Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, January 27th
NHL: (5 Wednesday games with 2 Canadian teams in action)
Calgary 6 Columbus 0
The Flames fired a franchise-record 62 shots on the net.
Toronto 4 Anaheim 3 (SO)
Wednesday wrapped with the @Avalanche extending their home win streak to 17 games – the 5th longest such run in NHL history behind the Red Wings (23 GP in 2011-12), Bruins (20 in 1929-30), Flyers (20 GP in 1975-76) & Bruins (19 GP in 1970-71).#NHLStats: https://t.co/RIt0CFgSa0 pic.twitter.com/qVsjsv4Lxr
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 27, 2022
The (18-19-5) Vancouver Canucks start a four-game road trip tonight 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.
Allvin is the first Swedish GM in NHL history. It’s a momentous day. But for the Canucks, a stronghold of Swedish excellence for nearly five decades, he’s a natural choice — and fits their vision of building a hockey-operations Camelot. (@imacSportsnet)https://t.co/DYSK0O69Pe
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2022
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 (16-18-2) Vancouver Giants.
The Giants lost 2-1 to Kamloops Wednesday night.
The WHL standings are right here.
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars Head Coach and GM Mark Lam on this week’s episode | https://t.co/DkoWCPOuVT #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/B8uj9sVRea
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 27, 2022
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 Feb. 4th when they visit the (2-19-1) Greater Vancouver Comets in Richmond.
The (15-6-0-3) Caps also visit the (7-13-0-1) Vancouver Island Seals on Feb. 5th and 6th in Chemainus.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
Column:
Scattershooting on a Wednesday night while waiting for spring and Year 3 of the pandemic . . . https://t.co/6WM3UydzEL
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 27, 2022
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
Canada West basketball:
The Canada West women’s basketball games scheduled for this weekend in Prince George between the UNBC Timberwolves and the Fraser Valley Cascades have been postponed.
The reason is that both teams do not have the minimum number of players available to safely compete due to COVID-19 related protocols.
The men’s basketball games between UNBC and Fraser Valley will go ahead at the Northern Sport Centre but the time has changed.
Tip-off is now slated for 6:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
The UNBC men are 4-7 on the season while the Fraser Valley men are 5-4.
(The UNBC women are 5-6 while the Fraser Valley women are 9-2)
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
Chicago Bulls 111 Toronto Raptors 105
The (23-23) Raptors visit the (31-17) Miami Heat Saturday night at 5:00 (PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
NFL:
BREAKING: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced his retirement on Thursday.https://t.co/up0ujDvmJ0
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2022
The Denver Broncos are finalizing a deal to hire Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as their new head coach, AP reports.https://t.co/G8TMBMMzBA
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2022
Breaking: Colts’ defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has reached an agreement with the Chicago Bears.
He’s their new head coach. ? pic.twitter.com/mA4uHOgagO
— Indy SportsOne (@IndySportsOne) January 27, 2022
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.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL results are right here.
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