Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Friday, October 30th

Sports by Hartley Friday, October 30th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars have a pair of weekend games on the road.

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

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

NHL: (4 Canadian teams in action on Thursday)

San Jose  3  Vancouver  2

The Sharks erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring three goals in the third period in less than three minutes.

The game summary is here.

The (3-11-1) Canucks host the (7-6-2) Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday at 4 PM.

Tampa Bay  6  Winnipeg  4
Montreal  5  Dallas  2
LA  6  Ottawa  5  (OT)

There are three NHL games tonight (Friday): Seattle at Calgary, Winnipeg at Florida and New Jersey at Vegas.

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

The Vancouver Canucks schedule/results can be found here.

The NHL standings are here.

High School Football:

The PG Bowl high school football championship game features College Heights against Nechako Valley Saturday at noon at Masich Place Stadium.

The winner will advance to the 2A Provincials.

NFL: (Week 8)

Green Bay  27  Carolina  19  (The Packers are 5-3 while the Panthers sit 3-4)

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

The NFL regular season standings are here.

CFL: 

The CFL playoffs begin this weekend.

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

The winner plays the Edmonton Elks on Saturday, November 7th.

The East semi will feature Winnipeg at Toronto Saturday (10 AM PT) with the winner to meet the Montreal Alouettes.

Final Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.

Canada West Sports:

The UNBC Timberwolves visit the UBCO Heat in Canada West men’s and women’s basketball tonight (Friday) 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:

The (3-1) Toronto Raptors host the (1-3) Orlando Magic tonight (Friday 4:30 PT).

The Raptors 2026-27 regular season schedule is here.

The NBA regular season schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.