Sports by Hartley Wednesday, October 11th as of 12:05 a.m.
BCHL:
Merritt Centennials 6 Prince George Spruce Kings 3
The Centennials built up period leads of 3-0 and 5-2.
The game summary is here.
The (1-2-1) Spruce Kings visit the (3-1-1-1) Penticton Vees tonight (Wednesday) and the (4-2) West Kelowna Warriors on Friday.
The Spruce Kings’ next home games will be against the (4-2) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on October 20th and 21st.
HUGE NEWS🚨🚨🚨
Kai Greaves has annouced his commitment to the University of Princeton!
Congratulations Kai!
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 10, 2023
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
WHL:
The (6-2) Prince George Cougars conclude a 5-game homestand tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00 against the (2-3-1) Swift Current Broncos.
This will be the Broncos’ first appearance at CN Centre since 2019.
The Cougars lead the WHL in points, goals scored, power play and shorthanded goals.
Prince George has seven of the top eight scorers in the WHL, including the top three.
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With six points in four games, including four goals, 17-year-old Terik Parascak of the PG Cougars is the WHL Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week.
Parascak leads the WHL in goals (12), power-play goals (T-1st, 4), and short-handed goals (T-1st, 2).
Two-time Terik!
Make it back-to-back WHL Rookie of the Week awards for @PGCougars sniper, Terik Parascak.
📰 | https://t.co/5XAydKEohn pic.twitter.com/3PN4ROflJN
— The WHL (@TheWHL) October 10, 2023
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
Cat Scan podcast:
This week Cat Scan #podcast; part 2 with @PGCougars Dir of scouting @RiderFanBob. He discusses qualifications for being a scout, having the final word at the draft, challenges of picking lower in 1st round, emergence of goalie Ty Young, & thoughts on the 2009-born draft class. https://t.co/zfkFOSlhtC
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 10, 2023
NHL: (3 games on opening night of the season)
Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 2
Connor Bedard notched an assist in his debut with the Blackhawks. Sidney Crosby had one of the goals for the Penguins. Bedard plays his second game tonight (4:30 PT) against the Bruins in Boston.
Vegas 4 Seattle 1
Tampa Bay 5 Nashville 3
The Vancouver Canucks open with a home game against the Edmonton Oilers tonight at 7:00.
It is one of six (Wednesday) games in the NHL with all Canadian teams in action; Winnipeg is at Calgary, Montreal visits Toronto and Ottawa plays at Carolina.
The Canucks will visit Edmonton on Saturday night at 7:00 to start a 5-game road trip.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (4-1-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars host the (6-0) first-place Vancouver North East Chiefs on Saturday afternoon at 2:15 and Sunday morning at 10:30 at Kin 1.
The U-18 Cougars are in second place in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
Major League Baseball: (playoff action)
(American League Division Series)
Texas 7 Baltimore 1
The Rangers swept the best-of-5 series 3-0 to advance to the AL Championship Series.
Houston 9 Minnesota 1
The Astros lead 2-1 with Game 4 today (Wednesday 4:07 PM PT) in Minnesota.
(National League Division Series)
There are a pair of games in the NL today: Atlanta at Philadelphia (2:07 PM PT) and LA Dodgers at Arizona (6:07 PT).
The Braves and Phillies are tied 1-1 while the Diamondbacks lead the Dodgers 2-0 in the best-of-five series.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The UNBC Timberwolves have home games this weekend at Masich Place Stadium in Canada West soccer.
The (2-7-2) UNBC men host the (2-10) Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night at 7:45 and Sunday afternoon at 2:15.
(The UNBC men wrap up their regular season with a doubleheader in Kelowna against (3-7) UBC Okanagan on the 21st and 22nd (both noon starts).
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
On the women’s side, the (0-11-1) UNBC Timberwolves conclude their season by entertaining the (7-3-2) UBC Okanagan Heat Friday night at 5:30 and (4-6-2) Thompson Rivers WolfPack Sunday at noon.
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
BC Football Conference: (BCFC)
The (2-7) Prince George Kodiaks conclude their second season in the BC Football Conference when they visit the (1-8) Kamloops Broncos on Saturday night at 6:00.
Prince George is 5th in the 7-team league, two points ahead of Kamloops.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
NFL:
Week 6 of the NFL season starts Thursday night (5:15 PT) with (1-4) Denver at (4-1) Kansas City.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The (11-5) B.C. Lions have just two regular season games left.
The second-place Lions visit the (8-8) Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday (4 PM PT) to begin Week 19 of the CFL season and will close out at home against the Calgary Stampeders on Friday, Oct 20th (7 PM).
B.C. is two points behind the (12-4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Blue Bombers need one more win or a Lions loss to clinch first in the West Division.
Winnipeg will host Edmonton on October 21st and visit Calgary on October 27th.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
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