Sports by Hartley Thursday, February 12th, 2026 as of 10:05 a.m.
Winter Games:
Canada has six medals at the Winter Games in Italy, three silver and three bronze.
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury of Quebec captured silver today (Thursday) in men’s moguls.
Elliot Grondin of Quebec earned silver in men’s snowboard cross.
27-year-old Evan Bichon of Mackenzie, who went to high school in Prince George, did not make the quarter-finals in snowboard cross.
Bichon finished 17th in a field of 32.
Toronto based couple Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier earned the bronze medal in ice dance figure skating.
(The first three medals for Canada included the Canadian mixed relay team with silver in short track speed skating, freestyle skier Megan Oldham of Ontario taking bronze in the women’s slopestyle and Quebec speedskater Valerie Maltais earning a bronze in the women’s 3,000 metres)
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The Canadian men’s hockey team outscored Czechia today (Thursday) 5-0 in its first game in Italy.
Jordan Binnington stopped 26 shots for the shutout.
Canada will play its second game in men’s hockey Friday (12:10 PT) against Switzerland.
The (2-1) Canadian women’s hockey team beat Finland today 5-0.
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Prince George long-track speed skater Caroline Hiller-Donnelly competes in the 500m Sunday (8 AM PT).
Hiller-Donnelly placed 26th out of 30 in the 1000m race Monday.
Ski cross racer Gavin Rowell of Prince George will participate at the Games on Saturday, Feb. 21st (1 AM PT).
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Colby Graham of P.G. is an alternate on the men’s snowboard cross team.
Meryeta O’Dine of Prince George and Tess Cricthlow, who was born in P.G., were scheduled to compete in snowboarding events but due to injury were forced to pull out of Games.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars host the Kamloops Blazers Friday night before they head out on an 8-game road trip that begins Saturday in Kamloops.
The (30-19-2) Cougars are second in the B.C. Division, just one point ahead of the
(27-17-5-2) Kelowna Rockets and only two points in front of the (25-17-6-4) Blazers.
The Rockets beat the Wenatchee Wild 8-4 Wednesday night.
Prince George has just 17 games left in the regular season; 7 at home and 10 on the road.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
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BCHL:
The (24-13-2) Prince George Spruce Kings play the (23-13-1-1) Coquitlam Express in a doubleheader in Burns Lake Saturday night at 7:00 and Sunday afternoon at 1:00.
The Spruce Kings are riding a 9-game point streak and are in first place in the Coastal East Division, (with 15 regular season games left) two points ahead of the Express.
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (16-11-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars are in 3rd place out of 7 teams.
The (22-11-0-1) U-17 Cariboo Cougars are second out of 9.
The (15-13-0-0) U-15 Cariboo Cougars are 5th out of 8.
The (11-17-1-1) U-18 Northern Capitals sit 4th out of 5 in the female division.
The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.
The BCEHL standings are here.
Curling:
The B.C. Stick Curling Championships began Wednesday and continue through Sunday at the P.G. Golf and Curling Club.
A total of 24 teams are competing in the Women’s, Mixed and Men’s divisions from across the province.
The winners will advance to the 2026 Canadian Stick Curling Association National Championships March 25-29 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
PG High School Basketball:
City Finals
Boys: College Heights 61 D.P. Todd 54
Girls: Duchess Park 69 Cedars Christian 17
NBA:
Detroit Pistons 113 Toronto Raptors 95
The (32-23) Raptors are idle until Thursday, Feb. 19th when they visit the (24-31) Chicago Bulls.
The Raptors are 5th in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
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