Sports by Hartley Friday, March 24th as of 12:05 a.m.
Updated at 10:00 AM
WHL:
The (35-24-6-1) Prince George Cougars conclude their regular season with a home-and-home against the (48-12-4-2) Blazers; tonight (Friday) in Kamloops and Saturday in P.G.
The Saturday game at CN Centre will be Fan Appreciation Night along with the Mega 50/50.
The Cougars are riding a 9-game point streak (6-0-2-1).
The Blazers have won 20 of their last 22 games.
Prince George will play the (32-26-5-3) Tri-City Americans in the first round of the WHL playoffs beginning in one week on Friday, March 31st at CN Centre.
The playoff schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Hart Attack WHL column:
The @PGCougars and @TCAmericans begin their first-round series on March 31 and it will be a 2-3-2 format starting in PG. In today’s Hart attack #column, a look at the reasons why they decided against the traditional 2-2-1-1-1. https://t.co/IYDUbpBsjz
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 24, 2023
BCHL:
The (26-20-5-1) Prince George Spruce Kings are in Cranbrook to conclude their regular season.
The Spruce Kings visit the (35-13-1-3) Bucks tonight and Saturday.
Prince George is 5th in the 9-team Interior Division, however, the Spruce Kings are tied in points with 4th place West Kelowna and 6th place Vernon.
P.G. is also one point ahead of Wenatchee and two points behind third-place Salmon Arm.
Cranbrook has clinched second behind the (48-3-0-1) Penticton Vees.
Lefranc, Herrington take home major honours at @SpruceKings Awards Banquet | #cityofpg https://t.co/QiQoObEGhZ #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/oaKChVbXJj
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 23, 2023
NHL: (12 Thursday games with Edmonton the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver 7 San Jose 2
The box score is right here.
The (32-34-5) Canucks, with just 11 games left, play their next three on the road: Saturday (4 PM PT) in Dallas, Sunday (3 PM PT) in Chicago, and Tuesday (5 PM PT) in St. Louis.
Vegas 3 Calgary 2
Winnipeg 3 Anaheim 2
Toronto 6 Florida 2
Boston 4 Montreal 2
Ottawa 7 Tampa 2
Thursday’s 12-game slate concluded with the @Canucks scoring seven goals – one shy of their single-game high this season.#NHLStats: https://t.co/S4CYBGOLNA pic.twitter.com/Xr6Y92o4el
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 24, 2023
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
Prince George, BC’s Chris Jandric — who played at North Dakota — signs two-year AHL deal with BUF. Undrafted player who worked hard to get here.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 24, 2023
World Women’s Curling Championship: (in Sweden)
Canada, represented by the Kerri Einarson team from Gimli, Manitoba, made the playoffs following a 7-5 record in the 13-country round-robin.
Today (Friday), Canada beat Turkey 10-4 and lost to Denmark 11-5.
The top six teams qualify for the playoff round, with the top two receiving a bye while the remaining four play in the first round.
Switzerland ended up in first place.
The medal games will be played Sunday.
Einarson captured the bronze medal at last year’s world championship in Prince George.
Canadian results:
Denmark 11 Canada 5 (Friday)
Canada 10 Turkey 4 (Friday)
Japan 6 Canada 5 (Thursday)
Canada 8 South Korea 6 (Wednesday)
Germany 8 Canada 3 (Wednesday)
Switzerland 7 Canada 6 (Tuesday)
Canada 10 New Zealand 4 (Tuesday)
Canada 9 Scotland 8 (Monday)
Canada 7 Italy 2 (Monday)
Canada 9 Norway 6 (Sunday)
USA 8 Canada 7 (Sunday)
Canada 9 Sweden 4 (Saturday)
World women’s curling results are right here.
World women’s curling standings are right here.
Canada’s schedule is right here.
NBA:
The (35-38) Toronto Raptors, with just nine games left, host the (16-57) Detroit Pistons tonight (4:30 PT).
Toronto is 9th and Detroit is last in the Eastern Conference.
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
NBA results can be found right here.
The NBA standings can be found right here.
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with Hudson Thornton and Chase Wheatcroft of the @PGCougars in this week’s podcast episode
| https://t.co/SIcIQg5NMr #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/JizSc7q8xr— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 22, 2023
Minor Hockey:
Host Prince George finished 1-2 and out of the playoffs in the Under-13 Tier 2 hockey championship at Kin 1.
The gold medal went to Cranbrook who doubled Fort St. John 6-3 in the final.
Results on other B.C. minor hockey championships around the province can be found here.
2023 WHL PLAYOFFS – SERIES H SCHEDULE
| Game | Date | Away | Home | Time | |
| 1 | March 31, 2023 | Tri-City | Prince George | 7:00 p.m. PT | |
| 2 | April 1, 2023 | Tri-City | Prince George | 6:00 p.m. PT | |
| 3 | April 4, 2023 | Prince George | Tri-City | 7:05 p.m. PT | |
| 4 | April 5, 2023 | Prince George | Tri-City | 7:05 p.m. PT | |
| 5 | April 7, 2023 | Prince George | Tri-City | 7:05 p.m. PT | * |
| 6 | April 9, 2023 | Tri-City | Prince George | 6:00 p.m. PT | * |
| 7 | April 11, 2023 | Tri-City | Prince George | 7:00 p.m. PT | * |
* – if necessary
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