Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, October 4th
BCHL (PG Spruce Kings)
(Pre-season game Sunday in PG)
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Merritt Centennials 0
Simon Labelle led the way for the Spruce Kings, finishing with three points and first star honours, and Jordan Fairlie earns a 21 save shutout, giving the Spruce Kings a 4-0 victory to cap off the preseason.
?https://t.co/wdTSE9ZpGd#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/EaSHwl1PEC
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 4, 2021
The Spruce Kings finish 2-1-1 in the pre-season.
They open their regular season against the Centennials on Friday in Merritt.
Prince George will also play the Warriors in West Kelowna on Saturday before hosting Merritt on October 15th and 16th.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
The PG Spruce Kings have dealt forward Corey Cunningham to the Trail Smoke Eaters for future considerations.
TRADE: The Prince George Spruce Kings have traded F Corey Cunningham (’01) to the Trail Smoke Eaters in exchange for future considerations.
?–> https://t.co/pZoHT8dtZC pic.twitter.com/IekcnCreju
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 2, 2021
WHL (PG Cougars)
Start of the regular season before 2,425 fans at CN Centre
Kamloops Blazers 5 Prince George Cougars 4 (Saturday)
Connor Levis snapped a 4-4 tie on the power-play with 4:51 left in the third period. The goal came just 2:14 after the Cougars tied the game with a power-play goal from Captain Jonny Hooker. Hudson Thornton led the Cats with a goal and two assists.
Late Blazers goal spoils the PG Cougars home openerhttps://t.co/ryPo2czJur pic.twitter.com/tRiluwRshd
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 3, 2021
Despite the loss, it was an entertaining Home Opener on Saturday night. Check out the highlights from our battle with @blazerhockey.
WATCH ? https://t.co/OswHno5jKk pic.twitter.com/alp5obTAfw
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) October 3, 2021
The Cougars visit the Vancouver Giants Friday and Kamloops on Saturday.
Their next home games are against the Victoria Royals on October 16th at 7 PM and October 17th at 2 PM.
The Cats are carrying 25 players, three goalies, eight defencemen, and 14 forwards.
Six of the players are rookies and four are 20-year-olds (one over the limit); goalie Taylor Gauthier, defenceman Majid Kaddoura plus forwards Jonny Hooker, and Connor Bowie. (Gauthier sat out Saturday)
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Prince George Cougars taking steps to honour residential school survivorshttps://t.co/NqNAq0VeGD pic.twitter.com/E8JPbrcc2c
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 1, 2021
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller kicks off season four of the podcast with @PGCougars Head Coach and General Manager Mark Lamb to chat about the upcoming @TheWHL season
| https://t.co/LGL6TsIYSU #CityofPG #sports pic.twitter.com/VkgDbXz04a— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 29, 2021
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars & Northern Capitals)
(U18AAA )
Cariboo Cougars 4 Valley West Giants 2 (Sunday)
Valley West Giants 8 Cariboo Cougars 5 (Saturday)
The 2-2 Cariboo Cougars visit the South Island Royals in Victoria Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday morning at 7:00.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(FEMALE U18 AAA) (in Surrey)
Northern Capitals 5 Vancouver Island Seals 2 (Sunday)
Northern Capitals 7 Thompson-Okanagan Lakers 0 (Saturday)
Fraser Valley Rush 3 Northern Capitals 2 (OT Friday)
Fraser Valley Rush 2 Northern Capitals 0 (Friday)
The (4-1-0-1) Northern Capitals host the (4-0) Fraser Valley Rush Saturday night at 6:00 and Sunday morning at 9:45 at Kin 2.
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
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The U15 Cariboo Cougars ended their weekend with a split.
Sunday morning at Kin 1, they beat the Greater Vancouver Canadians 3-2 in overtime.
On Saturday, the Canadians beat the U15 Cougars 3-2.
The Cougars now have a 1-2-0-1 record, good for fifth place in the 10-team division.
NHL:
(Pre-season game)
Vancouver Canucks 3 Winnipeg Jets 2
The Canucks play their next exhibition game on Tuesday when they host Seattle at 7:00.
The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed Elias Pettersson to a three-year contract ($7.35 million AAV) and Quinn Hughes to a six-year deal ($7.85 million AAV). https://t.co/U2TvMEbfvZ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 1, 2021
The Canucks schedule is right here.
