As of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday by Hartley Miller
WHL: (BC Division)
The (5-7-1-1) Prince George Cougars play the (12-2) Blazers tonight at 7:00 in Kamloops. The Cougars, coming off Monday’s 4-1 victory over Victoria, are 0-4 this season against the first-place Blazers. Kamloops is riding an overall 5-game win streak.
In the WHL Tuesday, Kamloops beat Vancouver 2-1 and Kelowna outscored Victoria 5-1, the 10th straight loss for the Royals. Scott Cousins of Prince George, an undrafted player who turned 17 in January, scored his first WHL goal for Kelowna in his 6th game.
Scott Cousins with his first career WHL goal!!’ #DefendTheNorth #CaribooHockey https://t.co/ou9MA9kS5S
— Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA (@cariboocougars) April 28, 2021
.@PGCougars snap four game slide with 4-1 win over @victoriaroyals in @TheWHL action
| https://t.co/fqSmJQsHyc #CityofPG #sports pic.twitter.com/TedTbgyXGS— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 27, 2021
Check out last the @KenGossPGSOLD highlights from last night’s 4-1 win vs. Victoria!https://t.co/Xq9SLfypOR pic.twitter.com/co0Za6441l
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 27, 2021
The PG Cougars schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
IIHF U18 World Hockey Championship: (Group A in Plano, Texas)
Canada 12 Sweden 1
(Goalie Tyler Brennan of the PG Cougars is on the Canadian team but did not play. Canada plays its second game of the tournament tonight (6:00 PT) against Latvia)
BCHL:
The (9-3-0-1) Prince George Spruce Kings play the (2-10) Merritt Centennials tonight at 5:00. The Spruce Kings blanked the Centennials 3-0 Sunday for their 4th straight victory. P.G. is 6-0 this season against Merritt. Prince George has a 1-point lead over the (9-5) Chiefs in the 3-team Chilliwack Pod.
.@SpruceKings continue on ice success against @BCHLCentennials
| https://t.co/hx7hWf3Hxh #CityOfPG pic.twitter.com/UxyAgnJnfX— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 26, 2021
Check out tonight’s highlights from tonight’s victory over Merritt!
WATCH –> https://t.co/JrSvLx1GPl#TrueBlue
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 26, 2021
BCHL announces season will end with no playoffs, plans for alternate set of pod awards
RELEASE: https://t.co/o01WZO4emQ pic.twitter.com/pyIphhBihb
— BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) April 27, 2021
The Spruce Kings schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL:
(North Division)
None of the Canadian NHL teams were in action Tuesday.
The (19-20-3) Vancouver Canucks play the last-place Senators again today (2:30 PT) in Ottawa. It is the 4th straight meeting between the two teams. Vancouver has slipped 10 points back of Montreal for the last playoff spot with the Canucks holding five games in hand.
The Canadiens are home this evening against Toronto while Edmonton visits Winnipeg.
Two more teams punched their ticket to the 2021 #StanleyCup Playoffs as the @FlaPanthers and @TBLightning both clinched on Tuesday. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/5L64dCktNy
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 28, 2021
The NHL schedule is right here.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
Taking Note Column:
Rossi: “Every day I woke up . . . I was so glad I woke up” . . . Canada has Wright stuff in routing Sweden . . . WHL’s Americans cleared to return https://t.co/xJNMmKcx8V
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 28, 2021
NBA:
Brooklyn Nets 116 Toronto Raptors 103
The (26-36) Raptors, with just 10 games left, start a 4-game road trip Thursday at Denver.
The NBA schedule is right here.
The Raptors schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 9 Washington Nationals 5(
(Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit three home runs, including a grand slam and had seven RBIs )
The (11-11) Blue Jays visit the Nationals again tonight before going to Atlanta for a weekend series against the Braves.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
NFL:
Antonio Brown is back with Tom Brady in the Bay. https://t.co/A17ZYnqIYM
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) April 28, 2021
The NFL Draft odds are dominated by projections about where different quarterbacks will land. (@OddsShark)https://t.co/dEOEIJiD9m
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 28, 2021
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