Sports by Hartley Friday, January 27th as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
The (18-13-2-1) Prince George Spruce Kings have a rare tripleheader at home this weekend.
The Spruce Kings entertain the (14-16-1-3) Trail Smoke Eaters tonight and Saturday at 7:00 and Sunday afternoon at 3:00.
Prince George is 4th and Trail is 8th in the 9-team Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
WHL:
The (19-20-4) Prince George Cougars have just one game this weekend.
The Cougars begin a five-game homestand Saturday against the (16-25-3) Prince Albert Raiders.
Prince George is 2nd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference three points behind both Everett and Tri-City.
Cougars gearing up for Indigenous night on Saturday https://t.co/rZXUcc9EqM pic.twitter.com/Xd0iWL6OAv
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 24, 2023
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
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Riley Heidt of the PG Cougars, with one assist, was named Player of the Game for Team Red in a 4-2 loss to Team White in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game that was played Wednesday night in Langley.
Riley Heidt is Team 🔴’s Jim Gregory Player of the Game! 👏🏻 #CHLKTP pic.twitter.com/NUKX3loN1E
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) January 26, 2023
Nico Myatovic of Prince George, who plays with the Seattle Thunderbirds, also notched an assist in a losing cause for Team Red.
Connor Bedard of the Regina Pats, who is expected to be selected first overall in this year’s NHL draft, did not get a point for Team Red.
Koehn Ziemmer of the PG Cougars was part of Team White but did not get a point in his team’s victory.
Tanner Molendyck of McBride, a player with the Saskatoon Blades, had an assist for Team White.
The box score is right here.
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars overage forward @WheatcroftChase in this week’s episode | #cityofpg https://t.co/hmitMKxmV1 #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/oMvomRWczC
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 25, 2023
NHL: (9 Thursday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Chicago 5 Calgary 1
Buffalo 3 Winnipeg 2
Detroit 4 Montreal 3 (OT)
Thursday marked the third straight day that featured at least three games go to overtime. The longest stretch of days with three-plus contests being decided in the extra frame is five (March 5-9, 2011).#NHLStats:https://t.co/W1vXOIfNTA pic.twitter.com/yt0ofAAmDY
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 27, 2023
The (19-26-3) Vancouver Canucks, who are 1-1 under new coach Rick Tocchet, host the (15-30-3) Columbus Blue Jackets tonight.
The Canucks are 27th and the Blue Jackets are last out of 32 teams in the overall NHL standings.
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 (10-13-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars play the (18-3-2-1) Okanagan Rockets Saturday afternoon at 1:45 and Sunday morning at 8:30 at the league showcase in Abbotsford.
Cariboo is 7th and Okanagan 2nd in the 9-team division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Mount Royal Cougars tonight and Saturday night in Canada West basketball.
UNBC is 5-9 in both the men’s and women’s divisions with just six games left in the regular season.
(The UNBC men have lost their last six)
Mount Royal is 7-7 (men) and 8-6 (women).
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
NBA:
NFL:
The NFL Conference Championship Games will be played on Sunday starting with San Francisco at Philadelphia (noon P.T. in the NFC) followed by Cincinnati at Kansas City (3:30 in the AFC).
The winners meet in the Super Bowl.
The Bengals and Eagles are favoured by less than a field goal.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is dealing with a high ankle sprain but has returned to practice and plans to play.