In a nutshell: as of 12:05 a.m. (All times PT) Saturday by Hartley Miller
MLB:
–The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays will play a 7th and deciding game in the American League Championship Series tonight (Saturday 5:37 PT). The Astros beat Tampa 7-4 Friday to even the Series. Houston is trying to join the 2004 Boston Red Sox as the only teams to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win a seven-game series.
–The LA Dodgers outscored the Atlanta Braves 7-3. The Braves still lead the best-of-7 National League Championship Series 3-2 with Game 6 this afternoon (1:38 PT).
NHL:
–The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Joe Thornton to a one-year contract for the league-minimum salary of $700,000. The 41-year-old Thornton spent the last 15 seasons with the San Jose Sharks putting up the most assists in franchise history (with 804).
BCHL:
–The Prince George Spruce Kings have added goaltender Jordan Fairlie (’02) for the 2020-21 season. Fairlie, who hails from Fort St. John, spent the 2019-20 season with the Cariboo Cougars of the BC Major Midget League (BCMML). The 17-year-old sported a 10-7-1 record in 18 games played with a 2.47 GAA. The Spruce Kings preseason schedule continues Friday (October 23rd) in Merritt against the Centennials, and then on Sunday, October 25th at home against the same Centennials.
Canada West Sports:
–The UNBC Timberwolves basketball season has been scrapped. Canada West announced Thursday that no conference regular season, playoff, or championship events will be staged during the 2020-21 season in men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, hockey, and wrestling, along with women’s rugby 7s.
CFL:
–The BC Lions have announced that general manager Ed Hervey is stepping down for personal reasons. Hervey had been with the Lions since December of 2017 after a lengthy stay with Edmonton.
NFL:
–Week 6 of the NFL season has a dozen games on Sunday and two more on Monday. The 5-0 Seattle Seahawks are idle this weekend. The other unbeaten teams are Tennessee, Pittsburgh and Green Bay, all at 4-0. Green Bay will play at 3-2 Tampa Bay Sunday afternoon at 1:25.
SPORTS TWEETS:
LISTEN: From Prince George to the Stanley Cup, a special report with Jon Cooper https://t.co/FHm1Om7P7f
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 16, 2020
Joe Thornton’s hunt for the Stanley Cup has been running 41 years and 106 days. His new club, the @MapleLeafs, have been chasing the thing for 53 years and 164 days.
Their quests, painfully futile for so long, will unite in 2020-21. (via @lukefoxjukebox)https://t.co/xr60fI9XLd
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 17, 2020
Lots to be done before WHL’s “firm” start date gets here . . . U Sports cancels winter championships . . . U of Ottawa suspends football team https://t.co/uLXO1VcewQ
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) October 16, 2020
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (Jan. 8 is the WHL date) Oct.16, 2020 EDITION 806https://t.co/x889k6rfXM pic.twitter.com/eh0rCzyxL7
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 16, 2020
Taylor Gauthier is our NHL 21 Cover Athlete ?
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) October 16, 2020
NEWS | The Spruce Kings are excited to add G Jordan Fairlie (’02) for the 2020-21 season.
Welcome to the Spruce Kings, Jordan!
DETAILS –> https://t.co/tBS3TdjKC2#TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/ST9sk6A1RL
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 15, 2020
The Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros are heading to a winner-take-all Game 7 with a trip to the World Series on the line.https://t.co/7yN2kQqe9c
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 17, 2020
Ty Lue To Bring Better Ball Movement, Faster Pace To Clippers Next Season https://t.co/y56Q9h5gWq
— RealGM (@RealGM) October 16, 2020
Not the news any of us wanted. @CanadaWest has voted to cancel all conference play for the 2020-2021 season. We will continue to #RunAsOnehttps://t.co/WN6Ps7JmaD pic.twitter.com/he0YYM1hXv
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 15, 2020