Sports by Hartley Friday, October 13th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars’ only game this weekend will be tonight (Friday) when they visit the Kelowna Rockets.
The (7-2) Cougars have won both meetings this season against the (2-3-1) Rockets.
Prince George is first in the 11-team Western Conference while Kelowna is seventh.
The Cougars are coming off a 2-1 Wednesday victory over the Swift Current Broncos.,
The game summary and highlights are here.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found 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
BCHL:
The (1-3-1) Prince George Spruce Kings are 0-2 on a 3-game road trip that wraps up tonight (Friday) in West Kelowna against the (4-2) Warriors.
The Spruce Kings fell 5-2 Wednesday in Penticton.
The game summary is here.
The next home games for the Spruce Kings 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.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The first-place Vancouver North East Chiefs are in Prince George for a couple of games against the second-place U18 Cariboo Cougars.
The (6-0) Chiefs visit the (4-1-1) U18 Cougars on Saturday afternoon at 2:15 and Sunday morning at 10:30 at Kin 1 in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
NHL:
Canadian teams were idle on Thursday and all seven will resume action on Saturday.
That’s a wrap on an eventful night in the NHL that featured first career goals, a pair of shutouts and franchise firsts. #NHLFaceOff #NHLStats: https://t.co/EJLSQo9oNb pic.twitter.com/Hw593B9Bxt
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 13, 2023
The Vancouver Canucks begin a 5-game road trip Saturday night at 7:00 against the Oilers in Edmonton.
The Canucks won their season opener Wednesday, 8-1 over the Oilers.
The scoring summary is here.
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:
(National League Division Series)
Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 1
(The Phillies won the best-of-5 series to advance to the National League Championship Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks starting Monday in Philly)
The best-of-seven American League Championship Series will feature the Texas Rangers against the Houston Astros beginning Sunday night (5:15 PT) in Houston.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NFL:
Kansas City 19 Denver 8
It was the Chiefs 16th straight win over the Broncos.
KC has won five straight.
The Chiefs have the best record in the AFC at 5-1 while the Broncos fell to 1-5.
There are 13 NFL games on Sunday including (3-1) Seattle at (2-3) Cincinnati.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
Week 19 of the CFL season starts tonight with the (11-5) B.C. Lions at the (8-8) Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4 PM PT).
The other league game this evening has (6-10) Saskatchewan at (4-11) Calgary (6:30).
The Lions will close their regular season with a home game against Calgary 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 is off until they host Edmonton on October 21st and conclude with a game in
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.
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 have home games this weekend in Canada West soccer at Masich Place Stadium.
The (2-7-2) UNBC men host the (2-10) Fraser Valley Cascades tonight 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 tonight at 5:30 and (4-6-2) Thompson Rivers WolfPack Sunday at noon.
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
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