Sports by Hartley Wednesday, April 10th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed are PDT)
Breaking news at 11:00 a.m.
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League have signed Prince George Cougars Captain Hudson Thornton to a contract for the 2024-25 season.
Thornton, 21, notched 74 points (18g, 56a) over 68 games to finish fourth in points among all WHL defensemen.
We’ve signed defenseman Hudson Thornton to an AHL contract for the 2024-25 season. He is the captain of the @PGCougars and posted 74 points this season.
— y-Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) April 10, 2024
Earlier:
BCHL:
Penticton Vees 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (DBL OT)
Conyr Hellyer scored at 8:19 of the second overtime period to give the Vees a commanding 3-0 series lead.
A deflected pass ends up in the back of the net, and the @PentictonVees win it in double overtime! Conyr Hellyer is the OT hero in Prince George!#BCHLPlayoffs | @Rogers pic.twitter.com/KBC2NKUDX7
— BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) April 10, 2024
Penticton outshot P.G. 51-32 before 776 fans at the Kopar Memorial Arena
The game summary is here
The Vees will go for a sweep tonight (Wednesday) with Game 4 in Prince George.
The Game 2 summary is here.
The Game 1 summary is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
WHL:
It appears the Prince George Cougars are headed for a sellout in the first two games of their WHL 2nd round series against the Kelowna Rockets at CN Centre.
As of 5:00 Tuesday night, the Cougars report there are less than 300 tickets left for Game 1 on Friday at 7:00 & under 500 tickets left for Game 2 on Saturday at 6:00.
ZIEMS!
Forward Koehn Ziemmer chats his first goal back from injury and the second round that begins Friday!#WHLPlayoffs • #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/XYnLONQLG9
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 8, 2024
The Cougars, who have won 13 in a row, went 6-1-1 in eight regular season meetings against the Rockets.
The series will shift to Kelowna for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 16th and 17th.
Rivalry renewed; @pgcougars, @Kelowna_Rockets bracing for chippy second round series
| https://t.co/BPf3TpNefu #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #WHLPlayoffs #sports pic.twitter.com/PzMDPH6N53— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 9, 2024
The other WHL Conference semis start Friday as well with Everett at Portland, Red Deer at Saskatoon and Swift Current at Moose Jaw.
OFFICIAL: We take on the Rockets in the Western Conference Semi-Finals!#WHLPlayoffs • #ForTheNorth • @NutrienLTD pic.twitter.com/GedskAZVKO
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 8, 2024
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars’ regular-season results are here.
Cat Scan podcast:
On the @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast, coach/GM Mark Lamb discusses the team’s business-like approach to the sweep of Spokane; the lack of #WHL upsets in round one, the challenges presented by the @Kelowna_Rockets; the 9-day layoff, traditional 2-2-1-1-1 format & more. #hockey https://t.co/24ND0P3L5k
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) April 9, 2024
NHL: (13 Tuesday games with Vancouver and Edmonton the only Canadian teams idle)
Winnipeg 4 Nashville 3 (OT)
Calgary 3 San Jose 2 (OT)
Toronto 5 New Jersey 2
Montreal 9 Philadelphia 3
Florida 2 Ottawa 0
The @Capitals are back in a playoff spot for the first time since April 3 and the @PredsNHL clinched their spot in the 2024 #StanleyCup Playoffs.
These are just two #NHLStats from a very busy Tuesday night: https://t.co/djVhaPAOAQ pic.twitter.com/6GBxqQXIra
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 10, 2024
The (48-22-8) Vancouver Canucks host the (33-40-5) Arizona Coyotes tonight at 7:30. It is one of three Wednesday games in the NHL; the others have Vegas at Edmonton and Chicago at St. Louis.
The Canucks lead the Pacific-Division by five points over the (47-24-5) Oilers.
Vancouver has four regular season games remaining and Edmonton has six.
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.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 5 Seattle Mariners 3
The 6-6 Jays continue a 9-game homestand this afternoon (12:07) against the 4-8 Mariners as Toronto goes for a 3-game sweep.
The Blue Jays schedule is here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
NBA:
Indiana Pacers 140 Toronto Raptors 123
The (25-54) Raptors have three games left in their season, all on the road: tonight (Wednesday 4:30) at Brooklyn, plus a doubleheader in Miami on Friday (5:00 PM) and Sunday (10:00 AM).
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.