Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, November 29th
NHL: (6 Sunday games with two Canadian teams in action)
Boston 3 Vancouver 2
The Canucks blew a 2-1 lead by giving up a pair of third-period power-play goals. Vancouver has lost four straight and nine of its last 10. The (6-14-2) Canucks are 0-3 on a 5-game road trip that continues tonight (Monday 4:30 PT) against the (6-15-2) Canadiens in Montreal.
Toronto 5 Anaheim 1
Final scores from Sunday’s six-game slate.#NHLStats: https://t.co/Ns8AAN0RdS pic.twitter.com/xnr6F0WoH2
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 29, 2021
The Canucks schedule is right here.
Kelowna Rockets 4 Prince George Cougars 1 (Saturday)
The Rockets led 1-0 just six seconds into the game and 3-0 just six minutes into the game.
The highlights from Saturday’s game in Kelowna.#NorthernUprising
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) November 28, 2021
Rockets put the Cougars away by the six minute mark of the gamehttps://t.co/L9RRGLjCa2 pic.twitter.com/MsilQQ84DZ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 28, 2021
The (7-11) Cougars have lost five of their last six and will continue a string of six straight games on the road Tuesday in Seattle against the (12-6-1) Thunderbirds and Wednesday in Portland against the (7-10-2-1) Winterhawks.
Prince George is 4th in the B.C. Division, seven points behind Vancouver and eight back of second-place 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
BCHL:
The (10-6) Prince George Spruce Kings play their next game on Wednesday when they host the (14-2) Penticton Vees.
The Spruce Kings are coming off Friday’s 3-1 victory over Vernon.
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 Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
(In Kamloops)
Cariboo Cougars 2 Thompson Blazers 1 (Sunday)
Cariboo Cougars 3 Thompson Blazers 1 (Saturday)
The U-18 Cougars host the (4-7-1-4) North Island Silvertips Saturday night at 4:30 and Sunday morning at 9:00 at Kin 1.
The (7-7-1-1) Cougars are in 5th place in the 10-team league.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
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The Northern Capitals skated to a pair of wins and an overtime loss against the Thompson-Okanagan Lakers in the U18 female division.
The Caps earned 4-1 and 6-1 victories on Friday and Sunday and fell 4-3 in extra time on Saturday in games that were played in Prince George.
The Capitals now have a 14-5-0-3 record and are currently in first place in the five-team division. They’re one point up on the second-place Fraser Valley Rush, but the Rush (15-1-0-0) have six games in hand.
The Prince George-based Caps are now off until Jan. 15th.
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The U17 Cariboo Cougars won a pair of tight games against the visiting Thompson Blazers, 2-1 on Saturday and 4-3 on Sunday.
With the wins, the Cats elevated their record to 6-7-0-1, a mark that has them in seventh place in the 10-team division.
Canada West basketball: (in PG)
(Men’s division)
UBC Thunderbirds 101 UNBC Timberwolves 69 (Saturday)
UBC Thunderbirds 85 UNBC Timberwolves 76 (Friday)
(women’s division)
UBC Thunderbirds 68 UNBC Timberwolves 66 (Saturday)
UNBC Timberwolves 81 UBC Thunderbirds 77 (Friday)
The UNBC women are 4-2 on the season while the men are 2-4.
UBC is 3-5 in the women’s division and 8-0 in the men’s division.
The Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Friday and Saturday nights in their final league games in 2021.
NBA:
Boston Celtics 109 Toronto Raptors 97
The (9-12) Raptors are 0-1 on a 7-game that continues Tuesday (4:30 p.m.) against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
CFL: (Start of the playoffs)
(West Division semifinal)
Saskatchewan 33 Calgary 30 (OT)
The Riders advance to the West Final against the Blue Bombers Sunday (1:00 p,m. PT) in Winnipeg.
(East Division semifinal)
Hamilton 23 Montreal 12
The Tiger-Cats visit the Toronto Argonauts Sunday (9:30 a.m. PT) in the East Final.
The Grey Cup is scheduled for Hamilton on Sunday, December 12th (3:00 p.m. PT).
The CFL schedule is right here.
NFL: (Week 12)
Green Bay 36 LA Rams 28
The Packers are 9-3, the second-best record in the NFC behind the 9-2 Arizona Cardinals.
New England 36 Tennessee 13
The 8-4 Patriots are the hottest team in the NFL, riding a 6-game winning streak.
Baltimore 16 Cleveland 10
The 8-3 Ravens have the best record in the AFC.
The 12th week of the NFL season concludes with (3-7) Seattle at (4-6) Washington in the Monday Night game.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
NFL odds are right here.
Curling:
There were many tears of joy shed Sunday as @TeamJJonesCurl and @TeamGushue completed a wild week of curling by becoming Canada’s reps for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. @KrRutherford on the emotional #Trials2021 finals ⤵ https://t.co/LXiQkrB0sE
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 29, 2021
Scattershooting on a Saturday night while the hockey world mourns . . . https://t.co/YgZKkJTaXb
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 28, 2021
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