Sports by Hartley Monday, April 15th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Kelowna Rockets 0 (Saturday)
Josh Ravensbergen posted his second shutout in as many nights with 16 saves to the delight of the hometown crowd of 5,858.
120 minutes of shutout hockey to begin the second round? We like that.
Recap and reaction from Mark Lamb and Riley Heidt after last night’s win over the Rockets! 👇https://t.co/qrligvnP3I#WHLPlayoffs • #ForTheNorth
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 14, 2024
The game summary and highlights are here.
.@PGCougars netminder Josh Ravensbergen chatting with @mypgnow post game after tallying back to back shutouts against @Kelowna_Rockets #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #WHLPlayoff pic.twitter.com/JFi4tNpdwl
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 14, 2024
The Cougars extended their playoff win streak to six games and their overall win streak to 15 games.
Prince George leads the best-of-seven second round series 2-0 with Games 3 and 4 in Kelowna Tuesday and Wednesday.
Prince George Cougars 4 Kelowna Rockets 0 (Friday)
Josh Ravensbergen got the shutout with 21 saves before 5,867 fans at CN Centre.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Four different goal scorers and a 21 save shutout from Josh Ravensbergen helps us to a 4-0 win and a 1-0 series lead over the Rockets!
Recap and reaction from GM & HC Mark Lamb and Josh Ravensbergen 👇https://t.co/wSXW7U2PFj
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 13, 2024
SERIES SCHEDULE
| Game | Date | Visitor | Home | Time |
| 1 | Friday, April 12 | Kelowna 0 | Prince George 4 | 7:00 p.m. PST |
| 2 | Saturday, April 13 | Kelowna 0 | Prince George 5 | 6:00 p.m. PST |
| 3 | Tuesday, April 16 | Prince George | Kelowna | 7:05 p.m. PST |
| 4 | Wednesday, April 17 | Prince George | Kelowna | 7:05 p.m. PST |
| 5* | Friday, April 19 | Kelowna | Prince George | 7:00 p.m. PST |
| 6* | Sunday, April 21 | Prince George | Kelowna | 2:05 p.m. PST |
| 7* | Tuesday, April 23 | Kelowna | Prince George | 7:00 p.m. PST |
*-If necessary
In other WHL best-of-seven Conference semifinals: Portland leads Everett 2-0, Saskatoon leads Red Deer 2-0 and Swift Current and Moose Jaw are tied 1-1.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars’ playoff results are here.
The PG Cougars’ regular-season results are here.
Cat Scan podcast:
On the @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast, coach/GM Mark Lamb discusses the team’s business-like approach to the sweep of Spokane; the lack of #WHL upsets in round one, the challenges presented by the @Kelowna_Rockets; the 9-day layoff, traditional 2-2-1-1-1 format & more. #hockey https://t.co/24ND0P3L5k
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) April 9, 2024
NHL: (4 Sunday games with one Canadian team in action)
Calgary 6 Arizona 5
Vegas 4 Colorado 3 (OT)
St. Louis 4 Seattle 1
Carolina 4 Chicago 2
The (49-22-9) Vancouver Canucks, coming off a 3-1 victory over Edmonton Saturday, host Calgary Tuesday at 7:00 before concluding their regular season Thursday night at Winnipeg.
Vancouver leads the Pacific-Division by five points over Edmonton and the Oilers have just three games remaining.
Edmonton will host San Jose tonight in one of eight Monday games in the NHL.
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
The NHL wild-card standings are here.
The NHL scoring leaders are here.
Women’s World Hockey Championship:
Gold Medal Game—(in Utica, New York)
Canada 6 USA 5 (OT)
It is the 13th world title for the Canadian women.
Golf:
Scottie Scheffler has his second green jacket.
Scheffler won the 88th Masters with a score of 11-under-277, four shots better than runner-up Ludvig Aberg.
Top Canadian Corey Conners tied for 38th at 7-over.
Tiger Woods was last among those that made the cut at 16-over.
The Masters leaderboard is here.
Special Olympics basketball:
The Special Olympics Prince George Basketball team won three of four games at a regional tournament in Kamloops.
Their only loss was in the final against the Kelowna B team.
The team is hoping to have the chance to represent P.G. in next year’s Special Olympics BC Summer Games, which will be held in Prince George.
NBA:
Miami Heat 118 Toronto Raptors 103
This was the last game of the season for the (25-57) Raptors, who finished 12th in the 16-team Eastern Conference.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The final NBA standings are here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 5 Colorado Rockies 0
The (8-8) Blue Jays continue a 9-game homestand tonight (Monday 4:07) against the
(12-4) New York Yankees.
The Blue Jays schedule is here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
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