Sports by Hartley Thursday, March 5th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have dropped into 4th place in the WHL Western Conference one point behind the Kelowna Rockets.
The (34-19-5-2) Rockets beat the Spokane Chiefs 5-2 Wednesday night.
The loss ended the Chiefs 6-game winning streak.
The (36-22-2) Cougars begin a 6-game homestand when they entertain Spokane Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
Both Prince George and Kelowna have 8 regular season games left.
The (32-27-1) Chiefs are 5th in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the
(26-22-7-5) Kamloops Blazers with both teams have 8 games to go.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
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BCHL:
The (29-14-2) Prince George Spruce Kings, who have won four in a row and 13 of their last 15, are on the road this weekend.
They 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.
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (2 Canadian teams in action on Wednesday)
Carolina 6 Vancouver 4
The game summary is here.
The (18-36-7) Canucks, who have lost 7 straight and 21 of their last 23 games, hit the road for their next two games as they visit the (23-28-10) Chicago Blackhawks Friday (5:30 PT) and the (24-26-10) Winnipeg Jets Saturday (4:00 PT).
New Jersey 4 Toronto 3 (SO)
There are 8 Thursday games in the NHL including Ottawa at Calgary, Tampa Bay at Winnipeg and Toronto at New York Rangers.
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.
Biathlon:
Major international biathlon event in PG to kick off on Friday | https://t.co/jGfRK3d9OL #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/VFX99PXRGN
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 3, 2026
Lacrosse:
Local lacrosse standout wins gold medal at Commonwealth Cup in Australia
| https://t.co/n3ZwPlxPhA #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 4, 2026
Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George will play for Canada at the World Baseball Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The 30-year-old Young is entering his second season with the New York Mets as a DH and utility player.
Canada’s round robin schedule has four games; Saturday (8:00 a.m. PT) against Colombia, Sunday (4:00 p.m. PT) vs. Panama, Tuesday (4:00 p.m. PT) against Puerto Rico and Wednesday (noon PT) vs. Cuba.
The quarterfinals in Houston go March 13th and 14th with the semis in Miami March 15th and 16th and the championship game on Tuesday, March 17th in Miami.
Provincial High School Boys Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
The tournaments began Wednesday and will continue thru Saturday.
College Heights lost its opener in 3 A 75-54 to Argyle.
Nechako Valley lost its first game in 2 A 87-57 to Collingwood.
Lakes District of Burns Lake and Ebenezer of Smithers are among 16 teams in 1 A and both lost in the opening round to drop down to the consolation.
Lakes District fell 81-58 to Credo Christian while Ebenezer dropped a 91-59 decision to Ucluelet.
Montana Brier:
Brad Gushue of St. John’s (Newfoundland & Labrador) and Brad Jacobs of Calgary (Team Canada) are both 7-0 with a playoff spot clinched at the Canadian men’s curling championship in St. John’s N.L.
Gushue is playing in his final Brier and is going after a record-setting seventh national title.
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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