Sports by Hartley Wednesday, October 25th as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
The (2-3-3) Prince George Spruce Kings are at the BCHL Showcase in Seattle.
The Spruce Kings play the (3-7) Powell River Kings today (Wednesday at 10:50 AM) and the (5-4-1) Nanaimo Clippers on Thursday (4:50 PM).
The next home game for P.G. isn’t until November 10th against West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are headed to the Prairies.
The Cougars begin a 5-game road trip against the East Division Saturday in Moose Jaw.
The next home game for P.G. will be on Friday, November 10th against Red Deer.
We slot in at #4 on this week’s edition of the #CHLTop10! https://t.co/eDfQBNxkw4
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 24, 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:
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
NHL: (All teams in action on Tuesday)
Vancouver 3 Nashville 2
The box score is here.
The (4-2) Canucks went 3-2 on a five-game road trip.
Vancouver will host St. Louis on Friday night at 7:00.
Minnesota 7 Edmonton 4
NY Rangers 3 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 4 St. Louis 2
Toronto 4 Washington 1
New Jersey 5 Montreal 2
Buffalo 6 Ottawa 4
Frozen Frenzy is a wrap after nearly eight hours of hockey.
From 8:45 p.m. ET to midnight ET, Frozen Frenzy never went more than 10 minutes without a goal – with 75% of Tuesday’s tallies scored over that span (77 of 102).#NHLStats: https://t.co/JPrJqPDrZp pic.twitter.com/mCkq8iEMWd
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 25, 2023
There is just one Wednesday game in the NHL: Washington at New Jersey (4:30 Pt).
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 Championship Series)
Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Philadelphia Phillies 2
(The Diamondbacks win the best-of-7 NLCS 4-3 to advance to the World Series against the Texas Rangers starting Friday at 5:03 PM PT in Texas)
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NBA: (2 games on opening night of the season)
Denver 119 LA Lakers 107
Phoenix 108 Golden State 104
The Toronto Raptors open on home court tonight (4:30 PT) against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL:
Week 8 of the NFL season starts Thursday (5:15 PM PT) with (3-3) Tampa Bay at (4-3) Buffalo.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The CFL has three games left in the regular season, which will not affect the final outcome of 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.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (7-2-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars host the (4-4) Vancouver North West Hawks this weekend at Kin 1.
The two teams play Saturday night at 6:30 and Sunday morning at 10:30.
The U18 Cougars are first and 6th in the 9-team league.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
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