Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, December 1st
WHL:
Seattle Thunderbirds 3 Prince George Cougars 1
The Thunderbirds broke open a 1-1 tie by scoring a pair of goals in the second period.
Seattle outshot Prince George 33-15, including 24-9 over the last 40 minutes.
Offence was hard to come by Tuesday. More in the Cougars recap.⤵️
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? @BrianLiesse pic.twitter.com/BsMh4CXsQH— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 1, 2021
The (7-12) Cougars have lost six of their last seven and are 0-2 on a stretch of six straight games on the road.
P.G. will visit the (7-10-2-1) Portland Winterhawks tonight, the (5-10-2-1) Spokane Chiefs Friday, and (4-11-2) Tri-City Americans on Saturday.
The Cougars are 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.
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Join us on December 11th for the @NorthlandDodge Teddy & Toque Toss in support of the Salvation Army.
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? https://t.co/zyNt2xx1xA pic.twitter.com/MCyReQjITk— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 1, 2021
Hockey Canada:
Hockey Canada has announced its list of 35 under-20 players bound for Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp beginning Dec. 9 in Calgary.https://t.co/9DsjfxmUct
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 1, 2021
BCHL:
The (10-6) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (14-2) Penticton Vees tonight.
One of the two Penticton losses this season came in P.G. on October 27th by a 7-1 score.
The BCHL has announced that the league is removing all out-of-conference games for the remainder of the 2021-22 season.
This means the Spruce Kings will only play Interior Division opponents the rest of the way.
BIG NEWS! Goaltender Aaron Trotter (01) has committed to play NCAA Division 1 Hockey at the University Of St. Thomas for the 2022-23 season!
Congratulations, Trots!
FULL DETAILS?–> https://t.co/JS0ltjZUCp#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/qBIg5TUHXx
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 1, 2021
NEWS: The Spruce Kings are excited to announce the acquisition of F Luc Laylin (01) from the Lincoln Stars of the USHL.
DETAILS? –> https://t.co/PtPoeJ9o7B#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/51VVqIQnui
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 1, 2021
TRADE: The Spruce Kings have acquired D James Bohn (02) and future considerations from the Surrey Eagles as part of a three-team trade.
DETAILS?–> https://t.co/mxtHtmPm20#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/EbqzwJhirt
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 30, 2021
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (8 Tuesday games) No Canadian teams in action
Filip Forsberg and Roope Hintz scored the NHL’s 24th and 25th hat tricks of the season to lead the @PredsNHL and @DallasStars to victory on the final night of November.#NHLStats: https://t.co/tW1wVK4QYd pic.twitter.com/c5sOpgJxiR
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 1, 2021
The (7-14-2) Vancouver Canucks are 1-3 on a 5-game road trip that concludes tonight in Ottawa (4:30 p.m. PT) against the (4-14-1) Senators.
The Canucks have just two victories in their last 11 games and are last in the Pacific Division.
The Senators are last in the overall standings.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
In a revised schedule, the U-18 Cariboo Cougars will host the (5-11-1-1) Thompson Blazers 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.
Cariboo beat Thompson last weekend in Kamloops, 3-1 Saturday and 2-1 Sunday.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
Column:
COVID-19 forces OHL to shut down Wolves . . . Issues in NHL, AHL and MHL, too . . . Blazers, Rockets get good news . . . BCHL revamps schedule https://t.co/i0UQrSwPxj
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) December 1, 2021
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Friday and Saturday nights in their final Canada West basketball games in 2021.
The UNBC women are 4-2 on the season while the men are 2-4.
Victoria is 2-4 in the women’s division and 5-1 in the men’s standings.
NFL: (Week 13)
Week 13 of the NFL season starts Thursday night with (7-4) Dallas at (5-6) New Orleans.
After 12 weeks, Arizona has the best record in the league at 9-2 followed by Green Bay at 9-3.
In the AFC, Baltimore leads at 8-3 followed by New England at 8-4.
The Patriots have won six straight.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
NFL odds are right here.
CFL:
The CFL division finals will be played on Sunday.
In the East, Hamilton plays at Toronto (9:30 a.m. PT) and in the West, Saskatchewan visits Winnipeg (1:00 p.m.).
The winners meet in the Grey Cup on Sunday, December 12th (3:00 p.m. PT) in Hamilton.
The CFL schedule is right here.
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