Sports by Brendan Pawliw
WHL
Former PG Cougars head coach Mark Holick is joining the Kamloops Blazers as an associate.
He coached the Cougars from 2013-16 before being let go after the team was ousted by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL Playoffs.
Holick joins the Blazers after spending the last three seasons coaching the Yale Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep team.
Mark Holick @coachholly68 jumping aboard the ship!
The new Associate Coach is ready for his next hockey endeavour. #Kamloops pic.twitter.com/D9kpZJTgXu— Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) August 12, 2021
MLB
George Springer homered twice as the Toronto Blue Jays smashed the Los Angeles Angels by an 11-2 score.
Teoscar Hernandez also drove in 4 RBI’s while pitcher Alex Mannoah fanned 11 LA batters.
Toronto (62-51) continues its series against the Angels (57-58) tonight at 6:35 Pacific Time.
Minor League Baseball
Jared Young of Prince George recorded one hit and struck out three times in his first full game as a member of the Iowa Cubs during a 12-7 win against the Omaha Storm Chasers.
Iowa is the AAA affiliate of the MLB’s Chicago Cubs.
The six-game series continues tonight in Omaha.
NHL
The Florida Panthers signed newly acquired forward Sam Reinhart to a three-year contract.
Reinhart was a restricted free agent, and acquired by the Panthers in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres last month.
CFL
The BC Lions are back in action tonight against the Calgary Stampeders.
Both teams are 0-1 to begin the season.
The Lions are expected to start Canadian rookie quarterback Nathan Rourke as Mike Reilly is still nursing an arm injury.