Sports by Hartley Tuesday, March 19th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PDT)
WHL:
With 11 points (seven goals, four assists) and a +3 rating in four games, Terik Parascak of the Prince George Cougars is the WHL Player of the Week.
It’s the first time the 17-year-old Parascak has been named Player of the Week, though he has been named WHL Rookie of the Week five times and Rookie of the Month twice.
With 43 goals and 60 assists in 66 games, Parascak’s 103 points lead the WHL rookie scoring race.
He is also 8th in league scoring.
Parascak is ranked 14th among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting ahead of June’s NHL Entry Draft.
The Super Rookie ➡️ The Super Player of the Week
Terik Parascak takes home the Tempo #WHL Player of the Week with four multi-point games.@PGCougars | #NHLDraft
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 18, 2024
The (47-15-1-3) Cougars are in first place in the Western Conference, two points ahead of the (46-15-3-1) Portland Winterhawks.
P.G. has two games left; at Kamloops on Friday and home against Kamloops on Saturday.
Portland has three games remaining; at Tri-City on Friday, home to Seattle on Saturday and at Seattle on Sunday.
The Cougars extended their club-record point streak to 17 games following Sunday’s 6-3 victory over the Vancouver Giants.
WHL scoring leader Zac Funk notched two more goals against the Giants to give him 67 in 66 games.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Cougars forward Hunter Laing was released from the hospital in Langley and will rejoin the team in Kamloops on Friday.
— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 19, 2024
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
The WHL Tiebreaking procedure is here.
BCHL:
Forward Scott Cousins of the Prince George Spruce Kings is the BCHL’s first star of the week.
Cousins notched three goals and two assists for five points in a split of two weekend home games against the Merritt Centennials.
In 46 games this season, Cousins has 19 points (9G, 10A).
HAVE A WEEKEND SCOTT COUSINS⭐️
Scott Cousins is your BCHL first star of the week with 3G 2A 5P in two games this weekend🔥🔥
Congratulations Scotty! pic.twitter.com/l9sfgoe4Sm
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 18, 2024
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The PG Spruce Kings have four regular season games remaining.
They host the Vernon Vipers Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 before they play at Vernon on Friday, March 29th and at Merritt on Saturday, March 30th.
The (15-32-3) Spruce Kings, who have lost 11 of their last 13, will finish last in the 8-team Interior Division and will meet the first-place Penticton Vees in the opening round of the BCHL playoffs.
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!
We are excited to share our first round Rogers BCHL playoff matchup schedule as we are locked in with the Penticton Vees!
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT KOPAR MEMORIAL ARENA! pic.twitter.com/P6UqURmGKw
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 19, 2024
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (in Burnaby)
The season is over for the U18 Cariboo Cougars following Sunday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Vancouver North East Chiefs.
Details on that game can be found here.
The Chiefs won the best-of-three semifinal series 2-1.
Vancouver took the opener 6-5 in overtime and Cariboo won Game Two 4-1.
Playoff results can be found here.
NHL: (2 Monday games)
Washington 5 Calgary 2
Alex Ovechkin scored twice for the Caps to raise his career goal total to 843, second to — and 51 behind — Wayne Gretzky.
Buffalo 6 Seattle 2
The (42-18-8) Vancouver Canucks continue a whopping 9-game homestand tonight at 7:00 against the (33-31-5) Buffalo Sabres.
It is one of 13 Tuesday games in the NHL where Calgary is the only Canadian team idle.
The Edmonton Oilers are home against the Montreal Canadiens this evening.
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.
Para Biathlon:
Canada finished third in medals (with 10) behind Ukraine and Germany at the Para Nordic World Cup Finals at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club in Prince George.
Local Organizing Committee Chair thrilled with success of Para Nordic World events https://t.co/zNFU3nHZZ2 pic.twitter.com/2R0kmUG1zk
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 19, 2024
Full results can be found here.
World Women’s Curling:
Canada’s Rachel Homan has won her first five games at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
13 countries are competing in the round-robin.
The standings are here.
The schedule/results are here.
The current results are here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS MSOC signs Surrey midfielder
| https://t.co/lMooKD3Ver #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/rJvf51ruCF— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 18, 2024
NBA:
The (23-45) Toronto Raptors have lost seven in a row and nine of their last 10.
The Raptors will host the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night (4:30).
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
NFL:
The ESPN free agency tracker is here.
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