Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, October 29th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 29th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

MLB: (World Series Game 5)

Milwaukee Brewers  4  Tampa Bay Rays  1
(The Brewers captured their first title in the franchise’s 57-year history, winning the World Series 4-1)

The Box Score is here.

Milwaukee won the first game 3-2 on Friday, the second game 5-4 on Saturday and the third game 10-1 on Monday before Tampa won the fourth game 4-3 in 12 innings on Tuesday.

The MLB playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL: (4 Wednesday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)

Edmonton  4  Calgary  0
Seattle  5  Toronto  4
Colorado  5  New Jersey  2
Washington  5  Philadelphia  2

The (3-10-1) Vancouver Canucks visit the (6-6-1) San Jose Sharks tonight at 7:00.

It is one of 11 Thursday games in the NHL.

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

The Vancouver Canucks schedule/results can be found here.

The NHL standings are here.

WHL:

The (3-7-0-1) Prince George Cougars, who have lost their last four, visit the (5-6-1) Wenatchee Wild Friday night at 7:00 and the (8-3-1-2) Vancouver Giants Sunday afternoon at 4:00.

The Cougars begin a 7-game homestand Wednesday, November 4th against the (4-8) Moose Jaw Warriors.

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 Mark Lamb – October 27th, 2026 https://t.co/xLz9yQLe1A

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 27, 2026

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

The BCHL standings are here.

BC Elite Hockey League:

Cariboo Hockey Wrap; Tuesday, October 27th
| https://t.co/NNQQ4WIRSM #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports https://t.co/GcRyo8dQH1

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 27, 2026

High School Football:

College Heights Secondary and Nechako Valley Secondary will be battling for a spot in the 2A Football Provincials in the PG Bowl.

The game will be played Saturday starting at noon at Masich Place Stadium.

College Heights is ranked eighth provincially in 2A football, while Nechako Valley is ranked 10th.

They each have a win against each other this season.

NFL:

Week 8 of the NFL season begins tonight (Thursday 5:15 PT) with the (3-3) Carolina Panthers at the (4-3) Green Bay Packers.

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

The NFL regular season standings are here.

CFL: 

The B.C. Lions host the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL West Division semi-final Saturday afternoon at 1:30.

The East semi will feature Winnipeg at Toronto on Saturday (10 AM PT).

Division winners Edmonton and Montreal will have a home playoff game on Saturday, Nov. 7th (at 1:00 in Montreal and 4:30 PT in Edmonton).

Final Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.

Canada West Sports:

With two goals and four assists in a 6-0 victory over the UBCO Heat, UNBC Timberwolves third-year midfielder Mehdi Bounaaja has been named the Canada West Men’s Soccer Player of the Week.

Bounaaja’s six points set a new single-game Canada West scoring record.

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The UNBC Timberwolves visit the UBCO Heat in Canada West men’s and women’s basketball Friday night in Kelowna.

The Timberwolves are 0-1 in both the men’s and women’s standings.

The Canada West women’s basketball schedule is here.

The Canada West men’s basketball schedule is here.

The Canada West women’s basketball standings are here.

The Canada West men’s basketball standings are here.

NBA:

Toronto Raptors  129  Orlando Magic  99

The (3-1) Raptors host the (1-3) Magic again on Friday night (4:30 PT).

The Raptors 2026-27 regular season schedule is here.

The NBA regular season schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.

Judo:

Carla Van Zyl of the Hart Judo Academy has been named the Under-21 Athlete of the Year by Judo BC.

Last month, Van Zyl won a pair of gold medals in both the Junior and Senior –63 kilogram weight class at the Pan American Open from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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Judo BC has also named Hart Judo Academy operator Bruce Kamstra the winner of the Steve Sasaki award.

Kamstra is the first person from PG to win the award since Aline Strasdin did it in 2017.