Sports by Hartley Friday, December 23rd
NHL: (8 Thursday games with 5 Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 6 Seattle 5 (SO)
Elias Pettersson racked up five points (including two goals) for the (14-15-3) Canucks who visit the (18-14-2) Edmonton Oilers tonight (Friday 6:00 PT). Pettersson added the shootout winner. Vancouver is seven points out of a playoff spot.
LA 4 Calgary 3 (OT)
Boston 3 Winnipeg 2
Washington 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)
Toronto 4 Philadelphia 3
Erik Karlsson (1-3—4) and Elias Pettersson (2-3—5) each had big nights to help the @SanJoseSharks and @Canucks cap an eight-game Thursday with victories.#NHLStats: https://t.co/2rxvPJAlCU pic.twitter.com/WrK0sHHZQI
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 23, 2022
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have a home and home with the BC Division-leading Blazers to close out 2022.
The two teams meet Friday, December 30th in Kamloops and on Saturday, December 31st at CN Centre.
The (14-15-3) Cougars have lost seven straight but are still 5th in the Western Conference as of the Christmas break, two points behind Everett, one point ahead of Vancouver, two points in front of Tri-City, and four ahead of Kelowna.
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 head coach and general manager Mark Lamb on this week’s episode
| https://t.co/CDWtl3epfc #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/h4Sqr3vQPb— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 20, 2022
Hart Attack column:
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (Under the tree) December 23rd, 2022 EDITION 918https://t.co/z5BUPsyv8S pic.twitter.com/savtBiJPfD
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 23, 2022
BCHL:
The (15-11-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings return to action when they visit the (12-15-0-2) Wenatchee Wild on Dec 30th and 31st.
Prince George is 4th and Wenatchee 8th in the 9-team BCHL Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
NFL: (Week 16)
Jacksonville Jaguars 19 New York Jets 3
Both the Jags and the Jets are 7-8.
The NFL has 11 games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and 1 on Monday.
NBA:
The (14-18) Toronto Raptors visit the (22-11) Cleveland Cavaliers tonight (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.
UNBC Timberwolves:
BIG NEWS!
@UNBCWomensball has looked to the Thompson Okanagan for its first recruit of the year, announcing the official commitment of Bball 4All Academy product Halle Tiessen for the 2023-2024 @CanadaWest season!
Welcome, Halle!
READ: https://t.co/NYX0Fwi2OU pic.twitter.com/XPDq9st4oU
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) December 21, 2022
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
The (5-12-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars, riding a 10-game losing streak, are idle until January 7th when they visit the (4-17-0-1) Thompson Blazers in Kamloops.
Cariboo is 7th and Thompson 8th in the nine-team U-18 Division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.