Sports by Hartley Wednesday, January 11th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 3 Kelowna Rockets 0
Ty Young made 30 saves for his first career WHL shutout.
The (17-17-3) Cougars moved into a tie for 5th in the Western Conference standings with Everett and Tri-City, just a point back of Vancouver.
The box score is right here.
Prince George is 1-0 on a 7-game road trip that continues Friday in Lethbridge and Saturday in Swift Current.
Ty Young earns first career shutout vs Rockets, @PGCougars back to .500https://t.co/HvGfRDuGDY | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge pic.twitter.com/RFuNGai78I
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 11, 2023
Prior to the game, on trade deadline day in the WHL, the PG Cougars acquired 19-year-old sniper Zac Funk from the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for Carter MacAdams, a pair of second-round draft picks, and a fourth-round pick.
TRADE: The Cougars have acquired F Zac Funk (03) from the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for F Carter MacAdams, a 2023 2nd round pick, a 2024 2nd round pick, and a 2024 4th round pick.
📝https://t.co/7MM6xFCbnV#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/fz0v9QgIOZ
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) January 10, 2023
Funk has 32 points (13 goals) and 45 penalty minutes in 33 games this season with the Hitmen.
GM Mark Lamb expects @PGCougars to be “team to be reckoned with” after 2023 trade deadlinehttps://t.co/sum7iaTvNw | #WHL #CityOfPG pic.twitter.com/RH8NFgNtdq
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 11, 2023
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Column:
Another WHL trade deadline here and gone . . . Seattle gets golden boy’s rights . . . Blades grab Chiasson https://t.co/MNRJskXCyR
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 11, 2023
Catscan Podcast:
LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Mitch Karapita – January 4th, 2023 https://t.co/cmUPPQhJjJ pic.twitter.com/dbw6sgV5ox
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 4, 2023
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings were active Tuesday just prior to the BCHL trade deadline.
We have acquired F Hunter Price (’03) from the @YtownPhantoms for future considerations.
In conjunction with this trade, D Liam Hunks (’04) has been traded to @ndjrahounds
for future considerations.DETAILS: https://t.co/H0nZxyL14E pic.twitter.com/aoTdxemVdM
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) January 10, 2023
The PG Spruce Kings hit the road this week.
The (17-12-2-1) Spruce Kings visit the (18-10-4) West Kelowna Warriors on Friday and the (15-16-1-2) Wenatchee Wild on Saturday.
Prince George is 4th in the 9-team Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
NHL: (10 Tuesday games with 3 Canada teams in action)
Pittsburgh 5 Vancouver 4
The Canucks led 3-0 just eight minutes into the game.
It was the 8th time in 40 games this season Vancouver has lost while leading by two or more goals.
The (17-20-3) Canucks visit Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Vancouver is eight points out of a playoff spot.
St. Louis 4 Calgary 3 (OT)
Detroit 7 Winnipeg 5
The night started with a three-goal, first-period rally in Pittsburgh and ended with a three-goal, third-period rally in Denver.
Find out how it all went down with some help from #NHLStats: https://t.co/2vwSiLMAyc pic.twitter.com/JaQNumAvcs
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 11, 2023
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
Football:
.@PGKodiaks player added to CFL roster for first time in franchise historyhttps://t.co/cc3B1kXjq7 | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge @BCLions pic.twitter.com/BMrqD8OTP7
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 10, 2023
NFL:
The NFL Wild Card weekend starts with a pair of games on Saturday: Seattle at San Francisco(1:30 PT) followed by the LA Chargers at Jacksonville (5:15).
The three Sunday games have Miami at Buffalo (10 AM), New York Giants at Minnesota (1:30), and Baltimore at Cincinnati (5:15).
The Monday Night game features Dallas at Tampa (5:15).
The winners advance to the conference semifinals.
Damar Hamlin remains hospitalized, but is in good spirits, at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute, a Kaleida Health facility in Buffalo, NY.
Hamlin is going through a series of testing and evaluation today.
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 10, 2023
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Friday and Saturday night in Canada West men’s and women’s basketball.
UNBC is 5-5 (men) and 3-7 (women) while Victoria is 10-2 (men) and 4-8 (women).
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18 male)
The (7-12-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the (15-7-2) Vancouver North West Hawks Saturday night at 6:30 and Sunday morning at 11:00 at Kin 1.
The U-18 Cougars are 7th and the Hawks 3rd in the 9-team division.
(U18 female)
The (8-13-2) Under-18 female Northern Capitals have three home games this weekend against the (21-0) Fraser Valley Rush.
They meet Friday at 3:45 PM at Kin 2, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at CN Centre, and Sunday afternoon at 2:30 also at CN Centre.
The Capitals are 4th in the 5-team division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.