(As of 12:01AM)
PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS:
(WHL)
Prince George Cougars 2 Seattle Thunderbirds 0
Taylor Gauthier made 37 saves for his first career WHL shutout in front of 3,585 fans on Mega Jackpot and Pink in the Rink night at CN Centre.
Cole Moberg scored the winner at 6:19 of the first and drew an assist on Jackson Leppard’s power play tally in the second.
The Cougars, who whipped the Thunderbirds 4-1 Friday, swept the doubleheader against Seattle to improve their record to 7-7-1-2 (including 4-5-0-1 on home ice).
Prince George is 3rd in the BC Division with the 7th most points in the Western Conference, one ahead of Seattle, and three in front of both Kamloops and Kelowna.
Prince George Cougars 4 Seattle Thunderbirds 1 (Friday)
The Cougars ended a four-game losing skid thanks to superb goaltending from Isaiah DiLaura and four unanswered goals in the first.
DiLaura made 21 saves losing his shutout bid with just 38 seconds left in the game before 2,372 fans.
PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS:
(BCHL)
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Penticton Vees 2 (OT)
Ben Poisson scored his second goal of the game at 1:46 of overtime in front of 765 hometown fans.
Ben Brar notched his 16th goal (second in the BCHL) of the season and added an assist for the 14-6-0-1 Spruce Kings.
Prince George is tied with Coquitlam for 2nd in the Mainland Division, three points behind Chilliwack.
Prince George Spruce Kings 2 Alberni Valley Bulldogs 1 (Friday)
Corey Cunningham and Craig MacDonald of Prince George scored for the Spruce Kings, who outshot the Bulldogs 45-19 before 907 fans at the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena (RMCA).
CARIBOO COUGARS:
(BCMML)
Cariboo Cougars 6 South Island Royals 3
Same teams meet again this morning (8:30) in Saanich.
The 6-3-2 Major Midget Cougars have won four straight.
NHL: (Canadian teams went 3-2 on Saturday)
Calgary 5 Chicago 3
Edmonton 4 Detroit 3
Tampa Bay 4 Montreal 1
Toronto 5 Pittsburgh 0
Buffalo 9 Ottawa 2
The Vancouver Canucks, coming off a 7-6 Friday overtime victory over Colorado, begin a six-game road trip Tuesday in Detroit.
The 9-6 Canucks have won three in a row.
UNBC TIMBERWOLVES:
(Canada West women’s basketball)
UNBC Timberwolves 90 Winnipeg Wesmen 75
(Lady Timberwolves complete the sweep to improve their perfect record to 4-0)
UNBC Timberwolves 75 Winnipeg Wesmen 68 (Friday)
(Canada West men’s basketball)
Winnipeg Wesmen 96 UNBC Timberwolves 81
(First loss of the season for the 3-1 UNBC men before 670 fans at the Northern Sport Centre)
UNBC Timberwolves 84 Winnipeg Wesmen 82 (Friday)
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:
(PG Bowl at Masich Place Stadium)
PGSS Polars 49 Kelly Roadrunners 8
CFL: (Final weekend of the regular season)
(Week 21) Saturday
Calgary 26 B.C. Lions 9
(Stampeders clinch first to get a first-round playoff bye)
Edmonton 33 Winnipeg 24
Montreal 30 Hamilton 28
(Friday)
Ottawa 24 Toronto 9
WEST: (Final Standings)
Calgary 13-5, Saskatchewan 12-6, Winnipeg 10-8, BC 9-9, Edmonton 9-9
EAST: (Final Standings)
Ottawa 11-7, Hamilton 8-10, Montreal 5-13, Toronto 4-14
Upcoming: (Division semi-finals)
B.C. Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Sunday, Nov.11 at 10am PT)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders (Sunday, Nov.11 at 1:30pm)
NFL: (Week Nine)
There are 11 Sunday NFL games including, the 8-0 LA Rams at the 6-1 New Orleans Saints, the LA Chargers at Seattle and night action of Green Bay at New England.
NBA:
The 8-1 Toronto Raptors visit LeBron James and the 4-5 LA Lakers tonight.
The Raptors are 1-0 on a four-game Western road trip (107-98 Friday night win over Phoenix).
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