Canada West Soccer: (UNBC Timberwolves)
(Men)
UNBC Timberwolves 4 UBC Okanagan Heat 1 (Saturday)
The @UNBCMSoccer team has been threatening to erupt all season, with plenty of chances and pressure. Today, they converted those looks, topping the @UBCOHeat 4-1 in Prince George.
READ: https://t.co/9ma499s4qn pic.twitter.com/2cbRzKG7Gd— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 2, 2021
UBC Okanagan Heat 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
RECAP: @UNBCMSoccer and @UBCOHeat had a stingy battle, but it was a Heat goal in the 90th minute that proved to be enough.
READ: https://t.co/I4eEUtVnsP pic.twitter.com/J0ClqFvTUx— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 1, 2021
(Women)
UNBC Timberwolves 3 UBC Okanagan Heat 2 (Saturday)
WHAT A GAME. Trailing 2-0 at halftime, @UNBCWSoccer didn’t give up. They were rewarded for their grit, mounting a second-half comeback and beating the @UBCOHeat 3-2.
READ: https://t.co/0VuBzWQAMZ pic.twitter.com/A88XQLovLs
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 3, 2021
UBC Okanagan Heat 1 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Tie Friday)
RECAP: They pushed and they pushed, and were finally rewarded. @UNBCWSoccer earned a 1-1 draw against a strong @UBCOHeat side, Friday night in Prince George.
READ: https://t.co/VVbSBE4Sg1 pic.twitter.com/ps4z7jkDzw— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 2, 2021
The UNBC men have one win, four losses, and three ties after eight games while the UNBC women have one win, six losses, and one tie.
The women’s standings are right here while the men’s standings are right here.
The UNBC soccer teams have just four games remaining. The Timberwolves visit Fraser Valley on October 15th and 17th before hosting Thompson Rivers on October 23rd and 24th (at Masich Place starting at noon for the women and 2:15 for the men).
Toronto Blue Jays 12 Baltimore Orioles 4
Boston Red Sox 7 Washington Nationals 5
New York Yankees 1 Tampa Bay Rays 0
LA Angels 7 Seattle Mariners 3
The Blue Jays finish their season with a 91-and-71 record and out of the playoffs.
Toronto was one game back of the Yankees and Red Sox for the two American League wild-card spots.
Seattle finished a game behind Toronto and two back of Boston and New York.
The Yankees visit the Red Sox Tuesday night at 5:00 with the winner to play the Tampa Bay Rays.
The National League wild-card game Wednesday night at 5:10 has St. Louis at the LA Dodgers.
The Blue Jays schedule and results are right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
Triple-A Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George batted .254 since getting called up to AAA with the Iowa Cubs. The 26-year-old first baseman finished with five homers and 18 RBI’s in 37 games with the Iowa Cubs, who had their season end on Sunday.
NFL: (Week 4)
Tampa Bay 19 New England 17
In his much anticipated first game in Foxborough as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady did what he’s done his whole career: Win.https://t.co/qxY1DdVXx9
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 4, 2021
Seattle 28 San Francisco 21
Arizona 37 LA Rams 20
Monday night football to conclude Week 4 has Las Vegas at LA Chargers.
Las Vegas is 3-0 and one of just two unbeaten teams. Arizona is 4-0.
Just two teams are winless. Both Jacksonville and Detroit are 0-4.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
CFL: (Week 9)
Calgary Stampeders 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17 (Saturday)
(OT) Montreal Alouettes 23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20 (Saturday)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30 B.C. Lions 9 (Friday)
The Lions don’t play again until Saturday, October 16th when they host Calgary.
Week 10 of the CFL season starts Wednesday (4:30 PT) with Ottawa at Toronto.
West: Winnipeg 7-1, Saskatchewan 5-3, B.C. 4-4, Calgary 3-5, and Edmonton 2-5
East: Toronto 4-3, Hamilton 4-4, Montreal 3-4, and Ottawa 2-5.
The CFL schedule is right here.
Column:
Scattershooting on a Sunday night after a day of pushing the ‘previous’ button on the remote control . . . https://t.co/7ngYZFaW8P
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) October 4, 2021
Biathlon:
Prince George hosting the 2022 Canadian Biathlon Championshiphttps://t.co/XrO4BaJxzj pic.twitter.com/yJmvl8EGgh
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 29, 2021