Sports by Hartley Miller as of 11:05 a.m. Friday, April 15th
BCHL:
Penticton Vees 2 Prince George Spruce Kings 1
Josh Nadeau snapped a 1-1 tie with just 4.9 seconds left in the third period before 3,002 fans in Penticton.
The game stats are right here.
A terrific night from Jordan Fairlie making 32 saves and Simon Labelle’s 4th of the post-season was not enough as the Penticton Vees score late in the third to take Game 1.
📸Cherie Morgan
📝https://t.co/R7DGEOAY3q#BCHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/SvKuAMuXI1
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 15, 2022
Game One Highlights are presented as always by the Siding Specialists at WR Ventures.#BCHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/4mUqRRPtgf
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 15, 2022
The Vees lead the best-of-7 Interior Division semifinal series 1-0 with Game 2 Saturday in Penticton.
The series will shift to P.G. for Games 3 and 4 Monday and Tuesday.
The Spruce Kings’ schedule against the Vees is as follows: PG home games in bold
Game 1 – Thursday, April 14th – Prince George @ Penticton – Penticton won 2-1
Game 2 – Saturday, April 16th – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM
Game 3 – Monday, April 18th – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 4 – Tuesday, April 19th – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 5 – Thursday, April 21st – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Saturday, April 23rd – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Monday, April 25th – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM (If Necessary)
The Spruce Kings playoff schedule and results are right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars visit the Kamloops Blazers tonight and the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday to conclude their regular season.
The (23-38-4-1) Cougars are tied with the (23-38-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for 7th place in the WHL Western Conference, one point ahead of the (22-38-5-1) Victoria Royals and one point behind the (24-38-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
P.G., Vancouver, Victoria, and Spokane all have two games left.
The Giants host Kelowna tonight and visit Kamloops on Saturday.
The Royals host Spokane tonight and Saturday.
The top eight advance to the playoffs next week.
More new faces. Three more prospects have been called up to join the team this week.#NorthernUprising
📰 https://t.co/e1gXkRfVYO pic.twitter.com/3FoNCQSc79
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 13, 2022
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 chats with @PGCougars associate coach Josh Dixon in this week”s episode
| https://t.co/K98kkOROWr #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising #sports pic.twitter.com/08xgxWEPrn— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 13, 2022
Columns:
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (Win and you are in) April 15th, 2022 EDITION 884 https://t.co/SnDBgGASFz pic.twitter.com/w35tVdBI5F
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 15, 2022
Will WHL decision be gift horse for Pats? Or is Winnipeg simply too good? . . . Bains stretches points lead . . . Milic, Davidson spark Seattle https://t.co/9DL0PDto4F
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 14, 2022
NHL: (12 Thursday games with 5 Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 7 Arizona 1
J.T. Miller racked up 5 assists for the Canucks who extended their winning streak to 5 games.
J.T. Miller tallied a career-high five assists and the Vancouver Canucks dominated the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 on Thursday. But the Canucks lost captain Bo Horvat to a lower-body injury.https://t.co/2nLfNvpHZJ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 15, 2022
Vancouver is 4 points out of a playoff spot (behind third place LA in the Pacific Division) with 7 games remaining (4 at home).
The (37-28-10) Canucks host Dallas Monday night at 7:30 and Ottawa Tuesday night at 7:00.
Vancouver is 29-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Thursday’s 12-game slate concluded with the @penguins and @TBLightning becoming the latest teams to punch their ticket into the 2022 #StanleyCup playoffs.#NHLStats: https://t.co/WWs8ssq0F1 pic.twitter.com/pC5TXgcJAJ
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 15, 2022
There are just two NHL games tonight (Friday): Winnipeg at Florida and NY Islanders at Montreal.
Mike Bossy, a New York Islanders legend who was one of the NHL’s all-time greatest goal scorers, has died. He was 65.https://t.co/kdVRW7J49b
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 15, 2022
MLB:
New York Yankees 3 Toronto Blue Jays 0
The 4-3 Jays host the Oakland A’s in a 3-game series this weekend starting tonight.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
NBA:
The Toronto Raptors will start their first-round NBA playoff series against the 76’ers Saturday (3:00 PT) in Philadelphia.
The (48-34) Raptors finished in 5th place in the Eastern Conference while the (51-31) 76’ers were 4th.
The NBA play-in results are right here.
The Raptors playoff schedule against Philadelphia is right here.
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