Sports by Hartley Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars go for a sweep tonight (Wednesday).
The Cougars hold a commanding 3-0 lead over the Chiefs in the best-of-7 Western Conference quarterfinal series with Game four to be played in Spokane.
P.G. is riding an 11-game winning streak with eight of those victories in the regular season and the other three in the playoffs.
If the Chiefs win, it would force a 5th game, also in Spokane on Thursday night.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL standings are here.
The Schedule and results for the first round playoff series is as follows:
Game 1 – Friday March 27th Prince George 6 Spokane 3 (Summary is here)
Game 2 – Saturday March 28th Prince George 3 Spokane 2 (Summary is here)
Game 3 – Monday March 30th Prince George 3 Spokane 2 (OT-Summary is here)
Game 4 – Wednesday April 1st Prince George @ Spokane 7 PM
Game 5 – Thursday April 2nd Prince George @ Spokane 6 PM (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Sunday April 5th Spokane @ Prince George 6 PM (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Monday April 6th Spokane @ Prince George 7 PM (If Necessary)
Two Prince George Cougars have been named to the WHL Western Conference First All-Star team.
Defenceman Carson Carels and goalie Josh Ravensbergen were selected to the team along with Seattle Thunderbirds 50-goal scorer Cameron Schmidt, who is from PG.
The other first all stars are defenceman Landon DuPont of the Everett Silvertips plus forwards Tij Iginla of the Kelowna Rockets and JP Hurlbert of the Kamloops Blazers.
Presenting the 2025-26 First All-Star Team from the Western Conference!
📝 | https://t.co/E3UtCyvxNk pic.twitter.com/fDbQew190X
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) March 31, 2026
Presenting the 2025-26 Second All-Star Team from the Western Conference!
📝 | https://t.co/F1yPUif70z pic.twitter.com/PKfUk1iPbx
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) March 31, 2026
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Jessica Speziale and Darnell Toth – March 30th, 2026 https://t.co/lrERe9wWds pic.twitter.com/sCSBnwtDfy
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 31, 2026
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings host the Langley Rivermen Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 in the first two games of their best-of-seven first round series.
The (34-17-3) Spruce Kings finished first and the (28-25-1) Rivermen ended up fourth in the Coastal East Division.
The Schedule for the first round playoff series is as follows:
Game 1 – Friday April 3rd – Langley @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 2 – Saturday April 4th – Langley @ Prince George – 6 PM
Game 3 – Tuesday April 7th – Prince George @ Langley – 7 PM
Game 4 – Wednesday April 8th – Prince George @ Langley – 7 PM
Game 5 – Friday April 10th – Langley @ Prince George – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Sunday April 12th – Prince George @ Langley – 5 PM (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Tuesday April 14th – Langley @ Prince George – 7 PM (If Necessary)
The BCHL Standings are here.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (10 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Edmonton 3 Seattle 0
Winnipeg 4 Chicago 3 (OT)
Montreal 4 Tampa Bay 1
Florida 6 Ottawa 3
The (21-44-8) Vancouver Canucks, with just 9 games left, continue a 4-game road trip when they visit the (49-14-10) Colorado Avalanche tonight (5:30 PT).
It is one of three Wednesday games in the NHL.
The NHL schedule and results are here.
The NHL division standings are here.
The NHL scoring leaders are here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 5 Colorado Rockies 1
The game summary is here.
The (4-1) Jays host the (1-4) Rockies again today (10:07 a.m.) in the rubber match of their three game series.
St. Louis Cardinals 3 New York Mets 0
30-year-old Jared Young of Prince George played first base for the Mets and went 1-for-4 at the plate for the second consecutive game.
The game summary is here.
The (3-2) Mets visit the (3-2) Cardinals again today (10:15 a.m.) to conclude a 3-game series.
The MLB regular season schedule is here.
The Toronto Blue Jays schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
NBA:
Detroit Pistons 127 Toronto Raptors 116
The (42-33) Raptors, with just 7 regular season games left, host the (19-57) Sacramento Kings tonight (Wednesday 5:00 PT).
The NBA schedule and results are here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
Rathke, Sunga pick up athlete of the year honours at UNBC year-end awards night | https://t.co/eOhy7TmqPH #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #norhternbc #sports pic.twitter.com/9jS1e0tBI3
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 30, 2026
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