Sports by Hartley Friday, March 6th, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The (36-22-2) Prince George Cougars begin a 6-game homestand when they entertain the (32-27-1) Spokane Chiefs tonight (Friday) at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
The Cougars are 4th in the Western Conference, one point behind the (34-19-5-2) Kelowna Rockets.
Both P.G. and Kelowna have 8 regular season games left.
The Chiefs are 5th in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the
(26-22-7-5) Kamloops Blazers with both of those teams having 8 games remaining.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
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— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 2, 2026
BCHL:
The (29-14-2) Prince George Spruce Kings, who have won four in a row and 13 of their last 15, visit the Coquitlam Express tonight 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: (4 Canadian teams in action on Thursday)
Ottawa 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 4 Tampa Bay 1
New York Rangers 6 Toronto 2
The (18-36-7) Vancouver Canucks visit the (23-28-10) Chicago Blackhawks tonight (Friday 5:30 PT) and the (25-26-10) Winnipeg Jets Saturday (4:00 PT).
The Canucks have lost 7 straight and 21 of their last 23.
Vancouver has traded forward Conor Garland to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a second-round draft pick (in 2028) and a third-round draft pick (this year).
The NHL trade deadline is today (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 4:15 p.m. today, 3:45 p.m. Saturday and 9:00 a.m. if needed on Sunday.
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 tonight at 7:00, Saturday night at 5:45 and if necessary, Sunday morning at 7:30.
In the regular season, the Caps finished 4th out of 5 while the Seals were last.
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
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.
UNBC Timberwolves:
WSOC: TWolves Bolster Backline With the Commitment of North Vancouver’s Reese Brewer.
More: https://t.co/x1lInAivuH pic.twitter.com/c2tpZxTaqV
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) March 5, 2026
Provincial High School Boys Basketball Championships—(in Langley)
The tournaments began Wednesday and will continue thru Saturday.
College Heights is 1-1 in 3 A as they lost 75-54 to Argyle before beating Penticton 77-61.
Nechako Valley is 0-2 in 2 A falling 87-57 to Collingwood on Wednesday and 80-69 to St. Michael’s on Thursday.
Lakes District of Burns Lake is 1-1 and Ebenezer of Smithers is 0-2 among 16 teams in 1 A.
Lakes District fell 81-58 to Credo Christian but came back with a 57-47 victory over Queen Margaret’s.
Ebenezer dropped a 91-59 decision to Ucluelet on Wednesday and 60-56 decision to Sparwood on Thursday.
Montana Brier:
Brad Gushue (Newfoundland & Labrador) beat Brad Jacobs (Team Canada) in the battle of the unbeaten at the Canadian men’s curling championship in St. John’s N.L.
Gushue, who is playing in his final Brier and is going after a record-setting seventh national title, finished the round robin a perfect 8-0 followed by Jacobs at 7-1 in Pool A.
Kevin Koe (Alberta) was a perfect 8-0 in Pool B followed by Matt Dunstone (Manitoba) at 7-1.
In the first round of playoffs today (Friday) Gushue will battle Dunstone while Koe is up against Jacobs.
The winners advance directly to the 1v2 Page playoff game Saturday.
The winner of the 1v2 game will advance directly to the Sunday’s final (3:00 p.m. PT).
The Brier champion will represent Canada at the 2026 LGT World Men’s Curling Championship March 27 to April 4 in Ogden, Utah.
Results can be found here.
Standings can be found here.
More info can be found here.
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