Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Sunday, December 12th
(Duchess Park won the boys double a volleyball provincials. Details are in the volleyball section of this report)
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 3 Kamloops Blazers 2 (Saturday)
Taylor Gauthier made 48 saves and Ethan Samson scored twice to lead the Cougars before a sell-out crowd of 2,951 at CN Centre.
Samson opened the scoring 4:07 into the first period with the Teddy Bear Toss goal and later tallied the unassisted winner at 6:09 of the third to snap a 2-2 tie.
Santa Samson sends the teddy bears to the ice in Prince George! ?@PGCougars | @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/fTtvyzb3Mm
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 12, 2021
Kamloops outshot Prince George 50-26, including 19-9 in the third.
The box score is right here.
The (10-14) Cougars host the Vancouver Giants Tuesday and Wednesday.
Here’s how it all went down tonight.#WHLScores pic.twitter.com/FZX3QrNOtr
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 12, 2021
Prince George Cougars 3 Kelowna Rockets 2 (Friday)
Tyler Brennan and Taylor Gauthier combined to make 37 saves before 4,062 fans at Prospera Place.
The box score is right here.
Kelowna outshot Prince George 39-22, including 22-2 in the third.
The 18-year-old Brennan stopped 19 of 20 shots through 43 minutes of work before leaving the game due to a lower body injury.
He is listed a day-to-day.
Brennan was replaced by the 20-year-old Gauthier, who blocked 18 of 19 shots in just under 17 minutes of work.
?️ SAVE OF THE NIGHT ?️
Another weekend, another big save for 2022 #NHLDraft prospect, @PGCougars netminder Tyler Brennan!@RealCdnSS | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/ITZxyJft73
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 11, 2021
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @PGCougars associate coach Josh Dixon sits down with @Hartley_Miller in this week’s episode | https://t.co/vyuCAnfwJ9 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #NorthernBC #sports #northernuprising pic.twitter.com/aU4CL6NmTr
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 10, 2021
BCHL:
Cranbrook Bucks 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (OT Saturday)
Tyson Dyck scored 26 seconds into overtime for the Bucks before 626 fans at the RMCA.
We drop a 4-3 contest in OT to the Bucks.
We take 5/6 points on the weekend. Back it on Friday in Salmon Arm.#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/IhyLUvJCLx— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 12, 2021
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 3 (Friday)
Kolton Cousins scored twice, including the winner with just under five minutes left before 1,000 fans at the RMCA.
Kolton Cousins scored the Drop The Gloves and Sock It To Em’ goal, and also scored the game winning goal, propelling the Spruce Kings to their third win in a row, defeating the Cranbrook Bucks 4-3 on 1980s night!
?https://t.co/AIsaEEUulk#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/6wHeqlJ5v9
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 11, 2021
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Cranbrook Bucks 0 (Thursday)
Jordan Fairlie blocked 20 shots for the shutout before 577 fans at the RMCA.
An early 1st period goal from Colton Cameron, two late 3rd period goals from Ty Gagno and Austin Fraser, and a 20 save shutout from Jordan Fairlie gave the Spruce Kings a 3-0 victory against the Cranbrook Bucks!
? @itsjdphoto #TrueBlue • #Spruce pic.twitter.com/KigBeX9B63
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 10, 2021
The (13-7-1) Spruce Kings visit Salmon Arm Friday and Vernon Saturday.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (12 Saturday games)
A 12-game Saturday in the NHL saw the @StLouisBlues extend their home win streak to seven games, two shy of the longest in franchise history (9 GP), first set in 1990-91 and later matched in 2019-20.#NHLStats: https://t.co/hPrBTHGACb pic.twitter.com/GqmSRoz9Yk
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 12, 2021
The (11-15-2) Vancouver Canucks are 3-1 on a 6-game homestand that continues tonight at 7:00 against Carolina and concludes Tuesday night at 7:00 against Columbus.
On Saturday night, Carolina beat Calgary 3-1.
The Canucks are 3-0 under new head coach Bruce Boudreau after Friday’s 4-3 shootout victory over Winnipeg.
It was by no means an outstanding performance, but you won’t find Vancouver Canucks fans complaining. The team is now 3-0 under Bruce Boudreau after a 4-3 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. (@imacSportsnet)https://t.co/TUndFoHBEk
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 11, 2021
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
Okanagan Rockets 6 Cariboo Cougars 1
The (9-8-1-1) Cougars visit the (7-7-1-2) Rockets again this morning at 10:00 in Rutland in their final league game until the new year.
Cariboo is in 5th place in the 10-team league.
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
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The (9-7-0-1) U17 Cariboo Cougars beat the (10-6-1) Okanagan Rockets 4-2 on Saturday night.
The same teams play again this morning at 11:00 at Kin 1.
Volleyball:
The Duchess Park Condors captured gold at the provincial double-A boys volleyball championship in Victoria.
The Condors, led by tournament MVP Chris Zimmerman, beat Langley Christian 3-1 (22-25, 25-10, 25-19, 25-21) in the final.
College Heights ended up 6th.
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The Cedars Christian Eagles earned bronze at the provincial single-A boys volleyball championship in Nanaimo.
The Eagles got by Nanaimo Christian three games to one in the third place game.
CFL:
This is Grey Cup Sunday in Hamilton.
The Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers meet in the 108th Grey Cup game today (3:00 p.m. PT).
It is a rematch of the 2019 championship game that was won by Winnipeg 33-13.
The CFL schedule/results are right here.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller asks the questions if the #GreyCup is losing its luster in parts of the country @CFL | #cityofpg https://t.co/qitNwea54S #PrinceGeorgeBC #northernBC #sports pic.twitter.com/A8WbPIgYxP
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 10, 2021
Scattershooting on a Friday night while awaiting the arrival of snow squalls . . . https://t.co/ABVSE2TYXA
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) December 11, 2021
NFL: (Week 14)
There are a dozen Sunday NFL games including Buffalo at Tampa Bay, San Francisco at Cincinnati, Las Vegas at Kansas City, Baltimore at Cleveland and Seattle at Houston.
The NFL standings are right here.
NBA: