Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Sunday, April 24th
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 2 Prince George Cougars 1 (Game 2 Saturday)
The Winterhawks scored just past the 13-minute mark in each of the first two periods and held on for the victory.
The Game 2 box score and highlights are right here.
Portland leads the best-of-7 Western Conference quarterfinal 2-0 with Games 3 and 4 Tuesday and Wednesday at CN Centre in PG.
Tyler Brennan was superb in the Cougars net with 44 saves as Portland outshot Prince George 46-23 before 4,678 fans at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Former Winterhawk Jonas Brøndberg scored the only goal for the Cats at 16:29 of the second period.
Here are your Saturday #WHLPlayoffs finals! #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/vUUUAngslO
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 24, 2022
Portland Winterhawks 5 Prince George Cougars 2 (Game 1 Friday)
The Winterhawks scored the first three goals of the game in the opening nine minutes, two of them on the power-play.
Portland went 3-for-5 with the man advantage while Prince George was 1-for-3.
The Game 1 box score and highlights are right here.
Ex-Cougar Taylor Gauthier was named the first star with 32 saves as Portland outshot P.G. 39-34 before 3,813 fans.
PG Cougars Playoff Schedule vs. Portland
Friday, April 22nd at Portland (Game 1)- Portland 5 PG 2
Saturday, April 23rd at Portland (Game 2)- Portland 2 PG 1
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.
Columns:
Banned analyst issues apology for racial slur . . . Wheat Kings score OT goal to tie series . . . Huuhtanen helps Silvertips get back on even ground https://t.co/MlIX4d2Fey
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 24, 2022
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller chats about the playoff series between the @PGCougars and @pdxwinterhawks in this week’s column | https://t.co/KCzBk6P74a #cityofpg #princeGeorge #northernbc #sports #northernuprising pic.twitter.com/8myROGOqEb
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 22, 2022
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb on this week’s episode
| https://t.co/xPHvw5qatB #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #northernuprising pic.twitter.com/wMokbpbMLv— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 20, 2022
NHL: (12 Saturday games)
Calgary Flames 6 Vancouver Canucks 3
The loss all but mathematically knocked the Canucks out of playoff contention.
Drained by the relentless, four-month sprint to catch up in the Western Conference standings, the Canucks are finally running out of both energy and time to make the playoffs after their third straight loss. (By @imacSportsnet)https://t.co/psE3nHfwOm
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 24, 2022
With three games left, Vancouver is six points behind the Dallas Stars for the final Western Conference wildcard spot.
The (38-30-11) Canucks host Seattle on Tuesday, host L.A. on Thursday and conclude their season with a road game at Edmonton on Friday.
The Canucks are 30-14-8 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Saturday’s slate concluded with the @StLouisBlues fending off a three-goal comeback attempt by Arizona to improve to 13-0-2 in their last 15 games, extending the longest point streak in franchise history.#NHLStats: https://t.co/kJecWAzrk3 pic.twitter.com/yM0VKpJtkw
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 24, 2022
BCHL:
The BCHL is down to its final four.
The Interior Conference championship series will feature the Penticton Vees against the West Kelowna Warriors.
The best-of-7 Coastal final has the Nanaimo Clippers against the Langley Rivermen.
Shaw BCHL Playoff Recap: Apr. 23
The Langley Rivermen defeated the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 5-2 in Game 6 to punch their ticket to the Coastal Conference Finals.https://t.co/Ugq4BGT5li#BCHL | #BCHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/bfZ0KhkU5U
— BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) April 24, 2022
The BCHL playoff results and upcoming schedule are right here.
The PG Spruce Kings’ entire playoff results are right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 110 Philadelphia 76’ers 102
The 76’ers lead the best-of-7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal 3-1.
Game 5 will be played Monday night (5:00 PT) in Philadelphia.
The NBA playoff results are right here.
The Raptors playoff schedule against Philadelphia is right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Houston Astros 2
The 10-5 Blue Jays visit the 6-8 Astros again today (11:10 AM PT) as Toronto goes for a 3-game sweep.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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