Sports by Hartley Thursday, April 6th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 6 Tri-City Americans 2
Koehn Ziemmer and Jaxsen Wiebe each scored twice as the Cougars evened the best-of-7 first-round series 2-2.
.@PGCougars‘ stars shine in victory, evening series 2-2 on the roadhttps://t.co/NmiEIMPSRx | #CityOfPG #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/vvBGhLukoI
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 6, 2023
Ty Young made 26 saves as Prince George outshot Tri-City 31-28 before 2,456 fans in Kennewick, Washington.
Young made the start in the P.G. net replacing Tyler Brennan, who was injured in Game 3 on Tuesday.
The box score is here.
📽️ SAVE OF THE NIGHT 📽
Only the Young can say,
They’re free to fly away!@RealCdnSS | @PGCougars@Canucks | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/QoDmvQ4LpO— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 6, 2023
Game 5 will be played Friday night at 7:05 in Kennewick before the series concludes at CN Centre in Prince George with Game 6 Sunday night at 6:00 and if needed, Game 7 Tuesday night at 7:00.
Confirmation of tonight’s #WHLScores.#WHLPlayoffs | #FeedingTheFuture pic.twitter.com/SCuX6eLFfp
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 6, 2023
Mark Lamb named BC Division coach of the year, nominated for WHL coach of the year https://t.co/H6EP3SeTA1 | #CityOfPG @PGCougars
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 5, 2023
The WHL playoff results can be found here.
The WHL playoff standings can be found here.
The playoff schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
WHL playoff schedule and results for Prince George and Tri-City
Apr. 1 Prince George 2 Tri-City 1 (OT) (The box score is here)
Apr. 4 Tri-City 4 Prince George 2 (The box score is here)
Apr. 5 Prince George 6 Tri-City 2 (The box score is here)
Apr. 7 Prince George at Tri-City 7:05 pm PDT
Apr. 9 Tri-City at Prince George 6:00 pm PDT
Apr. 11 Tri-City at Prince George 7:00 pm PDT (if needed)
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars Director of Business Operations and goalie coach Taylor Dakers in this week’s episode | https://t.co/jkPl0ho9zT #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/Gq21iahC6i
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 4, 2023
WHL Column:
Blades, Pats runnin’ back to Saskatoon all even . . . Three WHL teams have seasons end . . . Cougars tie it up in Kennewick https://t.co/0wtqjfdjze
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 6, 2023
BCHL:
Salmon Arm Silverbacks 2 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (DBL OT)
CJ Foley scored at 15:14 of double overtime to give the Silverbacks the victory and a four-game first-round sweep before 801 fans at the Kopar Memorial Arena in Prince George.
Jordan Fairlie made 47 saves for the Spruce Kings, who were outshot 49-40.
The Spruce Kings have been eliminated from the Shaw BCHL Playoffs following a 2-1 double overtime loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
RECAP: https://t.co/Qd8lADl3JS pic.twitter.com/MQ9G1LwuoU
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 6, 2023
BCHL playoff first-round results for Prince George and Salmon Arm
The BCHL playoff standings can be found here.
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
Calgary 3 Winnipeg 1
Both teams are tied for the final wildcard playoff spot in the Western Conference, although Winnipeg holds the tiebreaker.
The Jets have four games left and the Flames have three remaining.
Edmonton 3 Anaheim 1
New York Rangers 6 Tampa Bay 3
The (34-36-7) Vancouver Canucks, with just five games left, host the (25-46-6) Chicago Blackhawks tonight at 7:00.
It is one of 14 Thursday games in the NHL with four Canadian teams in action.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Kansas City Royals 0
The (3-3) Jays visit the (1-5) Royals again today (11:10 AM PT) in Kansas City to conclude a 4-game series.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB results can be found here.
NBA:
Boston Celtics 97 Toronto Raptors 93
The (40-40) Raptors visit the Celtics again Friday night (4:30 PT) before concluding their regular season with a home game Sunday (10 AM PT) against the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks.
Toronto is 9th in the Eastern Conference.
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
Golf:
It is round one today of the Masters at Augusta.
Five-time champ Tiger Woods is competing in his 25th Masters.
Scottie Scheffler is the defending champ.
The leaderboard is here.
World Men’s Curling Championship (in Ottawa)
Canada, skipped by 5-time Brier champion Brad Gushue and his team from St. John’s, NFLD. is 7-2 and in 4th place after nine games.
Canada 9 Germany 4 (Today-Thursday)
Canada vs Scotland (4 PM today)
Earlier results:
Canada 9 Korea 4 (Wednesday)
Canada 9 USA 6 (Wednesday)
Canada 8 Czech Republic 3 (Tuesday)
Canada 6 Japan 3 (Monday)
Norway 8 Canada 6 (Sunday)
Canada 8 New Zealand 2 (Sunday)
Switzerland 8 Canada 3 (Saturday)
Canada 10 Italy 6 (Saturday)
Gushue is trying to capture Canada’s first world men’s gold medal since his team prevailed in 2017 in Edmonton.
13 teams are competing in the round-robin which runs through to Friday.
The top two teams from the round-robin advance to the semifinals on Saturday (4 PM PT).
The third-place team plays the sixth-place team while four meets five on Saturday (11 AM PT) to see who advances to the semis.
The semifinal winners will play for gold on Sunday at 1 PM (PT) with the semifinal losers battling for bronze on Sunday (8 AM).
Results, standings, and schedule can be found here.