Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Saturday, January 8th
BCHL:
Cranbrook Bucks 1 Prince George Spruce Kings 0 (OT)
It was another great performance from Jordan Fairlie, making 30 saves, but it was not enough as the Spruce Kings get edged 1-0 in OT in Cranbrook.
? @garrettjames22 #TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/HzPC3VX23R
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 8, 2022
The same teams play again tonight in Cranbrook.
The (14-9-2-1) Spruce Kings are 5th in the Interior Division, three points behind the (16-10-2) Bucks, although P.G. has two games in hand.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars home games against the Kelowna Rockets scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday have been postponed.
15 WHL teams, including the Cougars, have recently paused team activities as a result of multiple players and staff being added to the WHL COVID-19 Protocol List due to exhibiting symptoms or having tested positive for COVID-19.
The WHL announced today an update on COVID-19 Protocols and the postponement of eight WHL Regular Season games, but affirmed its commitment to completing the 68-game Regular Season schedule and Playoffs.
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 7, 2022
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Mark Holick – January 5th, 2022https://t.co/f6tBrsSjqw pic.twitter.com/ep271AP31z
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 5, 2022
Columns:
Jets won’t be landing in Saskatoon . . . WHL has 15 teams on pause; two others cleared to return; weekend sked down to two games https://t.co/RB53IG0cm4
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 8, 2022
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (COVID-19 rules the roost) January 7th, 2022 EDITION 870https://t.co/Ccwer2zcC1 pic.twitter.com/BdRAN0dEfs
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 7, 2022
NHL: (2 Friday games)
Carolina 6 Calgary 5
St. Louis 5 Washington 1
The Vancouver Canucks home game against the Ottawa Senators tonight has been postponed.
The (16-15-3) Canucks, who are 8-0-1 under head coach Bruce Boudreau, begin a 5-game road trip Tuesday against the Panthers in Florida.
UPDATE: The NHL has postponed the Ottawa Senators’ road games against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday and versus the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 15 because of Canadian arena capacity restrictions.https://t.co/3sTsD3qwpz
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 7, 2022
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars are hoping to return to action on Jan 15th and 16 against the (8-7-1-2) Okanagan Rockets in Kelowna.
The (9-9-1-1) U-18 Cougars are in fifth place in the 10-team division while the Rockets are 6th.
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
NFL:
This is the final weekend of the NFL regular season.
Week 18 has a couple of Saturday games: Kansas City at Denver (1:30 PT) and Dallas at Philadelphia (5:15) followed by 14 on Sunday.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
NFL odds are right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 122 Utah Jazz 108
The (19-17) Raptors have won five in a row and will host New Orleans Sunday (3:00 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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