Sports by Darin, as of 6:00 am, Sunday, February 23rd
WHL:
Victoria Royals 6 Prince George Cougars 3
The Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but that was nearly erased with Koehn Ziemmer scoring twice and Viliam Kmec adding one to cut the lead to 4-3 in the third.
With Jayden Kraus pulled, Kmec’s stick broke, which led to Teydon Trembecky putting one in the empty cage, he would put a second one in just over a minute later.
Ziemmer’s first goal was his 121st in a Cougars uniform, which put him alone on top of the Cougars’ all-time goals list.
The box score is here.
With two losses to Victoria on the weekend, the Cougars (31-19-4-2) are now nine points behind the Royals (34-15-3-6) in the BC Division standings.
The Cougars have two games in hand over Victoria.
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars are back at home Tuesday to host the Kelowna Rockets at the CN Centre.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
Couple shutouts, couple overtime’s and some big action!! #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/6RCysaTEWm
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) February 23, 2025
BCHL:
Chilliwack Chiefs 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 1
Carter Hesselgrave opened the scoring for the Spruce Kings, but it was all Chilliwack after that.
Ben Polhill got the start in net for Prince George, making 24 saves.
The box score is here.
The Spruce Kings (17-22-3-1) are ninth in the Coastal Conference, four points behind the Langley Rivermen (17-19-7-1) in the last playoff spot.
The Spruce Kings have one game in hand.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings are on the road for their next three, starting on Friday in Coquitlam.
The full Spruce Kings schedule is here.
NHL:
The @Capitals and @BuffaloSabres tallied eight goals apiece while Barrett Hayton scored the first hat trick in @UtahHockeyClub history during Saturday’s return to regular season action.#NHLStats: https://t.co/tdqu7kdGzm pic.twitter.com/3Sfk7uymgy
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 23, 2025
The NHL celebrates Hockey Day in America with a 10-game slate highlighted by a star-studded matinee doubleheader on @NHL_On_TNT (truTV) and @SportsonMax when the @EdmontonOilers visit the @Capitals before the @penguins host the @NYRangers.#NHLStats: https://t.co/yj37qc8sOM pic.twitter.com/HxcvBzlIKK
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 23, 2025
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