Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, May 1st

Sports by Hartley Thursday, May 1st, 2025

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

Spokane Chiefs  8  Portland Winterhawks  5  (Game 3)

The Chiefs lead 3-0 and will go for a 4-game sweep tonight (Thursday) in Portland.

The game summary is here.

17-year-old forward Chase Herrington of Prince George had a goal and two assists to give him seven points in the three games in the series against the Winterhawks.

Eastern Conference Final

Medicine Hat Tigers  5  Lethbridge Hurricanes  3  (Game 4)

The Tigers swept the series to advance to the WHL Championship Series.

The game summary is here.

Miguel Marques of Prince George (who turned 19 in March) had one assist in the last game of the season for the Hurricanes.

Tigers defenceman Tanner Molendyk, who is from McBride, picked up two assists.

The game summary is here.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL: (3 Wednesday Stanley Cup playoff games)

Washington  4  Montreal  1  (The Capitals win the best-of-7 series 4-1)

Winnipeg  5  St. Louis  3  (The Jets lead 3-2)

Florida  6  Tampa Bay  3  (The Panthers win 4-1)

There are 4 Stanley Cup playoff games tonight (Thursday): Toronto at Ottawa (4:00), LA at Edmonton (7:00), Vegas at Minnesota (4:30) and Dallas at Colorado (6:30).

The Maple Leafs, Oilers, Golden Knights and Stars all lead their best-of-7 first round series 3-2.

The NHL playoff schedule and results are here or here.

Under-18 men’s world hockey championship (in Texas)

Canada  3  Czechia  2   (OT-Quarterfinal)

Cole Reschny of the Victoria Royals scored his second goal of the game at 2:41 of overtime.

The game summary is here.

PG Cougars defenceman Carson Carels and Vancouver Giants forward Cameron Schmidt, who is from Prince George, are playing on the Canadian team that has advanced to the semifinals on Friday.

The gold-medal and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday.

The tournament schedule and results can be found here.

More info on the tournament can also be found here.