Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, March 24th
World women’s curling championship—(at CN Centre in PG)
Canada 10 Sweden 8 (Wednesday morning)
How swede it is for Canada in women’s world curlinghttps://t.co/SndRo5b4xi pic.twitter.com/oi1QudWjha
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 23, 2022
.@brianemeilleur of @EinarsonTeam chats with @mypgnow ahead of Thursday’s games against @ChristensenCurl and South Korea @worldcurling @CurlingCanada #curling #WWCC2022 #CityOfPG #sports #northernbc pic.twitter.com/DresSZUTqP
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 24, 2022
Canadian results:
Canada over Scotland (Wednesday night-win by forfeit)
Canada 10 Sweden 8 (Wednesday morning)
Canada 10 Japan 4 (Tuesday afternoon)
Canada 8 Denmark 4 (Monday afternoon)
Switzerland 11 Canada 3 (Sunday night)
Canada 8 Turkey 4 (Sunday afternoon)
Norway 6 Canada 4 (Saturday night)
Canada 9 Italy 2 (Saturday afternoon)
After Wednesday’s action: Switzerland is 8-0, Sweden is 7-2 followed by Canada and Korea at 6-2 while both Denmark and the U.S. are 5-3.
Today, Canada plays the USA this morning at 9:00, and Korea tonight at 7:00.
On Friday, Canada meets Germany at 9:00 in the morning and the Czech Republic at 7:00 at night.
Qualification games are scheduled for Saturday at 1:00 in the afternoon with the semi-finals Saturday night at 7:00.
Medal games go Sunday at 11:00 a.m. (for bronze) and 4:00 p.m. (for gold).
The full standings can be found here.
The full schedule and results are right here.
WHL:
Victoria Royals 4 Kelowna Rockets 3
The Prince George Cougars, who have lost nine of their last 10, visit the Royals on Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars are 8-3 this season against Victoria, although the Royals have won three of the last four.
The (20-34-2-1) Cougars are tied with the (19-35-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, five points behind the (21-34-5-1) Royals.
Prince George has 11 games remaining, Spokane has nine left and Victoria has seven remaining.
The WHL standings are right here.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars co-owner Eric Brewer in this week’s episode
| https://t.co/xjSoJEdADF #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/Bi4yI6ms9Z— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 24, 2022
Column:
Royals complete sweep of Rockets . . . Ice alone on top of WHL standings . . . Coaching vacancy in MJHL https://t.co/Tg28u9YAW6
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) March 24, 2022
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings begin the BCHL playoffs April 1st and 2nd on home ice against the Cranbrook Bucks.
The (27-15-4-8) Spruce Kings finished in 4th place in the Interior Division while the (28-20-2-3) Bucks are 5th.
Playoff tickets go on sale today (Thursday) at the Spruce Kings office and online.
Games three and four are scheduled for Cranbrook on April 4th and 5th with if needed games April 7th in P.G., April 9th in Cranbrook, and April 11th in Prince George.
The Spruce Kings regular season results can be found right here.
The BCHL standings are right here.
NHL: (4 Wednesday games)
Vancouver 3 Colorado 1
J.T. Miller scored once and added an assist for the (31-26-8) Canucks, who will continue a four-game road trip tonight (5:00 PT) against the Wild in Minnesota.
Vancouver is three points out of a playoff spot with 17 games remaining.
The Canucks are 23-11-5 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Toronto 3 New Jersey 2
Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 3 (SO)
Chicago 4 Anaheim 2
BC Elite Hockey League: (U18 female)
The Northern Capitals visit the regular-season champion Fraser Valley Rush for the playoff championship in the U18 female division of the BC Elite Hockey League.
The best-of-three final will be played in Langley with games Friday night at 5:45, Saturday morning at 11:00, and if needed Sunday morning at 9:00.
In the regular season, Fraser Valley won six of the eight head-to-head games, two of them in overtime.
The Rush finished first with a 28-3-1 record while the Capitals were second at 22-7-0-3.
Both teams won their semi-final series in two straight games.
NFL:
The Kansas City Chiefs have traded ace wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, for five draft picks, including first-and second-round picks this year.
The Dolphins have given Hill a four-year, $120 million contract extension to make him the highest-paid player at his position.
NBA:
The (40-32) Toronto Raptors, with 10 games left, host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight (4:30 PT).
Toronto is 7th in the Eastern Conference, a game behind the (41-31) Cavaliers.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
5-foot-11.
An absolute sharpshooter.
A 99% average in school.
Sounds like the perfect addition to the green & gold.An exciting day for @UNBCWomensBball, officially welcoming @2022_manak!
Hear from the newest @UNBC TWolf below, and get the details here: https://t.co/lPh1tdRSjv pic.twitter.com/ldbB3a9O0u— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) March 21, 2022
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