Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Friday, November 18
WHL:
The (10-9) Prince George Cougars are on Vancouver Island and will play the (3-14-3) Victoria Royals tonight (Friday) and Saturday.
The Cougars lead the B.C. Division by one point over the Kamloops Blazers, but the (8-4-2-1) Blazers have four games in hand.
NEWS: We have re-assigned D Tyson Buczkowski (06) to his respective U-18 team.
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#WHL pic.twitter.com/ZYRYdiR3XO— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) November 17, 2022
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
In this week’s Cat Scan #podcast @PGCougars coach-gm Mark Lamb talks about the team’s record, offensive success, inconsistent play, acquisition of Cole Dubinsky, his scouting report on top-10 scorers Koehn Ziemmer & Riley Heidt plus the addition of coach Jim Playfair. https://t.co/hZRPCSQUNA
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) November 16, 2022
BCHL:
The (11-5-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (7-9-1-1) Trail Smoke Eaters tonight and the (18-0) Penticton Vees on Saturday.
Prince George is 3rd in the 9-team Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings are coming off Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs before 651 fans at the Kopar Memorial Arena.
The game report is right here.
Scott Cousins kicks off the scoring in what would turn out to be a winning effort from us tonight against the @AVBulldogs.
RECAP: https://t.co/8PW6XEMJ0m
(Photo: Chuck Chin) pic.twitter.com/i25VgIv9lS
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) November 17, 2022
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
NHL: (4 Canadian teams in action Thursday)
New Jersey 3 Toronto 2 (OT)
The Devils extended their winning streak to 11 games.
Tampa Bay 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 3 Anaheim 2
Columbus 6 Montreal 4
Ten of 13 games contested Thursday were decided by a one-goal margin or two-plus including an empty-netter, which marked the most in a single day in NHL history.#NHLStats: https://t.co/T4dHgmjnnW pic.twitter.com/39pEfYEwPD
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 18, 2022
The (5-9-3) Vancouver Canucks host the (11-7-1) Los Angeles Kings tonight at 7:00.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BC Hockey:
BC Hockey is excited to announce the Female U18 and Male U16 rosters for Program of Excellence Prep Camp.
These athletes will be competing for a spot on the final 20-person Team BC rosters for the 2023 Canada Winter Games. Visit the link to read more. https://t.co/oD0byo1g1x pic.twitter.com/hWqh47Lnsp
— BC Hockey (@BCHockey_Source) November 16, 2022
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18)
The (5-4-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars host the (9-3) Okanagan Rockets Saturday night (5:45) at Kin 2 and Sunday afternoon at 12:45 at CN Centre.
(U18 female)
The (5-9-2) Northern Capitals play in Kelowna against the (4-7-0-1) Thompson-Okanagan Lakers tonight at 5:15, Saturday afternoon at 1:15, and Sunday morning at 8:30.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Fraser Valley Cascades tonight at 6:00 and 8:00 and Saturday night at 5:00 and 7:00 in Canada West basketball.
UNBC is 2-2 (Men) and 0-4 (women) while Fraser Valley is 2-2 (men) and 4-0 (women).
Plethora of UNBC student-athletes achieve Academic All-Canadian status | https://t.co/mAiot9EA87 @UNBCATHLETICS #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/Phwlxgf8I8
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 16, 2022
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
NFL: (Week 11)
Tennessee 27 Green Bay 17
The (7-3) Titans lead the AFC South while the (4-7) Packers are a distant second in the AFC North.
CFL:
Grey Cup weekend hits Regina.
The two-time defending champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers meet the Toronto Argonauts in the 109th Grey Cup game on Sunday.
It will be played at Mosaic Stadium with kickoff just after 3 p.m. PST.
The Blue Bombers are 4.5-point favorites.
The CFL schedule and results are right here.
The CFL standings are right here.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller believes the Grey Cup has lost some of its luster according to this week’s column | #cityofpg https://t.co/Y8kG2VggwA #PrinceGeorge #Northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/6qCcIQote3
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 18, 2022
Hurricanes make room for Thomson’s return in goal . . . Americans add depth in Picklyk . . . Savoie’s six-pack leads Ice past Pats https://t.co/rQsGZGRWJC
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 18, 2022
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