Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, January 20th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 4 Victoria Royals 1 (Wednesday)
Koehn Ziemmer scored two goals, just over four minutes apart in the first period, to lead the Cougars to their fourth straight victory, before 1.426 fans at CN Centre.
The box score is right here.
Home sweet home!
Koehn Ziemmer has goals in seven straight @PGCougars home games.? pic.twitter.com/zhbNmpHjLt
— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 20, 2022
In those four games, Ziemmer has nine points, including seven goals.
The 17-year-old Ziemmer has scored in each of his last seven home games.
It’s safe to say Koehn Ziemmer has been on a tear of late! @PGCougars | #WHLStats pic.twitter.com/NVR2n26dQ1
— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 20, 2022
Ty Young made 22 saves as Prince George outshot Victoria 35-23.
The Cougars are 7-0 this season against the Royals.
The (17-17-1-1) Cougars are 3rd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference, four points ahead of the
(15-17-2-0) Vancouver Giants.
Prince George will host the B.C. Division-leading Kamloops Blazers on Friday in the first of a home and home.
They also meet Saturday in Kamloops.
Prince George Cougars 5 Victoria Royals 3 (Tuesday)
The Cougars led 5-0 midway through the second period, getting three of those goals on the power-play before 1,472 hometown fans.
The box score is right here.
The team’s leading scorer, Koehn Ziemmer, and Captain Jonny Hooker, tallied twice each for the Cougars.
.@koehnziemmer13, @jonny_hooker91 prove hard to stop as @PGCougars dethrone @victoriaroyals 5-3 in @TheWHL action on Tuesday from @CNCentre | https://t.co/AoGScbb5qh #cityofpg #sports #northernbc #northernuprising pic.twitter.com/wZFBXtE3SU
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 19, 2022
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with Lynne Van Roode, the WHL Off-Ice Officials Volunteer Co-ordinator (Prince George) in this week’s episode | #cityofpg https://t.co/v88bFDDRza #princegeorgebc #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/egd1J6mU6p
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 20, 2022
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 6 Penticton Vees 2
The Spruce Kings scored three goals in each of the last two periods before 617 fans at the RMCA.
.@SpruceKings explode for six against @PentictonVees
| https://t.co/KrzdTgG9tN #CityofPG #princegeorgebc #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/NGxJmdg93P— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 20, 2022
The (18-9-2-1) Spruce Kings have won four straight and will play their next three games against the (13-13-1-1) Smoke Eaters Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night in Trail.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars and the female Northern Capitals play league games this weekend in Fort St James.
The (11-10-1-2) Cougars host the (12-8-3-1) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds Saturday night at 6:30 outdoors at the Ernie Sam Memorial Arena.
The two teams also face off Sunday afternoon at 12:30 indoors at the Fort Forum.
The Capitals entertain the Fraser Valley Rush Saturday afternoon at 1 in Vanderhoof and Sunday morning at 10 outdoors in Fort St James.
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
New York Rangers 6 Toronto 3
Colorado 2 Anaheim 0
Arizona 4 New Jersey 1
The (18-18-3) Vancouver Canucks host the Florida Panthers Friday night at 7:00.
The Canucks are 10-3-1 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Olympics:
.@meryetaodine headed to second Winter Olympics | #cityofpg https://t.co/wrMHFkD0F6 #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #Beijing2022 #BeijingWinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/MTYJGblbRb
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 19, 2022
Column:
B.C. capacity restrictions staying put . . . Schedule forces Royals to grind it out . . . Goalie scores in AJHL game https://t.co/IPiaQWmQjm
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 19, 2022
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the UBC Okanagan Heat in Kelowna this weekend in Canada West women’s and men’s basketball.
Games times are Friday night at 5:00 and 7:00 and Saturday at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. starting with the women followed by the men.
The UNBC women are 4-5 on the season while UBC Okanagan women are 5-6.
The UNBC men are 2-7 while the UBC Okanagan men are 1-7.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
NFL:
The NFL Conference semifinals kick off Saturday with Cincinnati at Tennessee (1:30 PT) followed by San Francisco at Green Bay (5:15).
On Sunday, LA Rams visit Tampa Bay (noon) and Buffalo is at Kansas City (3:30).
Home teams are favored by less than a converted touchdown in each game.