Sports by Hartley Friday, April 21st as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Kamloops Blazers 10 Portland Winterhawks 4
The Blazers swept the series 4-0 to advance to the Western Conference Final against the Seattle Thunderbirds which will begin on Saturday, April 29th in Kent, Washington.
Both Kamloops and Seattle are 8-0 in the playoffs.
Schedule for Western Conference Championship pic.twitter.com/bk0wVZzpBC
— TBird Tidbits (@TBirdTidbits) April 21, 2023
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The Prince George Cougars season ended Wednesday night when they lost to Seattle 8-2 before 4,024 fans at CN Centre.
The Thunderbirds swept the second-round series 4-0, outscoring the Cougars by a combined score of 25-5.
Cougars season comes to a close after being swept by Seattle https://t.co/ootmstJXE9 pic.twitter.com/G5iRpMHcPg
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 20, 2023
PG’s @Nicomyatovic savouring another deep playoff run with @SeattleTbirds | #cityofpg https://t.co/vHv1QPX7y3 #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/BFFeS4rSrM
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 20, 2023
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 8 Prince George 1 box score is here.
4 April 19, 2023, Seattle 8 Prince George 2 box score is here.
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.
WHL columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about the end of the road for the Prince George Cougars in his latest column | #cityofpg https://t.co/Uq92CbAdQd #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/yzJrwp9otc
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 21, 2023
Ginnell family had memorable run in the WHL . . . Blazers take apart Winterhawks; move into conference final . . . Stankoven new scoring leader https://t.co/PMWPOhvxZG
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 21, 2023
PG Cougars Catscan podcasts:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chatted with Devin Setoguchi and Greg Gardner in this week’s episode @PGCougars | https://t.co/WVQhX62iCZ #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #feedingthefuture #sports pic.twitter.com/dNun4Duw6j
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 18, 2023
NHL: (2nd games in the best of 7 Conference quarterfinals)
Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 2 (The series is tied 1-1)
Vegas 5 Winnipeg 2 (The series is tied 1-1)
Colorado 3 Seattle 2 (The series is tied 1-1)
NY Rangers 5 New Jersey 1 (The Rangers lead 2-0)
The other four NHL best-of-7 first-round series will resume tonight: Edmonton at LA (7:00), Dallas at Minnesota (6:30), Boston at Florida (4:30) and Carolina at NY Islanders (4:00).
The Oilers and Kings are tied 1-1, the Stars and Wild are even 1-1, the Bruins and Panthers are all square at 1-1 and the Hurricanes lead the Islanders 2-0.
The NHL playoff schedule/results are here.
Major League Baseball:
The (11-8) Toronto Blue Jays are 1-2 on a six-game road trip that continues tonight (4:05 PT) against the (12-7) Yankees in New York.
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:
The Toronto Raptors today (Friday) fired head coach Nick Nurse.
The Raptors finished 9th in the Eastern Conference before losing a play-in game to the Chicago Bulls.
(2nd games in the best-of-7 conference quarterfinals)
Phoenix 129 LA Clippers 124 (Suns lead 2-1)
Golden State 114 Sacramento 97 (Kings lead 2-1)
Philadelphia 102 Brooklyn 97 (76ers lead 3-0)
–There are three NBA playoff games tonight: Denver at Minnesota, Cleveland at NY Knicks (5:30) and Boston at Atlanta (4:00). The Nuggets lead the Timberwolves 2-0, the Cavaliers and Knicks are tied 1-1 and the Celtics enjoy a 2-0 lead over the Hawks.
NBA results can be found right here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
6’3 forward commits to @UNBCATHLETICS WBB program for 2023/24 | #cityofpg https://t.co/2jeqzhBFMh #PrinceGeorge #sports #northernbc pic.twitter.com/JRogkFhREB
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 21, 2023
6’6 Vancouver product commits to Timberwolves basketball roster @UNBCATHLETICS | #cityofpg https://t.co/it5WxHQCt6 #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/b8NsZ0FT78
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 20, 2023
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