Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, November 24
(Updated at 1:05 p.m)
World Cup Soccer: (in Qatar)
(4 Wednesday games)
Belgium 1 Canada 0
“It’s monumental,”: PG soccer fans show strong support for Canada during World Cup opener @CanadaSoccerEN @FIFAWorldCup
| https://t.co/hTIc8UxOPj #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #FIFAWorldCup #QatarWorldCup2022 #WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/WolQiCMj2X— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 23, 2022
The Canadian team will also play Croatia Sunday (8 AM PT) and Morocco on Thursday, December 1st (7 am PT).
Spain 7 Costa Rica 0
Japan 2 Germany 1
Croatia 0 Morocco 0 (Tie)
(4 Thursday games)
Switzerland 1 Cameroon 0
Uruguay 0 South Korea 0 (Tie)
Portugal 3 Ghana 2
Brazil 2 Serbia 1
World Cup scores and schedule can be found right here.
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Moose Jaw Warriors 2
The Cougars erased a 2-0 deficit to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games before 1,804 fans at CN Centre.
Caden Brown scored two goals late in the first period and then assisted on the winner by Chase Wheatcroft at 2:14 of the third.
Prince George outshot Moose Jaw 46-21, including 24-4 in a scoreless second period.
The game summary is right here.
What can Brown do for you? @PGCougars offensive onslaught bottles up @MJWARRIORS
| https://t.co/cH3GhmjRvd #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/bGj1xZXcss— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 24, 2022
The (13-9) Cougars lead the B.C. Division by two points over the (10-4-3-1) Kamloops Blazers, but the Blazers have four games in hand.
Prince George will host Kamloops Saturday night at 6:00 after the Blazers entertain the Warriors on Friday.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with the voice of the @WHLPats @Diamond_Dante on this week’s episode with much of the discussions centered around top propsect Connor Bedard
| https://t.co/gWPjptGBCV #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #ForTheNorth #ItsGoTime pic.twitter.com/DuKOYtUe1R— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) November 24, 2022
NHL: (15 Wednesday games with only LA and Tampa Bay idle)
(All 7 Canadian teams played on the road)
Vancouver 4 Colorado 3
The Canucks scored two unanswered third-period goals to erase a 3-2 deficit.
The (7-10-3) Canucks visit Vegas Saturday night at 7:00 and San Jose Sunday night at 5:00.
Pittsburgh 2 Calgary 1 (SO)
NY Islanders 3 Edmonton 0
Minnesota 6 Winnipeg 1
Montreal 3 Columbus 1
Vegas 4 Ottawa 1
Toronto 2 New Jersey 1
The Devils’ loss ended their club-record-tying winning streak at 13 games.
Wednesday saw the @SeattleKraken become the third team in NHL history to score 8+ goals during a 15-game day. The others: Montreal (10-2 W vs. FLA on April 29, 2022) and Toronto (8-5 W vs. NYR on Oct. 7, 2017).#NHLStats: https://t.co/JlYzpSW8wB pic.twitter.com/kJVCKYLFht
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 24, 2022
There are no Thursday games in the NHL
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BCHL:
The (12-6-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (12-5-2) West Kelowna Warriors Friday night at 7:00 and again on Saturday at the same time.
Prince George is 3rd in the 9-team Interior Division although they are tied in points with second place West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(Under-18)
The (5-6-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (9-2-1) Greater Vancouver Canadians Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and Sunday morning at 8:30 in Richmond.
Cariboo is 7th and Greater Vancouver 2nd in the 9-team league.
(U18 female)
The (6-11-2) Northern Capitals host the (15-0) Fraser Valley Rush Friday night at 6:45 at Kin 1, Saturday night at 4:00 at Kin 2, and Sunday morning at 8:15 at Kin 2.
These will be the Capitals’ final three league games until January.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
NFL: (Week 12) Three Thursday games on the American Thanksgiving
Buffalo 28 Detroit 25
New York Giants at Dallas (1:30)
New England at Minnesota (5:20).
The 12th week of the NFL season starts with three Thursday games which is the American Thanksgiving: Buffalo at Detroit (9:30 AM PT), New York Giants at Dallas (1:30), and New England at Minnesota (5:20).
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the Calgary Dinos in Canada West basketball.
Games will be played Friday night at 5:00 and 7:00 and Saturday evening at 4:00 and 6:00 starting with the women followed by the men.
UNBC is 3-3 (men) and 0-6 (women) while Calgary is 4-2 (men) and 5-1 (women).
These will be the final league UNBC basketball games until the new year.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
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