(As of 12:01AM)
NHL: (First game in the best-of-seven Conference semi-final)
Winnipeg Jets 4 Nashville Predators 1
Connor Hellebuyck made 47 saves for the Jets. Game two goes Sunday at 4PM in Nashville.
The Boston Bruins visit the Tampa Bay Lightning today at noon in their opener.
Tonight at 5, San Jose down 1-0 visits Vegas.
On Sunday afternoon (12:15), Pittsburgh up 1-0 plays at Washington.
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The finalists for the Hart (MVP) Trophy are New Jersey Devils left-winger Taylor Hall, Los Angeles Kings centre Anze Kopitar and Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon.
Brian Burke is leaving the Calgary Flames after stepping down as president of hockey operations. The Flames made the playoffs just twice in the five years the 62-year-old Burke held his front office job.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE:
Both WHL Conference Finals resume tonight with Tri-City at Everett in the West and Lethbridge at Swift Current in the East.
The Silvertips lead the Americans 3-1 while the Hurricanes and Broncos are even at 2-2.
A couple of former PG Cougars, in their last year of junior hockey, are playing a major role with Lethbridge.
Centre Brad Morrison leads the WHL playoff scoring race with 36 points (15G, 21A) in 14 post-season games.
(Michael Rasmussen and Morgan Geekie of Tri-City are second and third respectively with 29 and 26 points, although Geekie leads in goals with 16)
Defenceman Tate Olson has 16 points (three goals) in 14 games to go along with a team high +15 rating.
DOYLE CUP JUNIOR HOCKEY:
Wenatchee Wild 3 Spruce Grove Saints 2 (OT)
Wild lead the best-of-seven series 1-0 with game two tonight in Wenatchee.
The Wild improved their home playoff record to 12-0, outscoring the opposition 54-20.
Wenatchee advanced by winning the BCHL Fred Page Cup 4-1 over the Prince George Spruce Kings.
The Doyle Cup winner will qualify for the RBC National Junior ‘A’ Championship May 12th to 20th in Chilliwack.
IF WENATCHEE SWEEPS THE FIRST TWO GAMES
GAME ONE – April 27th in Wenatchee (WILD WIN 3-2 in OT)
GAME TWO – April 28th in Wenatchee
GAME THREE – May 1st in Spruce Grove
GAME FOUR – May 2nd in Spruce Grove
*GAME FIVE – May 4th in Spruce Grove
*GAME SIX – May 5th in Spruce Grove
*GAME SEVEN – May 6th in Spruce Grove
*IF NECESSARY
SPLIT FIRST TWO GAMES:
GAME ONE – April 27th in Wenatchee (WILD WIN 3-2 in OT)
GAME TWO – April 28th in Wenatchee
GAME THREE – April 29th in Wenatchee
GAME FOUR – May 2nd in Spruce Grove
*GAME FIVE – May 3rd in Spruce Grove
*GAME SIX – May 5th in Spruce Grove
*GAME SEVEN – May 6th in Spruce Grove
*IF NECESSARY
PG SPRUCE KINGS:
Prince George Spruce Kings defenseman Dylan Anhorn has committed to play NCAA Division 1 hockey
for Union College, beginning in the 2019/2020 season.
Anhorn is the 10th Spruce King from the 2017-18 roster to commit to college, with half-a-dozen of those
players returning for the 2018/2019 season.
BCHL:
The Trail Smoke Eaters of the BCHL have hired Jeff Tambellini as head coach and general manager.
Tambellini, a former BCHL player, suited up in 242 NHL games.
He was an assistant coach in the 2017-18 season with Michigan of the NCAA.
VOLLEYBALL:
Seven Prince George Youth Volleyball Club teams are at the Provincials in Abbotsford.
Prince George Red 15U Girls have advanced to the quarter-finals to guarantee a top eight finish.
Three other teams are in the girls 15 and 16-year-olds divisions and three more in the boys 15/16 age group.
Competition wraps up Sunday.
NBA: (Sixth games in the best-of-seven Conference quarter-finals)
Toronto 102 Washington 92
(Raptors win 4-2 to advance to the second round against Cleveland or Indiana)
Indiana 121 Cleveland 87
(Series tied 3-3 with the seventh and deciding game Sunday in Cleveland)
Utah 96 Oklahoma City 91
(Jazz win 4-2 to advance to the second round against the Rockets starting Sunday in Houston)
There are a pair of NBA games tonight: Milwaukee at Boston (5pm) in game seven of the Eastern quarter-finals followed by New Orleans at Golden State (7:30) in game one of the Western semi-finals.
MLB:
Texas Rangers 6 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Blue Jays slip to 14-11.
MINOR FOOTBALL:
Prince George Minor Football will hold a quarterback and receivers camp on Sunday.
The special guest is former BC Lions receiver Paris Jackson, who spent 12 seasons in the CFL, with his last year in 2014.
Cost is $60 per player.
To register, text or call Craig Briere at (250) 552-8920 or email to [email protected].
LACROSSE:
The Prince George Senior Lacrosse regular season continues on Monday at 8PM at Kin 1 with the defending champion Westwood Pub Devils against the Co-op Petroleum Stylers.