Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, April 16th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 16th as of 12:05 a.m.

(All times listed are PDT)

WHL:

Portland Winterhawks  4  Everett Silvertips  3  (OT)

The Winterhawks erased a 3-0 deficit to take a 3-0 series lead in their Western Conference semifinal with Game 4 Friday in Everett.

The game summary is here.

Carter Sotheran scored his second goal of the game at 15:55 of overtime before 3,431 fans in Everett.

The Winterhawks outshot the Silvertips 50-48.

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With back-to-back shutouts Josh Ravensbergen of the Prince George Cougars is the WHL Goalie of the week.

The 17 year-old Ravensbergen made 21 saves in the 4-0 opening game victory over the Kelowna Rockets.

The next night he blocked 16 saves in the Cougars 5-0 victory over Kelowna.

THE. BURGER. https://t.co/n27uvHNCFr pic.twitter.com/irP4j4CRX5

— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 15, 2024

Prince George leads the best-of-seven second round series 2-0 with Games 3 and 4 in Kelowna tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday.

The Cougars are riding a six game playoff win streak and an overall win streak of 15 games.

SERIES SCHEDULE

*-If necessary

In the Eastern Conference semifinals; Saskatoon, up 2-0, plays in Red Deer tonight while at the same time Moose Jaw is at Swift Current with that series even 1-1.

The WHL standings are here.

The PG Cougars’ playoff results are here.

The PG Cougars’ regular-season results are here.

Terik Parascak (#15), Ondrej Becher (#69), and Hunter Laing (#86) have all been ranked in NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings for the 2024 #NHLDraft! https://t.co/TtYKei1Ug7 pic.twitter.com/F0cmhm7m2B

— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 16, 2024

Cat Scan podcast:

Husband & wife Darnell Toth & Jessica Speziale have two different key jobs with the @PGCougars. What goes on behind the scenes with the #WHL team in the Cat Scan #podcast. Topics include: game-day experience, communication with fans, pre-game show, & atmosphere at CN Centre. https://t.co/owWTdcNJhH

— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) April 15, 2024

NHL: (8 Monday games with three Canadian teams in action)

Edmonton  9  San Jose  2

Connor McDavid picked up his 100th assist this season to become just the fourth player in NHL history to hit triple digits for helpers.

The other players to hit 100 assists are Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr.

The game summary is here.

Detroit  5  Montreal  4  (OT)
New York Rangers  4  Ottawa  0

Oh #NHLStats for Monday? Connor McDavid became the first player in 33 years with an 100-assist season, three teams in East’s Wild Card race earned wins, the @NYRangers locked in the Presidents’ Trophy & the @NYIslanders clinched a postseason berth.

More: https://t.co/X2F5cuM56t pic.twitter.com/YwWmjVgHHd

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 16, 2024

The (49-22-9) Vancouver Canucks host the the (37-38-5) Calgary Flames tonight at 7:00.

It is one of eight Tuesday games in the NHL.

The Canucks, who conclude their regular season Thursday night at Winnipeg, can clinch top spot in the Pacific Division with a win.

Vancouver leads the Division by three points over Edmonton and the Oilers have just two games remaining.

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.

Volleyball:

PG youth volleyball team runs the table in Merritt
| https://t.co/IAkQEDuVo4 #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/rVhRNlSxQh

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 15, 2024

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  3  New York Yankees  1

The (9-8) Blue Jays continue a 9-game homestand tonight (Tuesday 4:07) against the
(12-5) Yankees.

The Blue Jays schedule is here.

The MLB schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

NBA:

NBA play-in games tonight (Tuesday) have LA Lakers at New Orleans and Golden State at Sacramento.

The NBA playoff schedule and results are here.

The final NBA standings are here.