Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, April 11th
WHL:
Vancouver Giants 3 Kelowna Rockets 2 (Sunday)
The Giants ended an 8-game losing streak and jumped into 6th in the Western Conference standings.
The (23-38-4-1) Prince George Cougars are tied with the (23-38-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for 7th, one point ahead of the (22-38-5-1) Victoria Royals and one point behind the (24-37-4-0) Giants.
Vancouver has three games remaining, P.G., Victoria, and Spokane have two left.
The Cougars will close on the road at Kamloops on Friday and at Kelowna on Saturday.
The Giants host Seattle on Wednesday, host Kelowna on Friday and visit Kamloops on Saturday.
The Royals host Spokane on Friday and Saturday.
Prince George Cougars 2 Victoria Royals 1 (Saturday)
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 WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
Columns:
Scattershooting on a Sunday night while wondering if Twins’ Buxton could be future MVP . . . https://t.co/LY7BnutpIE
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 11, 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 (Saturday-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’s late game heroics takes centre stage in highlights from our Game 6 victory in Cranbrook.
Presented as always by the Siding Specialists at WR Ventures.#BCHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/SWIiHaNxNb
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) 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: (Seven Sunday games with just two Canadian teams in action)
Winnipeg 4 Ottawa 3
Kyle Connor scored goal No. 42 – just two behind the single-season team record – as the @NHLJets capped off a seven-game Sunday with a win.#NHLStats: https://t.co/55geAWNwnS pic.twitter.com/7mWH1lh7sU
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 11, 2022
The only Monday game in the NHL has Winnipeg at Montreal.
The Vancouver Canucks, coming off Saturday’s 4-2 victory over San Jose, are six points out of a playoff spot with nine games left (six at home).
The (35-28-10) Canucks host the (40-29-4) Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night at 7:00.
The Golden Knights sit two points out of a playoff position.
Vancouver is 27-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Golf:
American Scott Scheffler has a green jacket and is the number-one ranked golfer in the world.
The 25-year-old Scheffler, at 10-under-278, won the Masters by three shots over Rory McIlroy.
Top Canadian Corey Conners tied for 6th at 3-under.
Tiger Woods was 47th at 13-over.
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
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
(Gold medal game)
Sweden (Niklas Edin) 8 Canada (Brad Gushue) 6
It was Edin’s fourth straight world title and sixth overall.
(Semifinals)
Canada 8 USA 5
Sweden 8 Italy 4
Canada 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.
MLB:
Texas Rangers 12 Toronto Blue Jays 6
The 2-1 Blue Jays start a 4-game series against the Yankees tonight (Monday) in New York.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
NBA:
New York Knicks 105 Toronto Raptors 94
The (48-34) Raptors finished in 5th place in the Eastern Conference and will play the Philadelphia 76’ers in the first round of the playoffs.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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