Sports by Hartley Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 (As of 12:05 a.m.)
NHL:
Former Prince George Cougars defenseman Zdeno Chara will have his number retired by the Boston Bruins.
His No.33 will be going up into the rafters on Thursday, January 15th prior to the Bruins home game against the Seattle Kraken .
In June, Chara was named to the Class of 2025 for the Hockey Hall of Fame where the Induction Ceremony is set for November 10th.
He helped the Bruins capture the Stanley Cup in 2011 and he also won the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman in the 2008-09 season.
“I’m extremely humbled and honored to be part of such a selective group of players and people.”
Big Zee joins @erusso22 to talk about having No. 33 retired, his upcoming Hall of Fame induction, and his new role with the organization.@WarriorHockey | #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/iWhoWvADfK
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 6, 2025
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28-year-old center Connor McDavid has signed a two-year, $25 million contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers.
McDavid has led the Oilers to the Stanley Cup Finals in each of the last two seasons.
He has 1,082 points (361 goals) in 712 career games, with 361 goals.
McDavid has earned five scoring titles and three Hart Trophies as regular-season MVP.
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The NHL regular season opens with 3 games tonight (Tuesday): Chicago at Florida, Pittsburgh at New York Rangers and Colorado at LA.
There are 4 games on Wednesday including Montreal at Toronto and Calgary at Edmonton.
The Vancouver Canucks open on Thursday night at 7:00 when they host Calgary.
The NHL schedule is here.
WHL:
The (4-0) Prince George Cougars host the (2-1) Kelowna Rockets Wednesday night at 7:00 and the (1-4) Tri-City Americans Saturday night at 6:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00.
The Cougars have the only perfect record in the 23-team WHL.
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The PG Cougars regular season schedule is here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
The Prince George Cougars Director of Scouting Leland Mack is the guest this week.
It can be found here.
BCHL:
The (3-2) Prince George Spruce Kings are off until the middle of the month when they face the (5-0) Sherwood Park Crusaders Oct. 14th in Abbotsford and the (3-2-1) Brooks Bandits Oct. 15th in Chilliwack.
The next home games for the Spruce Kings will be against the (3-1-1) Nanaimo Clippers Oct 18th and 19th.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
BC Football Conference:
It is playoff time for the Prince George Kodiaks in the BC Football Conference.
The Kodiaks visit the second place Westshore Rebels Saturday in Langford (Greater Victoria).
(The game can be heard on Country 97 radio)
Prince George finished 3rd in the 7-team BCFC with a record of 5-4-1.
They advance to the playoffs and will meet the second place
The other semi will be played in Kelowna on Saturday with the unbeaten Okanagan Sun hosting the Vancouver Island Raiders.
Final BCFC standings: Okanagan 10-0, Westshore 7-3, P.G. 5-4-1, Vancouver Island 5-4-1, Valley 4-5-1, Langley 2-7-1 and Kamloops 0-10.
The Kodiaks results can be found here.
More info on the BCFC can be found here.
NFL: (Final game in Week 5)
Jacksonville Jaguars 31 Kansas City Chiefs 28
Jags QB Trevor Lawrence scored the winning touchdown from a one yard out with 23 seconds left in the 4th quarter.
The run came after he tripped and fell to the ground and stumbled trying to get up.
The Jaguars improve to 4-1 while the Chiefs fall to 2-3.
The NFL schedule and results can be found here.
CFL:
The (9-7) B.C. Lions have won four straight and have clinched a playoff spot.
The Lions are in 2nd place in the CFL West Division, two points ahead of the (8-7) Winnipeg Blue Bombers and (8-7) Calgary Stampeders with both Winnipeg and Calgary having a game in hand on B.C.
The Lions are idle until Friday Oct. 17th when they host the (6-9) Edmonton Elks.
B.C. will close out its regular season schedule Saturday, October 25th against the Roughriders in Saskatchewan.
Week 19 of the CFL season begins Friday night (6:00 PT) with (5-11) Toronto at (11-4) Saskatchewan.
CFL West: Saskatchewan 11-4, B.C. 9-7, Calgary 8-7, Winnipeg 8-7, Edmonton 6-9.
CFL East: Hamilton 10-6, Montreal 8-7, Toronto 5-11, Ottawa 4-11.
The CFL standings are here.
The CFL schedule are here.
MLB:
(National League)
LA Dodgers 4 Philadelphia Phillies 3
The Dodgers lead the best-of-5 series 2-0 with Game 3 Wednesday night at 6:08 in LA.
Milwaukee Brewers 7 Chicago Cubs 3
The Brewers lead 2-0 with Game 3 Wednesday afternoon at 2:08 (PT) in Chicago.
(American League)
The Toronto Blue Jays visit the New York Yankees tonight (Tuesday 5:08).
The Jays lead the best-of-5 series 2-0 after winning the first two games 10-1 and 13-7.
Game 3 in the Mariners-Tigers series will be played this afternoon (1:08 PT) in Detroit.
Seattle and Detroit are tied 1-1 with each team having a 3-2 victory.
The MLB schedule and results are here.
The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.
The MLB standings are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (0-11-1) UNBC Timberwolves will conclude their women’s soccer season when they visit the (3-5-2) UBCO Heat in Kelowna Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 1:00.
The (4-7-2) UNBC men wrap up their soccer year by hosting the (11-0-1) UBC Thunderbirds Friday, October 17th at 6 PM and Sunday, October 19th at 2 PM.
More on the Timberwolves can be found here.
The Canada West women’s soccer schedule is here.
The Canada West men’s soccer schedule is here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
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