Sports by Hartley Monday, October 16th as of 12:05 a.m.
Canada West Soccer: (at Masich Place Stadium)
(Men)
UNBC Timberwolves 3 Fraser Valley Cascades 2 (Sunday)
The UNBC men erased a 2-0 deficit at the half by scoring three unanswered goals in the second half to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Down a man.
Down two goals.
Playoff lives on the line.
TWOLVES COME BACK AND WIN.
Recap: https://t.co/HMdBtOmY8G pic.twitter.com/qKmeeAG1SP
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 16, 2023
The (4-7-2) Timberwolves conclude their regular season with a doubleheader in Kelowna against (3-9) UBC Okanagan on Saturday and Sunday (Oct 21st and 22nd) with both games starting at noon.
UNBC Timberwolves 3 Fraser Valley Cascades 1 (Friday)
That W feeling!
Henman’s three points leads UNBC to a 3-1 victory over the Cascades!https://t.co/Pp6sjwnJWA pic.twitter.com/Hbe2FXCvVw
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 14, 2023
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
(Women)
Thompson Rivers WolfPack 5 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Sunday)
The UNBC women finished their season without a victory going 0-13-1.
UBC Okanagan Heat 3 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Friday)
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (at Kin 1)
U18 Cariboo Cougars 6 Vancouver North East Chiefs 5 (Sunday)
U18 Cariboo Cougars 4 Vancouver North East Chiefs 3 (OT Saturday)
The U18 Cougars are 6-1-1 and in a three-way tie for first place alongside the Chiefs and the Valley West Giants.
The U18 Cougars visit the Okanagan Rockets Saturday afternoon at 3:00 and Sunday morning at 10 in Kelowna in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are off until they host the (1-5-2) Kamloops Blazers on Saturday night at 6:00.
Prince George is first and Kamloops last in the 11-team Western Conference.
The (7-3) Cougars, coming off Friday’s 5-4 loss to the Kelowna Rockets, will also entertain the (5-2-1) Medicine Hat Tigers on Sunday at 5 PM.
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 (1-3-2) Prince George Spruce Kings have a home doubleheader against the (4-3) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 at the Kopar Memorial Arena.
The Spruce Kings, who picked up a point in Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the West Kelowna Warriors, are last in the 8-team Interior Conference, while Salmon Arm is 5th.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
Quesnel to get a taste of junior hockey action with BCHL Road Show https://t.co/TNYWFmOKWc pic.twitter.com/7onc1jdMMQ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 15, 2023
NHL: (2 Sunday games)
Ottawa 5 Tampa Bay 2
Anaheim 6 Carolina 3
There are 5 Monday games in the NHL including Chicago at Toronto (4 PM PT) and Calgary at Washington (4 PM PT).
Connor Bedard of the Blackhawks has three points (1G, 2A) in his first three NHL games.
The (2-0) Vancouver Canucks, fresh off Saturday’s 4-3 victory over Edmonton, visit the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday (3 PM PT).
It is the second stop on a 5-game road trip for the Canucks.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
BC Football Conference: (BCFC)
The Prince George Kodiaks concluded their second season in the BC Football Conference with a 40-21 loss to the Broncos in Kamloops.
Both the Kodiaks and Broncos finished with records of 2-8 in the 7-team league ahead of the 0-10 Vancouver Island Raiders.
Prince George lost its last six games.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
NFL: (Sunday Night game)
Buffalo Bills 14 New York Giants 9
The Monday Night Game (5:15 PT) to conclude Week 6 of the NFL season has (3-2) Dallas at (2-2) LA Chargers.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The (12-5) B.C. Lions will close out their regular season when they host the (5-11) Calgary Stampeders Friday night at 7:00.
The Stamps are just two points behind the (6-11) Saskatchewan Roughriders for the third and final playoff spot in the West Division.
The league has a pair of games on Saturday in Week 20: (14-2) Toronto at Saskatchewan (1:00 PT) followed by (4-13) Edmonton at (12-4) Winnipeg (4:00).
The Blue Bombers need one more win or a Lions loss to clinch the top spot in the West.
Winnipeg will conclude its regular season with a game in Calgary on Friday, October 27th.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Major League Baseball:
(American League Championship Series)
Texas Rangers 2 Houston Astros 0
(The Rangers lead 1-0 with Game 2 this afternoon (1:37 PT) in Houston.)
The best-of-7 National League Championship Series will open tonight (5:07 PT) with the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Philadelphia Phillies.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.