As of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, July 1 by Hartley Miller
Happy Canada Day!
NHL:
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Montreal Canadiens 1
(Andrei Vasilevskiy made 42 saves as the Habs outshot the Lightning 43-23. Tampa leads the Stanley Cup final 2-0 with Game 3 Friday night just after 5:00 (PT) in Montreal. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper of Prince George is two wins away from capturing his second straight Cup)
The Lightning are up two games to none in the #StanleyCup Final.https://t.co/tYkJcT2PpX
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 1, 2021
The NHL schedule is right here.
PG Cougars:
The Prince George Cougars made two selections in the 2021 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft yesterday (Wednesday).
With their first selection, 23rd overall, the Cougars drafted 2003-born forward Liekit Reichle, who led his Swiss junior team in scoring with 75 points in 43 games. Reichle also played for Switzerland at the 2021 World Under-18 Hockey Championship in Texas and registered one goal in five games.
With their second pick, 104th overall, Prince George selected 2004-born defenceman Jozef Viliam Kmec. The 17-year-old Kmec played for the Slovakian U-18 National Team during the 2020-21 season.
Read up on our two CHL Import Draft selections, Liekit Reichle and Jozef Viliam Kmec, in our draft recap.#CHLImportDraft
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) June 30, 2021
Kamloops Blazers:
The Western Hockey League is deeply saddened by the passing of Kamloops Blazers President and COO Don Moores.
IN MEMORIAM | https://t.co/c5uEV730kt pic.twitter.com/2pXHMqSzvR
— The WHL (@TheWHL) June 30, 2021
Column:
Blazers, city mourn death of team president . . . Rockets extend head coach . . . Silvertips grab Finn with second pick https://t.co/jDrajupic1
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) July 1, 2021
PG Spruce Kings:
ACQUIRED: We have acquired F Jimmy Doyle (’02) from the Bismarck Bobcats of the North American Hockey League.
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) June 29, 2021
NBA
Phoenix Suns 130 LA Clippers 103
(Suns win the Western Conference final 4-2. Chris Paul hooped 41 points and added 8 assists to advance to his first NBA final)
It seemed like it would never happen.
But after 16 years, Chris Paul is heading to his first #NBAFinals at age 36.@donnovanbennett has more on the “Point God” and the Suns’ Game 6 clincher vs. the Clippers ⤵️https://t.co/UPcZtIq73u
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 1, 2021
The NBA Eastern Conference final continues tonight (Thursday) just after 5:30 in Milwaukee with the Bucks and Atlanta Hawks tied 2-2.
The NBA playoff schedule is right here.
MLB
Seattle Mariners 9 Toronto Blue Jays 7 (10 innings)
The (41-37) Blue Jays are 4-2 on a 10-game homestand that continues today (10:07 a.m. PT) against the Mariners.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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