Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, January 26th
NHL: (8 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Edmonton 3 Vancouver 2 (OT)
Connor McDavid scored his 20th goal of the season with 23.4 seconds left in overtime for the Oilers, who trailed 2-0 after two periods.
Captain Connor! ?
Connor McDavid gets the @SUBWAYCanada OT winner for the @edmontonoilers with just 23.4 seconds left. ? pic.twitter.com/YMSH1UNnVi
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 26, 2022
Canucks goalie Spencer Martin blocked 47 of 50 shots.
The (18-19-5) Canucks start a four-game road trip Thursday night at 5:00 (PT) against the (17-15-7) Jets in Winnipeg.
Vancouver is 10-4-3 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
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The Canucks have hired Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager Patrik Allvin as their new general manager.
The 47-year-old Allvin worked with Jim Rutherford, the Canucks’ president of hockey operations, for six seasons in Pittsburgh.
New Vancouver Canucks executive Patrik Allvin says it is an “honour” to be the NHL’s first Swedish general manager.https://t.co/kde2MhIaRh
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 26, 2022
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Florida 5 Winnipeg 3
Ottawa 5 Buffalo 0
Tuesday’s eight-game slate concluded with the @EdmontonOilers earning their second consecutive multi-goal comeback victory.#NHLStats: https://t.co/HV9xcI1hd2 pic.twitter.com/iHgBsSjnUK
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 26, 2022
There are 5 NHL games tonight (Wednesday) with two of them involving Canadian teams: Calgary at Columbus and Toronto hosting Anaheim.
WHL:
The (17-19-1-1) Prince George Cougars play their next six games in the U.S. starting Friday against Taylor Gauthier and the (22-11-3-2) 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.
The WHL has announced our postponed January 8th home game against the @victoriaroyals, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 2nd.#NorthernUprising
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) January 25, 2022
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
BCHL:
The (19-9-2-3) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (11-14-3-3) Vernon Vipers Friday and Saturday.
The Spruce Kings are third out of nine in the Interior Division, three points behind the Penticton Vees and one point ahead of the West Kelowna Warriors.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
(U18 Male)
The Cariboo Cougars visit the Vancouver Northwest Hawks Saturday night at 7:45 and Sunday morning at 11:30 at the North Shore Winter Club.
The (11-11-1-3) Cougars are 5th out of 10 teams while the (17-5-1-1) Hawks are in 3rd place.
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(U18 Female)
The Northern Capitals are idle until the Feb. 5th-6th weekend when they visit the Vancouver Island Seals in Chemainus.
The (15-6-0-3) Capitals are in 2nd place in the five-team league while the (7-13-0-1) Seals are 4th.
Goulet’s late goal gives @NCapitalsfmaaa dramatic win over Fraser Valley | #cityofpg https://t.co/LetsryZ96Q #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #CityofPG #defendthenorth pic.twitter.com/PG99OdYisF
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 24, 2022
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
Baseball:
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is the lone player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. The 46-year-old Ortiz is just the 58th player elected in his first year of eligibility.
Barry Bonds, baseball’s all-time home run leader, 354-game winner Roger Clemens, longtime ace pitcher Curt Schilling and 600-homer-club member Sammy Sosa all weren’t elected to the Hall of Fame in their final year on the ballot.
David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox legend who won three World Series championships and seven Silver Slugger awards, has been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.https://t.co/ORZLCVHYTz
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 25, 2022
Tennis:
In a heartbreaking result for Felix Auger-Aliassime, the Canadian dropped a five-setter to Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday.https://t.co/vANt6SfjKe
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 26, 2022
Denis Shapovalov is out at the Australian Open. The 22-year-old Canadian lost in five sets to Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.
UNBC Soccer:
.@UNBCATHLETICS add South Korean striker to men’s soccer program | https://t.co/cI2rms6q2h #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/da3XrXheOr
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 25, 2022
UPDATE: Canada West basketball:
The women’s basketball series between the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades and the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves originally scheduled for this weekend has been postponed, Canada West announced today (Wednesday).
The change comes as a result of both teams not having the minimum number of players available to safely compete due to COVID-19 related protocols.
The Cascades were slated to travel to Prince George to take on the Timberwolves both Friday and Saturday.
No reschedule dates have yet been set and will be announced by the affected teams when determined.
The men’s basketball games will go ahead, but the game times have changed.
Tip-off is now slated for 6 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday at the Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre.
The UNBC men are 4-7 while the Fraser Valley men are 5-4.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 125 Charlotte Hornets 113
The (23-22) Raptors visit the (29-17) Chicago Bulls tonight at 5:00 (PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
NFL:
After 16 years on the job, Sean Payton announced he is stepping down as head coach of the New Orleans Saints. The 58-year-old Payton said he doesn’t plan to coach another team in 2022, adding, “That’s not where my heart is right now.”
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The NFL Conference Championship Games will be played on Sunday.
In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals (12:05 p.m. PT).
The Chiefs are 7-point favorites to advance to the Super Bowl for the third straight year.
In the NFC, the San Francisco 49’ers visit the LA Rams (3:40 p.m. PT).
The Rams are favored by 3 1/2.
NFL odds are right here.