Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, February 26th

Cat Scan podcast:

This week on @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast, minority owner Dan Hamhuis discusses, going into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame this year, adjusting to life after #hockey, his international experience, the current state of the Cougars & his time as a player with the Cougars.#WHL https://t.co/UEibzLczbl

— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) February 25, 2025

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (22-14-4-2) Coquitlam Express Thursday night at 7:00.

The Spruce Kings road trip will also see them play at the (26-14-3) Surrey Eagles Friday night at 7:00 and the (24-13-7) Salmon Arm Silverbacks Sunday afternoon at 4:00.

The (17-22-3-1) Spruce Kings are four points behind the (17-20-7-1) Langley Rivermen for the 8th and final playoff spot in the BCHL Interior Conference with P.G. holding two games in hand.

Prince George has 11 games left (5 home and 6 away) while Langley has 9 remaining (5 home and 4 away).

Langley will play a doubleheader in P.G. on March 7th and 8th.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

NHL: (12 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)

Calgary  3  Washington  1

39-year-old Caps sniper Alex Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the season and is just 12 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (38-12-8) Caps have 24 regular season games left.

Tampa Bay  4  Edmonton  1
Toronto  5  Boston  4  (OT)
Montreal  4  Carolina  0

The Vancouver Canucks visit the (31-17-7) LA Kings tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00.

The (26-20-11) Canucks are one point behind the (28-21-8) Calgary Flames for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.