Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, December 15th
NHL: (3 Wednesday games)
Vancouver 4 Calgary 3 (SO)
It was the sixth consecutive road win for Vancouver.
The (13-13-3) Canucks host the (18-9-1) Winnipeg Jets Saturday night at 7:00.
Bo Horvat and Conor Garland both scored in the opening 1:48 of play (108 seconds), marking the @Canucks‘ fastest two goals to start a game in over 22 years.#NHLStats: https://t.co/jLzrjvA7qP pic.twitter.com/haW1x63WCK
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 15, 2022
Ottawa 3 Montreal 2
Minnesota 4 Detroit 1
There are a dozen Thursday games in the NHL (four of them involving Canadian teams) including St. Louis at Edmonton, Nashville at Winnipeg, Toronto at New York Rangers, and Anaheim at Montreal.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
WHL:
The (14-15-1) Prince George Cougars host the (16-6-3-2) Kamloops Blazers Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 with Saturday being the Teddy Bear Toss game.
The Cougars have dropped five straight, including Tuesday’s 8-1 setback against the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The box score is right here.
Prince George is tied with Vancouver for 5th in the 10-team Western Conference, a point ahead of Tri-City.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
Part 2 with 30-year Sportstalk host & author @DanRussellST is on @PGCougars Catscan #podcast. Dan discusses going into #BC Sports Hall of Fame, 11 years with #WHL on #Shaw, rocky relationship with Brian Burke, final days of his show & would if offered he come out of retirement. https://t.co/QmuKYAyGp5
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) December 14, 2022
BCHL:
The (14-10-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (22-4) Nanaimo Clippers on Friday and the (11-14-0-1) Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday.
Prince George is 5th out of 9 in the Interior Division.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(Under-18)
The (5-10-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars play the (10-7-2-1) Vancouver NE Chiefs Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and the (11-8) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds Sunday morning at 9 in North Vancouver.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
World Cup Soccer: (in Qatar)
Semifinal: France 2 Morocco 0
Defending champion France advances to Sunday’s World Cup Final (that begins at 7 AM PT) against Argentina.
World Cup scores and schedule can be found right here.
NBA:
Sacramento Kings 124 Toronto Raptors 123
The (13-15) Raptors host the (17-12) Brooklyn Nets Friday (4:30 PT).
The Toronto Raptors schedule can be found right here.
NBA results can be found right here.
The NBA standings can be found right here.
NFL: (Week 15)
Each NFL team has just four regular season games left.
Week 15 begins tonight (5:15 PT) with the (9-4) San Francisco 49ers at the (7-6) Seattle Seahawks.
The 49ers have won six straight and lead the Seahawks by two games in the NFC West.
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