Sports by Hartley Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The WHL has named Mark Lamb of the Prince George Cougars head coach for Team West at the league’s Prospects Game in four weeks (Wednesday, February 18) in Langley.
🚨MARK LAMB GETS THE WEST! 🚨
Congratulations to General Manager and Head Coach Mark Lamb who has been named the Head Coach for Team West at the 2026 WHL Prospects Game!#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/lOI0GyNNii
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) January 20, 2026
Shaun Clouston of the Kamloops Blazers will serve as Head Coach for Team East.
The 61-year-old Lamb is in his seventh season as head coach of the Cougars.
The (26-16-2) Cougars host the (18-25-1-2) Vancouver Giants Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars are second in the B.C. Division, five points behind the (26-9-4-3) Penticton Vees with Penticton holding two games in hand.
The Vees are on an 11-game winning streak.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with Cariboo Hockey GM with Trevor Sprague | https://t.co/AzKd9rR6tp #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/FxtFcCZJPt
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 21, 2026
NHL: (8 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
New Jersey 2 Edmonton 1
Winnipeg 3 St. Louis 1
Montreal 4 Minnesota 3
Ottawa 4 Columbus 1
The (16-28-5) Vancouver Canucks, riding an 11-game losing streak, continue an 8-game homestand tonight at 7:00 against the (24-20-6) Washington Capitals.
It is one of six Wednesday games in the NHL.
The NHL schedule and results are here.
The Canucks schedule and results are here.
The NHL Wild Card standings are here.
BCHL:
The (18-13-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (15-16-1) Victoria Grizzlies Friday and the (17-13-3) Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday (with their next home game on January 30th against Surrey).
The Spruce Kings are 2nd in the Coastal East Division, four points behind the (20-9-1) Coquitlam Express and three points ahead of (17-16) Langley.
The BCHL Standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
Canada West Basketball
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Thursday night (6 & 8 PM) and the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday (4 & 6 PM) in Canada West basketball.
UNBC is 2-12 (men) and 1-13 (women).
Victoria is 13-2 (men) and 7-8 (women)
Trinity Western 5-11 (men) and 11-5 (women).
NFL:
The NFL Conferences Finals Sunday have New England at Denver (noon) in the AFC followed by the LA Rams at Seattle in the NFC (3:30).
The winners meet in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb 8th.
New England is favoured by 5 while Seattle is favoured by 2.5.
The NFL schedule and results can be found here.
The NFL odds are here.
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