Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Saturday, November 27th
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Vernon Vipers 1
Two second period goals from Kilian McGregor-Bennett and Nick Rhéaume, backed by 21 stops from Aaron Trotter propelled the Spruce Kings to a 3-1 victory over the Vernon Vipers!
? – Lisa Mazurek
? https://t.co/cKI4SGUqVo#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/X7LJHTLt5q
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 27, 2021
The (10-6) Spruce Kings are off until Wednesday when they host the Penticton Vees.
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WE’RE GOING BACK TO THE @BCHockeyLeague ROAD SHOW!
We are thrilled to be apart of the 2022 BCHL Road Show in Burns Lake, BC from Feb 25-27 when we take on the @SASilverbacks!
FULL DETAILS? –> https://t.co/MEKkznJTvH#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/ufFJabcSTs
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 25, 2021
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The (7-10) Prince George Cougars visit the (9-5-0-2) Kelowna Rockets tonight (Saturday) as the Cats begin a string of six straight games on the road.
The Rockets beat Spokane 2-1 in a shootout Friday night.
The Cougars are 4th in the B.C. Division, five points behind Vancouver and six back of Kelowna.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars blueliners @KeatonDowhaniu2 and @EthanSamson77 in this week’s episode of the podcast
| https://t.co/rgAfmrOhSj #cityofpg #PrinceGeorgeBC #northernbc #sports #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/zcZ2Fl1QM4— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 26, 2021
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (5-9-1-1) Thompson Blazers today at 2:45 p.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. in Kamloops.
The (5-7-1-1) Cougars are in 8th place in the 10-team league.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about the struggles surrounding the @Canucks in his latest column | #cityofpg https://t.co/eHxfIwvwVH #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/euKBzsnxsZ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 26, 2021
Clouston headed for WHL’s Top 10 . . . Carrier lit it up, but nothing near record . . . Coaching change in Russia https://t.co/uXudpsGYq5
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 26, 2021
NHL: (13 Friday games. Calgary and Edmonton the only Canadian teams idle)
Columbus 4 Vancouver 2
The (6-13-2) Canucks are 0-2 on a 5-game road trip that continues Sunday (4 p.m. PT) against the Bruins in Boston.
Vancouver has lost eight of their last nine games.
The struggling Canucks have now lost eight of their last nine games after falling 4-2 to the Blue Jackets despite outshooting them 41 to 21.https://t.co/04gWRPCu5C
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 27, 2021
A jam-packed Friday featured @ovi8‘s 28th career hat trick, while Andrei Vasilevskiy joined elite company in reaching 200 wins in 318 games.#NHLStats: https://t.co/3nXcGz3Zq9 pic.twitter.com/C6OiCFo8aM
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 27, 2021
The Canucks schedule is right here.
(Men’s division)
UBC Thunderbirds 85 UNBC Timberwolves 76
(women’s division)
UNBC Timberwolves 81 UBC Thunderbirds 77
The same teams meet again tonight at the Northern Sport Centre starting with the women at 5:00 followed by the men at 7:00.
The UNBC women are 4-1 on the season while the men are 2-3.
UBC is 2-5 in the women’s division and 7-0 in the men’s division.
NFL: (Week 12)
11 NFL games will be played Sunday including Tennessee at New England, Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, LA Rams at Green Bay, Minnesota at San Francisco, and Cleveland at Baltimore.
The NFL standings are right here.
CFL:
The CFL playoffs begin Sunday with the division semifinals.
In the East, Montreal is at Hamilton (10:00 a.m.) and in the West, Calgary plays 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.
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