Sports by Hartley Friday, February 24th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are on a mini two-game road trip.
The (26-23-4) Cougars visit the (21-26-4-2) Vancouver Giants tonight (Friday) at 7:30 and the (15-36-5-1) Victoria Royals Saturday night at 6:00.
Prince George is 6th in the Western Conference, just one point behind Everett and five back of 4th place Tri-City.
P.G. has 15 games left, Everett has 14 remaining and Tri-City has 13 to go.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
The @PGCougars are in the homestretch. In this week’s Cat Scan #podcast, associate coach Josh Dixon talks about: reasons for team improvement, Jim Playfair’s impact, superb goaltending from Tyler Brennan, upcoming favourable schedule & the 3 possible first round U.S. opponents. https://t.co/LEktJxiu4V
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) February 24, 2023
Columns:
Just 15 games left for the @PGCougars before playoffs. Their next 13 are against the 4 teams in the Western Conference below them in the standings. The Cougars will make their final push to land in the 4-vs-5 first-round series. More in this week’s Hart Attack #column. https://t.co/xQsSIrKBy6
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) February 24, 2023
Bedard’s six-pointer turns to five . . . Chiefs’ group shrugs off WHL rumours . . . Huskies halt Dinos’ 23-game streak https://t.co/7W6X8yHLN4
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) February 24, 2023
BCHL:
The (23-16-4-1) Prince George Spruce Kings have a pair of home games this weekend.
The Spruce Kings entertain the (14-23-3-3) Powell River Kings tonight 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.
NHL: (10 Thursday games with just three Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 3 St. Louis 2 (OT)
The Canucks rallied by scoring with 29 seconds left in the third period and again at 4:45 of overtime.
The box score is here.
The (23-30-5) Canucks host (44-8-5) Boston in their next game Saturday at 4:00.
Vancouver’s victory was everything they deserved and nothing Team Tank wanted, as the Canucks rallied impressively (or disappointingly) against a lurking Blues team enviously eyeing their better draft position. (@imacSportsnet) https://t.co/v5soue87Yc
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 24, 2023
Vegas 4 Calgary 3 (OT)
Edmonton 7 Pittsburgh 2
A 10-game Thursday saw the League-leading @NHLBruins prevail in a back-and-forth affair, with Jake DeBrusk scoring the winning goal during the final two minutes of regulation.#NHLStats: https://t.co/ALcisjeAef pic.twitter.com/m2y0Za5xqW
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 24, 2023
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
The (15-16-1-2) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars conclude their regular season this weekend in Kelowna.
They visit the (22-5-2-1) Okanagan Rockets Saturday night at 5:45 and Sunday morning at 8:00.
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.
Canada Winter Games:
Cameron Schmidt of Prince George scored twice and set up another to lead the B.C. male hockey team to a 4-2 victory Thursday over Manitoba at the Canada Winter Games in PEI.
Ryder Green of Prince George picked up the win in net with 37 saves.
B.C. will play Ontario tonight in the semifinal with the winner to go for gold on Saturday.
Chase Harrington is the third player from P.G. on the B.C. team.
In other competitions:
The B.C. wheelchair basketball team (which includes Joel Ewert of PG) went 3-0 in the round-robin to advance to the semifinals today.
Liam Simons of Prince George, who earned the bronze medal in the men’s biathlon 10 km pursuit, ended up 10th in the 12.5 km individual race.
Jessabelle Trelenberg of Williams Lake earned the silver medal in the biathlon 10k female individual.
More information and results can be found here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
Fast, talented, and loves the game?
Sounds like a @UNBC Timberwolf.
One day after welcoming his twin brother Isaac, @UNBCMSoccer officially commits @VIWave / @sd61reynolds left back Theo Tate for the 2023 @CanadaWest season!
READ: https://t.co/ObGnCB0dj5 pic.twitter.com/jibG8THfwc
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) February 23, 2023
Curling:
Three-time defending champion Kerri Einarson finished a perfect 8-0 in pool play at the Canadian women’s curling championship in Kamloops.
The six-team playoff round starts today following a pair of tie-breakers including (5-3) B.C. against (5-3) Quebec.
Results can be found here.
Standings can be found here.’
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 115 New Orleans Pelicans 110