Sports by Hartley Monday, June 26th as of 12:05 a.m.
(Updated at 10:05 a.m.)
Hockey:
The Prince George Cougars will play just four pre-season games, none of them in PG.
The Cougars are in Port Coquitlam to face Vancouver on September 8th and Victoria on the 9th.
They also have a pair of exhibition games in Grande Cache, Alberta, both against Edmonton on September 15th and 17th.
Grande Cache is 580 kilometres east of Prince George.
The Cougars open their WHL regular season with a pair of home games at CN Centre against the Tri-City Americans on September 22nd and 23rd.
The full WHL regular season schedule will be released Tuesday.
The WHL today unveiled its 2023 Pre-Season schedule, featuring 46 games beginning Tuesday, September 5 and concluding Sunday, September 17.
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) June 26, 2023
IMPORTANT DATES AHEAD!
👉 Monday June 26th – Pre-Season Schedule Announcement
👉 Monday June 26th – Home Opener Date
👉Tuesday June 27th – Regular Season Schedule Announcement!
👉 Wednesday June 28th and Thursday June 29th – NHL Draft!Stay tuned 👀#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/vzOtsnKpE6
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) June 21, 2023
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The NHL Draft in Nashville starts with round one on Wednesday with rounds 2-7 slated for
Thursday.
In the final Central Scouting rankings, Riley Heidt of the P.G. Cougars is listed 21st among North American skaters, Koehn Ziemmer of the Cougars is 25th, PG’s Nico Myatovic of the Seattle Thunderbirds is 26th and McBride’s Tanner Molendyk of the Saskatoon Blades is 28th.
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The Prince George Spruce Kings are moving up their Saturday home games one hour earlier and will start at 6:00 p.m. in the 2023-24 season.
The Spruce Kings will play 26 home games in Prince George, 12 on Fridays, 12 on Saturdays and two on Wednesdays.
The Spruce Kings’ full schedule is here.
.@SpruceKings shifting Saturday home games to 6pm this season @BCHockeyLeague
| https://t.co/ZTe1pva8hx #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/ODyox4kH45— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 23, 2023
UNBC Timberwolves:
Ben Datro is electric.
Now, he is a member of @UNBCMBB.
Hear from the newest @UNBC Timberwolf about transferring to @CanadaWest ball, and read all the good news here: https://t.co/Ay4EZbreVz@DatroBenjamin pic.twitter.com/TdaKPm6qIo
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) June 26, 2023
CFL: (Final game in Week 3)
Toronto 43 Edmonton 31
The (0-3) Elks have lost a CFL-record 19 consecutive home games, a string of futility that goes back to Oct. 12, 2019.
The (3-0) B.C. Lions visit (2-0) Toronto in one week on Monday, July 3 (4:00 PM PT).
Saskatchewan improved to 2-1 on Saturday with a 29-26 OT victory over the 1-2 Stampeders in Calgary.
Week 4 of the CFL season starts Friday with Edmonton at Ottawa (4:30 PT).
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 12 Oakland A’s 1
The (43-36) Jays are 2-1 on a 9-game homestand that will continue Tuesday (4:07 PM PT) against the (44-34) San Francisco Giants.
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:
The final game of the Prince George Senior Lacrosse regular season will be played tonight (Monday) at 8:00 at Kin 1 featuring the unbeaten Devils and the Bandits.
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