Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 p.m. Thursday, November 18th
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
Colorado 4 Vancouver 2
The Canucks gave up three power-play goals in suffering their 5th straight loss. Vancouver’s penalty kill has surrendered 19 goals in the last 10 games and has the NHL’s worst-functioning unit at 60.3 %. The (5-10-2) Canucks host Winnipeg Friday at 7 p.m. and Chicago Sunday at 5:00.
A return home didn’t change the Vancouver Canucks’ fortunes. The Canucks’ losing streak has hit five games after a 4-2 defeat against the Colorado Avalanche.https://t.co/PpKRfrQMix
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 18, 2021
Jim Benning: “This is wearing on all of us, from ownership through the management team to the coaching staff to the players. … We’re a fragile team right now.”
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) November 18, 2021
Chicago 4 Seattle 2
Washington 2 Los Angeles o
The Canucks schedule is right here.
The NHL schedule is right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BCHL:
The (9-6) Prince George Spruce Kings will not be traveling this weekend.
The BCHL has postponed the Spruce Kings games that were scheduled for Friday in Surrey and Saturday in Merritt due to the floods and closures of highways in British Columbia.
IMPORTANT NEWS: This weekend’s road games against the Surrey Eagles (Fri Nov 19th) and the Merritt Centennials (Sat Nov 20th) have been postponed.
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 18, 2021
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The (6-9) Prince George Cougars host the (3-7-2) Tri-City Americans Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars are 1-3 on a six-game homestand.
Cougars gearing up to host American oppositionhttps://t.co/lh2ccbDkIi pic.twitter.com/XezlpEnGzu
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 17, 2021
After this weekend, the Cats will play their following six games on the road.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @tgoats_35 and @tyler_brennan70 in this week’s episode | https://t.co/Dm6JEm9pIQ #cityofpg #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/eURCnh6Xew
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 18, 2021
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA & Northern Capitals Female U18 AAA)
Fraser Valley Rush 3 Northern Capitals 2 (Wednesday in Langley)
Northern Capitals 3 Fraser Valley Rush 2 (Tuesday in Langley)
The (12-5-0-2) Capitals are in first place in the Female U-18 AAA division, four points ahead of the (11-1) Rush, however, Fraser Valley has seven games in hand.
The Prince George-based Capitals will not play another league game until January 7th.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
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The U-18 Cariboo Cougars home games this weekend against the (10-2-1-1) Vancouver NE Chiefs have been postponed due to the travel conditions.
Make-up dates have not yet been announced.
The (5-7-1-1) Cougars are in 8th place in the 10-team league.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
Column:
How Wilson came to be coaching with two WHL teams at same time . . . Friedman puts focus on Ingram . . . B.C. mess has schedule implications https://t.co/IBsvWrH6bp
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 18, 2021
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Robbie Ray has won the AL Cy Young Award.https://t.co/h9RbHp8cLq
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 17, 2021
Milwaukee Brewers starter Corbin Burnes has won the National League Cy Young Award.https://t.co/cN4aszRzbq
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 18, 2021
NFL: (Week 11)
Week 11 of the NFL season starts tonight with (6-4) New England at (4-5) Atlanta. The Patriots are riding a 4-game winning streak.
The Patriots will be looking to win five games in a row for the first time in over two years when they visit the Falcons as seven-point road favourites on Thursday, according to @OddsShark. https://t.co/TVAUsWlcT7
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 16, 2021
The NFL standings are right here.
CFL: (Week 16)
The (4-9) B.C. Lions host the (3-10) Edmonton Elks Friday night at 7:30 in the final game of the season for both teams.
The Lions have lost seven in a row.
In other action this weekend: Ottawa visits Montreal Friday (4:30 PT), Saskatchewan is at Hamilton Saturday (1:00) and Winnipeg plays at Calgary Saturday (4:00) to conclude the regular season.
The CFL schedule is right here.
West: Winnipeg 11-2, Saskatchewan 9-4, Calgary 7-6, B.C. 4-9, and Edmonton 3-10.
East: Toronto 9-5, Hamilton 7-6 and Montreal 7-6, and Ottawa 2-11.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves will host the UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West basketball on November 26th and 27th.
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.
Curling:
More ticket options opening up for World Women’s Curling Championship | #cityofpg https://t.co/7lStGhILoB #PrinceGeorge pic.twitter.com/4VafpL3bvp
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 16, 2021