Sports by Hartley Tuesday, February 21st as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 1 Portland Winterhawks 0 (SO)
Tyler Brennan made 31 saves for the P.G. shutout and the Cougars won the shootout 2-1.
🎥SAVE OF THE NIGHT🎥
Nothing but perfection for Prince George.@RealCdnSS | @PGCougars | @NJDevils | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/9HlINO0z7P
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 21, 2023
Zac Funk notched the winner in the 7th round of the shootout before 3,423 fans at CN Centre.
The Cats had 30 shots over 65 minutes on Portland goalie Dante Gianuzzi.
The box score is right here.
Funk’s shootout winner lifts @PGCougars past @pdxwinterhawks in Family Day thriller @TheWHL
| https://t.co/EkS3LIuB7I #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/WrW4KTVlY5— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 21, 2023
The (25-23-4) Cougars are 6th in the Western Conference but only three points behind Everett and five back of Tri-City.
The Cougars host the (36-13-2-3) Winterhawks again tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
BCHL:
(Road Show in Burns Lake)
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Salmon Arm Silverbacks 3 (Sunday)
The Spruce Kings erased a 3-1 deficit by scoring three unanswered goals in the third period before 550 fans.
The box score is right here.
Comeback effort sees Spruce Kings defeat Silverbacks 4-3 to wrap-up BCHL Road Show in Burns Lake.
RECAP: https://t.co/MnBTDjjW24
(Photo Courtesy: @xholcomb_22) pic.twitter.com/LrOKqv7CfA
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) February 19, 2023
Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (OT Saturday)
CJ Foley scored 33 seconds into overtime for the Silverbacks in front of 640 fans.
The box score is right here.
Silverbacks earn 2-1 overtime win over Spruce Kings in Game 1 of BCHL Road Show
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(Photo Courtesy: @xholcomb_22) pic.twitter.com/c6GWUcGod0
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) February 19, 2023
The (23-16-4-1) Spruce Kings host the (14-23-3-3) Powell River Kings Friday and the (39-3-0-1) Penticton Vees on Saturday.
Prince George is 4th in the 9-team Interior Division, a point behind West Kelowna with both teams having played 44 games.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(U18 male) at Kin 1 in PG
Greater Vancouver Canadians 4 Cariboo Cougars 1 (Sunday)
Greater Vancouver Canadians 3 Cariboo Cougars 1 (Saturday)
The (15-16-1-2) Under-18 Cougars visit the (22-5-2-1) Okanagan Rockets Saturday night at 5:45 and Sunday morning at 8:00 in Kelowna.
Okanagan is 2nd and Cariboo is 6th in the 9-team division.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
NHL: (6 Monday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Philadelphia 4 Calgary 3
Winnipeg 4 New York Rangers 1
Boston 3 Ottawa 1
San Jose 4 Seattle 0
Florida 4 Anaheim 3 (OT)
New York Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 2
The (22-30-4) Vancouver Canucks visit the (26-22-6) Nashville Predators tonight (Tuesday) at 5:00 (PT).
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves season ended in Canada West basketball when they lost play-in games on the road on Friday.
The UNBC women fell 77-70 to Fraser Valley in Edmonton and the UNBC men up short in dropping an 88-74 decision to Regina.
T-Wolves scratch and claw but fall short in Canada West play-in gameshttps://t.co/jhywGP6AE7 | #CityOfPG @UNBCATHLETICS pic.twitter.com/nrEw0nzmip
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 18, 2023
The UNBC women’s basketball results are right here.
Canada Winter Games:
Prince George has nine athletes at the Canada Winter Games in PEI with four of them competing this week.
The B.C. male hockey team (which includes Ryder Green, Chase Harrington, and Cameron Schmidt of PG) finished 2-1 in Pool B: a 7-4 loss to Ontario was followed by a 12-2 victory over Nova Scotia and a 4-2 win over Alberta.
The B.C. wheelchair basketball team (which includes Joel Ewert of PG) is 2-0; outscoring Manitoba 66-26 and Ontario 72-36.
Next week, P.G. will be represented by Lilly McCullough, Hannah Yin, and Alandra Steiger in judo plus Mason Pollard in archery and Logan Cox in cross-country skiing.
More information and results can be found here.
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