Sports by Hartley Monday, October 23rd as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 7 Medicine Hat Tigers 5 (Sunday)
Defenceman Bauer Dumanski snapped a 5-5 tie by blasting his first goal of the season which came with 1:17 remaining in the third period to the delight of a season-high crowd of 5,628 at CN Centre.
First-star Riley Heidt had the WHL highlight of the night goal and added four assists for the 9-3 Cougars.
🎥 HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT 🎥
Koehn Ziemmer is a wizard. Riley Heidt’s face says it all. 😲#WHLHoN | @PGCougars@LAKings | @mnwild pic.twitter.com/2nPhxr7vkD
— The WHL (@TheWHL) October 23, 2023
The game summary and highlights are here.
The mega 50-50 jackpot on Community Heroes Weekend was just over a whopping $160,000.
Well, admin (once again) did not win the Mega 50/50, which is (once again) probably for the best.
The final total is an astounding $160,935 – THANK YOU FANS!
Not only is that a life-changing amount of money for someone to win, but the other half is all going to amazing local…
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 23, 2023
The Cougars play their next five on the road, all in the East Division, starting Saturday in Moose Jaw.
The next home game for P.G. will be on Friday, November 10th against Red Deer.
ICYMI, last night was electric!
📝https://t.co/oYHWooUYD7#ForTheNorth • #WHL
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 23, 2023
Prince George Cougars 7 Kamloops Blazers 1 (Saturday)
Sniper Zac Funk tallied five points (3G, 2A) for the Cougars who scored four unanswered goals in the first period before 4,516 fans at CN Centre.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Zac Funk’s five-point night leads us to a dominant 7-1 win over the Kamloops Blazers at the CN Centre!
Recap and reaction from GM & HC Mark Lamb and Zac Funk!
📝 https://t.co/4HjJAA7L0r#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/F3DCw2kn5k
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 22, 2023
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 5 Salmon Arm Silverbacks 3 (Saturday)
Attendance at the Kopar Memorial Arena was 749. The game summary is here.
The 2-3-3 Spruce Kings play their next two games at the BCHL Showcase in Seattle against (3-6) Powell River on Wednesday (10:50 AM) and vs. (5-4-1) Nanaimo on Thursday (4:50 PM).
The Spruce Kings’ next home game isn’t until November 10th against West Kelowna.
Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (OT Friday)
Attendance in P.G. was 1,027. The game summary is here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
Okanagan Rockets 6 U18 Cariboo Cougars 1 (Sunday in Kelowna)
U18 Cariboo Cougars 5 Okanagan Rockets 2 (Saturday in Kelowna)
The (7-2-1) U18 Cougars host the (4-4) Vancouver North West Hawks on Saturday night at 6:30 and Sunday morning at 10:30 at Kin 1.
The Prince George-based team is in first place in the 9-team league.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
NHL: (2 Sunday games)
Detroit 6 Calgary 2
Boston 3 Anaheim 1
There is only one Monday game in the NHL: Montreal at Buffalo (4 p.m. PT).
The (3-2) Vancouver Canucks, coming off of Saturday’s 5-3 victory over Florida, conclude
a 5-game road trip Tuesday night in Nashville (6:15 PT).
The Edmonton Oilers will be without Connor McDavid for the next week or two because of an upper-body injury
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
Canada West Men’s Soccer: (Final regular season games)
UBC Okanagan 3 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Sunday in Kelowna)
UNBC Timberwolves 2 UBC Okanagan 1 (Saturday in Kelowna)
The (5-8-2) Timberwolves missed the playoffs by finishing 5th out of seven teams in the Pacific Division.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
Major League Baseball:
(American League Championship Series)
Texas Rangers 9 Houston Astros 2
(The best of 7 ALCS is tied 3-3 with a 7th and deciding game tonight (Monday 5:03 PT) in Houston)
(National League Championship Series)
The Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1 Saturday winners in Arizona, lead the Diamondbacks 3-2 with Game 6 in the NLCS this afternoon (2:07 PT) in Philly.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NFL: (Sunday night game)
Philadelphia Eagles 31 Miami Dolphins 17
The Eagles have the best record in the league at 6-1 (alongside Kansas City) while the Dolphins fell to 5-2.
Week 7 of the NFL season concludes with the Monday Night game of (5-1) San Francisco at (2-4) Minnesota (5:15 PT).
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
Craig Dickenson is out as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The team announced it would not renew his contract following a 6-12 non-playoff season that ended on a seven-game losing streak.
The Riders have renewed the contract of general manager Jeremy O’Day.
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The CFL has three games left in the regular season but all playoff spots have been decided.
The (12-6) B.C. Lions are idle until they host the (6-11) Calgary Stampeders in the Western Semi-Final on Saturday, November 4th (3:30 PT).
The winner will play the (13-4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West Final on Saturday, November 11th (3:30 PT).
The Blue Bombers visit Calgary Friday night (6:00 PT) with nothing on the line.
In the East, the semifinal on November 4th (Noon PT) will feature the (8-9) Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the (10-7) Montreal Alouettes.
Those same two teams meet Saturday in Montreal (1:00 PM PT) followed by (15-2) Toronto at (4-13) Ottawa (4:00) in the last regular season game.
The Argos host the East Final on November 11th (Noon PT).
The 110th Grey Cup is set for Hamilton on Sunday, November 19th (with kickoff shortly after 3:00 PT).
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The playoff schedule is here.
The CFL standings are here.