Sports by Hartley Friday, June 28th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
NHL:
Round one of the NHL Draft will be held tonight (Friday 4:30) in Las Vegas with the remaining rounds set for Saturday.
Prince George Cougars sniper Terik Parascak is in Vegas anxiously waiting which team selects him.
He led all @thewhl rookies in:
Goals (43) ✅
Points (105) ✅
Plus/Minus (+49) ✅
Short-Handed Goals (4) ✅Did we mention he has the most points EVER in a season by a PG Cougar rookie?
Excited for our guy this weekend!#NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/mD63V3OZge
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) June 28, 2024
Parascak, who led all CHL rookies in points this past season, is listed 15th among North American skaters in the Central Scouting final rankings.
Two of his teammates are also ranked; Ondrej Becher is 69th and Hunter Laing is 86th.
.@PGCougars’ Parascak eager to end historic rookie season at NHL draft https://t.co/p0V36YiZ6x | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 22, 2024
Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche is the MVP of the NHL capturing both the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award.
MacKinnon finished the regular season second in the NHL with 140 points (51 goals, 89 assists) in 82 games.
Quinn Hughes became the first player on the Vancouver Canucks to win the James Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman.
“The reality of winning an award like this is you can’t do it alone and you need really good players around you, and I certainly have that.”
Quinn Hughes accepts this year’s Norris Trophy, becoming the first member of the #Canucks to earn the honour. pic.twitter.com/3HQAej7trm
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) June 28, 2024
The list of NHL winners can be found here.
PG Cougars Cat Scan podcast:
In a special 70 min edition of the Cat Scan #podcast @PGCougars Dir of Business Taylor Dakers discussed the controversial article that appeared in PG Citizen which Dakers refers to as inaccurate; one of the owners possibly looking at selling his shares; season tickets & more. https://t.co/UAmmnthtCs
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) June 27, 2024
Hart Attack column:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about the sufficient hockey schedule for PG sports fans this fall in his latest column | https://t.co/FCd5fG4cWr #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 28, 2024
PG Spruce Kings:
The Prince George Spruce Kings have acquired forward Brock Cummings (’05) and defenseman Eddie Romano (’04) from the Cowichan Valley Capitals in exchange for forward Luca Primerano (’05) and Future Considerations.
DETAILS: https://t.co/T8K2VNybZe pic.twitter.com/8Dpb1wCusW
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) June 28, 2024
CFL: (Week 4)
B.C. Lions 24 Edmonton Elks 21
Sean Whyte kicked a 42-yard field goal on the final play of the game for the 3-1 Lions.
The Elks start their season 0-4.
The Lions next game will be Sunday, July 7th in Hamilton.
Friday Night Football in the CFL has (3-0) Montreal at (2-0) Toronto (4:30 kickoff).
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse—(Final game of the regular season)
Bandits 15 Mackenzie 5 (Thursday)
Semifinals will start on Wednesday with the Bandits playing the Assault.
PG Senior Men’s Baseball:
JRJ Construction Orioles 7 Blue Jays 5 (Thursday)
PG Plumbing and Heating Tigers 6 Fresno Construction Mariners 3 (Thursday)
Fastball:
The annual John Cho Cup fastball tournament runs today (Friday) to Sunday.
Games are in Spruce City Stadium and the adjacent fields at Carrie Jane Gray Park.
It features 35 teams, the majority are from Western Canada as well as a ranked team from Agoura Hills, California.
The winner of the Men’s Open Division will qualify for the International Softball Congress Championships in Surrey at Softball City August 10-17.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 9 New York Yankees 2
The game summary is here.
The (37-43) Jays continue an 8-game homestand tonight (Friday 4:10) against the Yankees.
The Blue Jays schedule is here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
Foundational. Courageous. Heroic. The list of words could go on-and-on when recapping Jordan Hall’s record-setting tenure with UNBC Women’s Soccer.
So today, with great excitement, we welcome her to the UNBC Timberwolves Wall of Honour!
Read More 📎: https://t.co/GSoLGupTta pic.twitter.com/zOsTtXbMsv
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) June 28, 2024
MSOC: The UNBC Timberwolves men’s soccer program has added another piece to their left-side attacking corps ahead of the 2024 Canada West season!
A big UNBC welcome to Liam Blair-Murphy!
Read More 📎: https://t.co/a1LZLNBrVE pic.twitter.com/BErwVLqNrR
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) June 26, 2024
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