Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, July 1st

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, July 1st, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars will play 24 of their 34 WHL 2026-27 regular season home games on the weekend.

The league announced its schedule on Tuesday (June 30th).

The Cougars have 12 home games on a Friday, 11 on a Saturday and one on a Sunday afternoon (1:00 start time).

They will also play six times on a Wednesday and four on a Tuesday at CN Centre.

The Cougars have two seven game homestands (one in November and one in March).

Their longest road trip is six games in January.

The full Cougars schedule can be found here.

Each WHL team will play 68 games but the regular season has been extended one week, starting on Friday, September 18th and ending on Sunday, March 28th, 2027.

The first round of the playoffs, which has been reduced from a best-of-7 to a best-of-5, will begin on Wednesday, March 31st.

WHL makes schedule and OT changes; Cougars to host 24 weekend home games https://t.co/4COK8vdMyf

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 30, 2026

The Toronto Blue Jays schedule is here.

The New York Mets schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

Soccer: (World Cup)  3 Tuesday games in the knockout stage

Mexico  2  Ecuador  0
France  3  Sweden  0
Norway  2  Ivory Coast  1

Mexico, France and Norway all advance to the round of 16 while Ecuador, Sweden and Ivory Coast have been knocked out.

There are three elimination games today (Wednesday) at the World Cup: England against Congo DR (9 AM PT), Belgium vs. Senegal (1:00) and United States against Bosnia-Herzegovina (5:00).

Canada will play Morocco in the round of 16 Saturday (10 a.m. PT in Houston)

The World Cup schedule/results are here or you can get more information here.

CFL:

Week 5 of the CFL season starts Thursday night (6:00 PT) with (2-1) Toronto at (1-2) Calgary.

The (0-3) B.C. Lions host the (3-0) Edmonton Elks Saturday at 4 PM in Kelowna.

The CFL schedule and results are here.