Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, April 14th
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings are in Penticton to face the Interior Division champion Vees in the second round of the BCHL playoffs.
The first two games will be played tonight and Saturday before the best-of-7 series shifts to P.G. Monday and Tuesday.
The other Interior semifinal will start Friday in Salmon Arm as the Silverbacks host 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 (24-38-4-0) Vancouver Giants.
The Giants lost 6-0 to the Seattle Thunderbirds Wednesday night in Langley.
P.G., Vancouver, Victoria, and Spokane all have two games left.
The Giants 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.
More new faces. Three more prospects have been called up to join the team this week.#NorthernUprising
📰 https://t.co/e1gXkRfVYO pic.twitter.com/3FoNCQSc79
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) April 13, 2022
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 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
Column:
Will WHL decision be gift horse for Pats? Or is Winnipeg simply too good? . . . Bains stretches points lead . . . Milic, Davidson spark Seattle https://t.co/9DL0PDto4F
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) April 14, 2022
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
Colorado 9 LA 3
Nathan MacKinnon racked up five points with three goals and two assists.
Columbus 5 Montreal 1
NY Rangers 4 Philadelphia 0
The (36-28-10) Vancouver Canucks host the Arizona Coyotes tonight at 7:00 in one of 12 Thursday games in the NHL.
(Winnipeg and Montreal are the only Canadian teams that get Thursday off)
The Canucks have won four in a row but still sit six points out of a playoff spot with eight games left (five at home).
Vancouver is 28-12-7 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 New York Yankees 4
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smashed three homers for the 4-2 Blue Jays who conclude 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.
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
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