Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 18th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are on home ice tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday as they entertain the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The Thunderbirds lead the best-of-7 series 2-0, and they sit a perfect 6-0 in the playoffs.
The power play has been one of the reasons that Seattle is ahead.
They are 4-for-7 with the man advantage while P.G. is just 1-for-10.
Thunderbirds forward Brad Lambert has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in the series.
The Cougars will be without their top playmaker as Riley Heidt will serve a one-game suspension for a checking to the head major he received in Game 2.
Well in excess of 4,000 tickets have been sold for these two midweek games at CN Centre.
2023 WHL PLAYOFFS PRESENTED BY NUTRIEN – SERIES K SCHEDULE
1 April 14, 2023, Seattle 4 Prince George 1 box score is here.
2 April 15, 2023, Seattle 5 Prince George 1 box score is here.
3 April 18, 2023, Seattle at Prince George 7:00 p.m. PT
4 April 19, 2023, Seattle at Prince George 7:00 p.m. PT
5 April 21, 2023, Prince George at Seattle 7:05 p.m. PT *
6 April 23, 2023, Seattle at Prince George 6:00 p.m. PT *
7 April 25, 2023, Prince George at Seattle 7:05 p.m. PT *
* – if necessary
The playoff schedule/results for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL playoff results can be found here.
The WHL playoff standings can be found here.
Central Scouting rankings:
Trio of @PGCougars named to final NHL Central Scouting Rankings list
| https://t.co/cTIie7vCAH #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/PhOxxwGe1T— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 18, 2023
NHL:
(1st games in the best of 7 Conference quarterfinals)
LA 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)
(Anze Kopitar scored on the power play with 17 seconds left in the third period and then set up the winner (on another PP) by Alex Iafallo at 9:19 of overtime as the Kings erased a 3-1 third-period deficit. Kopitar finished with four points (including three assists)
Minnesota 3 Dallas 2 (Double OT)
(Ryan Hartman scored at 12:20 of the second overtime period)
Boston 3 Florida 1
Carolina 2 NY Islanders 1
The four other best-of-7 first-round series begin tonight: Tampa at Toronto (4:30), Winnipeg at Vegas (6:30), Seattle at Colorado (7:00), and New York Rangers at New Jersey (4:00).
The NHL playoff schedule/results are here.
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The Calgary Flames and their General Manager Brad Treliving have parted ways.
Newly promoted Flames President of Hockey Operations Don Maloney has taken over as Interim GM.
AHL:
Mitch Love of Quesnel is the American Hockey League’s Coach of the Year for the second straight year.
Love guided the Calgary Wranglers, the Calgary Flames’ top farm club, to a league-best
51-17-3-1 record.
Quesnel resident named AHL’s best coach https://t.co/8jjBSXoiPx pic.twitter.com/FNf0u0GzUB
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 17, 2023
Major League Baseball:
Houston Astros 9 Toronto Blue Jays 2
The (10-7) Jays are 0-1 on a six-game road trip that continues tonight (5:10 PT) against the (8-9) Astros in Houston.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
NBA:
(2nd games in the best-of-7 conference quarterfinals)
Sacramento Kings 114 Golden State Warriors 106
(Kings lead 2-0)
Philadelphia 76ers 96 Brooklyn Nets 84
(76ers lead 2-0)
There are three NBA playoff games tonight: Atlanta at Boston (4:00), NY Knicks at Cleveland (4:30), and LA Clippers at Phoenix (7:00).
The Celtics, Knicks, and Clippers all lead 1-0.
NBA results can be found right here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS WSOC add White Rock defender
| https://t.co/mtaFA46W31 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/EO4YLHiTDQ— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 18, 2023
PG Cougars Catscan podcasts:
It is @PGCougars Catscan #podcast again. Today hear from a 2007 Cougars player Nick Drazenovic. Nick talks about his role with TSC, the difference between playing & developing talent, he compares the 2007 team to 2023 Cougars. He also says he did not play desperate enough in Jr. https://t.co/6JzN3AWzZA
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) April 13, 2023
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Associate Coach Josh Dixon in this latest episode | https://t.co/5rY9gHoKKK #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/Hru9Ktieim
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 12, 2023