Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, December 5th
(Updated at 1:00 PM)
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 6 Vancouver Giants 3
The Cougars trailed 3-1 before scoring late in the second period and adding four unanswered goals in the 3rd.
The box score is right here.
Prince George has won six straight at the Langley Events Centre and its road record improved to 9-3 compared to 5-8 at home.
Caden Brown scored twice (the last into an empty net) and added an assist for the 14-11 Cougars who continue a 6-game road trip Tuesday in Everett against the 14-10-1 Silvertips.
Everett is 4th in the Western Conference, just a point ahead of Prince George.
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The Cougars lost 5-1 on Friday to Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats before 6,027 fans, unofficially the largest crowd to ever watch the Cougars play a home game.
Bedard scored twice against the Cougars to extend his point streak to 26 games.
“As advertised,”: Bedard’s magic hands lead Pats to convincing win over Cougarshttps://t.co/BQK0OmABY9 | #CityOfPG #WHL pic.twitter.com/C5bf6DVBnd
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 3, 2022
On Sunday, Bedard racked up a goal and four assists in Regina’s 8-2 victory against the Oil Kings in Edmonton to extend his points streak to 27 consecutive games.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars top-line centre @HeidtRiley in this week’s episode
| https://t.co/GOw1SMdfw2 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #NorthernUprising #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/Smj4316kSr— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 30, 2022
Column:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about how the impact of @WHLPats forward Connor Bedard led to the first sellout at CN Centre in 5 1/2 years @PGCougars
| https://t.co/LIPJ5Ov6Uj #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/TCm2DbDVAi— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 2, 2022
BCHL:
Cranbrook Bucks 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Saturday)
The game stats can be found here.
Attendance at the Kopar Memorial Arena was 639.
Cranbrook Bucks 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (Friday)
The game stats can be found here.
Attendance at the Kopar Memorial Arena was 601.
The (13-9-1-1) Spruce Kings visit the (14-6-3) West Kelowna Warriors Wednesday night at 7:00 before hosting the (6-16-1-1) Cowichan Valley Capitals Friday night at 7:00.
Prince George is 5th in the 9-team Interior Division.
The Penticton Vees are a perfect 24-0 after two dozen games.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
NHL: (5 Sunday games with 1 Canadian team in action)
Winnipeg 5 Anaheim 2
Minnesota 6 Dallas 5 (SO)
Buffalo 6 San Jose 3
Detroit 4 Columbus 2
NY Islanders 3 Chicago 0
The (10-12-3) Vancouver Canucks, coming off Saturday’s 3-2 overtime victory over the Arizona Coyotes, host the Montreal Canadiens tonight (Monday) at 7:30.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
World Cup Soccer: (in Qatar) Round of 16
(2 Monday games)
Croatia 1 Japan 1
(Croatia won on penalty kicks 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals)
Brazil 4 South Korea 1
Brazil will be up against Croatia in the quarterfinals on Friday (7 AM PT).
(2 Tuesday games)
Spain vs Morocco (7 AM PT)
Portugal vs Switzerland (11 AM)
(2 Sunday games)
France 3 Poland 1
England 3 Senegal 0
France will face England in the quarterfinals on Saturday (11 AM PT).
(2 Saturday games)
Netherlands 3 USA 1
Argentina 2 Australia 1
The Netherlands will play Argentina in the quarterfinals on Friday (11 AM PT).
World Cup scores and schedule can be found right here.
The World Cup standings can be found right here.
NFL: (Week 13) Among the 13 Sunday games
Cincinnati 27 Kansas City 24
Seattle 27 LA Rams 23
San Francisco 33 Miami 17
The 49ers have lost quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for the rest of the season after he suffered a foot injury against the Dolphins.
Minnesota 27 New York Jets 22
Philadelphia 35 Tennessee 10
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Philadelphia has the best record in the NFC at 11-1 followed by Minnesota at 10-2.
Buffalo and Kansas City are both 9-3 in the AFC but the Bills are currently the top seed because of their head-to-head victory over the Chiefs.
The Monday Night Football game to conclude Week 13 has (4-8) New Orleans at (5-6) Tampa Bay (5:15 PT).
The NFL schedule can be found right here or here.
The NFL standings can be found right here.
MLB:
Justin Verlander is leaving the World Series champion Houston Astros.
Verlander has come to terms with the New York Mets on a two-year, $86.66-million deal.
He won the American League Cy Young Award this year with the Astros posting an 18-4 record with a 1.75 ERA.
Verlander’s $43.33M average annual value in his deal with the Mets is exactly the same as Max Scherzer’s, tying the highest in major-league history, source says. Verlander is two years, $86.66M. Scherzer was three years, $130M.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2022
NBA:
The (12-11) Toronto Raptors host the (19-5) Boston Celtics tonight (Monday 4:30 PT).
The Celtics have the best record in the league.
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
NBA results can be found right here.
The NBA standings can be found right here.
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