Sports by Hartley Monday, March 2nd, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Prince Albert Raiders 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (Saturday)
Kooper Gizowski had two goals and an assist to give him five points in two weekend road games for P.G.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Prince George Cougars 4 Saskatoon Blades 0 (Friday)
Josh Ravensbergen blocked 21 shots for his third shutout of the season.
Kooper Gizowski scored twice while Carson Carels recorded a goal and two assists to become the third fastest P.G. Cougar to reach 100 points.
The game summary and highlights are here.
The (36-22-2) Cougars finished 5-3 on an 8-game road trip.
With 8 regular season games left, Prince George is second in the B.C. Division and third in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the (33-19-5-2) Kelowna Rockets and 12 points behind the (39-13-4-4) Penticton Vees.
The Cougars host the Spokane Chiefs Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
The (31-26-1) Chiefs have won six in a row and are 5th in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the (26-21-7-5) Kamloops Blazers.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
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— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) February 24, 2026
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 9 Surrey Eagles 6 (Saturday)
Ryan Wachtel scored three goals for the Spruce Kings in front of 1,637 hometown fans.
The game summary is here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Surrey Eagles 0 (Friday)
Ryder Green made 21 saves for the shutout before 1,128 fans at Kopar Memorial Arena.
The game summary is here.
The (29-14-2) Spruce Kings visit the Coquitlam Express Friday night at 7:00 and the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday night at 6:00.
Prince George has won four in a row and 13 of its last 15.
The Spruce Kings, with just nine regular season games remaining, are in first place in the BCHL Coastal East Division by seven points over the (25-17-2-1) Express and by nine over the (24-18-2-1) Chiefs.
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (2 Canadian teams in action on Sunday)
San Jose 2 Winnipeg 1 (OT)
Anaheim 3 Calgary 2 (SO)
There are six Monday games in the NHL including Dallas at Vancouver (7:00) and Philadelphia at Toronto.
The (18-34-7) Canucks, who dropped a 5-1 decision Saturday to Seattle, have lost 19 of their last 21 games.
The NHL trade deadline is Friday at noon (PT).
The NHL schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U-17 Cariboo Cougars season ended when they lost their quarterfinal series two games to one on home ice against the 6th place Valley West Giants.
The Giants won the opener 3-2 in overtime and took the third and deciding game 3-0.
The Prince George based U-17 Cougars won the second game 6-0.
More info can be found here.
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The U-15 Cariboo Cougars are out after they lost in the semifinals to the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 3-2 in overtime in Langley.
Cariboo won its U-15 quarterfinal game 7-3 over the Valley West Giants.
They finished the overall provincial tournament with a 3-2 record.
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The (19-12-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars start the playoffs when they host the (10-17-5-2) Valley West Giants in the best-of-3 quarterfinal series at Kin 1.
Games are scheduled for Friday at 4:15 p.m., Saturday at 3:45 p.m. and Sunday, if needed, at 9 in the morning.
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The (11-18-1-2) U-18 Northern Capitals host the (3-29) Vancouver Island Seals in the best-of-3 survivor series at Kin 2.
Games are slated for Friday night at 7:00, Saturday night at 5:45 and if necessary, Sunday morning at 7:30.
The winner plays the first place (26-5-0-1) Greater Vancouver Comets in the semifinals.
The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.
The BCEHL standings are here.
Provincial High School Girls Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
Cedars Christian earned the silver, Nechako Valley the bronze and Bulkley Valley Christian placed 5th in Girls 1 A.
Cedars lost the final 78-62 to Acwsalcta of Bella Coola while Nechako Valley beat Dasmesh 61-52 in the game for 3rd and 4th. Bulkley Valley Christian outscored St. John’s 44-32 in the game for 5th and 6th in the 16-team tournament.
Duchess Park finished 4th in Girls 3 A, dropping the bronze medal game 69-38 to St. Michaels.
Football:
Petition launched calling for Kodiaks to reinstate dismissed Head Coach https://t.co/8TeVBiVkQl
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 1, 2026
Montana Brier:
18 teams are competing in the Montana Brier in St. John’s, N.L. with competition to continue up to and including Sunday.
The winner will represent Canada at the 2026 LGT World Men’s Curling Championship, taking place from March 27 to April 4 in Ogden, Utah.
Playing in his final Brier, Brad Gushue of St. John’s is going after a record-setting seventh Canadian men’s curling championship.
Gushue won his first three games.
Newly crowned Olympic gold medallists and reigning Montana’s Brier champions Team Brad Jacobs of Calgary also won his first three games.
In the first round of playoffs on Friday, March 6, 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 for the remaining Page playoff spots.
The Page playoffs begin on Saturday. 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 March 7) in the semifinal.
The semifinal winner (Sunday, March 8) will compete in the championship final at 3:00 p.m. (PT) that same day.
Results can be found here.
Standings can be found here.
More info can be found here.
NBA:
The (35-25) Toronto Raptors host the (39-22) New York Knicks Tuesday (4:30 PT).
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
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