Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, December 30th
WHL:
Everett Silvertips 4 Prince George Cougars 2
The Silvertips scored four unanswered goals in the second period, three of them on the power-play before 1,641 fans at CN Centre.
The box score is right here.
The Wednesday game report is right here.
Everett swept the doubleheader in Prince George as the Silvertips won the Tuesday game 6-5 in overtime before 2,052 fans
The Tuesday game report is right here.
The (13-16-1) Cougars have a home-and-home upcoming against the (19-9-1) Blazers, Friday night at 5:00 in Prince George and Saturday night at 7:00 in Kamloops.
Prince George is 7th in the Western Conference standings, two points behind Vancouver, and just one ahead of Victoria.
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
World Junior Hockey:
Due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases, the remainder of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship has been cancelled.
The cancelled 2022 World Junior Hockey championship goes down as another win for COVID-19 and another loss for those who were just looking to put a little fun in their lives, both player and fan. (@SportsnetSpec)https://t.co/52DnSNfQqU
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 30, 2021
NHL:
Vancouver 2 Anaheim 1 (OT)
J.T. Miller scored 26 seconds into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 Wednesday night for their seventh straight win since Bruce Boudreau took over behind the bench.https://t.co/vPn8afil78
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 30, 2021
The (15-15-2) Canucks visit the LA Kings tonight at 7:30.
Wednesday’s six-game slate ended with the @Canucks improving to 7-0-0 since naming Bruce Boudreau head coach on Dec. 5.#NHLStats: https://t.co/QKD3ypnnrg pic.twitter.com/Z4UNtmgtp1
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 30, 2021
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings return to action with road games at the (8-10-4-1) Wenatchee Wild tonight (Thursday) at 6:00 and Friday night at 7:00.
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:
There are two weekends left in the NFL season.
Week 17 has 15 games on Sunday.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
NFL odds are right here.
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People from across the NFL and the wider sports world are mourning the passing of the great John Madden.https://t.co/hbFeYKzCrw
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 29, 2021
NBA:
The (14-17) Toronto Raptors visit the LA Clippers on Friday (4:30 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.