Sports by Hartley Monday, March 4th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Spokane Chiefs 4 (OT Saturday)
Down 4-2 late in the 3rd the Cougars rallied for the victory to the delight of 3,960 fans at CN Centre.
Viliam Kmec tallied to make it 4-3 with 63 seconds left and shortly after Zac Funk notched his league-leading and team-record 59th goal of the season on the power play with 30 seconds left on the clock.
Those late tallies came with goalie Ty Young pulled for an extra attacker.
That set the stage for the Riley Heidt winner at 2:03 of OT.
The game summary and highlights are here.
A wild and late third-period comeback, followed up with OT heroics from Riley Heidt propelled us to a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Chiefs!
Recap and reaction from Mark Lamb and Riley Heidt👇https://t.co/USuI3qg635
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 3, 2024
Spokane Chiefs 5 Prince George Cougars 4 (OT Friday)
Brayden Crampton scored at 1:11 of overtime before 3,188 fans in PG.
The game summary and highlights are here.
The (41-15-1-3) Cougars are riding an 11-game point streak and lead the Western Conference by one point over the (41-15-2-1) Portland Winterhawks.
Prince George has 8 games remaining and Portland has 9 left.
The Cougars host the (29-27-4) Vancouver Giants on Friday and Saturday.
Vancouver is 6th in the Western Conference.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Hart Attack:
The numbers suggest this is the best regular season @PGCougars team in history. Playoffs will determine where this team ranks but optimism has never been higher. A further look in this week’s Hart Attack #column. #WHL #hockey https://t.co/ZZhroBHfrb
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 1, 2024
BCHL:
Merritt Centennials 3 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (Saturday)
Luke Pfoh snapped a 2-2 tie with a minute left in the third to give the Centennials the win.
The game summary is here.
Vernon Vipers 7 Prince George Spruce Kings 5 (Friday)
The game summary is here.
The Spruce Kings visit the Trail Smoke Eaters on Friday and the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday.
With 8 games left in the regular season, the (14-29-3) Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division, nine points behind the (19-25-2) Cranbrook Bucks who are in 7th.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
NHL: (6 Sunday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 2 Anaheim 1
The game summary is here.
The (39-17-7) Canucks continue a 3-game road trip Tuesday night at 7:30 against the Kings in LA.
The Vancouver Canucks have announced they’ve extended Elias Pettersson on an 8-year deal. ✍️ pic.twitter.com/ESmK1YFkEz
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 2, 2024
Edmonton 6 Pittsburgh 1
Winnipeg 5 Buffalo 2
There are 6 Monday NHL games with two Canadian teams to play: Calgary entertains Seattle and Toronto is home to Boston.
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.
Special Olympics:
Five P.G. athletes, David Dunn (snowshoeing), Marinka Van Hage (snowshoeing), Lance Pattinson (bowling), Sam Russell (curling), and Spencer Rourke (curling), competed at the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Calgary.
Dunn captured a gold and a silver while Van Hage earned a pair of silver.
Results can be found here.
Prince George Special Olympics athletes bringing home medals from Canada Games https://t.co/GY6sjm24xh pic.twitter.com/GQP9eLyRnZ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 3, 2024
High School Basketball:
None of the North Central teams finished in the top five at the 2024 BC School Sports Girls Basketball Championships in Langley.
College Heights placed 7th and Duchess Park ended up 11th in AAA.
Cedars Christian was 7th and Bulkley Valley Christian 15th in 1 A.
Nechako Valley came 16th (last) in AA.
16 teams competed in each of the Provincials.
Full results can be found here.
NBA:
Toronto Raptors 111 Charlotte Hornets 106
The (23-38) Raptors conclude a 4-game homestand Tuesday night (4:30) against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
Curling:
The 2024 Montana’s Brier is taking place in Regina.
18 teams, including two-time defending champion Brad Gushue (Canada from St. John’s, Newfoundland), are playing a complete eight-game round-robin within their 9-team pool.
From there, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoffs.
The final will be played on Sunday, March 10th with the winner to represent Canada at the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championship on March 30-April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
The Pool A standings are here.
The Pool B standings are here.
The scoreboard is here.
The full 2024 Brier schedule is here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The U18 Cariboo Cougars will start the playoffs at home against the Vancouver North West Hawks at Kin 1.
Games in the best-of-three quarterfinals are set for Friday afternoon at 3:45, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 with the if needed game Sunday morning at 11:45.
The (26-8-2) U18 Cougars finished the regular season 3rd in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey league.
The (13-20-0-3) Hawks ended up in 6th place.
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.
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