Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, April 21st
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are gearing up for their first playoff action in five years.
The Cougars visit the Portland Winterhawks Friday and Saturday in the opening 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 of next week.
The Winterhawks won all four regular-season meetings between the two teams.
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
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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NHL: (4 Wednesday games with one Canadian team in action)
Edmonton 5 Dallas 2
And just like that, the Western Conference Wild Card race just got more interesting as the @GoldenKnights (42-31-5, 89 points) moved within two points of the @DallasStars (43-29-5, 91 points) who currently hold the final position.#NHLStats: https://t.co/fYIO9MELOB pic.twitter.com/EJTih0QrV1
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 21, 2022
The (38-28-11) Vancouver Canucks visit the Minnesota Wild tonight (Thursday 5:00 PT).
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.
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.
BCHL:
The season ended for the Prince George Spruce Kings when they lost to the Penticton Vees 3-2 on Tuesday.
Penticton swept the best-of-7 Interior Division semifinal series 4-0.
.@SpruceKings swept away by opportunistic @PentictonVees
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PG Spruce Kings 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 game stats are right here.
The Spruce Kings’ entire playoff results are right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
NBA:
Philadelphia 76’ers 104 Toronto Raptors 101 (OT)
The 76’ers lead the best-of-7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal 3-0 with Game 4 Saturday (11 a.m. PT) in Toronto.
The NBA playoff results are right here.
The Raptors playoff schedule against Philadelphia is right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 Boston Red Sox 1
The 7-5 Blue Jays play the rubber match of their 3-game series with the Red Sox today (10:35 a.m. PT) in Boston.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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