Sports by Hartley Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed General Manager Mike Hawes to a 4-year contract extension that runs thru until May 31, 2030.
Hawes has been with the Spruce Kings since the 2005/2006 season and has been the General Manager since 2010/2011.
Hawes was named the BCHL Executive of the Year in 2019 when the Spruce Kings won the Fred Page Cup (now Rogers BCHL Cup), and Doyle Cup before finishing second at the National Championship.
The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed General Manager Mike Hawes to a 4-year contract extension.
DETAILS: https://t.co/MRnrflS5YV pic.twitter.com/DbF9I7fE6V
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 2, 2026
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The (29-14-2) P.G. Spruce Kings visit the Coquitlam Express Friday night at 7:00 and the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday night at 6:00.
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.
Prince George has won four in a row and 13 of its last 15.
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars begin a 6-game homestand when they entertain the Spokane Chiefs Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
With 8 regular season games left, the (36-22-2) Cougars are 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 (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.
Spokane will play at Kelowna Wednesday night before heading to P.G.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Taylor Dakers – March 2nd, 2026 https://t.co/b2YZH7p0T2 l @PGCougars #WHL
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 2, 2026
NHL: (2 Canadian teams in action on Monday)
Dallas 6 Vancouver 1
The (18-35-7) Canucks have lost 6 straight and 20 of their last 22 games.
Vancouver will host the (38-16-6) Carolina Hurricanes Wednesday night at 7:00.
Philadelphia 3 Toronto 2 (SO)
There are 11 Tuesday games in the NHL, including Ottawa at Edmonton, Dallas at Calgary, Chicago at Winnipeg and Montreal at San Jose.
The NHL trade deadline is Friday at noon (PT).
The NHL schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (19-12-2-1) U-18 Cariboo Cougars 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.
In the regular season, the Cougars finished in 3rd place and the Giants in 6th.
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The (11-18-1-2) U-18 Northern Capitals, in the female division, host the (3-29) Vancouver Island Seals in the best-of-3 survivor series at Kin 2.
Games go 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.
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The season is over for the U-17 and U-15 Cariboo Cougars.
The U-17 Cougars lost their quarterfinal series two games to one on home ice against the 6th place Valley West Giants, with the Giants taking the third and deciding game 3-0.
The U-15 Cougars lost in the semifinals to the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 3-2 in overtime in Langley.
More info can be found here.
The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.
The BCEHL standings are here.
Judo:
PG’s Carla Van Zyl tops the podium at European Judo event in Spain | https://t.co/xPHLjQcXWw #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/PksIkOhYWn
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 2, 2026
Provincial High School Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
The Provincial boys high school basketball championships tip off Wednesday.
College Heights will participate in 3 A.
Nechako Valley competes in 2 A.
Lakes District is entered in 1 A.
The Provincial girls high school basketball championships concluded on Saturday.
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.
NBA:
The (35-25) Toronto Raptors host the (39-22) New York Knicks tonight (Tuesday 4:30 PT).
The NBA schedule and results are here.
The Toronto Raptors schedule and results are here.
The NBA standings are here.
Montana Brier:
18 teams are participating 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 four games.
Newly crowned Olympic gold medallists and reigning Montana’s Brier champions Team Brad Jacobs of Calgary also won his first four games.
In the first round of playoffs on Friday 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 Saturday) in the semifinal.
The semifinal winner (Sunday) 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.
Football:
Petition launched calling for Kodiaks to reinstate dismissed Head Coach https://t.co/8TeVBiVkQl
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 1, 2026
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