Sports by Hartley Wednesday, Dec. 13th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are in Everett to play the (19-12-1-1) Silvertips tonight (Wednesday) to start a string of three road games in four nights.
The two teams split a pair of games last month at CN Centre.
The (22-8) Cougars also visit the (20-9-3) Wenatchee Wild on Friday and the (11-17-2) Vancouver Giants on Saturday.
The Cougars are first and the Silvertips third in the Western Conference.
WORLD JUNIOR BOUND
Ondrej Becher and Viliam Kmec are aiming to represent their countries this holiday season at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Sweden!
https://t.co/xsCII9zEvi pic.twitter.com/g0vrxA0FUq
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) December 12, 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:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @CCougars18_aaa head coach and @PGCougarsAlumni President Tyler Brough in this week’s episode
| https://t.co/N1RSOGXEQc #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/BRZqtPVJru— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 13, 2023
BCHL:
Linden Makow of the PG Spruce Kings is the BCHL 2nd star of the week after he notched a total of five points in two games (a win and a loss) against the Cranbrook Bucks.
Our star
Congratulations to Linden Makow on being named BCHL 2nd star of the week! pic.twitter.com/MkLrccTBDH
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 12, 2023
The (8-14-3) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (10-10-6) Trail Smoke Eaters on Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
Less than 50 tickets are remaining for the Friday game which is Drop the Gloves and Sock it to Em night.
The Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division, five points behind the 7th place (10-13-3-1) Merritt Centennials, six back of the (12-14-1) Cranbrook Bucks and seven behind Trail.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (10 Tuesday games with Montreal the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver 4 Tampa Bay 1
Brock Boeser scored a hat trick while captain Quinn Hughes had three assists for the (19-9-1) Canucks who will conclude a 5-game homestand Thursday against the (17-9-2) Florida Panthers.
Boeser has 21 goals on the season to tie him with Auston Matthews of Toronto for the league lead.
Edmonton 4 Chicago 1
The (13-12-1) Oilers extended their winning streak to 8 games.
Vegas 5 Calgary 4 (OT)
San Jose 2 Winnipeg 1
Toronto 7 NY Rangers 3
Carolina 4 Ottawa 1
Tuesday’s 10-game slate was capped by Mikael Granlund assisting on a late go-ahead goal by the @SanJoseSharks to boost his League-leading point total since Dec. 1 to 12.
#NHLStats: https://t.co/dfroABVbck pic.twitter.com/UPyCrtEmnP
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 13, 2023
There are 5 Wednesday NHL games including Winnipeg at LA and Pittsburgh at Montreal.
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The (13-14-1) St. Louis Blues fired coach Craig Berube after Tuesday’s 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
The 57-year-old Berube guided St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in 2019.
Drew Bannister, coach of the Springfield Thunderbirds, has been named the Blues interim coach.
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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.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (16-3-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (11-7-1-1) Valley West Giants on Saturday at 4:45 PM in Delta and Sunday at 11:15 AM in Langley in their final two league games in 2023.
The U18 Cougars are in first place in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League, a point ahead of the (15-3-0-2) Vancouver North East Chiefs.
The BCEHL AAA standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
NBA:
The (9-14) Toronto Raptors host the (9-13) Atlanta Hawks tonight and Friday (4:30).
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL:
Week 15 of the NFL season starts Thursday night (5:15 kickoff) with the LA Chargers at Las Vegas.
Both teams are 5-8.
The Chargers have placed franchise quarterback Justin Herbert on injured reserve, officially ending his 2023 season.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
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