Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, November 9th
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have four home games in five nights.
The (5-6) Cougars host the (6-2-1) Vancouver Giants tonight and Wednesday plus they entertain the (5-3-0-1) Kelowna Rockets Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars are 0-2 against the Giants and 0-1 vs. the Rockets this season.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
NHL: (3 Monday games)
Los Angeles 5 Toronto 1
New York Rangers 4 Florida 3
Washington 5 Buffalo 3
Alex Ovechkin of the @Capitals scored goal No. 741 to tie Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL’s all-time list, while the @NYRangers snapped the Panthers’ 11-game point streak.#NHLStats: https://t.co/XkANIkVKPr pic.twitter.com/mEws7JbR6I
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 9, 2021
The (5-6-1) Vancouver Canucks are 2-4 on a 7-game homestand that concludes tonight against (6-4-3) Anaheim. There are nine other Tuesday games in the NHL including San Jose at Calgary, Edmonton at Detroit, St. Louis at Winnipeg, LA at Montreal, and Ottawa at Boston.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
The NHL schedule is right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA & Northern Capitals Female U18 AAA)
The Northern Capitals U-18 female AAA hockey team visits the (0-10) Greater Vancouver Comets Saturday night at 5:15 and Sunday afternoon at 12:15 in Richmond.
The (9-5-0-1) Capitals are in 1st place in the 5-team league by three points over the (8-0) Fraser Valley Rush, however, Fraser Valley has seven games in hand.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
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The (5-7-1-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars are idle until the Nov 20th-21st weekend when they host the (10-2-1-1) Vancouver NE Chiefs in a doubleheader at Kin 1. Cariboo is in 8th place in the 10-team league.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
NFL: (Final game in Week 9)
Pittsburgh 29 Chicago 27
The (5-3) Steelers extended their winning streak to four. The (3-6) Bears stretched their losing streak to four.
Chris Boswell hit a 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds to go as the Steelers held off the sloppy, mistake-prone Bears 29-27.https://t.co/rZhPNiTQeU
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 9, 2021
At the midway point of the season (with nine of 18 weeks completed), Arizona has the best record in the NFL at 8-1 followed by LA Rams, Green Bay, and Tennessee at 7-2 with Baltimore, Tampa Bay, and Dallas at 6-2.
The NFL standings are right here.
CFL: (Week 15)
Calgary at B.C. Lions Friday 7:30 PM
The (4-8) Lions have lost six straight. B.C will close out its season with a home game against Edmonton on November 19th.
Hamilton at Toronto Friday 4:30 PM (PT)
Winnipeg at Montreal Saturday 10:00 AM
Edmonton at Saskatchewan Saturday 1:00 PM
The CFL schedule is right here.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves are off in Canada West basketball until Nov 26th and 27th when they host the UBC Thunderbirds.
The UNBC women are 3-1 on the season while the men are 2-2.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
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