Sports by Hartley Wednesday, October 18th as of 12:05 a.m.
Updated at 11:05 a.m.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have acquired 18-year-old forward Matteo Danis (Da-Nee) from the Calgary Hitmen in return for a 2025 fourth-round prospects draft pick.
Danis notched 27 points (12G, 15A) in 65 games with Calgary in 2022-23, and has scored twice in eight games this season.
TRADE: We have acquired F Matteo Danis (05) from the @WHLHitmen in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round selection.
📝 https://t.co/F1ayXFP24F#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/t0ASmtkMgq
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 18, 2023
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The PG Cougars have a pair of home games on Community Heroes Weekend at CN Centre.
The (7-3) Cougars host the (1-6-2) Kamloops Blazers on Saturday night at 6:00 and the (5-3-1) Medicine Hat Tigers on Sunday night at 5:00.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
This week on @PGCougars Cat Scan podcast, coach/GM Mark Lamb discusses the team’s 7-3 start, special team’s strong play, finding another 20-year old; 2009 draft-eligible prospects, value of draft picks & team chemistry, players possibly going to World Jr, development of players. https://t.co/KOH9qoE9rL
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 17, 2023
NHL: (4 Canadian teams in action on Tuesday)
Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 0
The (2-1) Canucks continue a 5-game road trip Thursday in Tampa Bay (4:00 PT) against the (1-2-1) Lightning.
Edmonton 6 Nashville 1
LA 5 Winnipeg 1
Minnesota 5 Montreal 2
The @Avalanche and @GoldenKnights both picked up wins and remain perfect to start 2023-24.#NHLStats: https://t.co/vqoQjX0GTJ pic.twitter.com/gQg6EHX1nA
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 18, 2023
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
BCHL:
The (1-3-2) Prince George Spruce Kings have a home doubleheader against the (4-3) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 at the Kopar Memorial Arena.
The Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Conference, while Salmon Arm is 5th.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (4-3-0-1) Okanagan Rockets on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 and Sunday morning at 10:00 in Kelowna in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey League.
The (6-1-1) Cougars are in a three-way tie for first place alongside the Chiefs and the Valley West Giants.
The BCEHL standings are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
Major League Baseball:
(National League Championship Series)
Philadelphia Phillies 10 Arizona Diamondbacks 0
(The Phillies lead the best-of-7 NLCS 2-0 with Game 3 Thursday afternoon (2:07 PT) in Arizona)
The American League Championship Series will continue tonight in Texas (5:03 PT) with the Rangers up 2-0 over the Houston Astros.
The Rangers are 7-0 in the postseason.
The MLB playoff schedule and results are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (4-7-2) UNBC Timberwolves conclude their regular season in Canada West men’s soccer with a doubleheader in Kelowna against the (3-9) UBC Okanagan Heat on Saturday and Sunday with both games starting at noon.
UNBC is 5th in the Pacific Division with the top four to advance to playoffs.
(6-7-1) Thompson Rivers is 4th with its final game Sunday afternoon at (2-6-3) MacEwan.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
NFL:
Week 7 of the NFL season starts Thursday night (5:15 PT) with (4-2) Jacksonville at (3-3) New Orleans.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
The (12-5) B.C. Lions host the (5-11) Calgary Stampeders Friday night at 7:00 in the Lions’ last game of the regular season.
The Stamps are just two points behind the (6-11) Saskatchewan Roughriders for the third and final playoff spot in the West Division.
The league has a pair of games on Saturday in Week 20: (14-2) Toronto at Saskatchewan (1:00 PT) followed by (4-13) Edmonton at (12-4) Winnipeg (4:00).
The Blue Bombers need one more win or a Lions loss to clinch the top spot in the West.
Winnipeg will conclude its regular season with a game in Calgary on Friday, October 27th.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
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