Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, September 1st
Hockey:
Canada plays Sweden in the quarterfinals today (11:15 a.m. PT Thursday) at the women’s world hockey championship in Denmark.
The winner advances to the semis on Saturday.
The gold medal game will be played on Sunday (10:30 a.m. PT).
The schedule and results can be found right here.
The standings can be found right here.
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The Prince George Cougars begin their 2022 Training Camp tonight (Thursday) at 6:00 at CN Centre.
The four-day camp will conclude with the annual Black and White game Sunday night at 6:00 which is free to the public.
The team’s training camp schedule can be found right here.
The Cougars will play four pre-season games: Friday, September 9th against Vancouver in Port Coquitlam, Saturday, September 10th against Victoria in Port Coquitlam, Friday, September 16th against the Blazers in Kamloops, and Saturday, September 17th against the Blazers in Prince George.
The regular season opens for the Cougars on Friday, September 23rd when they host the Tri-City Americans.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found right here.
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The Prince George Spruce Kings three-day Training Camp at the Coliseum begins Friday afternoon at 4:00.
The Spruce Kings final scrimmage of camp will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Details on the team’s camp can be found right here.
The Spruce Kings play four pre-season games starting on Thursday, September 8th against the Centennials in Merritt.
They open their regular season on the road, Friday, September 23rd at Coquitlam.
Column:
MacDougall ready to chase more titles . . . Blades, Giants swing a trade . . . Thunderbirds add assistant coach https://t.co/q9EW0ZPPaJ
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) September 1, 2022
UNBC Timberwolves:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the Victoria Vikes in Canada West men’s soccer Friday and Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
Both teams have a tie and a loss after two games.
The UNBC men’s soccer schedule can be found right here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are right here.
The UNBC women’s soccer team will start its season with a pair of games on the road this weekend.
The UNBC women visit UBC Okanagan Saturday at noon in Kelowna and Thompson Rivers Sunday at noon in Kamloops.
The UNBC women’s soccer schedule can be found right here.
MLB:
Chicago Cubs 7 Toronto Blue Jays 5 Â
The Jays begin a 10-game road trip Friday (3:35 PT) against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
The (70-59) Blue Jays are 3rd in the A.L East and are holding down the third and final
wild-card spot in the American League (behind Tampa Bay and Seattle).
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
Tennis:
40-year-old Serena Williams has advanced to the third round at the U.S. Open, knocking out the No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2.
Williams, a 23-time major champion, is likely playing the final tournament of her 27-year career and will have her next match on Friday against 29-year-old Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, who is ranked 46th.
Canadians Rebecca Marino and Bianca Andreescu both won on Wednesday to advance to round three.
Two other Canadians, Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger Aliassime lost and have been eliminated.
Denis Shapovalov, who grew up in Greater Toronto, plays his second round match today.
The results can be found here.
CFL:
The B.C. Lions have acquired QB Vernon Adams Jr. from the Montreal Alouettes for a first-round pick in next year’s CFL Draft.
The 29-year-old Adams has suited up in 67 CFL games over the past six seasons, 56 of those with the Alouettes and the remaining 11 with Saskatchewan.
🚨OFFICIAL 🚨
We have acquired QB @BIGPLAYVA3 from @MTLAlouettes in exchange for a first-round pick in 2023 🙌🏽
Welcome back to the west coast, Vernon!
FULL đź“ť | https://t.co/Y2Ab9fy0iz pic.twitter.com/RUo1bfT1Uy
— BC LIONS (@BCLions) August 31, 2022
The (8-2) Lions are off until they visit the (4-6) Alouettes on Friday, September 9th (4:30 PM PT).
Week 13 of the CFL season starts Friday (4:30) when Montreal entertains the (2-8) Ottawa Redblacks.
The CFL schedule and results are right here.
The CFL standings are right here.
BC Football Conference:Â
The (1-4) PG Kodiaks host the Langley Rams in their next game on Saturday, September 10th in the BC Football Conference.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Masich Place Stadium.
The league results and standings can be found right here.
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