Sports by Hartley Thursday, Feb. 15th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
WHL:
The (35-15-0-2) Prince George Cougars have four games coming up in five days against the two bottom teams in the Western Conference.
They have a home and home against the (16-30-3-2) Blazers, Friday in Prince George and Saturday in Kamloops.
The Cougars also entertain the (18-31-2) Seattle Thunderbirds on Monday at 3 PM and Tuesday night at 7:30.
Sniper Zac Funk will be shooting for his 50th goal of the season this weekend.
The 20-year-old Funk leads the WHL in goals with 49 which is five shy of the PG Cougars team record of 54 set by Quinn Hancock in the 1997-98 season.
Prince George is three points behind the Western Conference-leading (36-12-2-1) Portland Winterhawks.
Portland has 17 games remaining and P.G. has 16 to go.
The Winterhawks are also two points ahead of the (35-18-1-2) Everett Silvertips in the U.S. Division and Everett has just a dozen games left.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars associate coach Jim Playfair in this week’s episode
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NHL: (3 Wednesday games with on Canadian team in action)
Winnipeg 1 San Jose 0
Minnesota 3 Arizona 1
Florida 5 Pittsburgh 2
The (36-12-6) Vancouver Canucks host the (27-19-6) Detroit Red Wings tonight at 7:00.
It is one of 12 Thursday games in the NHL with Winnipeg the only Canadian team idle.
The Canucks are first in the league’s overall standings, four points ahead of the (32-11-10) Boston Bruins.
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.
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings are on the road.
The Spruce Kings visit the (21-17-0-1) Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, the (11-25-2-1) Cowichan Valley Capitals on Saturday and the (24-14-1) Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Monday afternoon.
With 15 regular season games remaining, the (13-23-3) Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division, three points behind the (14-22-3-1) Merritt Centennials.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U18 Cariboo Cougars conclude their BC Elite Hockey League regular season with a doubleheader at Fraser Valley on the weekend of Feb. 24th and 25th.
The (26-6-2) U18 Cougars, who have won six straight, are in third place, two points behind the (26-4-2-2) Vancouver North East Chiefs and one point back of the (27-5-1) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
The BCEHL AAA standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
The Female U18 schedule and results are here.
NBA:
Indiana Pacers 127 Toronto Raptors 125
The (19-36) Raptors are now into their All-Star break and will not play again until Thursday, Feb 22nd (at 4 PM) when they host the (21-33) Brooklyn Nets.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves are preparing for the men’s Canada West basketball playoffs after finishing with a 9-11 record in the regular season.
The UNBC men will play an elimination game on Wednesday (Feb 21st) in Winnipeg.
The UNBC women missed the playoffs with a 4-16 record ending up 14th out of 17 teams.
The Canada West women’s basketball schedule and results are here.
The Canada West women’s basketball standings are here.
The Canada West men’s basketball schedule and results are here.
The Canada West men’s basketball standings are here.
Curling:
The 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will begin Friday in Calgary.
Thirteen provincial/territorial champions (Nunavut withdrew from the event last month), defending champions Team Canada and four teams that qualified based on Canadian Team Ranking System standings will compete.
Teams will play a complete eight-game round-robin within their pools.
From there, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoffs.
The Scotties schedule can be found here.
The results can be found here.
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