Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars conclude a five-game road trip against the (5-7-1) Rockets Wednesday night at 7:05 in Kelowna.
The (9-7) Cougars have won three straight and they lead the B.C. Division by two points over Kamloops, although the (7-4-1-1) Blazers have three games in hand.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
BCHL:
The (9-4-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (4-9-2) Merritt Centennials Thursday night at 7:00 and Friday afternoon at 4:00.
The Spruce Kings are 3rd and the Centennials 8th in the 9-team Interior Division.
It was a goalie battle Saturday night as we ended up falling 2-1 in OT to the Silverbacks.
Aiden Feddema earned 3rd ⭐️ honours after stopping 35 shots.
Highlights brought to you by W.R. Ventures Ltd. “The Siding Specialists”. pic.twitter.com/UiQV5xzBBt
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 7, 2022
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
NHL: (3 Monday games)
Washington 5 Edmonton 4
The Capitals scored four power-play goals.
New York Islanders 4 Calgary 3 (OT)
Boston 3 St. Louis 1
The (3-6-3) Vancouver Canucks begin a 5-game, 8-day road trip tonight (Tuesday 4:00 PT) against the (4-7) Senators in Ottawa.
It is one of 11 Tuesday games in the NHL with all seven Canadian teams in action.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
NFL: (Final game in Week 9)
Baltimore Ravens 27 New Orleans Saints 13
The Ravens are 6-3 and lead the AFC North by a game over the 5-4 Cincinnati Bengals.
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The 3-5-1 Indianapolis Colts have sacked head coach Frank Reich and replaced him with Jeff Saturday, who played 13 seasons with the team.
The Colts have the lowest-scoring offense in the NFL.
Saturday was an ESPN analyst and had been a consultant for the Colts.
The NFL odds can be found right here or here.
The NFL schedule can be found right here or here.
The NFL standings can be found right here.
CFL:
The CFL divisional finals will be played on Sunday.
In the West, the BC Lions visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1:30 PT).
In the East, the Montreal Alouettes are on the road against the Argos in Toronto (10 a.m.).
The winners meet in the 109th Grey Cup game which will be played at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on November 20th.
Kickoff is just after 3 p.m. PST.
The CFL schedule and results are right here.
The CFL standings are right here.
NBA:
Chicago Bulls 111 Toronto Raptors 97
The (6-5) Raptors host the (2-9) Houston Rockets Wednesday (4:30 PT).
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
NBA results can be found right here.
The NBA standings can be found right here.
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West basketball Saturday and Sunday afternoons starting with the women at 2:00 followed by the men at 4:00.
UNBC is 1-1 (Men) and 0-2 (women) while UBC is 0-0 in both divisions.
Josiah Wilkinson of PGSS was the top Prince George runner at the B.C. high school cross country running provincials on the weekend in Victoria.
Wilkinson was 20th out of 234 senior boys.
Cale McConkey of PGSS finished 34th.
Catscan Podcast:
Find out what’s involved in being @TheWHL off-ice official. In this week’s Catscan #podcast I speak with Lynne Van Roode, WHL Off-Ice Officials Volunteer Co-ordinator in PG. Her role includes being impartial at games, handling some tense situations & being in charge of 14 people. https://t.co/IomMVYK719
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) November 3, 2022
Column:
Crusaders, Rebels loving their bus drivers . . . Red Deer, Winnipeg set for Manitoba doubleheader . . . Winterhawks, Chiefs share 15 goals https://t.co/FJgAsBlbc7
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 7, 2022
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18)
The (5-4-1) U18 Cougars are off until November 19th (5:45 p.m. Kin 2) and 20th (8:15 a.m. Kin 2) when they host the (9-3) Okanagan Rockets.
(U18 female)
The (5-9-2) Northern Capitals play their next games in Kelowna against the (4-7-0-1) Thompson-Okanagan Lakers on Nov 19th at 1:15 p.m. and Nov 20th at 8:30 a.m.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
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