Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, May 12th

WHL: (2nd game in the Championship Series)

Spokane Chiefs  6  Medicine Hat Tigers  2 

The game summary is here.

The Tigers won the opener 4-1.

Defenceman Tanner Molendyk, who is from McBride, scored into an empty net for the Tigers in the opener.

17-year-old forward Chase Herrington of Prince George plays for Spokane.

Games 3 and 4 in the 2-3-2 format will be played Tuesday and Wednesday in Spokane.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL Stanley Cup playoffs: (2 Sunday games)

Florida  2  Toronto  0  (The series is tied 2-2 with game 5 Wednesday in Toronto)

Dallas  5  Winnipeg  2  (The Stars lead 2-1 with Game 4 Tuesday in Dallas)

There are two Stanley Cup playoff games tonight (Monday); Vegas at Edmonton (6:30) and Washington at Carolina (4:00).

Both the Oilers and the Hurricanes lead their best-of-7 second round series 2-1.

The NHL playoff schedule and results are here or here.

The second round schedule of all four series can be found here.

IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championship: (in Sweden)

Canada  7  Latvia  1     (Sunday)  Game summary is here.
Canada  4  Slovenia  0  (Saturday)  Game summary is here.

Canada, with a 2-0 record, will play its third round robin game Tuesday (11:20 AM PT) against France.

The tournament schedule and results can be found here.

NBA: (2 Sunday playoff games)

Oklahoma City  92  Denver  87   (The series is 2-2; Game 5 Tuesday in Oklahoma City)

Indiana  129  Cleveland  109  (The Pacers lead 3-1 with Game 5 Tuesday in Cleveland)

There are two NBA playoff games tonight (Monday); Boston at New York (4:30) and Minnesota at Golden State (7:00).

Both the Knicks and Timberwolves lead their best-of-7 second round series 2-1.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  9  Seattle Mariners 1
(This was the 4th straight win for the Blue Jays who are 20-20 one-quarter of the way through their 162 game season. Toronto will start a 9-game homestand Tuesday night (4:07) against the (18-22) Tampa Bay Rays.

The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

UNBC Timberwolves:

MSOC: Tenacious, Talented Striker Josh Jordan Commits to UNBC.

More: https://t.co/iDQzfPbeLe pic.twitter.com/j96MtiXKXA

— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) May 9, 2025