Sports by Hartley Friday, January 23rd, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
Snowboarding-Olympics:
The Prince George area will be well represented in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics next month.
Evan Bichon, Tess Critchlow and two-time Olympic medalist Meryeta O’Dine were selected this week to represent Canada in Italy.
Four years ago at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China O’Dine captured two bronze medals in the mixed and women’s snowboard cross events.
This will be the third trip to the Olympics for O’Dine and Critchlow.
Bichon, who was born in Mackenzie and went to high school in Prince George, will make his Olympic debut.
The 27-year-old is ranked 33rd in the world standings.
Canada West Basketball
(Men)
Victoria Vikes 86 UNBC Timberwolves 79
(Women)
Victoria Vikes 84 UNBC Timberwolves 34
The Timberwolves, with just five games left in their season, visit the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday night in Langley (4:00 for the women and 6:00 for the men).
UNBC is 2-13 (men) and 1-14 (women).
Trinity Western is 6-11 (men) and 12-5 (women).
The (26-16-2) Prince George Cougars put a 3-game winning streak on the line when they host the (18-25-1-2) Vancouver Giants tonight (Friday) at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
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 riding an 11-game winning streak.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
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BCHL:
The (18-13-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (15-16-1) Victoria Grizzlies tonight and the (17-13-3) Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday.
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 next home game for P.G. will be on Friday, January 30th against the Surrey Eagles.
The BCHL Standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (15-8-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars are 3rd out of 7. (At Thompson Blazers Sat-Sun)
The (20-8-0-1) U-17 Cariboo Cougars are 1st out of 9. (At Valley West this weekend)
The (12-10-0-0) U-15 Cariboo Cougars are 5th out of 8. (Host Fraser Valley Sat-Sun)
The (8-14-1-1) U-18 Female Northern Capitals are 4th out of 5. (At Thompson Okanagan)
The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.
The BCEHL standings are here.
NHL: (8 Thursday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Pittsburgh 6 Edmonton 2
Florida 2 Winnipeg 1 (SO)
Nashville 5 Ottawa 3
Buffalo 4 Montreal 2
The (17-28-5) Vancouver Canucks continue an 8-game homestand tonight at 7:00 against the (26-22-2) New Jersey Devils.
It is one of eight Friday games in the NHL.
NFL:
The Super Bowl participants will be determined this weekend.
The NFL Conferences Finals Sunday feature New England at Denver (noon) in the AFC followed by the LA Rams at Seattle in the NFC (3:30).
The winners play in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb 8th.
The Patriots are favoured by 4.5 points over the Broncos while the Seahawks are 2.5 point favourites over the Rams.
The NFL schedule and results can be found here.
The NFL odds are here.
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