Sports by Hartley Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars are 3-1 on an 8-game road trip which continues tonight (Tuesday) in Brandon against the (34-22-1) Wheat Kings.
The (34-20-2) Cougars have four games in five nights, including Wednesday in Regina, Friday in Saskatoon and Saturday in Prince Albert.
With a dozen regular season games left, Prince George is second in the B.C. Division and third in the Western Conference, just a point ahead of the (31-18-5-2) Kelowna Rockets.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
Part two with P.G. Cougars team president and part owner John Pateman is here.
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BCHL:
The (27-14-2) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (6-32-6) Surrey Eagles Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
With 11 regular season games left, the Spruce Kings are in first place in the BCHL Coastal East Division by three points over the (25-15-2-1) Coquitlam Express.
The Eagles are last in the Coastal East Division and out of playoff contention.
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (19-12-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars finished in 3rd place out of 7 teams and will start the playoffs March 6th to 8th when they host the (10-17-5-2) Valley West Giants in the best-of-3 quarterfinal series at Kin 1. The Giants ended up 6th.
The (24-11-0-1) U-17 Cariboo Cougars ended up 3rd out of 9 and will host the 6th place
(16-17-1-2) Valley West Giants in a best-of-3 first round playoff series at Kin 1 Friday night at 6:45, Saturday night at 6:30 and if needed Sunday morning at 9:00.
The (16-14) U-15 Cariboo Cougars wound up 5th out of 8 and will start the playoffs in a round robin format in Langley beginning Thursday; against the Vancouver N.E. Chiefs at 8:30 a.m. and the Okanagan Rockets at 5:00 p.m. They also will face the Greater Vancouver Canadians Friday at noon.
The (11-18-1-2) U-18 Northern Capitals came 4th out of 5 in the female division and will host the (3-29) Vancouver Island Seals March 6th to 8th at Kin 2. The series winner advances to the semifinals against the first place (26-5-0-1) Greater Vancouver Comets.
NHL:
Following the Olympic break, the NHL regular season will resume Wednesday with 8 games including (22-26-8) Winnipeg at Vancouver (7:00).
The (18-33-6) Canucks have lost 17 of their last 19 games and are 21 points out of a playoff spot with a league-worst -61 goal differential.
The (22-26-8) Jets are 11 points out of a playoff berth.
The NHL schedule and results are here.
NBA:
The (34-23) Toronto Raptors host the (44-14) Oklahoma City Thunder tonight (Tuesday 4:30).
The Raptors are 5th in the 15-team Eastern Conference while OKC has the best record in the league.
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
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