Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, April 3rd

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, April 3rd as of 12:05 a.m.

(All times listed are PDT)

WHL:

Prince George Cougars 4 Spokane Chiefs 2

Zac Funk, who notched a league-high 67 goals in the regular season, scored twice and added two assists.

The Cougars have won 12 straight and will go for a 4-game first-round sweep of the Chiefs tonight (6:30 Wed) in Spokane.

Zac Funk’s four-point night leads us to a huge 4-2 win over the Chiefs. We take a commanding 3-0 series lead!

Recap and reaction from Assistant Coach Carter Rigby 👇https://t.co/dUfoAGI1u8#WHLPlayoffs • #ForTheNorth

— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 3, 2024

The game summary and highlights are here.

The WHL standings are here.

The PG Cougars’ regular-season results are here.

*- If necessary

We have been named the BC Division nominee for the@TheWHL Business Award!

📝 https://t.co/fHwhZrbyOh https://t.co/GBZJ6EsLiV pic.twitter.com/hcu1Gpvs7H

— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 2, 2024

Cat Scan podcast:

CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sat down with @PGCougars alum and @TexasStars forward Chase Wheatcroft to get you ready for Round 1 of @TheWHL Playoffs against @spokanechiefs | https://t.co/8imHZ6uzXY #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/zqaHDINvIk

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 28, 2024

NHL: (8 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)

Vegas  6  Vancouver  3  

The game summary is here.

The (46-21-8) Canucks visit the (31-38-5) Arizona Coyotes tonight (7:00).

It is one of five Wednesday games in the NHL; the others are Edmonton at Dallas, Tampa at Toronto, Seattle at LA and New Jersey at the New York Rangers.

Anaheim  5  Calgary  3
Montreal  5  Florida  3
Minnesota  3  Ottawa  2

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 preparing for the playoffs.

After finishing last in the BCHL Interior Division with a record of 16-35-3, the Spruce Kings will battle the first place Penticton Vees.

The first two games will be played in Penticton on Friday and Saturday.

The series will shift to Prince George for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 10th.

The if needed games are set for April 12th in Penticton, April 14th in Prince George and April 16th in Penticton.

The BCHL standings are here.

The Spruce Kings’ regular-season results are here.

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  2  Houston Astros  1

The game summary is here.

The (3-3) Jays visit the (1-5) Astros again tonight (Wednesday 5:10) in the rubber match of their 3-game series.

The Blue Jays schedule is here.

The MLB schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

Curling:

Canada’s Team Brad Gushue from St. John’s, N.L., is 7-1 at the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championship in Switzerland.

Team Gushue outscored the Netherlands 7-4 and South Korea 7-4 today (Wednesday).

On Tuesday, Canada beat New Zealand 7-4 and the USA 8-2 on Tuesday.

Gushue will conclude the round robin against Norway (12:01 AM) and Sweden (10 AM) on Thursday and against Japan (5:00 AM) and Switzerland (10 AM) on Friday.

After the round-robin wraps up Friday, the third through sixth-ranked teams compete in playoff qualification games (3 vs. 6; 4 vs. 5), with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The semifinal winners play in the gold-medal game, and the losers play for the bronze.

Results and standings can be found here.

NBA:

LA Lakers  128  Toronto Raptors  111

The (23-52) Raptors suffered their 14th consecutive loss.

They have just seven games left in their season.

Toronto will visit the (52-23) Minnesota Timberwolves tonight (5:00).

The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.