Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, October 22nd

Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 22nd, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL: 

Vancouver Giants  5  Prince George Cougars  3

The (8-2-1-1) Giants scored three goals in 81 seconds to erase a 3-1 third period deficit before 2,865 fans at CN Centre.

Vancouver would add an empty netter to extend its winning streak to six games.

The game summary is here.

The (3-5-0-1) Cougars host the (4-6-0-1) Tri-City Americans Friday and Saturday on Community Heroes Weekend.

The Americans lost 4-0 Wednesday to the Blazers in Kamloops.

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The PG Cougars have a new goalie.

He is Kason Kobelka (07) who has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.

The 19-year-old Kobelka began the 2026-27 season with the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL, posting a 3-0-0-1 record along with a 1.05 goals-against average and a .963 save percentage.

In a corresponding move, the Cougars have reassigned 16-year-old goaltender Kole Anderosov to the Osoyoos Coyotes of the BCHC.

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The PG Cougars regular season schedule/results can be found here.

The WHL regular season schedule/results can be found here.

The WHL standings are here.

PG Cougars Catscan podcast:

Hartley’s Cat Scan with Bob Simmonds – October 21st https://t.co/GVo9yPTvfw

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 21, 2026

The BCHL regular season schedule/results can be found here here.

The BCHL standings are here.

NHL: (2 Wednesday games)

Ottawa  5  Florida  1
Philadelphia  3  Buffalo  1

The (2-8-1) Vancouver Canucks, who are riding an eight-game losing streak, host the
(3-3-3) Detroit Red Wings tonight at 7:00.

It is one of 12 Thursday games in the NHL with Montreal the only Canadian team not in action.

The NHL 2026-27 schedule/results can be found here.

The Vancouver Canucks schedule/results can be found here.

The NHL standings are here.

Canada West Soccer:

The UNBC Timberwolves have home games at Masich Place this weekend to wrap up their Canada West soccer season.

The Timberwolves host the Victoria Vikes Friday night (5:30 and 8:00) and the UBCO Heat on Sunday (noon and 2:30 PM).

UNBC is 2-6-6 in the men’s division (6th out of 7 teams in the Pacific Division) and 0-12 in the women’s standings.

T-Wolves MBB solidify roster with addition of Ukrainian guard | https://t.co/6V9bCVCsI8 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports https://t.co/4krVF2QeKk

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 19, 2026

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.

NBA:

Toronto Raptors  135  Chicago Bulls  92

The Raptors play their second game of the season Friday (4 PM PT) when they visit the Washington Wizards.

The Raptors 2026-27 regular season schedule is here.

The NBA regular season schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.

NFL: 

Week 7 of the NFL season begins tonight (Thursday 5:15 PT) with the (4-2) New England Patriots at the (4-2) Chicago Bears.

The NFL regular season results and schedule can be found here.

The NFL regular season standings are here.

CFL: 

The CFL regular season concludes this weekend.

The (10-7) B.C. Lions host the (8-9) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Friday night at 7:00.

The Lions have clinched second place in the West Division and a home playoff game.

The Blue Bombers need to win to make the playoffs, otherwise the Calgary Stampeders will move to the post-season.

Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.

MLB:

The Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa Bay Bays in the first two games of the World Series Friday and Saturday night (5:00 PT).

The MLB playoff schedule and results can be found here.

The MLB final 2026 standings are here.