Sports by Hartley Tuesday, October 10th as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
The (1-1-1) PG Spruce Kings begin a 3-game road trip tonight (Tuesday) against the (3-3) Merritt Centennials.
The Spruce Kings, who have played the fewest games in the BCHL, also visit the (3-1-1-1) Penticton Vees on Wednesday and the (4-2) West Kelowna Warriors on Friday.
The Spruce Kings’ next home games will be against the (4-2) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on October 20th and 21st.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars conclude a 5-game homestand Wednesday night at 7:00 against the (2-3-1) Swift Current Broncos.
This will be the Broncos’ first appearance at CN Centre since 2019.
The (6-2) Cougars had their five-game winning streak end when they lost to the Wenatchee Wild 6-3 on Saturday.
Prince George leads the WHL in points, goals scored, power play and shorthanded goals.
The Cougars have the top three scorers in the league and seven of the top eight.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
Cat Scan podcast:
This week Cat Scan #podcast; part 2 with @PGCougars Dir of scouting @RiderFanBob. He discusses qualifications for being a scout, having the final word at the draft, challenges of picking lower in 1st round, emergence of goalie Ty Young, & thoughts on the 2009-born draft class. https://t.co/zfkFOSlhtC
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 10, 2023
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U18 Cariboo Cougars are 4-1-1 on the season after a pair of victories over the Thompson Blazers in Kamloops.
Cariboo won 4-0 Saturday and 5-2 Sunday to move into second place in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey league.
The U18 Cougars host the (6-0) first-place Vancouver North East Chiefs on Saturday afternoon at 2:15 and Sunday morning at 10:30 at Kin 1.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
NHL:
The NHL regular season opens tonight (Tuesday) with three games including Chicago at Pittsburgh (5:00 PT) as rookie Connor Bedard makes his debut with the Blackhawks.
The other games have Nashville at Tampa (2:30) and Seattle at Vegas (7:30).
The Vancouver Canucks open with a home game against the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night at 7:00.
The Canucks also play in Edmonton on Saturday night at 7:00 to start a 5-game road trip.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
Major League Baseball: (playoff action)
(National League Division Series)
Atlanta Braves 5 Philadelphia Phillies 4
(The Braves erased a 4-0 deficit after five innings to tie the best-of-five series 1-1 with Game 3 on Wednesday (2:07 PM PT) in Philadelphia)
Arizona Diamondbacks 4 LA Dodgers 2
(The Diamondbacks lead the best-of-five series 2-0 with Game 3 Wednesday night (6:07) in Arizona)
(American League Division Series)
There are a pair of games in the AL today (Tuesday): Houston at Minnesota (1:07 PM PT) followed by Baltimore at Texas (5:03 PM).
The Astros and twins are tied 1-1 while the Rangers lead the Orioles 2-0 in the best-of-5.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NFL: (Final game in Week 5)
Las Vegas Raiders 17 Green Bay Packers 13
Both the Raiders and Packers are 2-3.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
Montreal Alouettes 29 Ottawa Redblacks 3
The (9-7) Als are second in the East, two points ahead of Hamilton.
The (11-5) B.C. Lions have just two regular season games left.
The second-place Lions visit the (8-8) Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday (4 PM PT) to begin Week 19 of the CFL season and will close out at home against the Calgary Stampeders on Friday, Oct 20th (7 PM).
B.C. is two points behind the (12-4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Blue Bombers need one more win or a Lions loss to clinch first in the West Division.
Winnipeg will host Edmonton on October 21st and visit Calgary on October 27th.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
BC Football Conference: (BCFC)
The (2-7) Prince George Kodiaks conclude their second season in the BC Football Conference when they visit the (1-8) Kamloops Broncos on Saturday night at 6:00.
The Kodiaks are coming off a 73-10 loss to the (7-1) Okanagan Sun on Saturday in Kelowna.
Prince George is 5th in the 7-team league, two points ahead of Kamloops.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The UNBC Timberwolves will play home games this weekend at Masich Place Stadium in Canada West soccer.
The (2-7-2) UNBC men host the (2-10) Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night at 7:45 and Sunday afternoon at 2:15.
(The UNBC men wrap up their regular season with a doubleheader in Kelowna against (3-7) UBC Okanagan on the 21st and 22nd (both noon starts).
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
On the women’s side, the (0-11-1) UNBC Timberwolves conclude their season by entertaining the (7-3-2) UBC Okanagan Heat Friday night at 5:30 and (4-6-2) Thompson Rivers WolfPack Sunday at noon.
The UNBC women are coming off back-to-back 6-0 losses to the UBC Thunderbirds on the long weekend.
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
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