Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, April 5th
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars host the Kelowna Rockets tonight and Wednesday.
The (37-19-1-5) Rockets are 5th in the Western Conference, six points behind the Seattle Thunderbirds with two games in hand.
The Cougars are coming off Sunday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Kamloops Blazers.
The game stats and highlights are right here.
“That’s a point that could potentially put us in the playoffs. I thought that was a real gutsy effort by our team and I’m very proud of them.”
A big point earned in Sunday’s clash with @blazerhockey.
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 4, 2022
The (22-37-3-1) Cougars are ninth in the WHL Western Conference, but just a point behind the (22-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs and two points behind the (22-36-5-1) Victoria Royals and the (23-35-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
The top eight advance to the playoffs.
Vancouver has six games remaining, P.G. has five left, and Spokane and Victoria have four remaining.
The Cougars, who have dropped 13 of their last 16, also host Victoria on Saturday before closing on the road at Kamloops on April 15th and at Kelowna on April 16th.
The WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Business Iain Scott in this week’s episode | https://t.co/wrOINDu6An #cityofPG #princegeorge #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/SELMwM4HyE
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 31, 2022
BCHL:
Cranbrook Bucks 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 0 (Monday)
The Bucks scored twice on the power-play and outshot the Spruce Kings 43-27.
The game stats are right here.
Aaron Trotter made 40 stops, but an early Cranbrook marker was the difference, as the Spruce Kings drop a 3-0 decision in Game 3.
📸 Timothy Matwey
📝https://t.co/9r5iAz2LDh pic.twitter.com/HGZvXKwhUS
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) April 5, 2022
The Spruce Kings lead the best-of-seven first-round series 2-1 with Game four tonight in Cranbrook and Game five in P.G. on Thursday.
If necessary games would be played Saturday in Cranbrook, and Monday in Prince George.
Earlier in the series:
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Saturday)
The game stats are right here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Friday)
The game stats are right here.
The Spruce Kings playoff schedule is right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
NHL: (4 Monday games with 2 Canadian teams in action)
Calgary 3 LA 2
Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist for the Pacific Division-leading Flames.
Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 2
Auston Matthews scored three goals, including his league-high 54th of the season, and added an assist.
Matthews has tied Rick Vaive for the Maple Leafs club record of most goals in a season.
St. Louis 5 Arizona 1
Boston 3 Columbus 2 (OT)
The @MapleLeafs and @NHLBruins each won to juggle the Atlantic Division standings (and realign to a potential First Round meeting), while in the West the @NHLFlames and @StLouisBlues padded leads over the next closest teams in their divisions.#NHLStats: https://t.co/70OjHtlwzW pic.twitter.com/gBNQt5xTq4
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 5, 2022
There are 10 NHL games tonight including Edmonton at San Jose, Toronto at Florida, and Ottawa at Montreal.
The (32-28-10) Vancouver Canucks are eight points out of a playoff spot with 12 games remaining, seven at home, and five on the road.
The Canucks visit Vegas Wednesday and Arizona Thursday (both at 7:00 PM).
Vancouver is 24-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
Canada 10 Italy 4 (Monday afternoon)
The 5-0 Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, is in first place and has just one game today and that will be at 2:00 this afternoon against Germany.
Earlier Canadian results:
Canada 10 Switzerland 6 (Sunday night)
Canada 9 Netherlands 6 (Sunday afternoon)
Canada 6 Czech Republic 4 (Saturday afternoon)
Canada 8 Norway 7 (Saturday night)
13 countries are competing with the top six teams to advance to the playoffs.
Results, schedule, and standings are right here.
NCAA men’s basketball:
(Championship Game)
Kansas Jayhawks 72 North Carolina Tar Heels 69
Kansas erased a 16-point first-half deficit.
It was the largest comeback in men’s title game history and gave the Jayhawks their fourth national championship.
NBA:
The (45-33) Toronto Raptors, with four games left, are tied with the Chicago Bulls for 5th in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors host Atlanta tonight (4:30 P.T.), Philadelphia Thursday, and Houston Friday before closing against the Knicks in New York on Sunday.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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