Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, January 12th
NHL: (2 Canadian teams in action on Tuesday)
Florida 5 Vancouver 2
Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist and the Florida Panthers handed Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau his first regulation loss in 10 games with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night.https://t.co/JSykZ71j8C
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 12, 2022
The (16-16-3) Canucks, who are 8-1-1 under head coach Bruce Boudreau, continue a 5-game road trip Thursday night in Tampa Bay.
Toronto 4 Vegas 3 (SO)
The Canucks schedule is right here or here.
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings host the (19-10) West Kelowna Warriors tonight at 7:00.
It will be their first home game in 2022.
The (15-9-2-1) Spruce Kings are 5th in points in the Interior Division, one point behind the (16-11-2) Bucks, although P.G. has two games in hand.
NEWS: The BCHL Roadshow has been postponed to the 2022-23 season.
DETAILS –> https://t.co/rixLuXGuQh pic.twitter.com/0cFU8lhsku
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 11, 2022
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars visit the Vancouver Giants Friday and Saturday in Langley.
The Cougars, who have lost their last five, are scheduled to play their next home games on Tuesday, January 18th, and Wednesday, January 19th against the Victoria Royals.
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Column:
WHL teams getting clearance to return . . . Three games scheduled for tonight . . . Giants’ owner admits to seven-figure loss last season https://t.co/ADAKEuVW0V
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 12, 2022
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars return to action on Saturday (5:15 PM) and Sunday (10 AM) 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.
Canada West basketball:
Three of four Canada West basketball games scheduled for Prince George this weekend have been postponed.
The UNBC Timberwolves will still host the UBC Thunderbirds in men’s action Sunday afternoon at 3:00.
The UNBC men’s and women’s games on Friday against Victoria have been called off as has the UNBC women’s game against UBC on Sunday.
However, the UNBC WBB team will head to Kelowna on Saturday to play UBCO at 1 pm.
? CW basketball games in B.C. postponed
Seven basketball games originally scheduled for this weekend in B.C. will be postponed, Canada West announced Wednesday.
? https://t.co/VjDabqng5S pic.twitter.com/KzmuKA04gn
— Canada West (@CanadaWest) January 11, 2022
The UNBC women are 4-4 on the season while the men are 2-6.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
The Canada West women’s standings are right here and the men’s standings are right here.
UNBC soccer:
The first commitment of 2022!
An exciting day for @UNBCWSoccer, officially announcing the commitment of talented Comox product Kaitlyn Anderson for the upcoming @CanadaWest year!
Hear from the newest @UNBC TWolf in the video, and read all the details here: https://t.co/VGLVa9wXLh pic.twitter.com/XiSKAqjPUD— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) January 10, 2022
NFL:
The NFL wild-card round begins Saturday with a pair of games: Las Vegas at Cincinnati (1:30 PM PT) followed by New England at Buffalo (5:15).
The three games on Sunday feature Philadelphia at Tampa Bay (10 AM), San Francisco at Dallas (1:30), and Pittsburgh at Kansas City (5:15).
On Monday night, Arizona will visit the LA Rams (5:15).
Home teams are favored in each game: Bengals by 5.5, Bills by 4, Bucs by 8.5, Cowboys by 3, Chiefs by 12.5 and Rams by 4.
The NFL standings are right here.