Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 p.m. Friday, November 19th
WHL:
For the first time in 20 months, the Prince George Cougars will play a team from the U.S. Division.
The (6-9) Cougars host the (3-7-2) Tri-City Americans tonight and Saturday.
Prince George is 1-3 on a six-game homestand.
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.
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Four players with the PG Cougars have been named to Central Scouting’s ‘Players to Watch’ List ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft.
Goaltender Tyler Brennan is ranked a ‘B’ prospect, while defencemen Keaton Dowhaniuk, Viliam Kmec, and forward Kyren Gronick are listed as ‘C’ prospects.
All four held the same ranking in last month’s preliminary list.
NHL Central Scouting ranks ‘A’ level prospects as potential first-round picks, ‘B’ prospects as potential second or third-round picks, and ‘C’ prospects as potential fourth, fifth, or sixth-round selections.
Four Cougars have been named to NHL Central Scouting’s most recent Players to Watch List for the 2022 NHL Draft.#NHLDraft | #WHL
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) November 19, 2021
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
Column:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about not so special teams in his latest column
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Struch pays price in Regina; Paddock back behind Pats’ bench . . . Bedard due to break out? . . . USHL’s Lancers in disarray https://t.co/KgAwXNIumq
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 19, 2021
NHL: (11 Thursday games. Vancouver & Ottawa the only Canadian teams idle)
Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 1 (SO)
Calgary 5 Buffalo 0
Toronto 2 NY Rangers 1
Pittsburgh 6 Montreal 0
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. @cmcdavid97 scored a highlight-reel goal in an @EdmontonOilers victory.#NHLStats: https://t.co/hsQIquNqTN pic.twitter.com/FeLjq9VxV1
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 19, 2021
The Vancouver Canucks host Winnipeg tonight at 7:00. The (5-10-2) Canucks have lost their last five. Vancouver’s penalty kill has surrendered 19 goals in the last 10 games and has the NHL’s worst-functioning unit at 60.3 %.
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
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 tonight 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 will host Chilliwack on Nov 26th and Nanaimo on the 27th.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
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 home games this weekend for the U-18 Cariboo Cougars against the (10-2-1-1) Vancouver NE Chiefs have been postponed due to 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.
NFL: (Week 11)
New England 25 Atlanta 0
It was the 5th straight victory for the (7-4) Patriots. The (4-6) Falcons have scored three points in their last two games.
The NFL standings are right here.
CFL: (Week 16)
This is the final weekend of the CFL regular season.
The (4-9) B.C. Lions host Edmonton tonight at 7:30 in the final game of the year for both teams.
The Lions have lost seven in a row.
In other action: Ottawa visits Montreal tonight (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.
MLB:
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani received all 30 first-place votes to win the AL MVP Award. Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. finished second.https://t.co/KzQfcYnRjM
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 18, 2021
.@Phillies‘ @bryceharper3 is the 2021 National League MVP! ? pic.twitter.com/jZJm0QIHNQ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 18, 2021
NBA:
Utah Jazz 119 Toronto Raptors 103
The (7-9) Raptors are 0-2 on a 6-game road trip that continues tonight in Sacramento against the (6-9) Kings.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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.
.@UNBCATHLETICS to sell customized, historic Indigenous jerseys | https://t.co/JGkriWprUS #cityofpg #sports pic.twitter.com/AvB2LhRcfa
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 19, 2021
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