Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, April 13th
NHL: (14 Tuesday games, Montreal and Winnipeg the only Canadian teams idle)
Vancouver 5 Vegas 4 (OT)
Quinn Hughes scored 51 seconds into overtime for the Canucks, who extended their winning streak to four games.
Vancouver is six points out of a playoff spot with eight games left (five at home).
The (36-28-10) Canucks host the Arizona Coyotes Thursday night at 7:00.
Vancouver is 28-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
Minnesota 5 Edmonton 1
Calgary 5 Seattle 3
Buffalo 5 Toronto 2
Ottawa 4 Detroit 1
That’s a wrap on the third 14-game day of the season. Did your team earn a win?#NHLStats: https://t.co/vJlw3iC5CI pic.twitter.com/qPET3Ae4CH
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 13, 2022
There are three NHL games tonight: Montreal at Columbus, LA at Colorado, and New York Rangers at Philadelphia.
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings will play the Interior Division champion Penticton Vees in the second round of the BCHL playoffs.
The first two games will be played in Penticton Thursday and Saturday before the series shifts to P.G. Monday and Tuesday.
The Spruce Kings advanced by knocking out the Cranbrook Bucks in six games while the Vees eliminated the Trail Smoke Eaters in five.
The other Interior semifinal will feature the Salmon Arm Silverbacks against the West Kelowna Warriors.
The Spruce Kings’ schedule against the Vees is as follows: PG home games in bold
Game 1 – Thursday, April 14th – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM
Game 2 – Saturday, April 16th – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM
Game 3 – Monday, April 18th – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 4 – Tuesday, April 19th – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 5 – Thursday, April 21st – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Saturday, April 23rd – Penticton @ Prince George – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Monday, April 25th – Prince George @ Penticton – 7 PM (If Necessary)
The Spruce Kings playoff schedule and results are right here.
The BCHL final regular-season standings are right here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars visit the Kamloops Blazers on Friday and the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday to conclude their regular season.
The (23-38-4-1) Cougars are tied with the (23-38-4-1) Spokane Chiefs for 7th place in the WHL Western Conference, one point ahead of the (22-38-5-1) Victoria Royals and one point behind the (24-37-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
Vancouver has three games remaining, P.G., Victoria, and Spokane have two left.
The Giants host Seattle tonight, host Kelowna on Friday and visit Kamloops on Saturday.
The Royals host Spokane on Friday and Saturday.
The top eight advance to the playoffs next week.
The WHL standings are right here.
The regular-season schedule and results for the PG Cougars are right here.
We have signed 2006-born goaltender Madden Mulawka to a WHL Standard Player Agreement.#NorthernUprising
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 12, 2022
Column:
Mother Nature interferes with WHL schedule . . . Silvertips’ Zellweger day-to-day . . . Warriors, Winterhawks gain ground https://t.co/x0mylVjX03
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 13, 2022
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars associate coach Josh Dixon in this week”s episode
| https://t.co/K98kkOROWr #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #NorthernUprising #sports pic.twitter.com/08xgxWEPrn— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 13, 2022
UNBC Timberwolves:
A BIG day!
Six-foot-one with speed and athleticism big! @UNBCWomensBball is excited to announce the official commitment of Brooks, ABC product Nyemuon Padhal for the upcoming @CanadaWest season!
Hear from Nyemuon, and read all about the great news here: https://t.co/090VtO6gCd pic.twitter.com/uvJNHgw7gt— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) April 12, 2022
MLB:
New York Yankees 4 Toronto Blue Jays 0
The 3-2 Blue Jays continue a 4-game series against the Yankees tonight in New York.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
NBA:
The Toronto Raptors will start their first-round NBA playoff series against the 76’ers Saturday (3:00 PT) in Philadelphia.
The (48-34) Raptors finished in 5th place in the Eastern Conference while the (51-31) 76’ers were 4th.
The NBA play-in results are right here.
The Raptors playoff schedule against Philadelphia is right here.
The Raptors’ regular-season results are right here.
The NBA standings are right here.
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