Sports by Hartley Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Cameron Schmidt of Prince George scored twice, including his WHL-leading 43rd goal, to help the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 4-1 Tuesday night victory over the Blazers in Kamloops.
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.
The (31-26-1) Chiefs have won six in a row and are 5th in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the (26-22-7-5) Blazers.
Spokane will play at Kelowna tonight (Wednesday) before heading to P.G.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
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BCHL:
The (29-14-2) Prince George 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.
NHL: (5 Canadian teams in action on Tuesday)
Edmonton 5 Ottawa 4 (OT)
Dallas 6 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 3 Chicago 2 (OT)
San Jose 7 Montreal 5
The (18-35-7) Vancouver Canucks, who have lost 6 straight and 20 of their last 22 games, host the (38-16-6) Carolina Hurricanes tonight at 7:00.
It is one of five Wednesday games in the NHL.
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 9:00 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.
Provincial High School Boys Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
The tournament begins today (Wednesday) and runs thru Saturday.
College Heights will participate in 3 A with its first game at 1:15 this afternoon against Argyle.
Nechako Valley competes in 2 A with its opener at 7:45 tonight against Collingwood.
Lakes District of Burns Lake and Ebenezer of Smithers are among 16 teams in 1 A.
Lakes District is against Credo Christian at 10:00 this morning while Ebenezer goes against Ucluelet at 11:45 AM.
Montana Brier:
Brad Gushue of St. John’s, who is playing in his final Brier, is going after a record-setting seventh Canadian men’s curling championship.
Gushue is off to a good start by winning his first five games.
Team Brad Jacobs of Calgary (Team Canada) and Kevin Koe (Alberta) also began 5-0.
18 teams are competing in St. John’s, N.L.
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.
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.
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