Sports by Hartley Tuesday, October 21st, 2025 (As of 12:05 a.m.)
MLB:
(American League) 7th and deciding game in the Championship Series
Toronto Blue Jays 4 Seattle Mariners 3
The box score is here.
Trailing 3-1, George Springer smacked a 3-run homer in the 7th to give the Jays the victory and their first appearance in the World Series in 32 years.
Toronto will host the National League champion L.A. Dodgers in Game 1 Friday night just after 5:00 PT.
The MLB schedule and results are here.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars sniper Kooper Gizowski is the WHL Player of the Week.
The 20-year-old Gizowski notched eight points (4G-4A) and a plus-6 rating in two games, both wins on the road against Seattle and Tri-City.
The 5-foot-10, 171-pound winger, who was claimed off waivers from the Lethbridge Hurricanes during the offseason, has 18 points (9G-9A) in nine games which has him tied for second in WHL scoring.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Kooper!
With eight points in two games, @PGCougars veteran Kooper Gizowski has been named the Tempo #WHLPlayeroftheWeek.
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— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) October 20, 2025
–The (7-2) Prince George Cougars host the (7-4) Medicine Hat Tigers Wednesday night.
The Cougars are 2nd in the 12-team Western Conference, five points behind the (9-0-1) Everett Silvertips.
Prince George is sitting with the number-one power play (41%) and the number-one penalty kill (91.7 %).
They are averaging 4.8 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.33 a game.
(43 for and 21 against).
–Four players with the Prince George Cougars have been named to NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch List ahead of the 2026 NHL Draft.
Defenceman Carson Carels is one of five WHL players to have earned an ‘A’ rating which means a projected first-round candidate.
Forward Kayden Lemire along with defencemen Phoenix Cahill and Dermot Johnston are ‘C’ rated players as projected fourth- or fifth-round candidates.
Spokane Chiefs forward Harrington Chase, who is from Prince George, has a ‘B’ rating which is a projected second- or third-round candidate.
The NHL Draft will be held on June 26th and 27th.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
This week’s guest on @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast is asst coach Carter Rigby. Topics include: Transition from player to coach & from head coach in KIJHL to assistant in WHL; coaching aspirations; looking after hotels, meals & billets; going to clinics; making hockey connections. https://t.co/E3Vk8X9R5y
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 15, 2025
BCHL:
The (5-4) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (1-8) Chilliwack Chiefs on Friday and the
(0-10) Surrey Eagles on Saturday with their next home game on Saturday, November 1st against (4-3-2-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
The Spruce Kings are 3rd out of 5 in the BCHL Coast East Division.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
NHL: (5 Monday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1
Montreal 4 Buffalo 2
Vegas 4 Carolina 1
Philadelphia 5 Seattle 2
Minnesota 3 New York Rangers 1
The (4-2) Vancouver Canucks, riding a 3-game winning streak, continue a 5-game road trip tonight (4:00 PT) in Pittsburgh against the (4-2) Penguins.
It is one of 10 Tuesday games in the NHL
The NHL schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
NFL: (Final games in Week 7, both won by the home team)
Seattle 27 Houston 19
Detroit 24 Tampa Bay 9
The NFL schedule and results can be found here.
CFL:
The (10-7) B.C. Lions, riding a 5-game winning streak, conclude their regular season when they visit the (12-5) Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday (4:00 PT).
If the Lions beat the first-place Roughriders, they will clinch 2nd place and a home playoff game.
Week 21 starts with a pair of games Friday; (4-13) Ottawa at (10-7) Hamilton (4:00 PT) and (10-7) Calgary at (7-10) Edmonton (6:30).
The other game on the final weekend before playoffs has (10-7) Montreal at (9-8) Winnipeg Saturday (noon).
The Division semi-finals will be played on Saturday, November 1st followed by the Division finals on November 8th and the 112th Grey Cup Game on Sunday, November 16th in Winnipeg.
CFL West: Saskatchewan 12-5, B.C. 10-7, Calgary 10-7, Winnipeg 9-8, Edmonton 7-10.
CFL East: Hamilton 10-7, Montreal 10-7, Toronto 5-13, Ottawa 4-13.
The CFL standings are here.
The CFL schedule are here.
Canada West Basketball:
The Canada West Basketball regular season begins Sunday afternoon for the UNBC Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves host the UBC Okanagan Heat with the women tipping off at 2:00 followed by the men at 4:00.
The Canada West women’s basketball schedule is here.
The Canada West women’s basketball standings are here.
The Canada West men’s basketball schedule is here.
The Canada West men’s basketball standings are here.
Meanwhile, the Canada West men’s soccer season is over for the UNBC Timberwolves who finished out of the playoffs with a 4-9-2 record.
The UNBC women’s soccer team ended its season the previous weekend with an 0-13-1 record.
More on the Timberwolves can be found here.
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