Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, March 16th

Sports by Hartley Monday, March 16th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

Prince George Cougars  5  Wenatchee Wild  0  (Saturday)

Alexander Levshyn made 25 saves for his first WHL shutout in front of 5,116 fans at CN Centre.

The game summary is here.

Prince George Cougars  1  Wenatchee Wild  0  (Friday)

Josh Ravensbergen made 17 saves for his 3rd shutout of the season before 3,983 hometown fans.

The game summary is here.

The (41-22-2) Cougars are 5-0 on a 6-game homestand that concludes Tuesday night (7:00 start) against the (29-24-7-5) Kamloops Blazers.

Prince George is in 4th place in the Western Conference, one point behind the (38-19-6-3) Kelowna Rockets.

P.G. has three regular season games left (one against Kamloops and two against Victoria) while Kelowna has two remaining (both against Penticton).

Kamloops is 6th in the Western Conference, a point behind the (35-29-1) Spokane Chiefs.

Both the Blazers and Chiefs have three games left.

The Cougars will start the playoffs at home on Friday, March 27th and Saturday, March 28th with their opponent not yet determined.

Playoff tickets in Prince George go on sale Wednesday.

The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.

The WHL standings are here.

 

PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast: 

 

BCHL:

Alberni Valley Bulldogs  4  Prince George Spruce Kings  2  (Saturday)

The game summary is here.

Prince George Spruce Kings  8  Powell River Kings  1  (Friday)

The game summary is here.

Powell River Kings  5  Prince George Spruce Kings  2  (Thursday)

The game summary is here.

The (31-16-3) Spruce Kings have just four regular season games left; all within their division.

Prince George will host the (27-19-2-1) Coquitlam Express Saturday night at 6:00 and Sunday afternoon at 3:00.

They will close out on the road at the (25-23-1) Langley Rivermen on Friday, March 27th and at the (7-36-6) Surrey Eagles on Sunday, March 29th.

The Spruce Kings have an 8-point lead in the Coastal East Division.

The BCHL Standings are here.

The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.

 

BC Elite Hockey League: 

The U-18 Cariboo Cougars had their season come to an end as they lost two games to none to the Okanagan Rockets in the BC Elite Hockey League best-of-3 semifinals.

The Rockets won 4-2 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday with both of those games in Kelowna.

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The BCEHL season is also over for the Under-18 Northern Capitals who lost to the first place Greater Vancouver Comets in the female division semifinals.

The Comets won 2-1 in a shootout on Friday in Delta and 4-1 on Saturday in Coquitlam.

The BCEHL scores and schedule are here.

The BCEHL standings are here.

 

NHL: (6 Sunday games with 5 Canadian teams in action)

Edmonton  3  Nashville  1
Toronto  4  Minnesota  2
Anaheim  4  Montreal  3
Winnipeg  3  St. Louis  2
Ottawa  7  San Jose  4
Seattle  6  Florida  2

The (20-38-8) Vancouver Canucks host the (33-30-3) Florida Panthers Tuesday night at 7:00.

The Canucks are coming off a 5-2 Saturday loss against the Seattle Kraken.

There are five Monday games in the NHL with just one Canadian team in action as Calgary visits Detroit.

The NHL schedule and results are here.

The Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL Wild Card standings are here.

The NHL division standings are here.

The NHL scoring leaders are here.

 

PG Kodiaks Football:

 

World Baseball Classic:

(Semifinal)

United States  2  Dominican Republic  1

The U.S. advances to the championship game Tuesday night in Miami against the winner of the other semifinal which goes tonight (Monday 5:00 PT) between Venezuela and Italy.

Canada lost 5-3 to the United States in the quarterfinals.

Jared Young of Prince George went 0-for-1 as a 9th inning pinch hitter for Canada.

Young played in two games and went 1-for-6.

He was the DH in Canada’s 4-3 round robin loss against Panama.

The 30-year-old Young is entering his second season with the New York Mets as a DH and utility player.

 

NBA:

Toronto Raptors  119  Detroit Pistons  108

The (38-29) Raptors start a 5-game road trip when they visit the (27-40) Chicago Bulls Wednesday night (5:00 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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Hartley Miller
Hartley Miller
Hartley is the News Director for Vista Radio’s B.C. North division, as well as the morning news anchor for 94.3 The GOAT and Country 97FM. He has served as the colour commentator for Prince George Cougars home games for 13 seasons. Hartley has been a fixture on the airwaves since 1979. He is the author of You Don’t Say, a collection of his most memorable sports quotes. Hartley is married with two children and five grandchildren.

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