Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, January 24th
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 2 Trail Smoke Eaters 1 (Sunday)
The Spruce Kings took four out of a possible six points in their weekend triple-header in Trail.
Goals from Austin Fraser and Luc Laylin, and backed by 21 stops from Aaron Trotter gave the Spruce Kings their 19th victory of the season, edging the @BCHLSmokeEaters by a 2-1 score!
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?https://t.co/LA1FR6rNN6#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/K7cyT9pxjl
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 24, 2022
The (19-9-2-3) Spruce Kings host the Vernon Vipers Friday and Saturday.
Prince George is third out of nine in the Interior Division, three points behind the Penticton Vees and one point ahead of the West Kelowna Warriors.
Trail Smoke Eaters 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (SO Saturday)
Nick Rhéaume and Rowan Miller both find the back of the net tonight for the Spruce Kings to salvage a point, but fall 3-2 in a shootout against the Trail Smoke Eaters.
?https://t.co/68DdS1OpJm#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/DrMiCQSHVL
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 23, 2022
Trail Smoke Eaters 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 4 (SO Friday)
It was another multi-point night from Nick Rhéaume, collecting two goals and an assist, but it was not enough as the Spruce Kings get edged 5-4 in a shootout in Trail.
? @garrettjames22 #TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/ZwGkfXJgB3
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 22, 2022
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
WHL:
Kamloops Blazers 3 Prince George Cougars 2 (Saturday)
The Cougars led 2-1 until the (24-11-1) Blazers scored a pair of goals, 38 seconds apart early in the third period.
Luke Toporowski puts the @blazerhockey up a goal with his 18th of the season! pic.twitter.com/sDMysywRcr
— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 23, 2022
Ty Young made 45 saves as Kamloops outshot Prince George 48-25.
The box score is right here.
The (17-19-1-1) Cougars play their next six games in the U.S. starting Friday against Taylor Gauthier and the Portland Winterhawks.
Prince George is 3rd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference, two points ahead of the (16-17-2) Vancouver Giants.
Kamloops Blazers 5 Prince George Cougars 1 (Friday)
The Blazers built up period leads of 2-0 and 4-1 as they ended the Cougars’ four-game win streak before 1,847 fans at CN Centre.
The box score is right here.
Blazers halt the Cougars four-game win streak https://t.co/2RoBaViuBM pic.twitter.com/WUKAVMTHcc
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 22, 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
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
(U18 Male)
Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 10 Cariboo Cougars 6 (Sunday indoors in Fort St. James)
Fraser Valley improved to 14-8-3-1 and is fourth in the 10-team division.
The (11-11-1-3) Cougars are 5th and are scheduled to be in North Vancouver this coming Saturday and Sunday for games against the third-place Vancouver Northwest Hawks (17-5-1-1).
Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 3 Cariboo Cougars 2 (OT Saturday outdoors in Fort St. James)
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(U18 Female)
Northern Capitals 5 Fraser Valley Rush 4 (Sunday in Fort St. James)
The game was supposed to be held outside at the Ernie Sam Memorial Arena as part of Winter Classic weekend. Unfortunately, warming temperatures made the ice surface unplayable and the contest had to be moved indoors to the Fort Forum.
Fraser Valley Rush 4 Northern Capitals 1 (Saturday in Vanderhoof)
The (15-6-0-3) Capitals are in second place, six points behind the (19-2-1) Rush.
The next scheduled games for the Caps are Feb. 5-6 in Chemainus against the (7-13-0-1) Vancouver Island Seals.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
In other weekend games, the U15 Cougars were in Abbotsford and lost 8-2 and 5-2 to the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
(Cariboo Cougars info includes files from Jason Peters)
NHL: (1 of 5 Sunday games)
St. Louis 3 Vancouver 1
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues overpowered the undermanned Vancouver Canucks.https://t.co/Y4ogsHNIlW
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 24, 2022
The Vancouver Canucks have hired Emilie Castonguay as assistant general manager.https://t.co/RPwtMAONTW
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 24, 2022
The (18-19-4) Canucks will host the (19-16-2) Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night at 7:00.
Vancouver is 10-4-2 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
The @SeattleKraken took down the NHL-leading Panthers while the @penguins earned their seventh straight home win during a five-game Sunday.#NHLStats: https://t.co/3rpdU6Z3WE pic.twitter.com/Mnl8NxlH6I
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 24, 2022
Canada West basketball: (in Kelowna)
(Men)
UNBC Timberwolves 98 UBC Okanagan Heat 83 (Saturday)
(Another) career night from Spencer Ledoux, and @UNBCBasketball holds off the @UBCOHeat to complete the sweep in Kelowna.
READ: https://t.co/fiOVFRIBXo
?: @conanshingphoto pic.twitter.com/s3kvY20mTk
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) January 23, 2022
UNBC Timberwolves 79 UBC Okanagan Heat 77 (Friday)
RECAP: One of the wildest finishes you’ll ever see. @UNBCBasketball scores 12 straight to finish the game, and edges the @UBCOHeat 79-77.
Read all about it: https://t.co/p95HeNNJS6 pic.twitter.com/6GtVewd9lC— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) January 22, 2022
(Women)
UNBC Timberwolves 76 UBC Okanagan Heat 67 (Saturday)
RECAP: @UNBCWomensBball holds off a tough @UBCOHeat team to earn the weekend split and get back in the win column.https://t.co/FUqeM8wsup pic.twitter.com/D1VcSzEHuC
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) January 23, 2022
UBC Okanagan Heat 82 UNBC Timberwolves 65 (Friday)
RECAP: @UNBCWomensBball will look to rebound tomorrow, after a tough result in Kelowna on Friday against the @UBCOHeat.https://t.co/j2dFtVqkYt pic.twitter.com/iskmp5EUWE
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) January 22, 2022
The UNBC women are 5-6 on the season while UBC Okanagan women are 6-7.
The UNBC men are 4-7 while the UBC Okanagan men are 1-9.
The Timberwolves will host Fraser Valley Friday and Saturday.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
NFL: (Conference semifinals)
Kansas City 42 Buffalo 36 (OT Sunday)
The Chiefs advance to their 4th consecutive AFC Championship game and will host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday (12:05 p.m. PT).
LA Rams 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 (Sunday)
The Rams advance to the NFC Championship game and will host the San Francisco 49’ers on Sunday (3:40 p.m. PT).
THIS IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NFL PLAYOFF HISTORY WHERE ALL 4 GAMES WERE DECIDED ON THE LAST PLAY.
San Francisco 13 Green Bay 10 (Saturday)
Cincinnati 19 Tennessee 16 (Saturday)
NFL odds are right here.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL results are right here.
Column:
Visiting the time capsule and discovering the time Jim Harrison was in goal for the Estevan Bruins and a whole lot more . . . https://t.co/H9eJaNCPVC
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 24, 2022
Tennis:
Denis Shapovalov is moving on to the Australian Open quarterfinals. ???https://t.co/KmBSRbnDXa
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 23, 2022
NBA:
Portland Trail Blazers 114 Toronto Raptors 105
The (22-22) Raptors host the (26-21) Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday at 4:00 PM (PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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