Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Friday, December 17th Updated at 11:00 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars, riding a 4-game win streak, visit the BC Division-leading Kamloops Blazers tonight and the Vancouver Giants Saturday in their last two games before the Christmas break.
The (12-14) Cougars are coming off Wednesday’s 7-4 victory over Vancouver as Koehn Ziemmer became the second P.G. Cougar to rack up six points in a game (joining Dan Baum who did it in the 2002-03 season)
The boxscore is right here.
“Tonight, everything clicked for me and my line mates and we got rewarded for the hard work we put in.”
Koehn Ziemmer’s six-point night headlines Cougars’ massive win over @WHLGiants Wednesday.
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? @itsjdphoto pic.twitter.com/Pzs1XLZptW— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 16, 2021
The Canadian Hockey League has announced that 10 games from the 2021-22 regular-season schedule will be televised by TSN. The broadcast schedule includes the PG Cougars at the Vancouver Giants on Friday, Jan 14th at 7 PM.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller catches up with @PGCougars Director of Business Operations @Andy_Beesley in this week’s episode | https://t.co/mzhHylm1Mq #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising #sports pic.twitter.com/fIh24RFbMt
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 15, 2021
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about @WHLHurricanes top prospect @miguelmarques88 after making his @TheWHL debut in this week’s column | #cityofpg https://t.co/AmxusLBWZd #sports #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/2LiYBhLcwN
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 17, 2021
Flyers, host Habs play without fans . . . NHLer suggests season be paused . . . B.C. restrictions coming today? https://t.co/qHL9OhYaGC
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) December 17, 2021
NHL: (10 Thursday games. Canadian teams went 3-1)
Vancouver 5 San Jose 2
The Canucks win streak since the coaching change continued. They are 6-0 under Bruce Boudreau.
PLAYOFFS!?
Don’t look now, but the #Canucks are back in the race after a sixth straight win under Bruce Boudreau.
✍️: @imacSportsnethttps://t.co/zqxresfauO
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 17, 2021
The (14-15-2) Canucks host Toronto Saturday at 4:00 and Arizona Sunday night at 7:00.
The @PredsNHL and @Canucks each collected two points Thursday and extended the NHL’s longest active win streaks to six games.#NHLStats: https://t.co/APmf2zQ9mR pic.twitter.com/VyzvJZ8der
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 17, 2021
Edmonton 5 Columbus 2
Montreal 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO)
Tampa Bay 2 Ottawa 1
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice has resigned. He is being replaced on an interim basis by Dave Lowry.
The NHL has postponed all Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, and Colorado Avalanche games through Christmas.
The Boston at Montreal NHL game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed.
The Canucks schedule is right here. or here.
The NHL schedule is right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BCHL:
The (13-7-1) Prince George Spruce Kings are on the road this weekend for their final games prior to the Christmas break.
The Spruce Kings visit the (18-4-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks tonight and the (6-11-3) Vernon Vipers Saturday.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NFL: (Week 15)
Kansas City 34 LA Chargers 28 (OT)
The (10-4) Chiefs extended their win streak to seven games. They are two games ahead of the (8-6) Chargers in the AFC West.
Travis Kelce scored on a 34-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes in overtime and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied for a 34-28 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night. https://t.co/cy7I4z5fMT
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 17, 2021
The NFL standings are right here.
Softball:
Nicholas Potskin of Prince George is one of 52 athletes who have been named by Softball Canada to the 2022 Men’s National Team Athlete Pool. The list was put together by the coaching staff.
We are pleased to announce the list of 5⃣2⃣ athletes who have been named to the 2022 Canadian Men’s National Team Athlete Pool! ???
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— Softball Canada (@SoftballCanada) December 16, 2021
High School basketball:
The Condor Classic concludes today at Duchess Park.
Both Senior Girls and Senior Boys teams are competing.
NBA: