Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, April 6th
WHL:
Kelowna Rockets 1 Prince George Cougars 0 (OT)
Defenceman and Rockets Captain Tyson Feist scored the game’s only goal at 1:02 of overtime before 1,606 fans at CN Centre.
WHOA-vertime is Tyson Time!@Kelowna_Rockets pic.twitter.com/SaoLxMtjPA
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 6, 2022
The game stats and highlights are right here.
Ty Young made 35 saves in the P.G. net as Kelowna outshot Prince George 36-21.
Talyn Boyko earned his second shutout of the season.
The (22-37-4-1) Cougars are tied with the (22-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, just a point behind the (22-36-5-1) Victoria Royals and the (23-35-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
Vancouver has six games remaining, P.G., Spokane, and Victoria all have four left.
The Cougars, who have dropped 14 of their last 17, host the Rockets again tonight.
They also host Victoria on Saturday before closing on the road at Kamloops on April 15th and at Kelowna on April 16th.
The (38-19-1-5) Rockets are 5th in the Western Conference, four points behind the Seattle Thunderbirds with one game in hand.
The WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Business Iain Scott in this week’s episode | https://t.co/wrOINDu6An #cityofPG #princegeorge #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/SELMwM4HyE
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 31, 2022
BCHL:
Cranbrook Bucks 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 3
The best-of-seven first-round series is tied 2-2 with Game five Thursday in P.G. and Game six back in Cranbrook on Saturday. A 7th and deciding game, if needed would be played Monday in Prince George.
Luc Laylin scored twice and added an assist for the Spruce Kings who were outshot 29-24 before 1,898 fans in Cranbrook.
The game stats are right here.
Earlier in the series:
Cranbrook Bucks 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 0 (Monday, April 4)
The game stats are right here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Saturday, April 2)
The game stats are right here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Friday, April 1)
The game stats are right here.
The Spruce Kings playoff schedule is right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
Column:
Fan’s enthusiasm for WHL returns after visit to Everett . . . Maier ties WHL career record . . . Seattle star signs with Penguins https://t.co/GybnP4zAtx
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 6, 2022
NHL: (10 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Edmonton 2 San Jose 1 (OT)
Connor McDavid scored his 41st goal at 31 seconds of overtime.
Florida 7 Toronto 6 (OT)
Ottawa 6 Montreal 3
Connor McDavid wrapped up Tuesday’s slate with his 13th career overtime goal, matching Brad Marchand for the most among all players since his NHL debut in 2015-16.#NHLStats: https://t.co/p0rKorn8yX pic.twitter.com/ZfgwOLJRgL
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 6, 2022
The Vancouver Canucks are down to their last dozen games (seven at home and five on the road).
The (32-28-10) Canucks visit Vegas tonight and Arizona Thursday (both at 7:00 PM).
Vancouver is nine points out of a playoff spot.
The Canucks are 24-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
Canada vs Finland (Tonight at 7:00)
Sweden 7 Canada 5 (This morning)
The 6-1 Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, will play the USA Thursday morning at 9:00 and Korea Thursday night at 7:00.
Earlier Canadian results:
Canada 11 Germany 7 (Tuesday afternoon)
Canada 10 Italy 4 (Monday afternoon)
Canada 10 Switzerland 6 (Sunday night)
Canada 9 Netherlands 6 (Sunday afternoon)
Canada 6 Czech Republic 4 (Saturday afternoon)
Canada 8 Norway 7 (Saturday night)
13 countries are competing with the top six teams to advance to the playoffs.
Results, schedule, and standings are right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 118 Atlanta Hawks 108
The (46-33) Raptors, with three games left, are 5th in the Eastern Conference, one game ahead of the Chicago Bulls.
The Raptors host Philadelphia Thursday (4:30 PT), and Houston Friday (4:30 PT) before closing against the Knicks in New York on Sunday (4:00 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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