Sports by Hartley Monday, March 11th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 6 Vancouver Giants 3 (Saturday)
Ondrej Becher and Zac Funk scored twice and added an assist each as the Cougars built up a 4-1 lead just eight minutes into the game in front of a hometown crowd of 4,486.
Funk has a league-leading and team-record 63 goals in 62 games this season.
The 20-year-old Funk sits with 109 points, just three shy of the team record of 112 set by Quinn Hancock in the 1997-98 season.
The game summary and highlights are here.
THE POINT STREAK EXTENDS TO 13 GAMES FOR THE PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS!
Recap and reaction from GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb 👇https://t.co/BCdskhLm5l
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 10, 2024
Prince George Cougars 5 Vancouver Giants 3 (Friday)
Terik Parascak scored twice and set up three others while Zac Funk scored his 60th and 61st goals of the season and added an assist before 3,743 fans at CN Centre.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Terik Parascak’s five-point night helps us to a 5-3 win over the Giants at the CN Centre!
Recap and reaction from Parascak and GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb 👇https://t.co/x1ljY6kQWn
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 9, 2024
The (43-15-1-3) Cougars play their next five games on the road starting Wednesday in Kelowna against the (31-28-3-1) Rockets.
Prince George is riding a 13-game point streak (11-0-1-1) and Kelowna is on an 8-game point streak (7-0-0-1).
The Rockets are 5th in the Western Conference, two points behind Wenatchee and one point in front of Victoria.
The Cougars are 1st in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the (43-15-2-1) Portland Winterhawks.
P.G. has six games left and Portland has seven remaining.
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In the WHL Sunday, Nico Myatovic of Prince George had three goals and an assist to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 6-5 victory over the Tri-City Americans.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Hart Attack column:
The #WHL playoffs are now 3 weeks away. As the regular season closes this is the time of season, players, coaches, media and fans pay close attention to the out-of-town #scoreboard. More in this week’s Hart Attack #column. #hockey @PGCougars @pdxwinterhawks. https://t.co/H62TpOyyso
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 8, 2024
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars alum Quinn Hancock, talking about his single-season goal-scoring record fall after 26 years
| https://t.co/wnQM9kMc2R #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/oASengMiXV— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 5, 2024
BCHL:
West Kelowna Warriors 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (Saturday)
The Spruce Kings have lost four in a row and 10 of their last 11.
The game summary is here.
Trail Smoke Eaters 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (Friday)
The game summary is here.
The Spruce Kings host the (19-24-4-1) Merritt Centennials on Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
With six games left in the regular season, the (14-31-3) Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division, 10 points behind the (19-26-3) Cranbrook Bucks who are in 7th.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
U18 Cariboo Cougars 4 Vancouver North West Hawks 3 (OT-Saturday)
Kenyon McIsaac scored his second goal of the game in overtime.
The U18 Cougars won the quarterfinal series 2-0 to advance to the semis against the Vancouver North East Chiefs.
U18 Cariboo Cougars 8 Vancouver North West Hawks 4 (Friday)
Playoff results can be found here.
The Cariboo Cougars website is here.
The BCEHL AAA regular season standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL regular season results are here.
The Female U18 regular season results are here.
NHL: (5 Sunday games with both Alberta teams in action)
Edmonton 4 Pittsburgh 0
Carolina 7 Calgary 2
Minnesota 4 Nashville 3 (OT)
Chicago 7 Arizona 4
NY Islanders 6 Anaheim 1
There are 4 Monday NHL games: Washington at Winnipeg, St. Louis at Boston, New Jersey at New York Rangers and NY Islanders at LA.
Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko is expected to miss a few games over the next two-to-three weeks due to an undisclosed injury.
He was injured during Saturday’s 5-0 victory over Winnipeg.
The 28-year-old Demko has an NHL-leading 34 wins, to go along with a 2.47 goals-against average, a .917 save percentage and five shutouts.
The (42-17-7) Canucks continue a whopping 9-game homestand Wednesday night at 7:30 against the Colorado Avalanche.
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.
The Sportsnet NHL trade tracker is here.
Curling:
Team Canada’s Brad Gushue has won a record-tying six national men’s curling championships, including three in a row.
Gushue and his rink from St. John’s, N.L. beat Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen 9-5 in the final of the 2024 Montana’s Brier in Regina.
Saskatchewan knocked out Alberta (Brendan Bottcher) 7-3 in the semifinal.
The 43-year-old Gushue will represent Canada at the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championship on March 30-April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
The playoff results are here.
The Pool A standings are here.
The Pool B standings are here.
The scoreboard is here.
The full 2024 Brier schedule is here.
High School Basketball:
The BC School Sports Boys Basketball Provincial Championships were held at the Langley Events Centre.
16 teams competed in each of the four tournaments.
PGSS placed 12th (1-3 record) in 4A.
College Heights ended up 14th (1-3 record) in 3A.
Nechako Valley finished 16th (0-4 record) in 2A.
Cedars Christian ended up 13th (2-2 record), Fort St. James 15th (1-3 record) and McBride 16th (0-4 record) in 1A.
Results and more info. can be found here.
NBA:
The (23-41) Toronto Raptors visit the (44-20) Denver Nuggets tonight (Monday) at 6:00 as they continue a 4-game road trip.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL:
Free agent QB Kirk Cousins is leaving the Minnesota Vikings after agreeing to a four-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons.
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Nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers according to multiple media sources.
It is a one-year deal in which the Denver Broncos will wind up paying $38 million of his salary.
Para Biathlon:
The Para Biathlon World Championships are taking place at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club.
There are 185 athletes from 20 countries participating over the 12 days of competition.
Results can be found here.
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