Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, October 6th, 2022
MLB:
Baltimore 5 Toronto 4 (1st game)
Toronto 5 Baltimore 1 (2nd game)
The (92-70) Blue Jays finished second in the AL East and are the top wild-card team in the American League.
Toronto will host the Seattle Mariners in the best-of-three series with games Friday and Saturday (1:07 PM PT), plus Sunday (11:07 AM PT) if necessary.
The winner will advance to face the top-seeded Houston Astros in the best-of-five AL Division Series that will begin on Tuesday.
The Major League Baseball playoff schedule is right here.
The Blue Jays’ regular season results are right here.
The final MLB standings are right here.
Canada West Soccer:
Goalie Daniel Zadravec of the UNBC Timberwolves is the U Sports men’s soccer player of the week after allowing just one goal in two games on the road against the UBC Thunderbirds.
Zadravec made six saves on seven shots in the 2-1 Friday victory and a day later turned away all 14 shots he faced in a 0-0 tie.
On Tuesday, Zadravec was named the Canada West men’s soccer player of the week.
.@UNBCATHLETICS MSOC goalkeeper garners national attention with U SPORTS player of the week honour @USPORTSca
| https://t.co/jX5h4F0Ib9 #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/jx6W7IonmH— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 5, 2022
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The UNBC men’s soccer team is idle on the long weekend.
The (6-4-2) UNBC men are in third place out of seven teams in Pacific Division.
They have four regular season games left: at home on Oct 15th and 16th at noon each day against UBCO and on the road at Fraser Valley on Oct 21st and 23rd.
Timberwolves striker Michael Henman leads Canada West in scoring with 16 goals.
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The UNBC Timberwolves host the (6-3-1) Calgary Dinos in Canada West women’s soccer Friday and Saturday at noon at Masich Place Stadium.
The (3-5-2) UNBC women are sixth out of eight teams in the Pacific Division.
They conclude their regular season with home games against TRU on October 14th at 6 PM and vs. UBCO on October 16th at noon.
The UNBC women’s soccer schedule can be found right here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are right here.
The UNBC men’s soccer schedule can be found right here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are right here.
NFL:
Week five of the NFL season starts tonight (Thursday 5:15 PT) with (1-2-1) Indianapolis at (2-2) Denver.
Philadelphia is the only unbeaten team at 4-0, seven teams are 3-1 and 15 teams are 2-2.
The NFL odds can be found right here or here.
Week five odds can also be found right here.
The NFL schedule can be found right here.
The NFL standings can be found right here.
CFL:
Week 18 of the CFL season begins Friday (4:30 PT) with (6-9) Saskatchewan at (4-10)
Hamilton.
The B.C. Lions visit the (8-6) Toronto Argonauts Saturday afternoon at 1:00 (PT).
The (10-4) Lions are tied with the (10-5) Calgary Stampeders for second in the CFL West Division behind the (13-2) Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The CFL schedule and results are right here.
The CFL standings are right here.
BC Football Conference:
The (1-8) Prince George Kodiaks conclude their first season in the BC Football Conference with a home game Saturday night at 7:00 at Masich Place Stadium against the (9-0) Okanagan Sun.
Two Kodiaks named BCFC All-Starshttps://t.co/Zt2y59DVAp | #CityOfPG @PGKodiaks pic.twitter.com/upDWvEI1YW
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 5, 2022
The league results and standings can be found right here.
NHL: (preseason)
Vancouver Canucks 5 Edmonton Oilers 4
The Canucks host the Arizona Coyotes Friday night at 7:00 in their final preseason game.
Vancouver is 1-3-2 in six exhibition games.
The Canucks begin their regular season Wednesday, October 12th at Edmonton.
NHL regular season games will begin in Prague as the Nashville Predators and the San Jose Sharks meet in a doubleheader Friday and Saturday (11 a.m. PT each day).
The NHL season in North America starts Tuesday.
The Canucks schedule is right here. and the regular season schedule is here.
WHL:
The (2-2) Prince George Cougars are on the road this week.
The Cougars play Friday in Langley against the Vancouver Giants and Saturday in Everett against the Silvertips.
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
You may know @RiderFanBob as @PGCougars Director of Scouting. What you may not know is that Bob has an extensive background working for @rcmp. In this week’s Cat Scan #podcast, Bob talks about the #Cougars plus being a limo driver & bodyguard for the #Queen & other dignitaries. https://t.co/2zxH4Vdbfd
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 7, 2022
BCHL:
The (3-1) Prince George Spruce Kings host the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday and the Merritt Centennials on Saturday.
Ambulance Paramedics President says lengthy wait to treat injured hockey player is unacceptable
| https://t.co/1wJm27fA7r #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/9dJiQwqwwM— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 5, 2022
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
The U18 female Northern Capitals visit the (4-0) Fraser Valley Rush Saturday afternoon at 1:45 and Sunday morning at 8:45 in Langley.
The Capitals are 1-4-1 on the season after they lost three and tied one in their four games played at the league showcase this past weekend in Surrey.
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The (2-2) U18 Cariboo Cougars are back in action on October 15th and 16th when they host the Thompson Blazers.
The U18 Cougars won both of their weekend games against the Valley West Giants by a 3-2 score on both Saturday and Sunday.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
Column:
Broncos reveal six-figure loss for 2021-22 . . . Third straight season of red ink . . . Pats, Royals add forwards via swap shop https://t.co/FLSEeKLnPf
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) October 5, 2022
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