Sports by Hartley Friday, February 27th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The (35-21-2) Prince George Cougars are 4-2 on an 8-game road trip that continues tonight (5:00 PT) against the (30-23-4-2) Saskatoon Blades and concludes Saturday night (5:00 PT) against the (44-8-5) Prince Albert Raiders.
With 10 regular season games left, Prince George is second in the B.C. Division and third in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the (32-18-5-2) Kelowna Rockets and 10 points behind the (37-13-4-4) Penticton Vees.
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 (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.
The Spruce Kings are in first place in the BCHL Coastal East Division by three points over the (25-15-2-1) Coquitlam Express.
Both teams have 11 regular season games left, including three against each other.
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.
NHL: (5 Canadian teams in action on Thursday)
Edmonton 8 LA 1
Calgary 4 San Jose 1
Florida 5 Toronto 1
NY Islanders 4 Montreal 3 (OT)
Detroit 2 Ottawa 1 (OT)
The (18-33-7) Vancouver Canucks play their next game Saturday night at 7:00 in Seattle against the (27-21-9) Kraken.
The Canucks have lost 18 of their last 20 games.
There are four NHL games tonight (Friday) including Winnipeg at Anaheim.
The NHL trade deadline is on Friday, March 6th (at noon PT).
The NHL schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (16-14) U-15 Cariboo Cougars began the playoffs in a round robin format in Langley with a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver N.E. Chiefs. In their second game, they lost 3-1 to the Okanagan Rockets. The U-15 Cougars face the Greater Vancouver Canadians today (Friday). at noon.
The (24-11-0-1) U-17 Cariboo Cougars host the (16-17-1-2) Valley West Giants in a best-of-3 first round playoff series at Kin 1. Games will be played tonight (Friday) at 6:45, Saturday night at 6:30 and if needed Sunday morning at 9:00.
The (19-12-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars start the playoffs March 6th to 8th when they host (10-17-5-2) Valley West Giants in the best-of-3 quarterfinal series at Kin 1.
The (11-18-1-2) U-18 Northern Capitals host the (3-29) Vancouver Island Seals March 6th to 8th at Kin 2. The series winner advances to the female semifinals against the (26-5-0-1) Greater Vancouver Comets.
The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.
The BCEHL standings are here.
Provincial High School Girls Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
Semi-Final Schedule – Friday, February 27
Centre Court
1A Tournament
- 12:00pm – Cedars Christian Eagles (#2, Prince George) vs. Dasmesh Falcons (#6, Abbotsford)
- 1:45pm – Acwsalcta Thunder (#1, Bella Coola) vs. Nechako Valley Viqueens (#4, Vanderhoof)
2A Tournament
- 3:30pm – Credo Christian Kodiaks (#2, Township of Langley) vs. St. Thomas More Collegiate Knights (#3, Burnaby)
- 5:15pm – Holy Cross Crusaders (#1, Surrey) vs. Westsyde Whundas (#13, Kamloops)
South Court
3A Tournament
- 3:15pm – Langley Christian Lightning (#2) vs. St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (#3, Victoria)
- 5:00pm – Vernon Panthers (#1) vs. Duchess Park Condors (#5, Prince George)
4A Tournament
- 6:45pm – Argyle Pipers vs. Semiahmoo Thunderbirds
- 8:30pm – Riverside Rapids vs. M.E.I. Eagles
Duchess Park is 2-0 in Girls 3 A.
Cedars Christian is 2-0 in Girls 1 A.
Bulkley Valley Christian is 1-1 in Girls 1 A.
Nechako Valley is 2-0 in Girls 1 A.
Duchess Park finished 4-1 and College Heights 2-3 in Junior Boys.
NBA:
The (34-25) Toronto Raptors visit the (16-42) Washington Wizards Saturday (4 PM PT).
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
Montana Brier:
The Montana Brier begins today (Friday) in St. John’s, N.L.
Playing in his final Brier, Brad Gushue, backed by his legendary team from St. John’s, will begin his quest for a record-setting seventh Canadian men’s curling championship; his vice-skip Mark Nichols and lead Geoff Walker will be in the same record-chasing position.
Also on the ice will be the newly crowned Olympic gold medallists and reigning Montana’s Brier champions Team Brad Jacobs of Calgary.
The 18 teams are divided into two pools of nine, each playing an eight-game round robin. The top three teams from each pool will advance to the playoffs.
No tiebreaker games will be played. If teams are tied for a playoff spot, head-to-head results will determine the ranking. If still unresolved, Last-Shot Draw rankings will be used, following the same formula as World Championship and Olympic Winter Games events.
In the first round of playoffs on Friday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m., the first-place team from Pool A will face the second-place team from Pool B, and vice versa.
Winners advance directly to the 1v2 Page playoff game, while the losers will play the third-place teams from each pool at 7:30 p.m. for the remaining Page playoff spots.
The Page playoffs begin on Saturday, March 7. The winner of the 1v2 game will advance directly to the final, while the loser faces the winner of the 3v4 Page game (scheduled for 1 p.m. on March 7) in the semifinal.
The semifinal winner (Sunday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m.) will compete in the championship final at 7:30 p.m. that same day.
The champion will go on to represent Canada at the 2026 LGT World Men’s Curling Championship, taking place from March 27 to April 4 in Ogden, Utah.
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