Sports by Hartley Wednesday, March 20th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PDT)
WHL:
Riding a 17-game point streak the Prince George Cougars remain first in this week’s CHL rankings.
On a 17-game point streak, the @PGCougars maintain the no. 1 spot in the Week 24 #CHLTop10 rankings! https://t.co/R21zFNDFG8
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) March 19, 2024
The (47-15-1-3) Cougars head into the final weekend of the regular season in first place in the WHL Western Conference, two points ahead of the (46-15-3-1) Portland Winterhawks.
P.G. has two games left; at Kamloops on Friday and home against Kamloops on Saturday.
Portland has three games remaining; at Tri-City on Friday, home to Seattle on Saturday and at Seattle on Sunday.
Cougars sniper Zack Funk leads the WHL in goals with 67 and points with 120 in 66 games.
Zac Funk, who signed a three-year entry-level contract with Washington on March 1st, has scored 67 goals in 66 games with the Prince George Cougars (WHL) this season. Funk leads the WHL in goals, points (120), power-play goals (31) and plus/minus (+52). pic.twitter.com/Po3NLCHZto
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) March 19, 2024
With 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in four games, Terik Parascak of the Prince George Cougars is the WHL Player of the Week.
Parascak is ranked 14th among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting ahead of June’s NHL Entry Draft.
The Super Rookie ➡️ The Super Player of the Week
Terik Parascak takes home the Tempo #WHL Player of the Week with four multi-point games.@PGCougars | #NHLDraft
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 18, 2024
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
The WHL Tiebreaking procedure is here.
Cat Scan podcast:
On the Cat Scan #podcast this week @PGCougars Director of Business & Goalie Coach Taylor Dakers speaks on several topics including team success, new team records, attendance, possible long playoff run, ticket price comparisons, team expenses, using two goalies, & more. #WHL https://t.co/3063Vbdoh4
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 20, 2024
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced their first-round playoff schedule against the Penticton Vees.
The best-of-seven series will open in Penticton on April 5th and 6th before shifting to Prince George for Games 3 and 4 on April 9th and 10th.
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!
We are excited to share our first round Rogers BCHL playoff matchup schedule as we are locked in with the Penticton Vees!
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT KOPAR MEMORIAL ARENA! pic.twitter.com/P6UqURmGKw
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 19, 2024
The (15-32-3) Spruce Kings still have four regular season games remaining.
They host the Vernon Vipers Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 before they play at Vernon on Friday, March 29th and at Merritt on Saturday, March 30th.
The Spruce Kings, who have lost 11 of their last 13, will finish last in the 8-team Interior Division.
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Forward Scott Cousins of the P.G. Spruce Kings is the BCHL’s first star of the week.
Cousins notched three goals and two assists for five points in a split of two weekend home games against the Merritt Centennials.
HAVE A WEEKEND SCOTT COUSINS⭐️
Scott Cousins is your BCHL first star of the week with 3G 2A 5P in two games this weekend🔥🔥
Congratulations Scotty! pic.twitter.com/l9sfgoe4Sm
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 18, 2024
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (13 Tuesday games with Calgary the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver 3 Buffalo 2
The (43-18-8) Canucks continue a whopping 9-game homestand Thursday night at 7:00 against the (25-31-12) Montreal Canadiens.
Edmonton 3 Montreal 2 (OT)
Winnipeg 4 NY Rangers 2
Philadelphia 4 Toronto 3
Boston 6 Ottawa 2
The night ended with three hat tricks boosting 2023-24’s total to 98 – already two more than the total from all of last season with 218 games left to go.#NHLStats: https://t.co/nms1HJWERq pic.twitter.com/WdrV0LuSt7
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 20, 2024
There are three NHL games tonight (Wednesday): Toronto at Washington, Arizona at Dallas and Minnesota at LA.
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 wild-card standings are here.
The NHL scoring leaders are here.
Minor Hockey Provincials:
Prince George teams are competing this week at the Provincial minor hockey championships in various cities throughout the province.
More information and results can be found here.
World Women’s Curling:
Canada’s Rachel Homan is the last unbeaten team after winning her first seven games at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Canada handed Switzerland its first loss 8-5 on Tuesday night.
13 countries are competing in the round-robin.
The standings are here.
The schedule/results are here.
The current results are here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS MSOC signs Surrey midfielder
| https://t.co/lMooKD3Ver #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/rJvf51ruCF— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 18, 2024
NBA:
The Toronto Raptors host the Sacramento Kings tonight (Wednesday 4:30).
The (23-45) Raptors have lost seven in a row and nine of their last 10.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL:
The ESPN free agency tracker is here.