Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, May 15th

WHL: 

Medicine Hat Tigers  5  Spokane Chiefs  2

The Tigers lead the best-of-7 Championship Series 3-1 with Game 5 Friday in Spokane.

The game summary is here.

Medicine Hat defenceman Tanner Molendyk, who is from McBride, had three assists in Game 4 and that gives him 6 points in 4 games in this series.

Spokane forward Chase Herrington of Prince George does not have a point yet for the Chiefs in the series.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL Stanley Cup playoffs: (2 Wednesday games)

Edmonton  1  Vegas  0  (OT-The Oilers win the second round series 4-1)

Florida  6  Toronto  1  (The Panthers lead 3-2 with Game 6 Friday in Florida)

There are two Stanley Cup playoff games tonight (Thursday); Carolina at Washington (4:00) and Dallas at Winnipeg (6:30).

Both the Hurricanes and the Stars lead their best-of-7 second round series 3-1.

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The Vancouver Canucks have promoted Adam Foote from assistant coach to head coach.

He takes over from Rick Tocchet, who has been hired as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.

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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, with a 3-0 record, will play its fourth round robin game today (Thursday 11:20 AM PT) against Austria.

Earlier:

Canada  5  France  0  (Tuesday) Game summary is here.
Canada  7  Latvia  1     (Sunday)  Game summary is here.
Canada  4  Slovenia  0  (Saturday)  Game summary is here.

The tournament schedule and results can be found here.

PG Senior Lacrosse (Wednesday game)

Devils  10  Assault  5

NBA: (2 Wednesday playoff games)

Minnesota  121  Golden State  110  (The Timberwolves win the 2nd round series 4-1)

Boston  127  New York  102  (The Knicks lead 3-2 with Game 6 Friday in New York)

There is just one NBA playoff game tonight (Thursday); Oklahoma City at Denver (5:30) with the Thunder ahead of the Nuggets 3-2.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  3  Tampa Bay Rays  1

The (21-21) Blue Jays continue a 9-game homestand this afternoon (Thursday 12:07) against the (19-23) Rays. It is the rubber match in the 3-game series.

The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

UNBC Timberwolves:

WSOC: Agile, Versatile Midfielder Emily Willmets Commits to UNBC. pic.twitter.com/SNRYyEFysI

— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) May 14, 2025