Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, August 11th
(Updated at 11:05 a.m.)
Hockey:
Canada beat Latvia 5-2 in its opener at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton.
GAME OVER! Off to a good start. 🇨🇦🇱🇻
📊 https://t.co/95YmjYvBGq
📜 https://t.co/0UOpAkaUGo#WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/sfeCdwoiqX— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) August 11, 2022
Canada’s second game in the 10-team tournament will be against (0-1) Slovakia today (Thursday at 3:00 PM PT).
The medal games are slated for Saturday, August 20th.
The World Junior schedule can be found right here.
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We are excited to announce that 2022 16th overall CHL Import draft pick F Ondrej Becher🇨🇿 (04) has signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement!
DETAILS👉https://t.co/NKSQshjzAf pic.twitter.com/2QxTOZ3AdE
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) August 11, 2022
The Prince George Spruce Kings have hired Andrew Shaw as the team’s new Associate Coach.
The 32-year-old Shaw spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach with the Chilliwack Chiefs.
The Spruce Kings have hired Andrew Shaw as an Associate Coach.
DETAILS: https://t.co/4hWCDTUZOE pic.twitter.com/qHwOsilr6A
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) August 10, 2022
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The Sportsnet NHL signings tracker can be found right here.
MLB:
The Toronto Blue Jays road game Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles was postponed by rain.
It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on September 5th.
The (60-50) Jays lead the A.L. Wild Card Standings and will start a 6-game homestand Friday night (4:07 PT) against the Cleveland Guardians.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
CFL:
Week 10 of the CFL season starts tonight (Thursday 5:30 PT) with (2-6) Montreal at (9-0) Winnipeg.
The (6-1) B.C. Lions visit the (5-2) Calgary Stampeders Saturday (4 p.m. PT).
The Lions have only played two of their seven games on the road.
BC Football Conference:
The (0-2) Prince George Kodiaks visit the (2-1) Valley Huskers Saturday night at 7:00 in Chilliwack in the B.C. Football Conference.
The same two teams will also play on Saturday, August 20th at Masich Place Stadium in Prince George.
The Kodiaks lost to the Huskers 31-5 on July 23rd in Chilliwack before dropping their home opener last Saturday (August 6th) 35-20 loss to the Kamloops Broncos.
The league results and standings can be found right here.