Sports by Hartley Wednesday, February 1st as of 12:05 a.m.
NFL:
QB Tom Brady announced today (Wednesday) that he is retiring “for good” from football, ending a 23-year NFL career, which included seven Super Bowl titles.
The 45-year-old Brady stated on social media that he “wouldn’t change a thing” about his career.
Truly grateful on this day. Thank you 🙏🏻❤️ pic.twitter.com/j2s2sezvSS
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) February 1, 2023
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Sean Payton is headed to Denver to become the Broncos’ 19th head coach in franchise history.
To make it happen, the Broncos dealt a first-round draft pick this year and a second-round pick next year to the New Orleans Saints for Payton and a third-round selection.
More about the Broncos reaching a deal with the Saints for Sean Payton, via @Jeff_Legwold:https://t.co/OV8o2ULbx9
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 31, 2023
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The Philadelphia Eagles are slight favorites (by 1.5 points) to win the Super Bowl over the Kansas City Chiefs.
The game will be played on Sunday, Feb 12th (3:30 PM) in Glendale, Arizona.
The NFL schedule can be found right here or here.
NHL: (3 Tuesday games)
Ottawa 5 Montreal 4
Carolina 5 LA 4 (OT)
Washington 4 Columbus 3 (OT)
There are two NHL games tonight (Wed), the final league action prior to the All-Star break.
Boston visits Toronto and Carolina plays at Buffalo.
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The (20-26-3) Vancouver Canucks, who are 2-1 under new coach Rick Tocchet, are off this week.
The Canucks visit New Jersey on Monday the Rangers on Wednesday the 8th and Bo Horvat and the New York Islanders on the 9th.
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 (19-21-4) Prince George Cougars continue a 5-game homestand Friday and Saturday against the Victoria Royals.
The Royals lost Tuesday night 6-3 to the Prince Albert Raiders.
Prince George is tied with Vancouver for 2nd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference, five points behind Everett and nine back of 4th place Tri-City.
The Cougars are nine points ahead of the Royals, who are tied with the Kelowna Rockets for the last playoff spot.
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Forward Scott Cousins of Prince George has rejoined the Kelowna Rockets after playing 24 games this season with the PG Spruce Kings.
The Rockets announced today that they have called up Scott Cousins to join the team as an affiliate player for this weekend.
Forward Max Graham will miss the next three to four weeks with an upper-body injury.https://t.co/G5abxP3OA7 pic.twitter.com/18AWFC20rY
— Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) January 31, 2023
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
The @PGCougars coach/gm Mark Lamb opens up on a number of topics in this week’s 39-minute Cat Scan #podcast. Lamb addresses the team’s goalie situation, undisciplined penalties, underachieving record, favourable upcoming #schedule, his numerous talks with #NHL scouts & more. https://t.co/DYrR0ayvXV
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) February 1, 2023
Column:
Ex-WHL goalie up for a Juno . . . Blades win with Wright stuff . . . Bedard draws record crowd in Red Deer; Rebels win in OT https://t.co/S7atVtuhDe
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) February 1, 2023
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings hit the road for three games in as many days.
The (20-14-2-1) Spruce Kings will play at Cranbrook Friday, Trail Saturday, and Salmon Arm on Sunday.
Their next home games will be Feb 10th and 11th against Merritt.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the Thompson Wolfpack Friday night at 5:00 and 7:00 and Saturday at 4:00 and 6:00 in Canada West basketball.
The Timberwolves complete their regular season on Feb 10th and 11th at Brandon.
UNBC is 6-10 and in 12th place out of 17 teams in both the men’s and women’s divisions with just four games left.
The top 12 qualify for the playoffs starting Feb 17th.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
NBA:
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18 male)
The (11-14-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the (14-9-3-2) Vancouver North East Chiefs Friday morning at 11:30 and Saturday morning at 9:00 at Kin 1.
Cariboo is 7th and Vancouver NE is 4th in the 9-team division.
(U18 female)
The (9-16-3) Under-18 female Northern Capitals visit the (3-23-2) Greater Vancouver Comets Saturday afternoon at 3:30 and Sunday morning at 10:30 in Burnaby.
The Caps are 4th and the Comets last in the 5-team division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.