Sports by Hartley Monday, February 6th as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Salmon Arm Silverbacks 1 (Sunday)
Jordan Fairlie made 35 saves in the victory and lost his shutout bid with just 1:19 left in the 3rd period.
The box score is right here.
Spruce Kings earn 3-1 victory in physical battle over Silverbacks to wrap up road trip on a winning note.
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) February 6, 2023
Prince George is 4th and Salmon Arm 5th in the Interior Division.
The (21-16-2-1) Spruce Kings host the (10-24-3-2) Merritt Centennials Friday and Saturday.
Trail Smoke Eaters 6 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Saturday)
The Smoke Eaters broke open a 1-1 tie with four unanswered goals in the first seven minutes of the second period.
The box score is right here.
Defensive woes mount for Spruce Kings as Smoke Eaters win 6-3.
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) February 5, 2023
Cranbrook Bucks 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Friday)
The Bucks snapped a 2-2 tie with a pair of third-period goals just 2:15 apart before 2,213 fans in Cranbrook.
The box score is right here.
Spruce Kings battle back but let game slip away in third period to lose 4-3.
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) February 4, 2023
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 4 Victoria Royals 2 (Saturday)
Chase Wheatcroft opened the scoring with his Cougars team-record 19th power-play goal of the season.
19 powerplay goals, the most by a Cougars player in a single season.
There are still 22 games left.
Chase Wheatcroft, ladies and gentlemen😎 https://t.co/xFcyXFB9is pic.twitter.com/lvq49kLTB6
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 5, 2023
Berkeley Buchko ➡️ Chase Wheatcroft:
Most powerplay goals in single Cougars a season 🫡 pic.twitter.com/Cojv0MxjNo
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) February 5, 2023
Koehn Ziemmer tallied twice, including the winner at 5:14 of the third and the empty netter before 3,539 fans at CN Centre.
The Cougars have outscored the Royals 26-6 in winning all four games this season.
The box score is right here.
Wheatcroft snaps Cougars single season powerplay goal record as Cats double up on Royals https://t.co/4KDhqzDU0f pic.twitter.com/fmS5yh8LUM
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 5, 2023
The (21-21-4) Cougars host the (17-26-3) Kelowna Rockets Tuesday and Wednesday.
Following WHL games Sunday, Prince George is 2nd in the B.C. Division and 6th in the Western Conference, two points ahead of Vancouver and six points behind Everett.
The Cougars have three games in hand on both the Giants and the Silvertips.
Prince George Cougars 8 Victoria Royals 1 (Friday)
Seven different P.G. players had multi-point nights and Tyler Brennan made 24 saves, including 16 in the first period, before 1,926 fans at CN Centre.
Caden Brown scored twice while Hudson Thornton, Riley Heidt, and Chase Wheatcroft each had a goal and two assists.
The box score is right here.
Cougars’ dominance of Victoria continues with 8 goal blowouthttps://t.co/kDCf9QQ4Zu | #CityOfPG #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/xK5E2gOyKu
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 4, 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
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18 male)
Vancouver North East Chiefs 3 Cariboo Cougars 2 (Saturday-OT)
The (11-14-1-2) Under-18 Cougars host the (0-29-0-1) North Island Silvertips Friday night at 6:30 in Quesnel, Saturday morning at 9:00 at Kin 1, Saturday afternoon at 4:15 at Kin 1 and Sunday morning at 8:15 at Kin 1.
Vancouver North East Chiefs 3 Cariboo Cougars 2 (Friday-OT)
Cariboo is 7th and Vancouver NE is 4th in the 9-team division.
(U18 female)
Greater Vancouver Comets 4 Northern Capitals 1 (Sunday in Burnaby)
Greater Vancouver Comets 4 Northern Capitals 2 (Saturday in Burnaby)
The (9-18-3) Under-18 female Northern Capitals are 4th and the (5-23-2) Comets are last in the 5-team division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
NHL:
Former Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat has signed an eight-year contract with the New York Islanders, worth a total of $68 million.
This deal comes one week after he was dealt from the Canucks.
The 27-year-old Horvat had 54 points (31 goals) in 49 games with Vancouver this season.
The @NYIslanders have officially locked up Bo Horvat to a 8-year contract! ✍️ pic.twitter.com/N5m6lFCtPL
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 5, 2023
With the All-Star break completed, NHL regular season action resumes with six games tonight (Monday), including Vancouver at New Jersey (4:30 PT) as the (20-26-3) Canucks begin a four-game road trip.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
Canada West Basketball:
(Women)
UNBC Timberwolves 87 Thompson Rivers Wolfpack 63 (Saturday)
Thompson Rivers Wolfpack 62 UNBC Timberwolves 58 (Friday)
(Men)
UNBC Timberwolves 83 Thompson Rivers Wolfpack 75 (Saturday)
UNBC Timberwolves 87 Thompson Rivers Wolfpack 73 (Friday)
The Timberwolves complete their regular season on Friday and Saturday with games against the Bobcats in Brandon.
UNBC is 7-11 (12th place women) and 8-10 (9th place men).
The top 12 qualify for the playoffs starting Feb 17th.
Brandon is 0-18 (women) and 10-8 (men).
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
NBA:
The Brooklyn Nets granted Kyrie Irving his trade request by sending him (and Markieff Morris) to the Dallas Mavericks for two players (Dorian Finney-Smith, & Spencer Dinwiddie), an unprotected 2029 first-round pick, and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029.
Toronto Raptors 106 Memphis Grizzlies 103
The (25-30) Raptors finished 4-3 on a 7-game road trip.
Toronto will host San Antonio Wednesday (4:30 PT) to begin a 5-game home stand.
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
NBA results can be found right here.
The NBA standings can be found right here.
Columns:
Coyotes add to Thunderbirds’ arsenal; Canada’s Golden Boy on way to Seattle . . . Tigers move into playoff spot https://t.co/MqQZVm1ilR
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) February 6, 2023
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller chats about the @PGCougars struggles against @TheWHL‘s East Division this year
| https://t.co/RN769GiXQ3 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/txdvrxXp05— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 3, 2023