Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 19th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have acquired 18-year-old forward Matteo Danis (Da-Nee) from the Calgary Hitmen in return for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 Prospects Draft.
Danis notched 27 points (12G, 15A) in 65 games with the Hitmen in 2022-23, and has scored twice (with no assists) in eight games this season.
TRADE: We have acquired F Matteo Danis (05) from the @WHLHitmen in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round selection.
📝 https://t.co/F1ayXFP24F#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/t0ASmtkMgq
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 18, 2023
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The PG Cougars have a pair of home games on Community Heroes Weekend at CN Centre.
The (7-3) Cougars host the (1-6-2) Kamloops Blazers on Saturday night at 6:00 and the (6-3-1) Medicine Hat Tigers on Sunday night at 5:00.
The Tigers, who won 3-2 in Langley on Wednesday against Vancouver, play Friday in Kamloops before heading to PG.
A sneak peek at the newest Prince George Cougar 👀 pic.twitter.com/Fjj3UG2v11
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 18, 2023
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 on @PGCougars Cat Scan podcast, coach/GM Mark Lamb discusses the team’s 7-3 start, special team’s strong play, finding another 20-year old; 2009 draft-eligible prospects, value of draft picks & team chemistry, players possibly going to World Jr, development of players. https://t.co/KOH9qoE9rL
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 17, 2023
NHL: (2 Wednesday games)
Ottawa 6 Washington 1
Detroit 6 Pittsburgh 3
The (2-1) Vancouver Canucks continue a 5-game road trip tonight (4:00 PT) in Tampa Bay against the (1-2-1) Lightning.
Other Thursday games involving Canadian teams: Calgary at Buffalo, Edmonton at Philadelphia, Toronto at Florida, and Vegas at Winnipeg.
Connor Bedard plays his 5th NHL game for the Chicago Blackhawks on the road in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
BCHL:
The (1-3-2) Prince George Spruce Kings host 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 have played the fewest games in the league, 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.
Major League Baseball:
(American League Championship Series)
Houston Astros 8 Texas Rangers 5
(The Rangers lead the best of 7 ALCS 2-1 with game four tonight in Texas (5:03 PT).
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The National League Championship Series will resume this afternoon (Thursday 2:07 PM PT) in Arizona with the Phillies leading the Diamondbacks 2-0.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NFL:
Former B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke of Victoria has been promoted to the Jacksonville Jaguars active roster.
The move comes after starter Trevor Lawrence suffered a knee injury on Sunday.
Lawrence is listed as day-to-day as the (4-2) Jags get ready to play the (3-3) Saints tonight (5:15 PT) in New Orleans to start Week 7 of the NFL season.
Nathan Rourke promoted to NFL roster by Jacksonville Jaguars https://t.co/KkC8lvkWv2 pic.twitter.com/j2JohYzVdk
— Province Sports (@provincesports) October 18, 2023
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The (12-5) B.C. Lions 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 CFL 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.
Canada West Soccer:
It is the final weekend of the regular season in Canada West men’s soccer.
The (4-7-2) UNBC Timberwolves play a doubleheader in Kelowna against the (3-9) UBC Okanagan Heat on Saturday and Sunday with both games starting at noon.
UNBC is 5th in the Pacific Division with the top four to advance to playoffs.
(6-7-1) Thompson Rivers is 4th with its final game Sunday afternoon at (2-6-3) MacEwan.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (4-3-0-1) Okanagan Rockets on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 and Sunday morning at 10:00 in Kelowna in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League.
The (6-1-1) Cougars are in a three-way tie for first place alongside the Chiefs and the Valley West Giants.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.