Sports by Hartley Friday, June 2nd as of 12:05 a.m.
Memorial Cup: (in Kamloops)
(OT) Peterborough Petes 5 Kamloops Blazers 4
It was the first tiebreaker game at the Memorial Cup that was decided in overtime.
Peterborough was outshot 47-30 but erased a 4-1 second-period deficit and got the winning goal at 10:54 of overtime.
The game summary is here.
The Petes advance to the semifinal game tonight (Friday) at 7:00 against the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The winner will play the Québec Remparts in Sunday’s 4 PM final.
More on Memorial Cup can be found here.
Memorial Cup schedule/results:
Round-Robin – Game 1 – Friday, May 26 – Québec 8 Kamloops 3
Round-Robin – Game 2 – Saturday, May 27 – Seattle 6 Peterborough 3
Round-Robin – Game 3 – Sunday, May 28 – Kamloops 10 Peterborough 2
Round-Robin – Game 4 – Monday, May 29 – Québec 3 Seattle 1
Round-Robin – Game 5 – Tuesday, May 30 – Peterborough 4 Québec 2
Round-Robin – Game 6 – Wednesday, May 31 – Seattle 6 Kamloops 1
Tie-Breaker – Thursday, June 1 – (OT) Peterborough 5 Kamloops 4
Semi-Final – Friday, June 2 – Seattle vs. Peterborough (7 p.m. PT)
Final – Sunday, June 4 – Québec vs. ? (4 p.m. PT)
NHL:
Welcome to Pittsburgh, Kyle Dubas!
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) June 1, 2023
Brad Treliving on potential for core player trade:
“You can throw a body onto the tarmac & it might look good for a headline, but are you getting better? … It is about getting better & just being different doesn’t necessarily make you better”https://t.co/mIeHONWZN5
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) June 1, 2023
Game 1 in the Stanley Cup Final will be played Saturday night (5:00 PT) in Vegas with the Golden Knights home against the Florida Panthers.
The Panthers, who have not played since Wednesday, May 24th, have won 11 of their last 12 games.
Mark your calendars, the schedule for the #StanleyCup Final is set!
The puck drops for Game 1 on Saturday, June 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET when the @GoldenKnights welcome the @FlaPanthers to T-Mobile Arena. #NHLStats: https://t.co/1BOy9gcFK0 pic.twitter.com/aw0uAJyi1B
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 30, 2023
The NHL playoff schedule/results are here.
NBA: (First game in the best-of-7 championship series)
Denver Nuggets 104 Miami Heat 93
Nikola Jokic got a triple-double (27 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds) in his finals debut and Canadian Jamal Murray scored 26 points for the Nuggets who improved to 9-0 on home court in the playoffs.
Denver has won seven straight overall and will host Game 2 Sunday night at 5:00 (PT).
Game 1 winners in the finals go on to win the title nearly 70% of the time.
The official schedule of the #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV!
Game 1: Thursday, 6/1, 8:30 PM ET on ABC pic.twitter.com/psNkHpQGj5
— NBA (@NBA) May 30, 2023
NBA results/schedule can be found here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Milwaukee Brewers 1
The (30-27) Jays will visit the (30-27) New York Mets in a 3-game series this weekend that begins tonight (4:10 PT).
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
PG Senior Lacrosse:
PG Bandits 17 Mackenzie 3
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