Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Saturday, December 4th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 4 Spokane Chiefs 2
The Cougars ended a three-game losing skid by overcoming a 2-1 deficit after 20 minutes.
Prince George scored twice in the second period and added an insurance goal in the 3rd before 3,511 fans in Spokane.
Taylor Gauthier made 28 saves, including a highlight reel stop in the 3rd, as Spokane outshot P.G. 30-22.
?️ SAVE OF THE NIGHT ?️
Taylor Gauthier of the @PGCougars stops ’em cold in the Spoke.@RealCdnSS | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/S6ngMJOhnE
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 4, 2021
First-star Hudson Thornton, second-star Connor Bowie and Carter MacAdams each notched a goal and an assist for the Cats.
Bowie scored the winner at 13:15 of the second.
Jonny Hooker tallied with the man advantage for the Cougars, who went 2/6 on the power-play while the Chiefs were 1/3.
The (8-13) Cougars visit the (4-12-3) Tri-City Americans tonight.
Prince George is 7th in the Western Conference standings, 3 points in front of Spokane and Victoria and five ahead of Tri-City.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Scouting @RiderFanBob in this week’s episode | #cityofpg https://t.co/tcvNGXkmUd #sports #northernbc pic.twitter.com/HrXx23zbOG
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 2, 2021
Column:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about the struggles of the @PGCougars to begin @TheWHL season in his latest column
| https://t.co/MCUYUqgiw2 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/PjsLOoFCWj— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 3, 2021
BCHL:
The (10-7) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (16-3-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks tonight at 6:00 in their only game this weekend.
Salmon Arm beat West Kelowna 6-2 last night (Friday).
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (5 Friday games) 3 Canadian teams in action
Seattle 4 Edmonton 3
Calgary 4 Anaheim 3
Winnipeg 8 New Jersey 4
Final scores from Friday’s five-game slate.#NHLStats: https://t.co/G5eJJTWeF8 pic.twitter.com/Cf00a5Nsqg
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 4, 2021
The (8-14-2) Vancouver Canucks play their next six at home starting tonight at 7:00 against Pittsburgh.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars will host the (5-11-1-1) Thompson Blazers tonight 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.
Canada West basketball: (in Victoria)
Women–Victoria Vikes 84 UNBC Timberwolves 59
RECAP: The @uvicvikes used their size and depth to put away @UNBCWomensBball tonight in Victoria, despite 25 points from @shakirova6alina.https://t.co/mCIQE9cUIW pic.twitter.com/cPYk6gjUqf
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) December 4, 2021
Men–Victoria Vikes 83 UNBC Timberwolves 49
RECAP: @UNBCBasketball couldn’t get anything going offensively, losing in Victoria to the @uvicvikes.
Read: https://t.co/N6gsYy2j1I pic.twitter.com/YZpDux6wZu— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) December 4, 2021
The same teams play again tonight in Victoria starting with the women at 5:00 followed by the men at 7:00.
The UNBC women are 4-3 on the season while the men are 2-5.
Victoria is 3-4 in the women’s division and 6-1 in the men’s standings.
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.