Sports by Hartley Tuesday, October 31st as of 12:05 a.m.
Happy Halloween!
WHL:
Rookie Josh Ravensbergen of the Prince George Cougars is the WHL Goalie of the Week after posting a 23-save shutout in a 4-0 victory over the Regina Pats.
It was his only game in the past seven days.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Ravensbergen, who turns 17 on November 27th, has appeared in five games this season.
He has a 3-1 record with a 2.48 GAA, .905 SV% and two shutouts.
The 10-4 Cougars are 1-1 on a 5-game East Division road trip that continues Wednesday against the (7-6-2-1) Wheat Kings in Brandon.
Prince George has the best record in the Western Conference and the 22-team WHL.
The next home game for the Cougars will go on Friday, November 10th against (5-7-0-1) 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:
On the Cat Scan @PGCougars podcast, a former #16 talks about a current #16 & his days with the team in a wide-ranging interview. Aaron Foster discusses his son playing the same physical role he did. Also, he reflects on how nervous he was scoring his 1st goal on a penalty shot. https://t.co/wOcbzzXDxa
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 31, 2023
NHL: (9 Monday games with two Canadian teams in action)
New York Rangers 3 Winnipeg 2 (OT)
Vegas 3 Montreal 2 (SO)
The @ArizonaCoyotes scored eight straight goals – including seven within the first two periods – to conclude Monday’s slate of games.#NHLStats: https://t.co/mW2MbXa8uu pic.twitter.com/HOHViMiqKa
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 31, 2023
The (5-2-1) Vancouver Canucks host the (4-4) Nashville Predators tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00.
The only other NHL game on Halloween Night has LA at Toronto (5:00 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:
Texas Rangers 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
The Rangers lead the best-of-7 World Series 2-1 and have now won nine consecutive road games in these playoffs.
The box score is here.
Game 4 will be played tonight (5:03 PT Tuesday) in Arizona.
The Rangers won the opener 6-5 in 11 innings on Friday before the Diamondbacks took the second game 9-1 on Saturday.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
NFL: (Monday night game to conclude Week 8)
Detroit Lions 26 Las Vegas Raiders 14
The Lions are 6-2, tied for the second-best record in the NFL behind the 7-1 Philadelphia Eagles.
The Raiders fell to 3-5.
The Minnesota Vikings have confirmed they will be without starting quarterback Kirk Cousins for the rest of the season due to a right Achilles tear.
Cousins suffered the injury in the Vikings 24-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
NBA:
Portland Trail Blazers 99 Toronto Raptors 91
The (1-3) Raptors host the (2-1) Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday (4:00 PM PT).
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James Harden finally got his wish. The Philadelphia 76ers traded Harden to the LA Clippers in a deal that involved multiple players and multiple draft picks.
The Sixers are acquiring Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin, multiple draft picks and a pick swap for James Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/fSOkgO5xd3
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 31, 2023
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
BCHL:
The (3-5-3) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (9-4) Vernon Vipers on Friday and the (7-5) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Saturday.
The next home game for the Spruce Kings will go on November 10th against (9-3-1) West Kelowna.
Prince George is 7th out of 8 teams in the Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (9-2-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars do not play again until the league Showcase in Abbotsford when they face the Vancouver North West Hawks on November 18th (11:15 AM) and the last place Vancouver Island Royals on the 19th (8:30 AM).
Cariboo is in first place in the 9-team division.
The BCEHL AAA standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
CFL:
The CFL division semifinals will be played on Saturday with (8-10) Hamilton at (11-7) Montreal in the East (Noon PT) followed by (6-12) Calgary at (12-6) B.C. in the West (3:30).
The Tiger-Cats-Alouettes winner will visit the (16-2) Toronto Argonauts in the East Final (Nov. 11th at noon) while the Stampeders-Lions winner will go to Winnipeg to meet the (14-4) Blue Bombers in the West Final (Nov. 11th at 3:30).
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.