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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, January 5th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, January 5th

Updated at 12:05 PM

World Junior Hockey:  (semifinals in Halifax)

Canada  6  USA  2

The Canadians gave up the first two goals before rallying with the next six to advance to the gold medal game today (3:30 PM PT) against Czechia.

Connor Bedard scored once and added an assist.

The 17-year-old Bedard has the most all-time goals (17) and points (36) by a Canadian at the world junior tournament.

Czechia  2  Sweden  1  (OT)

The tournament results can be found here or here.

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NHL: (3 Wednesday games; none involving Canadian teams)

Anaheim  2  Dallas  0

Minnesota  5  Tampa Bay  1

New Jersey  5  Detroit  1

The (16-18-3) Vancouver Canucks host the Colorado Avalanche tonight at 7:00.

The Canucks, who have lost their last three, have given up five or more goals in 16 of their 37 games.

Vancouver is seven points out of a playoff spot.

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 host the Everett Silvertips Friday and Saturday.

The Silvertips ended a 5-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime victory over the BC Division-leading Blazers Wednesday night in Kamloops.

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The (17-17-1) Silvertips are 4th in the Western Conference, but just a point ahead of the (16-16-1-1) Tri-City Americans and the (14-16-4-2) Vancouver Giants and two in front of the (15-16-3) Cougars.

The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.

The WHL standings can be found here.

 

Catscan Podcast:

 

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings host the BCHL-leading Penticton Vees on Friday and Saturday.

The (16-11-2-1) Spruce Kings are 4th in the 9-team Interior Division while the (29-2) Vees have won five in a row after starting the season by winning their first 24.

The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.

The BCHL standings can be found here.

 

BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)

(U18 male)

The (5-12-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (4-17-0-1) Thompson Blazers Saturday afternoon at 2:15 in Kamloops and Sunday morning at 10:00 in Chase.

The Cougars are riding a 10-game losing streak.

Cariboo is 7th and Thompson 8th in the nine-team U-18 Division.

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(U18 female)

The (6-11-2) Northern Capitals play four games this week at the league showcase in Richmond.

The U-18 female Caps face off against the (17-0) Fraser Valley Rush Friday morning at 10:00 and the (1-17-2) Greater Vancouver Comets Friday night at 6:00.

They also meet the (8-9-0-1) Thompson-Okanagan Lakers Saturday afternoon at 1:45 and the Comets again Sunday morning at 8:00.

The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.

 

NFL: 

Earlier:

According to the Buffalo Bills, their safety Damar Hamlin remains in the ICU of a Cincinnati hospital in critical condition with signs of improvement noted both on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Hamlin is expected to remain under intensive care as his healthcare team continues to monitor and treat him.

The 24-year-old Hamlin had his heartbeat restored on the field Monday night after suffering a cardiac arrest following a hit in the Bills’ game against the Bengals, which was later postponed.

The NFL has not yet stated if the Bills-Bengals game will be made up next week.

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Week 18 of the NFL season starts with a pair of games on Saturday: Kansas City at Las Vegas (1:30) followed by Tennessee at Jacksonville (5:15).

14 games are on the menu for Sunday including the night matchup of Detroit at Green Bay.

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.

 

UNBC Timberwolves:

The UNBC Timberwolves host the Manitoba Bisons in Canada West basketball Friday night at 5:00 and 7:00 and Saturday night at 4:00 and 6:00.

The women tip off first followed by the men.

UNBC is 5-3 (men) and 1-7 (women) while Manitoba is 7-1 (men) and 0-8 (women).

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The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.

The Canada West women’s basketball standings are right here.

The UNBC men’s basketball schedule is right here.

The Canada West men’s basketball standings are right here.

 

NBA:

Milwaukee Bucks  104  Toronto Raptors  101  (OT)

The (16-22) Raptors host the (21-18) New York Knicks Friday night (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.

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