Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Saturday, January 1st
Happy New Year!
WHL:
Kamloops Blazers 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (Shootout)
The Blazers built up leads of 2-0 and 3-1 and went on to win the shootout 2-0 before 2,077 fans at CN Centre.
Riley Heidt tied the game at 3 for P.G. with just 3:36 left in the third period.
The box score is right here.
The game report is right here.
Cougar pick up a hard-fought point in a shootout loss to @blazerhockey on New Year’s Eve.
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) January 1, 2022
The same teams play again tonight (Saturday, January 1st) at 7:00 in Kamloops.
The (13-16-1-1) Cougars are tied with the Victoria Royals for 7th in the Western Conference standings, one point behind the Vancouver Giants.
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:
Prince George Spruce Kings 5 Wenatchee Wild 3 (Friday)
The box score is right here.
Kilian McGregor-Bennett, Kolton Cousins, Nick Rhéaume, Simon Labelle, and Luc Laylin all found the back of the net, helping the Spruce Kings to a 5-3 victory! Check out the game highlights presented by The Siding Specialists at WR Ventures!
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 1, 2022
It’s the final #BCHLTonight of 2021! Check out the highlights from the three New Year’s Eve games on the schedule ?#BCHLTonight | @ChevroletCanada pic.twitter.com/MMmdErWeXO
— BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) January 1, 2022
The (14-9-1-1) Spruce Kings visit the Trail Smoke Eaters on Wednesday.
Prince George is 4th in the 9-team Interior Division.
The next home game for the Spruce Kings will be on January 12th against West Kelowna.
Wenatchee Wild 2 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Shootout-Thursday)
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 Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
A New Year’s Eve cheers to @ovi8 who will leave 2021 as the NHL power-play goals leader, as well as sitting in third place for multi-goal games and game-winning tallies. ? ?#NHLStats: https://t.co/yaNnkU0wKi pic.twitter.com/Jq1AaK7DpC
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 1, 2022
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is the NHL’s new all-time leader in power-play goals.https://t.co/lSsCAa6bDg
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 1, 2022
The (15-15-3) Vancouver Canucks visit the Seattle Kraken tonight at 7:00.
The Canucks are 7-0-1 under head coach Bruce Boudreau.
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 including Kansas City at Cincinnati, LA Rams at Baltimore and Arizona at Dallas.
The NFL standings are right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 116 LA Clippers 108
The (15-17) Raptors host the (17-19) New York Knicks Sunday afternoon at 12:30 (PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.