Sports by Hartley Friday, February 13th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
Winter Games:
27-year-old Evan Bichon of Mackenzie, who went to high school in Prince George, did not make the quarter-finals in men’s snowboard cross at the Winter Games in Italy.
Bichon finished 17th in a field of 32.
Eliot Grondin of Quebec captured a silver medal in snowboard cross.
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury of Quebec earned a silver in men’s moguls.
Courtney Sarault of Moncton picked up a bronze Thursday in the women’s short-track speedskating 500-metre event.
Canada has seven medals in Milano Cortina; three silver and four bronze.
(The first four medals for Canada included: bronze to Toronto based couple Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier in ice dance figure skating; silver to the Canadian mixed relay team in short track speed skating; bronze to freestyle skier Megan Oldham of Ontario in the women’s slopestyle and bronze to Quebec speedskater Valerie Maltais in the women’s 3,000 metres)
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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The Canadian men’s hockey team outscored Czechia 5-0 Thursday in its first game in Italy.
Jordan Binnington stopped 26 shots for the shutout.
Canada will play its second game in men’s hockey today (12:10 PM PT) against Switzerland.
The Canadian women’s hockey team is 2-1 after a 5-0 victory over Finland.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars host the Kamloops Blazers tonight (Friday) before they journey 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.
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 twice this long weekend in Burns Lake.
They face the (23-13-1-1) Coquitlam Express 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 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.
NBA:
The (32-23) Toronto 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 as of the All-Star break.
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
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