Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, September 15th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday,  September 15th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars have shored up their goaltending.

The Cougars have acquired 2008-born goalie Peyton Shore from the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2027 WHL Prospects Draft.

The 18-year-old Shore, who stands 6’2″and weighs 184 pounds, has appeared in 38 games over the past two seasons with the Rebels.

In the 2025-26 season, he had a 4-12-1 record with a 4.71 goals-against-average and a 0.859 save percentage.

“We were looking at adding some experience for our goaltending and Peyton came available,” said Cougars General Manager and Head Coach Mark Lamb.

The Cougars begin their regular season this weekend when they host the Penticton Vees Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.

The PG Cougars regular season schedule is here.

The WHL regular season schedule is here.

The WHL standings are here.

The Prince George Spruce Kings begin their regular season on the road.

They visit the Powell River Kings in a doubleheader Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 7:00.

The Spruce Kings home opener will be on Friday, September 25th at 7 p.m. against the West Kelowna Warriors.

The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.

The BCHL regular season schedule is here.

The BCHL standings are here.

MLB: 

Detroit Tigers  6  Toronto Blue Jays  5

The Box Score is here.

The (75-76) Blue Jays, with 11 games left, are one game behind the (76-75) Cleveland Guardians in the race for the final wild-card spot in the American League.

The Jays host the (71-79) Tigers again this evening (Tuesday 4:07).

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Jared Young of Prince George was 0-for-2 as the New York Mets DH before he was replaced in the Mets 2-1 Monday loss against the Baltimore Orioles.

The 31-year-old Young has a .268 batting average (80-for-299) with nine homers and 38 RBI’s in 100 games this year with New York.

The (69-81) Mets host the (73-78) Orioles again tonight (Tuesday 4:10 PT).

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The Toronto Blue Jays second-half schedule and results are here.

The New York Mets second-half schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

The MLB wild-card standings are here.

Canada West Soccer:

The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night (5:30 for the women and 7:45 for the men) and the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday night (5:00 for the women and 7:15 for the men) in Canada West Soccer.

The UNBC women are 0-4 on the season while the UNBC men sit with a record of 0-1-3.

The Canada West women’s soccer schedule is here.

The Canada West men’s soccer schedule is here.

The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.

The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.

BC Football Conference: 

The (2-5) Prince George Kodiaks have just three games left in their season.

The Kodiaks host the (6-2) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

BCFC Standings:

Langley Rams  8-0
Okanagan Sun  6-2
Westshore Rebels  5-2
VI Raiders  4-4
PG Kodiaks  2-5
Valley Huskers  1-6
Kamloops Broncos  0-7

The BCFC home page and schedule can be found here.

NFL: (Final game of Week 1)

Kansas City Chiefs  31  Denver Broncos  10

The NFL regular season schedule is here.

The NFL regular season standings are here.

CFL: 

Week 16 of the CFL season begins Friday night (4:30 PT) with Montreal at Hamilton.

The B.C. Lions, with five regular season games left, are off this week.

The Lions play their next game on Friday, September 25th at 7:30 p.m. when they host the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.