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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, November 5th

Hartley Miller
By Hartley Miller

Sports by Hartley Thursday, November 5th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

Moose Jaw Warriors  3  Prince George Cougars  2  (OT)

Mathieu Lajoie scored with 1.4 seconds left in the 3rd period and added the winner at 55 seconds of overtime before 2,888 fans at CN Centre.

The game summary is here.

It was the 5th consecutive home loss for the (4-7-1-2) Cougars who host the (5-3-3-3) Kelowna Rockets Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.

The Rockets lost to the Spokane Chiefs 3-2 in overtime Wednesday in Kelowna.

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The WHL has awarded an expansion franchise to Chilliwack.

The Chilliwack franchise will be aligned in the B.C. Division and Western Conference starting in the 2027-28 season.

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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:

 

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings play their next five games on the road starting Saturday night in Nanaimo against the Clippers and continuing Sunday in Alberni Valley vs. the Bulldogs.

The (12-3) Spruce Kings are first in the BCHL overall standings and are riding a 7-game winning streak.

The Spruce Kings regular season schedule/results can be found here.

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

The BCHL standings are here.

 

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

Seattle  2  Calgary  1  (OT)
Ottawa  2  Buffalo  1
LA  7  San Jose  2  
Florida  5  Chicago  3

The (3-13-1) Vancouver Canucks, who have lost 13 of their last 14 games, visit the
(5-8-3) Winnipeg Jets tonight.

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.

 

BC Elite Hockey League:

 

Canada West Sports:

Fourth-year UNBC Men’s Soccer defender Hagon Kim (Islan, South Korea) has won the 2026 Canada West Men’s Soccer Community Service Award.

Kim had two goals and an assist in 15 games this season.

In the classroom, he reached U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours for the first time
with a GPA of 4.22.

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The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes Friday and Saturday in Canada West men’s and women’s basketball.

The Timberwolves are 0-2 in both the men’s and women’s basketball standings.

Victoria is 0-2 (women) and 1-1 (men).

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:

Denver Nuggets  128  Toronto Raptors  109

The (4-4) Raptors visit the (1-7) Milwaukee Bucks Friday night.

The Raptors 2026-27 regular season schedule is here.

The NBA regular season schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.

 

NFL:

Week 9 of the NFL season starts tonight (Thursday 6:15 PDT) with (5-2) Jacksonville at (4-4) Baltimore.

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

The NFL regular season standings are here.

 

CFL: 

The CFL divisional finals will be played on Saturday.

The B.C. Lions visit the Edmonton Elks in the West while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are at the Montreal Alouettes in the East.

The two winners meet in the Grey Cup on Sunday, November 15th in Calgary.

Final Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.

 

 

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Hartley Miller
Hartley Miller
Hartley is the News Director for Vista Radio’s B.C. North division, as well as the morning news anchor for 94.3 The GOAT and Country 97FM. He has served as the colour commentator for Prince George Cougars home games for 13 seasons. Hartley has been a fixture on the airwaves since 1979. He is the author of You Don’t Say, a collection of his most memorable sports quotes. Hartley is married with two children and five grandchildren.

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