Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 p.m. Friday, April 8th
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Cranbrook Bucks 2
The Spruce Kings trailed 2-1 with five minutes to go in the third period but scored two late goals for the victory before 1,003 fans at the RMCA.
The game stats are right here.
Better late than never; @SpruceKings snatch Game 5 victory away from @CranbrookBucks | #cityofpg https://t.co/UjNi2JTRva #PrinceGeorge #sports #Spruce50 #TRUEBLUE pic.twitter.com/M7douL23Kc
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 8, 2022
Prince George leads the best-of-seven first-round series 3-2 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.
WHL:
The P.G. Cougars entertain the Victoria Royals Saturday night in their final regular-season home game.
The Royals play the Blazers in Kamloops tonight before heading to Prince George.
The Cougars are coming off Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Kelowna Rockets.
The game stats and highlights are right here.
The (22-38-4-1) Cougars are 9th in the Western Conference, just a point behind the (22-36-5-1) Royals and the (23-35-4-0) Vancouver Giants and two back of the (23-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs.
Vancouver has six games remaining, Victoria has four games left while P.G., and Spokane have three remaining.
The Giants host Portland tonight while the Chiefs play their next game Saturday in Seattle.
The Cougars, who have dropped 15 of their last 18, will close 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.
Column:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller‘s it’s all on the line for the @pgcougars if they wish to make @TheWHL playoffs this year
| https://t.co/MO35H0u4hT #CityOfPG #sports #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising pic.twitter.com/YQxxfq6JLN— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 8, 2022
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
NHL: (10 Thursday games with Winnipeg the only Canadian team idle)
Vancouver 5 Arizona 1
Alex Chiasson and Bo Horvat both scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, who are six points out of a playoff spot with 10 games left (seven at home).
The (34-28-10) Canucks host the San Jose Sharks Saturday night at 7:00.
Vancouver is 26-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Toronto 4 Dallas 3 (OT)
Auston Matthews scored twice, including the overtime winner, to give him a Maple Leafs club-record 56 goals on the season.
Edmonton 3 LA 2
It was the 6th straight win for the Oilers.
Calgary 4 San Jose 2
Montreal 7 New Jersey 4
Nashville 3 Ottawa 2
The @Canes became the third team to punch their ticket into the 2022 #StanleyCup Playoffs with their win during Thursday’s 10-game slate.#NHLStats: https://t.co/7IgTkMFmr3 pic.twitter.com/9CZAvuEP6h
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 8, 2022
Golf:
46-year-old Tiger Woods shot a 1-under-71 in his opening round at the Masters.
He started the day four strokes back of the leader (Sungjae Im at 5-under-67).
Top Canadian Corey Conners was three off the pace after starting with a 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
MLB:
The Toronto Blue Jays open their season tonight when they host the Texas Rangers.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
Canada 8 Scotland 6 (This morning—Friday)
The 9-2 Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, is first with a guaranteed spot in the semifinals.
Canada will conclude the round-robin tonight at 7:00 against Denmark.
Earlier Canadian results:
Canada 10 Korea 2 (Thursday night)
USA 10 Canada 6 (Thursday morning)
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.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 119 Philadelphia 76’ers 114
The (47-33) Raptors host the Houston Rockets tonight (4:30 PT) before closing out their regular season against the Knicks Sunday (4:00 PT) in New York.
Toronto is 5th in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors’ schedule is right here.
The NBA 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
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