Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Sunday, April 10th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 2 Victoria Royals 1
Ethan Samson snapped a 1-1 tie on the power-play with 6:31 left in the third period before 2,759 fans at CN Centre.
Samson also assisted on the other P.G. goal by Captain Jonny Hooker.
Ty Young made 29 saves as the Royals outshot the Cats 30-23.
The box score and game highlights are right here.
What a night.
Ethan Samson’s power play goal in the third period the difference, as we pick up a huge win over the Royals in our home finale.#NorthernUprising
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 10, 2022
The (23-38-4-1) Cougars move from 9th in the Western Conference, into a tie with the (23-38-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for 6th, one point ahead of the (22-38-5-1) Royals and the (23-37-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
The Giants suffered their eighth straight loss, falling 8-4 to the Kelowna Rockets while the Chiefs also lost on Saturday night 6-2 to the Seattle Thunderbirds.
Vancouver has four games remaining, P.G., Victoria, and Spokane have two left.
The Cougars, who have dropped 15 of their last 19, will close on the road at Kamloops on Friday and at Kelowna on Saturday, April 16th.
The Giants visit Kelowna again tonight, host Seattle on Wednesday, host Kelowna on Friday, and visit Kamloops on Saturday.
The Royals host Spokane on Friday and Saturday.
The WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
Columns:
What if Derlago and Leach hadn’t been injured? . . . WHL has first matchup: Edmonton vs. Lethbridge . . . In Kamloops, No. 22 gets 22nd goal at 2:22 of OT https://t.co/EdnhzDJWzj
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 10, 2022
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller‘s it’s all on the line for the @pgcougars if they wish to make @TheWHL playoffs this year
| https://t.co/MO35H0u4hT #CityOfPG #sports #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/YQxxfq6JLN— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 8, 2022
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars Director of Player Development Steve O’Rourke in this week’s episode
| https://t.co/DDrfTyzpGP #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising #sports pic.twitter.com/4oQs8axL4v— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 7, 2022
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Cranbrook Bucks 2 (OT)
Rowan Miller scored at 13:42 of overtime after he tied the game at 2-2 with just 3:17 left in the third period before 3,002 fans in Cranbrook.
Rowan Miller is the Shaw OT Hero in Cranbrook with a breakaway beauty! What a way for the @SpruceKings to advance to Round 2.#BCHL | #BCHLPlayoffs | @shawinfo pic.twitter.com/DNmjx8XJIY
— BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) April 10, 2022
The game stats are right here.
The Spruce Kings win the series 4-2 to advance to the second round of the BCHL playoffs.
Series results:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Cranbrook Bucks 2 (Thursday, April 7)
The game stats are right here.
Cranbrook Bucks 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Tuesday, April 5)
The game stats are right here.
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.
NHL: (12 Saturday games with Winnipeg the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver 4 San Jose 2
The Canucks are four points out of a playoff spot with 9 games left (six at home).
The (35-28-10) Canucks host the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night at 7:00.
Vancouver is 27-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Colorado 2 Edmonton 1 (SO)
Calgary 4 Seattle 1
Toronto 3 Montreal 2
NY Rangers 5 Ottawa 1
5 of 16 tickets to the 2022 #StanleyCup Playoffs have been punched, two of which were secured on Saturday’s 12-game slate.#NHLStats: https://t.co/Ue8Wg4hl36 pic.twitter.com/pSFR9OOzw2
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 10, 2022
Golf:
Scott Scheffler, at 9-under-207, carries a three-shot lead into the final round at the Masters.
Cameron Smith is in second place at 6-under-210.
Top Canadian Corey Conners is tied for 6th at 1-under-215, eight strokes from the top.
Tiger Woods is tied for 41st at 7-over-223 following a third-round 78, his worst round ever at the Masters.
The leaderboard is right here.
Golf anyone? April is the month to tee it up | https://t.co/h0Mc0RP9ru #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #Golf pic.twitter.com/YqjUsBdbBa
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 7, 2022
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 4 Texas Rangers 3
The 2-0 Blue Jays go for a 3-game sweep of the Rangers today in Toronto.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
(Semifinals)
Canada 8 USA 5
Sweden 8 Italy 4
Canada will play Sweden in the Gold Medal game this afternoon at 4:00 (PT).
The Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, finished first in the round-robin with a 10-2 record followed by Sweden at 9-3.
Round-robin Canadian results:
Canada 9 Denmark 2 (Friday night)
Canada 8 Scotland 6 (Friday morning)
Canada 10 Korea 2 (Thursday night)
USA 10 Canada 6 (Thursday morning)
Canada 8 Finland 3 (Wednesday night)
Sweden 7 Canada 5 (Wednesday morning)
Canada 11 Germany 7 (Tuesday afternoon)
Canada 10 Italy 4 (Monday afternoon)
Canada 10 Switzerland 6 (Sunday night, April 3rd)
Canada 9 Netherlands 6 (Sunday afternoon, April 3rd)
Canada 6 Czech Republic 4 (Saturday afternoon, April 2nd)
Canada 8 Norway 7 (Saturday night, April 2nd)
13 countries are competing with the top six teams to advance to the playoffs.
Results, schedule, and standings are right here.
NBA:
The (48-33) Toronto Raptors close out their regular season against the (36-45) Knicks tonight (4:00 PT) in New York.
Toronto will finish 5th in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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