, visit the (24-17-5-6) Chilliwack Chiefs Tuesday and the (23-23-3-4) Surrey Eagles Thursday.
The (17-29-2-4) Spruce Kings have just six regular-season games remaining.
Prince George has clinched a playoff spot despite being last in the Mainland Division, 6 points behind the (21-27-2-1-1) Langley Rivermen.
The Spruce Kings are 15th out of 17 in the overall standings, three points ahead of West Kelowna and five back of Victoria.
The BCHL standings are right here.
The Spruce Kings 2019-20 schedule/results right here.
NHL: (5 Sunday games)
Winnipeg 5 Chicago 2
Colorado 3 Minnesota 2
NY Rangers 4 LA 1
Anaheim 3 Buffalo 2
Detroit 3 Boston 1
The Vancouver Canucks have lost four straight after dropping a 6-2 decision to the Calgary Flames Saturday night.
The loss ended the Canucks 9-game home win streak.
Vancouver forward Brock Boeser suffered an upper-body injury that will keep him on the sidelines for at least the next two games.
Coach Green says Brock Boeser will be out the next two games and then the team will reassess.
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) February 9, 2020
The (30-21-5) Canucks host the (26-21-7) Nashville Predators in one of six NHL games tonight.
Vancouver leads the Pacific Division by one point over Edmonton and Vegas, three over Calgary and four over Arizona.
Elsewhere, Calgary is at San Jose, Arizona visits Montreal, Florida plays in Philadelphia, The NY Islanders are at Washington and Tampa Bay plays in Columbus.
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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.
Canada West Basketball: (UNBC Timberwolves) Final weekend of the regular season
The UNBC Timberwolves completed their Canada West basketball regular-season with a men’s and women’s sweep of the MacEwan Griffins.
UNBC’s Maria Mongomo, in the women’s division, and Tyrell Laing, in the men’s division, both won Canada West scoring titles.
(Women’s games)
UNBC Timberwolves 80 MacEwan Griffins 62 (Saturday)
The (11-9) Timberwolves ended the regular season on an 8-game win streak.
Maria Mongomo hooped 29 points and added 13 rebounds, claiming the Canada West scoring title in the process with an average of 20.1 points-per-game.
The UNBC women will head to Lethbridge for a play-in game Friday night against the (11-9)
Pronghorns.
RECAP: Mongomo won the @CanadaWest scoring title, @EmilyHolmes15 saved the best for last, and @UNBCWomensBball earned their 8th straight win with an 80-62 victory over @MacEwanGriffins tonight! Read allll about it: https://t.co/taujWfSxEH
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 9, 2020
UNBC Timberwolves 84 MacEwan Griffins 63 (Friday)
RECAP: 1500 @SD57PG students energized a shorthanded @UNBCWomensBball team, helping them to a 84-63 win over the @MacEwanGriffins on Friday afternoon! Read all about it: https://t.co/22jOVxaU00 pic.twitter.com/N5m0dwPjLS
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 7, 2020
(Men’s games)
UNBC Timberwolves 99 MacEwan Griffins 80 (Saturday)
The UNBC men finished in 13th place with a 6-14 record.
PGSS grad Tyrell Laing became the first UNBC men’s player to lead Canada West in scoring averaging nearly 22 points per game.
RECAP: Playing the final game of their @CanadaWest careers, @UNBCBasketball seniors @sajegosalBC7 & Anthony Hokanson shot the lights out vs @MacEwanGriffins. Read all about it: https://t.co/3XrA9zY273 pic.twitter.com/Lk9uPf3Tk4
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 9, 2020
Your @CanadaWest scoring champ!! Coming into the year @tyrelllaing had started just 7 games in his career. Last night, he became the first @UNBCBasketball player to lead CW in scoring. 21.9 PPG, and 437 points overall. From @PGSSATHLETICS to @UNBC, we are proud of you, Ty. pic.twitter.com/Age5SiUNIK
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 9, 2020
UNBC Timberwolves 89 MacEwan Griffins 72 (Friday)
The UNBC men ended an 11-game losing streak.
RECAP: Despite a good win over the @MacEwanGriffins on home court, @UNBCBasketball is eliminated from @CanadaWest playoff contention. Get all the details here: https://t.co/BhfZ0Vf6U4 pic.twitter.com/JcUhCnv41k
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 8, 2020
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NBA:
The Toronto Raptors have won a club-record 14 consecutive games after Saturday’s 119-118 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
The (39-14) Raptors host the (16-35) Minnesota Timberwolves tonight (4:30 PT).
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The NBA standings are right here.