In a nutshell: As of 12:05 a.m Thursday by Hartley Miller
NHL: (Canadian Division) Opening night
Vancouver Canucks 5 Edmonton Oilers 3
Brock Boeser scored a pair of 3rd period goals for the Canucks. The same teams will play again tonight (6:00 PT) in Edmonton.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
“Nils Hoglander! It’s time to hand out the sweets!”
What a call. ? Congratulations on your English play-by-play debut, @IceSinghHNIC!#NHLonSN | #ItsOn pic.twitter.com/3a8ffJKByd
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 14, 2021
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Montreal Canadiens 4 (OT)
The Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets start their season when they meet this evening in Winnipeg.
PHI 6 – PIT 3
TOR 5 – MTL 4 OT
TBL 5 – CHI 1
VAN 5 – EDM 3
STL 4 – COL 1https://t.co/NFSYj50hKj pic.twitter.com/FZ0c3lrsVG— NHL (@NHL) January 14, 2021
BCHL:
NEWS | The Spruce Kings have added G Kobe Grant (’02) to the team roster.
Welcome to PG, @kobegranite!
DETAILS ? –> https://t.co/LSEL5ZEexx#TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/g4P3ITOwSR
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 12, 2021
NEWS | F Darwin Lakoduk (’00) will now be joining his NCAA school at @AIC_Hockey.
Newly committed F Linden Makow (’04) will now join the Spruce Kings full time roster.
DETAILS –> https://t.co/spw95Iecds pic.twitter.com/E4Lhrt8wm3
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 11, 2021
NBA:
–James Harden got his wish. The Houston Rockets dealt Harden to the Brooklyn Nets in a blockbuster four-team trade that also involved the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Nets sent Houston a package that included multiple players and draft picks.
Rockets send Harden to Nets, acquire Oladipo from Pacers in NBA stunner.
MORE: https://t.co/aZydPYcFQu pic.twitter.com/MIsBRj1mQ7
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 13, 2021
–The Toronto Raptors play tonight against the (6-6) Charlotte Hornets in Tampa Bay. After 10 games the (2-8) Toronto Raptors have the second-worst record in the NBA only ahead of the (2-9) Detroit Pistons.
NFL: (Playoffs)
–The NFL Conference semi-finals will be featured this weekend. The four games have LA Rams at Green Bay (Saturday 1:35 PM PT) and Tampa Bay at New Orleans (Sunday 3:40 PM) in the NFC plus Baltimore at Buffalo (Saturday 5:15 PM) and Cleveland at Kansas City (Sunday 12:05 PM) in the AFC. Home teams are favoured in each game: the Packers by 6 1/2, Bills by 2 1/2, Saints by 3 and Chiefs by 10.
Column:
Scattershooting on a Wednesday night while thinking about how much I don’t miss Prairie blizzards . . . https://t.co/LpPR6OPtIj
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 14, 2021
WHL chairman suggests late February or early March for start . . . Five WHL players off to USHL . . . City of Cranbrook suing WHL, Ice owners https://t.co/c9ZPJqgVYw
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 13, 2021
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