Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, December 21st
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars and the WHL are into their Christmas break.
The (13-15) Cougars, who have won five of their last six games, host the Everett Silvertips on Dec 28th and 29th and also entertain the Kamloops Blazers on Dec 31st.
Prince George is 7th in the Western Conference standings, three points behind both Kelowna and Vancouver and four ahead of Victoria and Tri-City.
The top eight qualify for the playoffs.
It’s official. We have signed our first round pick in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, Tyson Buczkowski. #NorthernUprising | #WHL
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 20, 2021
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings have two games remaining in 2021 and both are in Wenatchee against the Wild on December 30th and 31st.
The (13-9-1) Spruce Kings are 4th out of 9 in the BCHL Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (1 Monday game)
Dallas 7 Minnesota 4
There is one NHL game tonight (Tuesday): Tampa Bay at Vegas (7:00).
The league will take a break starting Wednesday with play to resume on Monday, including the Seattle Kraken at the Vancouver Canucks.
The (14-15-2) Canucks are 6-0 under coach Bruce Boudreau.
The @NHL and @NHLPA have agreed to begin the Holiday Break after Tuesday’s games. Practices will resume on Dec. 26 and the League’s regular-season schedule will resume on Dec. 27. https://t.co/0Bmu8dlZ1M pic.twitter.com/JHbxtzMX6D
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 21, 2021
The Canucks schedule is right here. or here.
NFL: (2 Monday games)
Minnesota 17 Chicago 9
The Vikings improved to 7-7 while the Bears are officially out of the playoff race with a 4-10 record.
Las Vegas 16 Cleveland 14
The Raiders won the game on a last-play 48-yard field goal from Daniel Carlson.
Both the Raiders and the Browns are 7-7.
Week 15 of the NFL season concludes with a pair of games tonight (Tuesday 4:00 p.m. PT kickoff): Seattle at LA Rams and Washington at Philadelphia.
The NFL standings are right here.