Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, December 29th Updated at 2:05 p,m.
World Junior Hockey:
Due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases, the remainder of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship has been scrapped.
The remainder of the IIHF World Junior Championship has been cancelled, per @chrismpeters and @TSNBobMcKenzie.
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 29, 2021
Canada 11 Austria 2
16-year-old Connor Bedard tied a Canadian record by scoring four goals.
Connor Bedard joins elite company as Canada routs Austria. #WorldJuniors
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 29, 2021
The World Junior schedule is right here or here.
WHL:
Everett Silvertips 6 Prince George Cougars 5 (OT)
Alex Swetlikoff scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of overtime.
Need an OT winner? No Swet, he got dis.@WHLsilvertips pic.twitter.com/8sYdUGUxsB
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 29, 2021
The box score is right here.
The Cougars erased a 4-2 second period deficit to earn a point before 2,052 fans at CN Centre.
Koehn Ziemmer tied the game at 4 early in the third and then set up Riley Heidt to give P.G. a brief 5-4 lead.
The game report is right here.
The (13-15-1) Cougars host the (22-6-2-1) Silvertips again tonight at 7:00.
Prince George is 7th in the Western Conference standings, two points behind Vancouver, and three ahead of Victoria.
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
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Prior to the game, the Cougars were involved in a three-way deal that also involved the Saskatoon Blades and the Medicine Hat Tigers.
The Cougars received 17-year-old forwards Carlin Dezainde and Cayden Glover, a 2nd round pick in 2023 (from MH), 3rd round pick 2023 (from Sktn) and a 7th round pick in 2025 (from Sktn).
In exchange, forward Kyren Gronick was dealt to the Blades along with defenceman Ryan Nolan (via Medicine Hat) and a 4th Round Pick (from Medicine Hat).
More details on the trade can be found right here.
NHL:
Tuesday was the NHL’s first three-game day to feature at least 33 goals scored since Feb. 24, 1993 (VAN: 5 vs. NYR: 4; BUF: 10 vs. DET: 7 & PHI: 5 vs. HFD: 2).#NHLStats: https://t.co/qr2tHWj7fn pic.twitter.com/JdK0G4UoFM
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 29, 2021
The (14-15-2) Vancouver Canucks, who are 6-0 under coach Bruce Boudreau, visit the Anaheim Ducks tonight at 7:30.
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings return to action with road games at the (8-10-4-1) Wenatchee Wild on Thursday and Friday.
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:
The NFL has lost a legend.
Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has passed away.
He was 85.
According to the league, Madden died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause.
NFL great John Madden has passed away at the age of 85.
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 29, 2021
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There are two weekends left in the NFL season.
Week 17 has 15 games on the menu on Sunday.
The NFL standings are right here.
NBA:
Philadelphia 76’ers 114 Toronto Raptors 109
The (14-17) Raptors visit the LA Clippers on Friday (4:30 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.