Sports by Darin, as of 6:00 a.m., Sunday, January 21st:
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 2 Prince George Cougars 1
It was a goaltending duel between Ty Young and Nick Avakyan, with the latter coming out on top.
Young made 26 saves while Avakyan made 34.
🎥 SAVE OF THE NIGHT 🎥
Ty Young puts his name in the hat for Save of the Year!@RealCdnSS | @PGCougars | #Canucks | #SaveoftheNight pic.twitter.com/AFceoKZ6qA
— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 21, 2024
Ondrej Becher scored the lone goal for the Cougars.
The Cougars (30-13-0-1) remain on top of the WHL’s Western Conference standings.
The full WHL standings can be found here.
The Cougars will be back in action on Friday, starting a five-game roadtrip with a matchup against the Spokane Chiefs.
The full Cougars schedule can be found here.
Six one-goal games, Saturday was spicy 🥵 #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/IIaqTZPWCk
— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 21, 2024
UNBC Timberwolves:
Women’s Basketball:
UBC Thunderbirds 81 UNBC Timberwolves 65
Men’s Basketball:
UBC Thunderbirds 83 UNBC Timberwolves 71
BCHL:
Five teams from the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) will be joining the BCHL next season.
Those include the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders, Spruce Grove Saints, and the defending Centennial Cup Champions from the last three full seasons, the Brooks Bandits.
*The Centennial Cup tournament was cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The Bandits beat the Spruce Kings in the final of the National Junior A Championship.
The BCHL is on their Allstar break this weekend.
NHL:
There are six Sunday NHL games.
#HockeyDay in Canada wrapped with the @EdmontonOilers establishing the longest winning streak by a Canadian NHL team after improving to 13-0-0 since Dec. 21.#NHLStats: https://t.co/MLJIPS0Bkv pic.twitter.com/DB6hDI7vjf
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 21, 2024
NFL:
Baltimore 34 Houston 10
San Francisco 24 Green Bay 21
The @Ravens and @49ers will host on Championship Sunday!
Who will join them? #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/XSZB6oi6Wd
— NFL (@NFL) January 21, 2024
NBA:
NY Knicks 126 Toronto Raptors 100
NLL:
San Diego 14 Albany 7
Toronto 12 Georgia 9
Vancouver 11 Saskatchewan 9
Colorado 13 Calgary 10
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