Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, April 9th

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)

BCHL: (Game 3)

Prince George Spruce Kings  3  Chilliwack Chiefs  1 

The Spruce Kings scored three unanswered goals in the 3rd period to erase a 1-0 deficit before 929 hometown fans.

The game summary is here.

The Spruce Kings take Game 3 with THREE goals in the third period.

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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 9, 2025

The Chiefs lead the best-of-7 first round series 2-1 with Game 4 tonight at 7:00 at Kopar Memorial Arena.

A 5th game will go Friday in Chilliwack with a 6th game, if needed, Sunday night at 6:00 in Prince George and a 7th game, if necessary Tuesday (April 15th) night in Chilliwack.

WHL:

The first round of the WHL playoffs ended Tuesday with the Prince Albert Raiders posting a 5-0 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings.

The Raiders won the series 4-3, overcoming a 3-1 deficit.

The East semi-finals feature Prince Albert against Medicine Hat and Calgary vs. Lethbridge.

In the Western Conference semis, Portland faces Everett (starting Friday) and Victoria battles Spokane (beginning Sunday).

The Prince George Cougars season concluded Monday night when they lost 4-2 to Portland in Game 7.

The game summary and highlights are here.

Playoff results for the Portland-Prince George WHL series:  (All times PDT)

Game 1 Portland @ Prince George Friday March 28  PG won 7-6 in OT
Game 2 Portland @ Prince George Saturday March 29  Portland won 5-2
Game 3 Prince George @ Portland Tuesday April 1   Portland won 6-3
Game 4 Prince George @ Portland Wednesday April 2  Portland won 5-4 in DBL OT
Game 5 Prince George @ Portland Friday April 4   PG won 7-2
Game 6 Portland @ Prince George Sunday April 6   PG won 4-1
Game 7 Portland @ Prince George Monday April 7   Portland won 4-2

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL: (10 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)

Vancouver  6  Dallas  5  (OT)

A dramatic comeback for the Canucks who erased a 5-2 deficit by scoring three goals in the final 60 seconds of the 3rd period and then added the game winner from Kiefer Sherwood at 3:44 of overtime.

According to ESPN Research, the Canucks are the first team in NHL history to overcome a three-goal deficit in the final minute of regulation.

The game summary is here.

The (36-29-13) Canucks, with just 4 games left, visit the (48-27-4) Colorado Avalanche Thursday night at 6:00.

Vancouver is 6 points behind the (42-29-7) Minnesota Wild for the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Minnesota also has four games remaining.

Montreal  4  Detroit  1
Florida  3  Toronto  1
Columbus  5  Ottawa  2

There are 5 NHL games tonight (Wednesday) with 3 Canadian teams in action: Calgary at Anaheim, Edmonton hosting St. Louis and Toronto at Tampa.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.