Sports by Hartley Miller as of 11:05 a.m. Thursday, February 17th
Olympics:
Canada has its fourth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics and it came in women’s hockey.
The Canadian team scored the first three goals and went on to a 3-2 triumph (Wednesday night PT) over the United States in the final.
Marie-Philip Poulin tallied twice and Ann-Renee Desbiens made 38 saves for Canada, who were outshot 40-21.
It is the fifth time Canada has won gold in women’s hockey at an Olympic Games.
Canada lost 3-2 to the Americans in a shootout in the championship game of the 2018 Olympics.
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Marielle Thompson of Whistler won Canada’s 20th medal of the Olympics, earning a silver in the women’s ski cross final.
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Canada’s Brad Gushue will play for Olympic bronze against the USA tonight (Thursday) at 10:05 PT in men’s curling after a 5-3 loss to Sweden in the semifinals.
In women’s Olympic curling, Jennifer Jones of Canada failed to make the playoffs after posting a 5-4 record.
Canadian Olympic medals: (Total of 20)
Gold: (4)
Canadian women’s hockey team.
Canadian men’s short track speed skating team in the 5,000-metre relay.
Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais in long track speed skating women’s team pursuit.
Snowboarder Max Parrot of Cowansville, Quebec in the men’s slopestyle event.
Silver: (5)
Marielle Thompson of Whistler in the women’s ski cross.
Long-track speedskater Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa in the women’s 5,000 metres.
Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Quebec in men’s snowboard cross.
Short-track speedskater Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Quebec in the men’s 1,500 metres.
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Quebec in the men’s moguls.
Bronze: (11)
Snowboarder Max Parrot of Cowansville, Quebec in the men’s Big Air snowboarding event.
Bobsledder Christine de Bruin of Alberta in the monobob race.
Short-track speedskater Steven Dubois of Terrebonne, Quebec in the men’s 500 metres.
Meryeta O’Dine of P.G. & Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Quebec in mixed team snowboard cross.
Canada in the mixed team aerials freestyle ski event.
Skier Jack Crawford of Toronto in the alpine combined event.
Meryeta O’Dine of Prince George in the women’s snowboard cross.
Canadian ski jumping team in the mixed team event.
Short-track speedskater Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Quebec in the women’s 500 metres.
Snowboarder Mark McMorris of Regina in the men’s slopestyle event.
Long-track speedskater Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa in the women’s 3,000 metres.
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Sarah Beaudry of Prince George and Emily Dickson of Burns Lake were part of the Canadian women’s 4 x 6 km Biathlon Olympic Relay team that finished in 10th place out of 20 on Wednesday. Canada finished four minutes and 30 seconds behind gold-medal winning Sweden.
Beaudry and Dickson have now completed their Olympic competition and are headed home.
Earlier at the Beijing Games, the 27-year-old Beaudry was 80th and Dickson 81st out of 89 in the women’s 7.5 km Sprint.
Dickson was also 70th and Beaudry 80th in the field of 87 in the women’s 15 km individual race.
In addition, Beaudry was part of the Canadian mixed 4 x 6 km Biathlon relay team that finished 14th out of 20.
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Snowboarder Meryeta O’Dine returned home to Prince George Tuesday afternoon proudly displaying her two Olympic bronze medals.
The 24-year-old O’Dine combined with Eliot Grondin of Quebec for a third-place finish in the mixed team snowboard cross.
She also earned bronze in the women’s snowboard cross to become the first Prince George athlete to capture an Olympic medal.
2x @Beijing2022 Bronze Medalist @meryetaodine comes back to Prince George | #cityofpg https://t.co/oH2b6wb8eG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #Beijing2022WinterOlympics #Sports pic.twitter.com/XX1lCsuIXc
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 16, 2022
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Kelowna Rockets 2
Carter MacAdams notched a hat trick and Tyler Brennan made 44 saves to lead the Cougars, who snapped a five-game losing streak.
The Rockets outshot the Cats 46-28 before 3,400 fans Wednesday night at Prospera Place in Kelowna.
The box score is right here.
It was the first time in their last 11 games the Cougars have scored more than two goals.
Prince George is 3rd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference, three points ahead of Vancouver with the (18-23-2) Giants holding four games in hand.
The (19-25-2-1) Cougars play the (26-12-1-3) Rockets again on Friday and Saturday at CN Centre.
Prince George is 4-17-1-1 against the top five teams in the Western Conference and 15-8-1-0 against the four teams below them in the Conference.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
.@PGCougars reschedule five more games as @TheWHL pushes back playoffs until April 22nd
| https://t.co/xwGCDXHuIM #cityofpg #princegeorge #sports #northernbc pic.twitter.com/0gkxgkOHAi— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 17, 2022
According to the IIHF, the World Juniors will be re-played in August, while the Women’s U18 Worlds will be in June! pic.twitter.com/HnCVcy4iek
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 17, 2022
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars co-owner John Pateman in this week’s episode of the podcast | https://t.co/eeQh3CGJCj #cityofpg #princegeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/3IXrhjSkFE
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 17, 2022
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings hit the road as they visit Salmon Arm Friday, Penticton Saturday and Vernon on Monday.
The (23-9-3-6) Spruce Kings have earned at least a point in each of their last 18 games.
They have not lost in regulation since December 18th when they fell 2-1 to the Vipers in Vernon.
Prince George is third in the Interior Division, four points ahead of the (25-13-1) West Kelowna Warriors.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (4 Wednesday games)
Calgary 6 Anaheim 2
The Flames extended their winning streak to eight games.
Winnipeg 6 Minnesota 3
Colorado 2 Vegas 0
Florida 3 Carolina 2 (OT)
The (22-21-6) Vancouver Canucks visit the (22-21-4) San Jose Sharks tonight at 7:30.
It is one of 10 Thursday games in the NHL with Calgary the only Canadian team idle.
The Canucks are 14-6-4 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the UBC Thunderbirds tonight at 6:00 in Canada West women’s basketball.
The UNBC women are 6-7 on the season while UBC is 6-10.
On the men’s side, the (5-11) Timberwolves host the (9-9) Trinity Western Spartans Saturday afternoon at 3:00.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here while UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 103 Minnesota Timberwolves 91
This was the Raptors final game prior to the All-Star break. The (32-25) Raptors play their next game on Friday, Feb 25th at Charlotte.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (AAA)
(U18 Male)
The U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the Valley West Giants Saturday morning at 11:30 and Sunday morning at 10 in Langley.
The (14-12-1-3) Cougars are 5th out of 10 teams while the (10-13-5) Giants are 7th,
The U-18 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(U17 Male)
The U17 Cariboo Cougars visit the Vancouver NE Chiefs Saturday afternoon at 3:00 and Sunday morning at 11:15 in Burnaby.
The (12-15-0-1) Cougars are in 7th-place in the 10-team division while the (24-6) Chiefs are 1st.
The U-17 Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(U15 Male)
The U15 Cariboo Cougars host the Valley West Giants Saturday night at 7:00 at the RMCA and Sunday morning at 11:45 at Kin 1.
The (5-17-0-2) Cougars are 9th out of 10 teams while the (20-3-3) Giants are second.
The U-15 Cariboo Cougar schedule is right here.
(U18 Female)
The U18 Northern Capitals female hockey team hosts the Greater Vancouver Comets in a triple header. Games are scheduled for Feb 25th at 6:45 p.m. at Kin 1, Feb 26th at 5:45 p.m. at Kin 2, and Feb. 27th at 8:15 a.m. at Kin 2.
The (18-6-0-3) Capitals are second out of five teams while the (4-23-1) Comets are last.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.