Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, June 18th

Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers

Game 1: Oilers 4, Panthers 3 (OT) Wednesday, June 4
Game 2: Panthers 5 Oilers 4  (DBL OT) Friday, June 6
Game 3: Panthers 6 Oilers 1  Monday, June 9
Game 4: Oilers 5 Panthers 4 (OT) Thursday, June 12
Game 5: Panthers 5 Oilers 2 Saturday, June 14
Game 6: Panthers 5 Oilers 1 Tuesday, June 17

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The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced that they will play their BCHL home opener for the 2025-26 season on September 26th against the Surrey Eagles.

MARK. IT. DOWN!

We’re back at Kopar September 26th against the Surrey Eagles pic.twitter.com/IP3L6I657u

— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) June 17, 2025

The Prince George Cougars start their season with a home doubleheader against the Portland Winterhawks September 19th and 20th.

The WHL will release its full schedule next week.

MLB:

Jared Young of Prince George went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as the New York Mets DH in their 5-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves in 10 innings.

The 29-year-old Young is batting .148 (by going 4-for-27) with two homers and three RBI’s since he was recalled on May 23rd from the Mets Syracuse Triple A farm club.

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Toronto Blue Jays  5  Arizona Diamondbacks  4

Toronto rallied with two runs in the bottom of the 9th.

The summary is here.

The (39-33) Blue Jays continue a 6-game homestand tonight (Wednesday 4:07) against the (36-36) Diamondbacks.

The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

Soccer:

Canada’s Men’s Soccer team opened its Gold Cup run with a decisive 6-0 victory over Honduras at B.C. Place.

The 30th-ranked Canadians will return to action on June 21 when the squad faces Curaçao in Houston.

NBA Finals: 

The Oklahoma City Thunder go for an NBA Championship Thursday night (5:35 tip-off) in Indiana.

The Thunder have won the last two games to take a 3-2 series lead over the Pacers.

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (4) Indiana Pacers

• Game 1: Pacers 111, Thunder 110  (Thu. June 5)
• Game 2: Thunder 123, Pacers  107 (Sun. June 8)
• Game 3: Pacers  116, Thunder  107 (Wed. June 11)
• Game 4: Thunder 111, Pacers  104 (Fri. June 13)
• Game 5: Thunder  120  Pacers 109 (Mon. June 16)
• Game 6: Thunder at Pacers (Thu. June 19, 5:30 PT)
• Game 7: Pacers at Thunder (Sun, June 22, 5:00 PT) *
* if necessary

The NBA playoff schedule and results are here.

CFL:

Week 3 of the CFL season begins Thursday (6:00) when (2-0) Montreal visits (0-1) Edmonton.

The (1-1) B.C. Lions complete a home-and-home with the (1-0) Winnipeg Blue Bombers when the two teams meet Saturday (4:00) in Vancouver.

The CFL schedule and results are here.

The CFL standings are here.