Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Saturday, April 9th
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars entertain the Victoria Royals tonight in their final regular-season home game.
The Royals lost to the Blazers 4-3 Friday night in Kamloops as the Blazers scored the winner with four seconds left in the third period.
Tie game, 10 seconds remaining, and Logan Stankoven has the puck.
THE.👏 REST.👏 IS.👏 HISTORY.👏@blazerhockey | @DallasStars | #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/Bnq0l6d155
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 9, 2022
The (22-38-4-1) Cougars are 9th in the Western Conference, just a point behind the (22-37-5-1) Royals and the (23-36-4-0) Vancouver Giants and two back of the (23-37-4-1) Spokane Chiefs.
The Giants suffered their seventh straight loss, falling 7-2 at home Friday to Portland.
Vancouver has five games remaining, P.G., Victoria, and Spokane have three left.
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.
Columns:
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
Remembering when Ginnell left the Bombers . . . Blades’ Maier king of WHL goaltenders . . . Bedard sets two Pats’ records https://t.co/nZusIVEqR1
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 9, 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
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings visit the Cranbrook Bucks tonight and with a win, they will advance to the second round of the BCHL playoffs.
The Spruce Kings lead the best-of-seven first-round series 3-2 with the home team winning each game.
A 7th and deciding game if needed would be played Monday in Prince George.
Series results:
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Cranbrook Bucks 2 (Thursday, April 7)
The game stats are right here.
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 Friday games with Winnipeg the only Canadian team in action)
Colorado 5 Winnipeg 4 (OT)
There was plenty of hockey Friday with three of five games requiring extra time as the @NHLBruins, @StLouisBlues and @Avalanche each collected overtime wins.#NHLStats: https://t.co/yvUh6SpzY2 pic.twitter.com/tWNK3qcvCx
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 9, 2022
The Vancouver Canucks 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 tonight at 7:00.
Vancouver is 26-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Golf:
Tiger Woods, at 1-over-145, made the 36-hole cut at the Masters.
The 46-year-old Woods will begin the third round nine strokes behind the leader Scottie Scheffler.
At 8-under-136, Scheffler has a five-shot lead.
Top Canadian Corey Conners trails by seven at 1-under-143.
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:
Toronto Blue Jays 10 Texas Rangers 8
It was the season-opener for the Jays.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
World men’s curling championship–(in Las Vegas)
Canada 9 Denmark 2 (Friday night)
Canada 8 Scotland 6 (Friday morning)
The Canadian team, skipped by Brad Gushue, finished first in the round-robin with a 10-2 record followed by Sweden at 9-3.
Canada and Sweden both advance to the semifinals tonight at 7:00.
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 117 Houston Rockets 115
The (48-33) Raptors close out their regular season against the (36-45) 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.
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