Sports by Hartley Tuesday, Jan. 16th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
NHL: (10 Monday games with just 2 Canadian teams in action)
Columbus 4 Vancouver 3 (SO)
The loss ended a 5-game winning streak for the Canucks, who picked up 11 out of a possible 14 points on a 7-game road trip.
The game summary is here.
The (29-11-4) Canucks are first in the overall NHL standings and they lead the Western Conference by two points over the (28-10-4) Winnipeg Jets, although the Jets have two games in hand.
Vancouver will host the (21-18-2) Arizona Coyotes Thursday night at 7:00 to begin a 5-game homestand.
Montreal 4 Colorado 3
Monday’s 10-game slate concluded with the @NHLFlyers moving into second place in the Metropolitan Division.#NHLStats: https://t.co/S2yqKPxjvp pic.twitter.com/9j09y5YZ30
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 16, 2024
There are 8 Tuesday games in the NHL with five Canadian teams in action: Toronto visits Edmonton, Winnipeg entertains the NY Islanders, Calgary hosts Arizona, and Ottawa is home against Colorado.
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.
WHL:
The (29-12-0-1) Prince George Cougars will host the (26-10-2-1) Portland Winterhawks Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 with the Saturday game part of Indigenous Night.
On Monday, Portland crushed Kamloops 7-1 as the Winterhawks moved within four points of the first-place Cougars in the Western Conference and Portland has three games in hand.
The Winterhawks play Wednesday in Kelowna before heading to PG.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
The WHL transactions can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
On the @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast coach/GM Mark Lamb discusses a variety of topics including high prices at the #WHL trade deadline, upgrading his team while not giving up a future 1st round pick, depth options in the lineup, strong team chemistry & the goal to finish 1st.
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) January 16, 2024
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings are off this week.
They are back in action on January 26th and 27th when they host the (22-9) Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
The BCHL will hold its league All-Star Weekend Friday and Saturday in Penticton.
The (12-18-3) Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division but are just a point behind the 7th-place (12-18-3-1) Merritt Centennials and three back of the (14-20-2) Cranbrook Bucks.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (19-5-2) U18 Cariboo Cougars host the (15-7-1-1) Okanagan Rockets Saturday night at 6:00 outdoors at the Ernie Sam Memorial Arena and Sunday morning at 10:00 indoors in the Fort Forum with both of those games in Fort St. James.
The U18 Cougars are tied with the (20-4) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds for second place in the BC Elite Hockey League, just one point behind the (19-4-1-2) North East Chiefs.
Okanagan is in 4th place in the 9-team league.
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The (8-17-0-1) U18 Female Northern Capitals have their annual outdoor game Friday night at 6:00 against the (5-14-0-5) Vancouver Island Seals in Fort St. James.
The same two teams also meet on Saturday morning at 9:00 in Vanderhoof.
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The Female U18 schedule and results are here.
The BCEHL AAA standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
NFL: (2 Monday playoff games)
Tampa Bay 32 Philadelphia 9
Buffalo 31 Pittsburgh 17
The NFL Conference semifinals this weekend feature Houston at Baltimore (1:30 PM) and Green Bay at San Francisco (5:15 PM) on Saturday followed by Tampa Bay at Detroit (Noon) and Kansas City at Buffalo (3:30 PM) on Sunday.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The final NFL standings are here.
NBA:
Boston Celtics 105 Toronto Raptors 96
The (31-9) Celtics have the best record in the NBA.
The (15-25) Raptors will try to snap a 4-game losing streak when they continue a 3-game homestand Wednesday (4:30 PM) against the (24-16) Miami Heat.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday (noon for the women and 6 PM for the men) and Saturday (5:00 PM for the women and 7:00 for the men) in Canada West basketball.
Saturday is Pride Night at UNBC.
UNBC has a record of 6-6 for the men and 2-10 for the women.
UBC is 10-4 (men) and 12-2 (women).
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.
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