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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, January 12th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, January 12th  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

Seattle Thunderbirds  4  Winnipeg Ice  3  (OT)

Nico Myatovic of Prince George scored the winner at 3:26 of overtime.

Kamloops Blazers  6  Vancouver Giants  3

The Prince George Cougars are 1-0 on a 7-game road trip that continues Friday in Lethbridge and Saturday in Swift Current.

The Cougars are coming off Tuesday’s 3-0 victory in Kelowna as Ty Young made 30 saves for his first career WHL shutout.

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The box score is right here.

19-year-old sniper Zac Funk will make his P.G. debut this weekend.

He was acquired on Tuesday from the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for Carter MacAdams, a pair of second-round draft picks, and a fourth-round pick.

Funk has 32 points (13 goals) and 45 penalty minutes in 33 games this season with the Hitmen.

The (17-17-3) Cougars are tied for 6th in the Western Conference standings with Tri-City, just a point back of Vancouver and two behind Everett.

The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.

The WHL standings can be found here.

 

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BCHL:

The (17-12-2-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (18-10-4) West Kelowna Warriors on Friday and the (16-16-1-2) Wenatchee Wild on Saturday.

In the 9-team Interior Division, West Kelowna is 3rd, Prince George 4th and Wenatchee 6th.

The Spruce Kings were active Tuesday just prior to the BCHL trade deadline.

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The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.

The BCHL standings can be found here.

 

NHL: (4 Wednesday games)

Edmonton  6  Anaheim  2
Toronto  2  Nashville  1
LA  4  San Jose  3
Philadelphia  5  Washington  3

The (17-20-3) Vancouver Canucks visit the (25-13-1) Tampa Bay Lightning tonight (Thursday 4:00).

The Canucks are 10 points out of a playoff spot.

Vancouver has lost while leading by two or more goals in eight of its 40 games.   

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 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.

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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.

 


Football:

 

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).

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The winners advance to the conference semifinals.

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.

 

Canada West Basketball:

The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Friday and Saturday 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.

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.

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NBA:

The (18-23) Toronto Raptors host the (11-31) Charlotte Hornets again tonight (4:30 PT).

The Raptors beat the Hornets 132-120 on Tuesday.

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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