Sports by Hartley Miller as of 7:05 a.m. Wednesday, December 22nd
NHL Olympics:
NHL players will not compete at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The league and the NHL Players Association officially announced the decision this morning (Wednesday) with the pandemic causing 50 games to be postponed so far.
The 2022 Olympics begin February 4th and run until February 20th.
NHL: (1 Tuesday game)
Tampa Bay 4 Vegas 3
The NHL is on pause with play scheduled to resume on Monday, including the Seattle Kraken at the Vancouver Canucks.
The (14-15-2) Canucks are 6-0 under coach Bruce Boudreau.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars 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.
Welcome, Hunter. We have signed our second round selection from the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, Hunter Laing.#NorthernUprising | #WHL
DETAILS ? https://t.co/P2C5LuhM1k pic.twitter.com/UxsDbZHHmE
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 22, 2021
It’s official. We have signed our first round pick in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, Tyson Buczkowski. #NorthernUprising | #WHL
DETAILS ? | https://t.co/88p60aUJq5 pic.twitter.com/hNTvIhImgo
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 20, 2021
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
The WHL standings are right here.
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.
Prince George does not have another home game until January 12th against West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NFL: (2 Tuesday games)
LA Rams 20 Seattle 10
The Rams are 10-4 while the Seahawks slip to 5-9.
Philadelphia 27 Washington 17
The Eagles get back to .500 at 7-7 while Washington is 6-8.
Week 16 starts Thursday night at 5:20 (PT) with 8-6 San Francisco at 9-5 Tennessee.
The NFL standings are right here.
NBA:
The (14-15) Toronto Raptors were scheduled to visit the (19-10) Chicago Bulls tonight, however, that game has been postponed.
The Raptors did not have enough players due to COVID-19.