Sports by Hartley Friday, April 7th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Game 5 in the Prince George Cougars-Tri-City Americans series will be played tonight (Friday) at 7:05 in Kennewick, Washington.
Game 6 returns to CN Centre Sunday night at 6:00.
The best-of-7 series is tied 2-2 after the Cougars’ 6-2 victory on Wednesday.
The box score is here.
.@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
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:
Habscheid leaves Pioneers, next steps “uncertain” . . . Ex-WHLer Stanley replaces him . . . Blazers complete sweep of Giants https://t.co/aWZtnkF9iq
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 7, 2023
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings season ended when they lost 2-1 to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Wednesday in double overtime.
The Silverbacks swept the first-round series 4-0.
.@SASilverbacks complete @SpruceKings sweep with double overtime thriller
| https://t.co/gfWaUimuUv #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge#northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/rihrPonK3G— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 6, 2023
BCHL playoff first-round results for Prince George and Salmon Arm
The BCHL playoff standings can be found here.
NHL: (14 Thursday games)
Vancouver 3 Chicago 0
The (35-36-7) Vancouver Canucks, with just four games left, host the Calgary Flames Saturday night at 7:00.
Thursday marked the fifth instance in NHL history that a game day featured 12 or more home teams pick up wins. The last time this happened was on April 16, 2022 (home teams: 12-1-1).#NHLStats: https://t.co/2aeHdhg1MT pic.twitter.com/Ohw9eyIoP7
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 7, 2023
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 Kansas City Royals 3
The (4-3) Jays visit the LA Angels tonight.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB results can be found here.
NBA:
The (40-40) Toronto Raptors visit the Boston Celtics tonight (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 day two of the Masters at Augusta.
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 7-3 and has qualified for the playoffs with two round-robin games left.
Canada 9 Germany 4 (Thursday)
Scotland 6 Canada 3 (Thursday)
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.
The top two teams from the 13-team 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.
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