Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Friday, December 31st
WHL:
The (13-16-1) Prince George Cougars have a home-and-home against the B.C. Division-leading (19-9-1) Kamloops Blazers, tonight at 5:00 at CN Centre and Saturday night at 7:00 in Kamloops.
The Cougars are 8th in the Western Conference standings, one point behind the Victoria Royals and two points back of the Vancouver Giants.
The Royals beat the Giants 7-3 Thursday night in Victoria.
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cat Scan Podcast:
LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Tyler Brough – December 30th, 2021 https://t.co/kpIDJdCY31 pic.twitter.com/jowAG1YyTd
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 30, 2021
BCHL:
Wenatchee Wild 2 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Shootout)
39 saves from Jordan Fairlie, and a late third period tying tally from Ty Gagno earned the Spruce Kings a single point in a 2-1 shootout defeat against the Wenatchee Wild.
? @garrettjames22 #TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/RczqJGIWOf
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 31, 2021
Check out tonight’s highlights presented by the Siding Specialists at WR Ventures.
?️–> https://t.co/gaB5infIp4#TrueBlue • #Spruce50
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 31, 2021
The (13-9-1-1) Spruce Kings visit the (9-10-4-1) Wild again tonight at 7:05 in Wenatchee.
The next home game for the Spruce Kings will be on January 12th against West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
LA Kings 2 Vancouver Canucks 1 (Shootout)
It was the first loss for the Canucks since the coaching change but Vancouver is still 7-0-1 under bench boss Bruce Boudreau.
The winning streak is over for the #Canucks, but they remain unbeaten in regulation under Bruce Boudreau.https://t.co/wirc7x3GwI
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 31, 2021
The (15-15-3) Canucks visit the Seattle Kraken Saturday night at 7:00.
Thursday’s slate ended with the @SanJoseSharks edging Philadelphia in overtime and the @LAKings snapping Vancouver’s seven-game winning streak.#NHLStats: https://t.co/IhldVsoQI9 pic.twitter.com/hUKWKNyB9D
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 31, 2021
The Canucks schedule is right here or here.
Column:
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (Guaranteed to happen in 2022?) December 31st, 2021 EDITION 869 https://t.co/PhIHRIhrgE pic.twitter.com/nbyVB1kj5V
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 31, 2021
NFL:
There are two weekends left in the NFL season.
Week 17 has 15 games on Sunday.
The NFL standings are right here.
NBA:
The (14-17) Toronto Raptors host the (18-17) LA Clippers tonight (4:30 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.