Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, December 15th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Vancouver Giants 3
Blake Eastman scored twice and Taylor Gauthier made 36 saves for the Cougars, who won their third straight game.
The Giants extended their losing skid to four, despite outshooting the Cats 39-28 before 1,552 fans at CN Centre.
Flying high after Tuesday’s big win. Game recap ⤵️#NorthernUprising | #WHL
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 15, 2021
Koehn Ziemmer @PGCougars slides over and nets it pic.twitter.com/Ism4rxKAvC
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 15, 2021
The boxscore is right here.
The (11-14) Cougars will host the (13-11-1) Giants again tonight.
Prince George will also visit Kamloops on Friday and Vancouver (in Langley) on Saturday before heading into its Christmas break.
3:6 whoa-vertime ratio you kinda love to see it#WHLScores pic.twitter.com/F1n0ImTrKW
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 15, 2021
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There were 1,477 items collected during the PG Cougars Teddy & Toque Toss game Saturday against Kamloops.
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NHL: (12 Tuesday games. Calgary the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver Canucks 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game, on the power-play, with 59 seconds left in the 3rd.
Vancouver erased a 3-0 second period deficit to win its 5th straight game, all under new head coach Bruce Boudreau.
The (13-15-2) Canucks visit the San Jose Sharks Thursday night at 7:30.
Captain Bo Horvat scored two goals and the Canucks erased a 3-0 deficit in the third period to stun the Blue Jackets Tuesday night.https://t.co/Hwzb3CjnN6
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 15, 2021
Toronto 5 Edmonton 1
Buffalo 4 Winnipeg 2
Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 2
Ottawa 8 Florida 2
There are 3 Wednesday games in the NHL: Washington at Chicago, NY Rangers at Arizona, and Seattle at Anaheim.
The @Avalanche won their eighth straight at home while the @Canucks completed a thrilling three-goal comeback to cap off a 12-game Tuesday.#NHLStats: https://t.co/GmoeSW57v5 pic.twitter.com/wOrCRpY4Kn
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 15, 2021
The NHL schedule is right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
Column:
Morgan Gobeil progressing, but needs your help . . . COVID-19 showing up all over . . . Finland WJC team loses key player to quarantine https://t.co/m1jlbc5rYX
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) December 15, 2021
BCHL:
The (13-7-1) Prince George Spruce Kings hit the road this week.
The Spruce Kings visit the (18-4-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks Friday and the (6-11-3) Vernon Vipers Saturday.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars are idle until the new year.
They will host the (6-12-0-2) South Island Royals on Jan 8th (4:30 PM) and 9th (7:15 AM) at Kin 1.
The (9-9-1-1) U-18 Cougars are in fifth place in the 10-team division.
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
NBA:
Brooklyn Nets 131 Toronto Raptors 129 (OT)
The (13-15) Raptors host the Golden State Warriors on Saturday (4:30 p.m. PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
High School basketball:
The Condor Classic will be featured Thursday and Friday at Duchess Park.
Both Senior Girls and Senior Boys teams will compete.