Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, April 20th
BCHL:
Penticton Vees 3 PG Spruce Kings 2
The Vees broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of the 3rd before 943 fans in PG.
Rowan Miller scored both goals for the Spruce Kings who had their season come to an end.
Penticton swept the best-of-7 Interior Division semifinal series 4-0.
The game stats are right here.
.@SpruceKings swept away by opportunistic @PentictonVees
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PG Spruce Kings schedule/results against Penticton:
Game 1 – Thursday, April 14th – Prince George @ Penticton – Penticton won 2-1
The game stats are right here.
Game 2 – Saturday, April 16th – Prince George @ Penticton – Penticton won 6-2
The game stats are right here.
Game 3 – Monday, April 18th – Penticton @ Prince George – Penticton won 5-3
The game stats are right here.
Game 4 – Tuesday, April 19th – Penticton @ Prince George – Penticton won 3-2
The Spruce Kings’ entire playoff schedule and results are right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars visit the Portland Winterhawks Friday and Saturday in the first two games of their WHL Western Conference quarterfinal.
The best-of-7 first-round series will shift back to P.G. on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26th and 27th.
The (47-16-3-2) Winterhawks finished third in the conference, one point out of first and 46 points ahead of Prince George.
The (24-39-4-1) Cougars are in the playoffs for the first time in five years.
Prince George ended up 6th, beating out Spokane and Vancouver on a tie-breaker after all three teams finished with 53 points, one more than 9th place Victoria.
PG Cougars Playoff Schedule vs. Portland
Friday, April 22nd at Portland (Game 1)- 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 23rd at Portland (Game 2)- 6:00 pm
Tuesday, April 26th vs. Portland (Game 3)- 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 27th vs. Portland (Game 4)- 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 30th at Portland (Game 5)- 5:00 pm If Necessary
Monday, May 2nd vs. Portland (Game 6)- 7:00 pm If Necessary
Wednesday, May 4th at Portland (Game 7)- 7:00 pm If Necessary
Single-game 2022 Cougars Playoff tickets are now on sale at www.ticketsnorth.ca. and start at $16.
The WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb on this week’s episode
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Column:
Broncos’ goaltender detailing U-18 team’s adventures . . . Zellweger, Toporowski expected back on Friday . . . Hlinka Gretzky Cup, WJC have their dates https://t.co/Z7mRFI3yQX
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 20, 2022
NHL: (10 Tuesday games with Edmonton the only Canadian team idle)
Ottawa 4 Vancouver 3 (SO)
The shootout loss ended the Canucks six-game winning streak.
Adam Gaudette scored the shootout winner in the fifth round and the Ottawa Senators beat the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday, snapping Vancouver’s six-game win streak. https://t.co/3XeglAdiiN
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 20, 2022
With five games left, Vancouver is four points out of a Western Conference wildcard spot and five points behind the third-place LA Kings in the Pacific Division.
The (38-28-11) Canucks visit the Minnesota Wild on Thursday (5:00 PT).
Vancouver will also play at Calgary on Saturday, host Seattle on Tuesday, host LA on Thursday, April 28th, and visit Edmonton on Friday, April 29th.
The Canucks are 30-12-8 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Nashville 3 Calgary 2 (SO)
New York Rangers 3 Winnipeg 0
Toronto 5 Philadelphia 2
Minnesota 2 Montreal 0
The @FlaPanthers earned their NHL-leading 27th comeback win of the season to move into a tie with the Avalanche (in terms of points) atop the League standings.#NHLStats: https://t.co/Zj6hk844R3 pic.twitter.com/j4yRUN87oY
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 20, 2022
NBA:
The Toronto Raptors host the Philadelphia 76’ers tonight (5:00 PT) in Game 3 of their NBA first-round playoff series.
The 76’ers lead the best-of-7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal 2-0.
The NBA playoff results are right here.
The Raptors playoff schedule against Philadelphia is right here.
MLB:
Boston Red Sox 2 Toronto Blue Jays 1
The 6-5 Blue Jays continue their 6-game road trip with another game against the Red Sox tonight (4:10 PT) in Boston.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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