Sports by Hartley Tuesday, October 24th as of 12:05 a.m.
Major League Baseball:
(American League Championship Series)
Texas Rangers 11 Houston Astros 4
(Rangers won the ALCS 4-3 with the road team on top in each game. Texas advances to the World Series which will begin on Friday)
Adolis García of the @Rangers is the first player in MLB history to have a homer and 3+ RBI in 3 consecutive postseason games. pic.twitter.com/LbGln2GJUv
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 24, 2023
(National League Championship Series)
Arizona Diamondbacks 5 Philadelphia Phillies 1
(The best-of-7 series is tied 3-3 with the 7th and deciding game tonight (5:07 PT) in Philadelphia)
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
WHL:
For the third time this season Prince George Cougars forward Terik Parascak is the WHL Rookie of the Week.
The 17-year-old from Lethbridge recorded six points (3G & 3A) in two games, a 7-1 victory over Kamloops and a 7-5 triumph over Medicine Hat.
Parascak leads the WHL in goals with 15 in 12 games and is third in points with 25, trailing his teammates – Zac Funk and Ondrej Becher, who have collected 26 points each.
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.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
The @PGCougars captain Hudson Thornton is this week’s guest on the Cat Scan #podcast. Among the topics: scoring from his own end, big crowds, setting a PG record for most PP goals by a defenceman, responsibilities of wearing the “C”, best WHL moment & taking boxing lessons https://t.co/BZyHQVAB5f
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 24, 2023
BCHL:
The (2-3-3) Prince George Spruce Kings play their next two games at the BCHL Showcase in Seattle against the (3-6) Powell River Kings on Wednesday (10:50 AM) and vs. the (5-4-1) Nanaimo Clippers on Thursday (4:50 PM).
The Spruce Kings’ next home game isn’t until November 10th against West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
World Under-17 Hockey Challenge:
Chase Harrington and Cameron Schmidt of Prince George have been selected to compete for Canada at the World U17 Hockey Championships November 2-11 in Summerside, PEI.
Harrington plays for the Spokane Chiefs and Schmidt for the Vancouver Giants.
For a full link to the U17 Canada rosters, click here.
Pair of PG-born hockey players to represent Canada at World U17 Hockey Challenge
| https://t.co/KH1s6tK3MV #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/3jIYxSll0J— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 23, 2023
NHL: (1 Monday game)
Montreal 3 Buffalo 1
The (3-2) Vancouver Canucks conclude a 5-game road trip tonight in Nashville (Tuesday 6:15 PT).
It is one of a full slate of 16 Tuesday games in the NHL with every team in action.
The Edmonton Oilers, who visit the Minnesota Wild tonight, 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.
NFL: (Final Game in Week 7)
Minnesota Vikings 22 San Francisco 49ers 17
The 49ers are 5-2 with their second straight loss. The Vikings are 3-4.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are looking for a new head coach.
The Riders announced that Craig Dickenson would not have his contract renewed 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, however, they will not affect the standings.
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).
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 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.
NBA:
The NBA regular season tips off tonight (Tuesday) with a pair of games: LA Lakers at Denver followed by Phoenix at Golden State.
The Toronto Raptors open on home court Wednesday (4:30 PT) against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
Canada West Men’s Soccer:
The (5-8-2) UNBC Timberwolves missed the playoffs by finishing 5th out of seven teams in the Pacific Division.
The Canada West men’s soccer final standings are here.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (7-2-1) U18 Cariboo 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.
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