Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, April 7th
WHL:
Kelowna Rockets 4 Prince George Cougars 1 (Wednesday)
The Rockets went 2-for-3 on the power-play while the Cougars were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Both Colton Dach and Pavel Novak notched a goal and two assists for Kelowna.
Fischer O’Brien scored the only goal for the Cougars, his first of the season, in front of 1,702 fans at CN Centre.
The game stats and highlights are right here.
The Rockets have won their last nine games in Prince George, including all six this season.
The (22-38-4-1) Cougars are 9th in the Western Conference, just a point behind the (22-36-5-1) Victoria Royals and the (23-35-4-0) Vancouver Giants and two back of the (23-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs.
Spokane beat Everett 3-2 in overtime Wednesday night.
Vancouver has six games remaining, Victoria has four games left while P.G., and Spokane have three remaining.
The Cougars, who have dropped 15 of their last 18, host Victoria Saturday night.
The Royals play Friday in Kamloops prior to heading to Prince George.
The Cougars will close on the road at Kamloops on April 15th and at Kelowna on April 16th.
The (39-19-1-5) Rockets are 5th in the Western Conference, two points back of the Seattle Thunderbirds.
Kelowna Rockets 1 Prince George Cougars 0 (Tuesday OT)
Defenceman and Rockets Captain Tyson Feist scored the game’s only goal at 1:02 of overtime before 1,606 fans at CN Centre.
Feisty effort by @PGCougars falls short against @Kelowna_Rockets
| https://t.co/vxzvmkVXg8 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/w9ncIMRmIB— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 6, 2022
The game stats and highlights are right here.
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 chats with @PGCougars Director of Player Development Steve O’Rourke in this week’s episode
| https://t.co/DDrfTyzpGP #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising #sports pic.twitter.com/4oQs8axL4v— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 7, 2022
Column:
It’s Green Shirt Day as we promote organ donation and remember the Humboldt Broncos . . . https://t.co/RyXzBjrhfN
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 7, 2022
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings host the Cranbrook Bucks tonight at 7:00.
The best-of-seven first-round series is tied 2-2 with the home team winning each game.
Game six will be played Saturday in Cranbrook with a 7th and deciding game if needed Monday in Prince George.
Series results:
Cranbrook Bucks 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Tuesday, April 5)
The game stats are right here.
Cranbrook Bucks 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 0 (Monday, April 4)
The game stats are right here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Saturday, April 2)
The game stats are right here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 4 Cranbrook Bucks 1 (Friday, April 1)
The game stats are right here.
The Spruce Kings playoff schedule is right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
NHL: (5 Wednesday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 5 Vegas 1
Elias Pettersson scored twice and added two assists for the Canucks, who visit the Arizona Coyotes tonight at 7:00.
The (33-28-10) Canucks are seven points out of a playoff spot with 11 games left (seven at home and four on the road).
Vancouver is 25-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Calgary 4 Anaheim 2
Detroit 3 Winnipeg 1
St. Louis 4 Seattle 1
Washington 4 Tampa Bay 3
Golf:
It’s the opening day at the Masters.
46-year-old Tiger Woods shot a 1-under-71.
Sungjae Im has the lead at 5-under-67.
Three Canadians are in the field led by Corey Conners at 2-under-70.
The leaderboard is right here.
Golf anyone? April is the month to tee it up | https://t.co/h0Mc0RP9ru #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #Golf pic.twitter.com/YqjUsBdbBa
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 7, 2022
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
USA 10 Canada 6 (This morning)
Canada vs Korea (7:00 tonight)
The 7-2 Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, will conclude the round-robin on Friday against Scotland (9:00 AM) and Denmark (7:00 PM).
Earlier Canadian results:
Canada 8 Finland 3 (Wednesday night)
Sweden 7 Canada 5 (Wednesday morning)
Canada 11 Germany 7 (Tuesday afternoon)
Canada 10 Italy 4 (Monday afternoon)
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.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS MSOC sign Vancouver Island recruit with championship pedigree
| https://t.co/COvupDkuNN #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #ThisIsUNBC pic.twitter.com/Gm2dFpuPYG— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 6, 2022
NBA:
The (46-33) Toronto Raptors, with three games left before playoffs, are 5th in the Eastern Conference, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Chicago Bulls.
The Raptors host Philadelphia tonight (4:30 PT), and Houston Friday (4:30 PT) before closing against the Knicks in New York on Sunday (4:00 PT).
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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