Sports by Hartley Monday, Nov. 20th as of 12:05 a.m.
CFL: (110th Grey Cup Game before a Tim Hortons Field sellout of 28,808 in Hamilton)
Montreal Alouettes 28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24
Game MVP Cody Fajardo threw a 19-yard TD pass to top Canadian Tyson Philpot (of Delta) with 15 seconds remaining to give the Alouettes their first CFL title since 2010.
Montreal, an 8-point underdog, ended its season with eight straight wins.
The CFL schedule/results are here.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Kelowna Rockets 4 (Saturday)
The Cougars erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring in the final minute of the second period and adding three more unanswered goals in the third.
Koehn Ziemmer, who just signed a 3-year entry-level contract with the LA Kings, tallied the winner, his second goal of the game, with 3:48 left and it came on the power play.
Rookie Terik Parascak scored twice, including one shorthanded, to give the 17-year-old rookie 21 goals in 22 games this season.
The box score and game highlights are here.
Prince George Cougars 5 Vancouver Giants 0 (Friday)
Josh Ravensbergen made 26 saves for his league-leading 4th shutout of the season.
The box score and game highlights are here.
The (16-6) Cougars, who have the best record in the WHL, host the (12-8-2) Lethbridge Hurricanes in their next game Friday night at 7:00.
The Hurricanes play Tuesday in Kelowna and Wednesday in Kamloops before coming to PG.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
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— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) November 14, 2023
BCHL:
Merritt Centennials 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Saturday)
The game summary is here.
Penticton Vees 8 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Friday)
The game summary is here.
The (5-10-3) Spruce Kings, who are last in the 8-team Interior Division, host the (7-12-1) Cranbrook Bucks Friday night at 7:00 and the (16-2) Surrey Eagles Saturday night at 6:00.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Showcase in Abbotsford)
U18 Cariboo Cougars 7 Vancouver Island Royals 2 (Sunday)
U18 Cariboo Cougars 5 Vancouver North West Hawks 3 (Saturday)
The (11-2-1) U18 Cougars visit the (3-8-1) Greater Vancouver Canadians on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and Sunday morning at 11:15 in Richmond.
The U18 Cougars are in third 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.
NHL: (5 Sunday games with 1 Canadian team in action)
Toronto 4 Minnesota 3 (OT)
William Nylander scored at 3:09 of overtime. The game summary is here.
The @StLouisBlues defeated the Ducks to earn their sixth win of November. The only team with more this month is Florida (7).#NHLStats: https://t.co/ST3aPKMoyW pic.twitter.com/02SdXnCKhC
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 20, 2023
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The (12-5-1) Vancouver Canucks, coming off Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Seattle Kraken, host the (3-13-1) San Jose Sharks tonight (Monday) at 7:00.
The Canucks are 2nd in the Pacific Division while the Sharks have the worst record in the league.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
The NHL scoring leaders are here.
Canada West basketball: (in Prince George)
(Men)
UNBC Timberwolves 83 MacEwan Griffins 77 (Saturday)
UNBC Timberwolves 97 MacEwan Griffins 66 (Friday)
(Women)
UNBC Timberwolves 75 MacEwan Griffins 58 (Saturday)
UNBC Timberwolves 69 MacEwan Griffins 57 (Friday)
The UNBC men are 3-1 while the women are 2-2.
The Timberwolves visit the Alberta men and women on Friday and Saturday nights in Edmonton.
Alberta is 2-2 (in both the men’s and women’s standings)
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The Canada West women’s basketball schedule and results are here.
The Canada West women’s basketball standings are here.
The Canada West men’s basketball schedule and results are here.
The Canada West men’s basketball standings are here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 142 Detroit Pistons 113
The (6-7) Raptors visit the (8-5) Orlando Magic on Tuesday (4 PM PT) and the (7-5) Indiana Pacers on Wednesday (4:30 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL: (Week 11) Sunday Night game
Denver Broncos 21 Minnesota Vikings 20
The Broncos are back to .500 at 5-5 while the Vikings sit 6-5 after Minnesota’s 5-game win streak ended.
The NFL Monday Night Game to conclude Week 11 has (8-1) Philadelphia at (7-2) Kansas City.
The Eagles are first in the NFC and the Chiefs are first in the AFC.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.