Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 (As of 12:05 a.m.)
WHL:
Medicine Hat Tigers 6 Prince George Cougars 3
The Tigers scored 4 goals in the 3rd period, two of them 20 seconds apart and the last two into an empty net before 3,229 fans at CN Centre.
The game summary is here.
“They played a really smart road game,” said GM and Head Coach Mark Lamb on the 94.3 the Goat post-game show. “We had a pretty good first period but in the second and third period I just thought they played real smart and we didn’t play hard enough.”
The (7-3) Cougars host the (4-6) Seattle Thunderbirds Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars Head Coach and General Manager Mark Lamb on this week’s episode: https://t.co/HuNWaKPn6Y
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 21, 2025
BCHL:
The (5-4) Prince George Spruce Kings are on the road this week as they visit the (1-8) Chilliwack Chiefs on Friday and the (0-10) Surrey Eagles on Saturday.
The Spruce Kings next home game is set for Saturday, November 1st against (4-3-2-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
P.G. is 3rd out of 5 in the BCHL Coast East Division.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
Montreal 2 Calgary 1 (OT)
Buffalo 4 Detroit 2
New Jersey 4 Minnesota 1
The (4-3) Vancouver Canucks wrap up a 5-game road trip tonight (5:00 PT) in Nashville against the (2-3-2) Predators.
It is one of 12 Thursday games in the NHL (with 5 Canadian teams in action).
The NHL schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
MLB:
The World Series will open in Toronto with the Blue Jays hosting the LA Dodgers Friday and Saturday night.
The Series will shift to LA in the 2-3-2 format for Games 3, 4 and if necessary 5 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Games 6 and 7, if needed, would be back in Toronto October 31st and November 1st.
All games start just after 5:00 PT.
The MLB schedule and results are here.
NFL:
The 8th week of the NFL season kicks off tonight (Thursday 5:15 PT) with the (3-3) Minnesota Vikings at the (4-3) LA Chargers.
The NFL schedule and results can be found here.
CFL:
The CFL regular season ends this weekend.
The (10-7) B.C. Lions, riding a 5-game winning streak, 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.
NBA: (Raptors season-opener)
Toronto Raptors 138 Atlanta Hawks 118
The game summary is here.
The Raptors have their home opener Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings 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.
More on the Timberwolves can be found here.
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