(As of 12:01AM) WEEKEND WRAP
PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS:
The Prince George Cougars started their six-game Prairie road trip picking up just one out of a possible four points.
The Cougars lost 6-2 in Prince Albert (Friday) and 4-3 in a shootout in Saskatoon (Saturday).
They play their next game Tuesday in Swift Current against the 35-12-3-1 Broncos, who have the second best record in the WHL.
The 18-24-4-4 Cougars are 13 points out of a playoff spot.
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Saskatoon Blades 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (SO)
Max Gerlach of Saskatoon scored a power-play goal with 40 seconds left in the third and the Blades would go on to win in the sixth round of the shootout.
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Prince Albert Raiders 6 Prince George Cougars 2 (Friday)
Ex-Cougar Kody McDonald opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal and added two assists.
McDonald completed the Gordie Howe hat-trick with a fight against Cameron MacPhee.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE:
Portland 4 Kamloops 2
Victoria 7 Calgary 3
Tri-City 3 Seattle 2
Everett 6 Spokane 5 (OT)
BC DIVISION STANDINGS:
Kelowna, 49 games = 31-14-3-1 (66 points)
Victoria, 51 games = 30-17-3-1 (64 points)
Vancouver, 49 games = 25-16-5-3 (58 points)
Kamloops, 50 games = 23-24-1-2 (49 points)
Prince George, 50 games = 18-24-4-4 (44 points)
WESTERN CONFERENCE WILD CARD:
Tri-City, 48 games = 25-16-7-0 (57 points)
Spokane, 50 games = 26-19-3-2 (57 points)
Kamloops, 50 games = 23-24-1-2 (49 points)
Prince George, 50 games = 18-24-4-4 (44 points)
PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS:
The Prince George Spruce Kings won two of their three weekend road games against Mainland opponents, capped off with a 5-1 victory in Chilliwack.
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Prince George Spruce Kings 5 Chilliwack Chiefs 1 (Sunday)
Dustin Manz notched a third period hat-trick and Evan DeBrouwer made 31 saves as Chilliwack outshot Prince George 32-23.
The 25-15-4-4 Spruce Kings lead the Mainland Division by three points over Surrey, four over Langley and by nine over Chilliwack.
The Spruce Kings host Chilliwack Friday and Saturday.
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Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Coquitlam Express 0 (Saturday)
Bradley Cooper made 29 saves for the shutout.
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Langley Rivermen 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Friday)
BCHL:
MAINLAND DIVISION STANDINGS:
Prince George, 48 games = 25-15-4-4 (58 points)
Surrey, 48 games = 24-17-5-2 (55 points)
Langley, 48 games = 21-15-10-2 (54 points)
Chilliwack, 46 games = 22-19-2-3 (49 points)
Coquitlam, 47 games = 13-30-1-3 (30 points)
CARIBOO COUGARS:
The Cariboo Cougars whipped the South Island Royals 6-3 (Friday) and 8-3 (Saturday) in Victoria.
With 10 regular season games left, the 23-5-2-0 Major Midget Cougars are in second place, just a point behind the 23-4-2-1 Valley West Hawks.
The Hawks lost 3-2 in overtime (Sunday) against the Vancouver NW Giants.
Cariboo will visit the Greater Vancouver Canadians Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 10AM.
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Cariboo Cougars 8 South Island Royals 3 (Saturday)
Cariboo Cougars 6 South Island Royals 3 (Friday)
NHL:
Vancouver Canucks rookie Brock Boeser was named MVP at the 63rd NHL All-Star game in Tampa.
The 20-year-old Boeser scored a goal and added an assist to help the Pacific Division beat the Atlantic 5-2 in the championship game of a four-team divisional tournament played in a three-on-three format.
Boeser has 24 goals and 19 assists for 43 points in 46 games.
The 19-24-6 Canucks host Colorado Tuesday.
UPDATE at 1PM
It appears that Jaromir Jagr has played his last game in the NHL.
The Calgary Flames have assigned the 45-year-old Jagr to HC Kladno of the Czech Republic league.
Jagr notched just seven points (one goal) in 22 games with the Flames.
UNBC TIMBERWOLVES:
The UNBC Timberwolves wrapped up their regular season in Canada West basketball by taking three of four against Fraser Valley.
The UNBC men swept a pair while the Lady T-wolves split.
It appears both UNBC teams are headed to the playoffs after the men finished 10-10 (winning six of their last eight) and the women 9-11.
The Timberwolves get the bye this weekend when the other 16 teams conclude their regular season.
The Canada West playoffs begin February 9th.
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Canada West Men’s Basketball
UNBC Timberwolves 101 Fraser Valley Cascades 91 (Saturday)
UNBC Timberwolves 97 Fraser Valley Cascades 93 (Friday in OT)
Canada West Women’s Basketball
UNBC Timberwolves 82 Fraser Valley Cascades 66 (Saturday)
Fraser Valley Cascades 77 UNBC Timberwolves 70 (Friday)
SNOWBOARDCROSS:
Meryeta O’Dine of Prince George placed second among five Canadians and 10th out of 28 overall at the Bansko Sprint Snowboardcross World Cup race in Bulgaria.
The 20-year-old and the Snowboardcross team will compete in one last World Cup in Feldberg, Germany this weekend (February 2-4) before heading off to South Korea to compete in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
CANADIAN WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS:
BC (Kesa Van Osch) is 1-2 in Pool B after a 9-6 loss Sunday night to PEI at the National Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton.
Newfoundland-Labrador and Alberta are both 3-0 in Pool B.
BC plays 1-2 Quebec (2PM) in its only game today.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN:
Roger Federer has his 6th Australian Open trophy and record 20th Grand Slam title.
The 36-year-old needed five sets to beat sixth-seeded Marin Cilic in the men’s final.
On the women’s side, Caroline Wozniacki captured her first major, edging Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the championship match.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 123 Los Angeles Lakers 111
The 33-15 Raptors are second in the Eastern Conference, just a game behind the 35-15 Boston Celtics.