Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Sunday, September 26th
WHL (pre-season)
Prince George Cougars 8 Victoria Royals 5 (Saturday in Victoria)
Carter MacAdams notched a hat-trick, including the game-winning goal and an empty-netter in the third period.
We wrapped up our 2021 Pre-Season with an 8-5 win in Victoria. Read all about Saturday’s victory in our game recap.#NorthernUprising | #WHL
? https://t.co/LpwhFLkwQ0
? @KevinRLight pic.twitter.com/oXOQETrMmr— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) September 26, 2021
Vancouver Giants 3 Prince George Cougars 1 (Friday in Maple Ridge)
A scrappy Pre-Season clash in Maple Ridge. Read all about our 3-1 setback to the @WHLGiants.
RECAP ? https://t.co/OCr9D023GR
? Rob Wilton pic.twitter.com/aLoqDkdc2F
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) September 25, 2021
The Cougars finished 2-and-2 in the pre-season and will start the regular season at home on Saturday, October 2nd against the Kamloops Blazers.
The Cougars are carrying 26 players, three goalies, nine defencemen, and 14 forwards.
Seven of the players are rookies and four are 20-year-olds (one over the limit); goalie Taylor Gauthier, defenceman Majid Kaddoura plus forwards Jonny Hooker, and Connor Bowie.
There are 3 P.G. boys on the team: defenceman Aiden Reeves and forwards Caden Brown and Fischer O’Brien.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
BCHL (pre-season game)
Prince George Spruce Kings 6 Merritt Centennials 2 (Friday in Merritt)
Kilian McGregor-Bennett, John Herrington, Kolton Cousins, Max Borovinskiy, Dylan Schives, and Evan Fedele all score their first of the preseason en route to 6-2 victory in Merritt!
?https://t.co/lLMkdVZvIA#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/O1vlHgrlau
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) September 25, 2021
Happy Weekend! Start it right, grab some ☕️, and enjoy last night’s highlights in a 6-2 triumph over the Merritt Centennials!
?️ –> https://t.co/sRU5IIpdVz…#TrueBlue • #Spruce50
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) September 25, 2021
The Spruce Kings have three pre-season games remaining: They visit West Kelowna on Tuesday and Penticton Wednesday before concluding exhibition play on Sunday, October 3rd when they host Merritt at 3 pm.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Start of the regular season)
(U18AAA)
North Island Silvertips 7 Cariboo Cougars 5 (Saturday in Nanaimo)
The same two teams play again this morning in Nanaimo.
(FEMALE U18 AAA)
Northern Capitals 6 Greater Vancouver Comets 0 (Saturday in PG)
The same two teams face each other game this morning at 10:45 at Kin 2
Canada West Soccer: (at UBC)
Men:
UBC Thunderbirds 3 UNBC Timberwolves 3 (Tie Saturday)
The UNBC men erased a 3-0 deficit by scoring three times in the final seven minutes to earn the draw
The greatest comeback in @UNBC Soccer history!!
Down three to @ubcmsoc with seven minutes remaining, @UNBCMSoccer came all the way back to earn the 3-3 draw!
READ: https://t.co/odOSKI2eNZ pic.twitter.com/bYZIoGtJnk
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 26, 2021
UBC Thunderbirds 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
RECAP: They are doing everything but score.
A frustrating game for @UNBCMSoccer, with plenty of possession and chances, but unable to convert, falling 1-0 to @ubcmsoc in Vancouver.
READ: https://t.co/5oUSPzCCXY pic.twitter.com/qLNTSBmzwX
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 25, 2021
Women:
UBC Thunderbirds 3 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Saturday)
RECAP: @UNBCWSoccer battled the @USPORTSca champion @ubcwsoc for the second consecutive day, eventually falling to the T-Birds 3-0 in a gritty effort.
READ: https://t.co/axWYlciqKx pic.twitter.com/BGsT9ezhxX— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 26, 2021
UBC Thunderbirds 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
RECAP: It took @ubcwsoc 89 minutes to beat @UNBCWSoccer‘s Brooke Molby, who made 14 saves in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss.
READ: https://t.co/l7Rn2FkUcH pic.twitter.com/euhaoeuAEC— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 25, 2021
The UNBC soccer teams will host UBC Okanagan at Masich Place on Friday and Saturday, October 1st and 2nd (noon for the men and 6 p.m. for the women)
The UNBC men have three losses and three ties after six games while the UNBC women have six losses.
The women’s standings are right here while the men’s standings are right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 Minnesota Twins 1
Marcus Semien’s 43rd home run tied an MLB record for homers by a second baseman in a season, but more importantly for the Blue Jays, it expanded on a narrow lead en route to a much-needed 6-1 win over the Twins. @bnicholsonsmith | @TD_Canada https://t.co/b62ixEgUyq
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 26, 2021
The (86-69) Jays are two games behind both the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Yanks and Red Sox hold down the two A.L. wild-card playoff spots. Toronto is one game ahead of the Seattle Mariners.
The Blue Jays have 7 games left; today at Minnesota, three home games against the Yankees and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and three home games against the Baltimore Orioles on Oct 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The Rays are going to display a Tampa Bay/Montreal sign at Tropicana Field during the MLB post-season, fuelling reports of a shared custody plan between the two cities for the club. https://t.co/Qmj6kiwxn4
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 26, 2021
The MLB standings are right here.
Triple-A Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George is batting .254 since getting called up to AAA with the Iowa Cubs. The 26-year-old first baseman has four homers and 16 RBI’s in 35 games.
NFL:
There are 14 Sunday games in the NFL including Seattle at Minnesota, Tampa at LA Rams and Green Bay at San Francisco.
Carolina at 3-0 is one of seven unbeaten teams. The teams at 2-0 include San Francisco, LA Rams, Arizona, and Tampa in the NFC plus Denver and Las Vegas in the AFC.
There are seven teams sitting 0-2. They include Detroit, Minnesota, Atlanta, and New York Giants in the NFC plus New York Jets, Jacksonville, and Indianapolis in the AFC.
CFL: (Final games in Week 8)
Saskatchewan 31 B.C. Lions 24 (Friday)
Last-minute Fajardo TD gives Roughriders victory over Lions.
MORE: https://t.co/dxiYC404zX pic.twitter.com/3raGcrLJUk
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) September 25, 2021
Toronto 30 Montreal 27 (Friday)
West: Winnipeg 6-1, Saskatchewan 5-2, B.C. 4-3, Edmonton 2-4, and Calgary 2-5
East: Hamilton and Toronto 4-3, , Montreal 2-4, and Ottawa 1-5.
Week 9 of the CFL season begins Tuesday with Edmonton at Ottawa (4:30 PT). The B.C. Lions host Winnipeg Friday night at 7:00. Games on Saturday, October 2nd have Montreal at Hamilton (1:00) followed by Saskatchewan at Calgary (4:00)
The CFL schedule is right here.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller examines the race for the final wild care spot in the @MLB‘s American League that involves the @BlueJays
| https://t.co/PkBx8kKA5R #cityofpg #sports pic.twitter.com/FHemLPxVTa— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 24, 2021
Boulet asks unvaxxed to take one for the team: ‘We need you now’ . . . COVID-19 puts SJHL team’s season on hold . . . WHL adds first female on-ice official https://t.co/1u5aNlufVu
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) September 25, 2021