Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Sunday, November 21st
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 4 Tri-City Americans 2 (Saturday)
The Cougars ended a 4-game losing streak before 2,019 fans at CN Centre.
Prince George led 1-0 after each of the first two periods before scoring three more times in the 3rd, two of those goals 17 seconds apart.
The box score is right here.
Scored a big win in our #CHLLeaveYourMark jerseys. More on tonight’s victory over @TCAmericans in our game recap. ⚡️
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? @itsjdphoto pic.twitter.com/M0ARGaMuBW— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) November 21, 2021
A big win on Saturday. The moving pictures tell the story.#NorthernUprising
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) November 21, 2021
The (7-10) Cougars play their next six on the road starting Saturday in Kelowna against the (8-4-0-1) Rockets
Tri-City Americans 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (Friday)
The Americans built up a 4-0 lead by the midway point of the game and then held on for the victory before 1,813 fans.
.@PGCougars slow start proves costly against @TCAmericans
| https://t.co/Iwl796zYc3 #CityofPG #PrinceGeorge #sports pic.twitter.com/cpXpVMif7k— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 20, 2021
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.
Goalie 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.
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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NHL: (12 Saturday games. Canadian teams went 3-1)
Edmonton 5 Chicago 2
Calgary 5 NY Islanders 2
Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 0
Montreal 6 Nashville 3
The NHL-wide #HockeyFightsCancer Awareness Night was a busy one. Here’s a recap of the results.#NHLStats: https://t.co/B99LL9Qixp pic.twitter.com/o828maYBCB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 21, 2021
The (6-10-2) Vancouver Canucks host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at 5:00.
The Canucks snapped a 5-game losing streak Friday after a 3-2 victory over Winnipeg.
After losing five games in a row, the Vancouver Canucks were in desperate need of a victory on Friday night. It was mission accomplished after a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. (@imacSportsnet)https://t.co/FuipTvHptR
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 20, 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 are scheduled to host the Chilliwack Chiefs on Friday and the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday.
The Spruce Kings did not play this weekend.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars visit the Thompson Blazers Saturday, Nov 27 at 2:45 p.m. and Sunday the 28th at 12:30 in the afternoon in Kamloops.
The (5-7-1-1) Cougars are in 8th place in the 10-team league and were idle this weekend.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
High School Football:
(BC Interior-North semifinal at Masich Place Stadium)
Vernon Panthers 31 Duchess Park Condors 7
The loss ended the season for the Condors.
CFL: (Week 16)
(Final games of the regular season)
Calgary 13 Winnipeg 12 (Saturday)
Hamilton 24 Saskatchewan 3 (Saturday)
B.C. Lions 43 Edmonton 10 (Friday)
The (5-9) Lions concluded their season by ending a 7-game losing streak.
Rookie Rourke excels as Lions crush Elks in season finale.
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) November 20, 2021
Ottawa 19 Montreal 18 (Friday)
The CFL playoffs will start on Sunday (November 28th).
The East Division semifinal has Montreal at Hamilton (10:00 a.m.) and that will be followed with the West Division semi of Calgary at Saskatchewan (1:30 p.m.)
The CFL schedule is right here.
West: Winnipeg 11-3, Saskatchewan 9-5, Calgary 8-6, B.C. 5-9, and Edmonton 3-11.
East: Toronto 9-5, Hamilton 8-6, Montreal 7-7, and Ottawa 3-11.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves will host the UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West basketball on Friday and Saturday, 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