Sports by Hartley Monday, October 7th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 3 Prince George Cougars 2 (Saturday)
Ryan Miller snapped a 2-2 tie with just 3.3 seconds left in the 3rd period.
Prince George went 3-2 on a 5-game road trip.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Prince George Cougars 5 Seattle Thunderbirds 2 (Friday)
The game summary and highlights are here.
Big night, big win!
Recap from Seattle 👇https://t.co/Fp3THzU46y pic.twitter.com/RGzIlheD1G
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 5, 2024
The (4-2-1) Cougars and (4-1) Winterhawks meet again Tuesday and Wednesday at CN Centre.
The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL Conference standings are here.
The WHL Division standings are here.
BCHL:
Prince George Spruce Kings 6 Surrey Eagles 3 (Saturday)
Ethan Montroy scored three goals and added an assist as the (3-4) Spruce Kings ended a 4-game losing streak before 692 fans in Prince George.
The game summary is here.
Tonight’s Game Recap from the Spruce Kings 6-3 victory.
RECAP: https://t.co/4NU9I2euXo pic.twitter.com/QPoPotPM80
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 6, 2024
Surrey Eagles 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 4 (Friday)
The game summary is here.
The Prince George Spruce Kings fell 5-4 to the Surrey Eagles on Friday night at Kopar Memorial Arena.
RECAP: https://t.co/yHHxXJJ0cB pic.twitter.com/XoaOZ7RLfo
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 5, 2024
The Spruce Kings play their next two games in Alberta against Okotoks on Friday and Brooks on Saturday.
They will follow that with a pair of games in Abbotsford against Alberni Valley on Monday, October 14th and on Tuesday, October 15th against Blackfalds.
The Spruce Kings next game in Prince George will be on Saturday, October 19th at 6 PM against Chilliwack.
The Spruce Kings 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
The BCHL Division standings are here.
NHL:
The North American part of the NHL regular season opens Tuesday with 3 games: St. Louis at Seattle (1:30 PM), Boston at Florida (4:00) and Chicago at Utah (7:00).
The Vancouver Canucks start on Wednesday when they host the Calgary Flames (7:00).
The NHL schedule is here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule is here.
The NHL standings are here.
BC Football Conference:
Prince George Kodiaks 31 Kamloops Broncos 28 (Saturday)
The Kodiaks finished their 3rd season in the (7-team) BCFC in 6th place with a 3-7 record.
The league standings, schedule and results can be found here.
NFL: (Week 5)
Dallas 20 Pittsburgh 17 (Sunday night)
(Both the Cowboys and Steelers are 3-2)
The (4-0) Kansas City Chiefs host the (2-2) New Orleans Saints in Monday Night Football (5:15) to conclude the 5th week of the NFL season.
The only NFL team sitting 5-0 is Minnesota while all teams have at least one victory.
The NFL schedule is here.
CFL:
The B.C. Lions have clinched a playoff spot with two games left in their regular season.
The (8-8) Lions are 3rd in the West Division, a point behind the (8-7-1) Saskatchewan Roughriders.
B.C. will play at Saskatchewan on Saturday (4 PM) before hosting the (11-3-1) Montreal Alouettes on Saturday, October 19th (4 PM).
Week 19 begins Friday (5:30 PM) with (8-7) Toronto at (10-6) Winnipeg.
The West-leading Blue Bombers have won eight straight.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
Canada West Soccer:
(Women)
Mount Royal Cougars 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Sunday)
WSOC: TWolves Drop Hard-Fought 1-0 Decision Sunday to MRU.
Read More:https://t.co/ufeRdXzkpb
📸: Harsh Banga pic.twitter.com/HiQ9zEE5My
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 6, 2024
Victoria Vikes 4 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
WSOC: TWolves Fall to Vikes in front of an Electric SD-57 Crowd.
Read More 📎: https://t.co/hCob929nA9
Photos by: Harsh Banga pic.twitter.com/7vSCzV3h3t
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 4, 2024
The (1-9) UNBC women host the (10-0) UBC Thunderbirds Friday and Saturday at 6 PM at Masich Place Stadium before concluding at Trinity Western on October 18th at 5 PM and at Fraser Valley on October 20th at 1 PM.
(Men)
UBC Thunderbirds 3 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Saturday)
MSOC: TWolves Show Plenty of Defensive Heart in A 3-0 Saturday Loss to UBC.
Read More📎: https://t.co/NE4O550pOr pic.twitter.com/tprWZSZKZe
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 6, 2024
UBC Thunderbirds 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
MSOC: TWolves Put Forth A Solid Defensive Effort in a Hard-Luck Road Loss to UBC.
More 📎: https://t.co/NfZ4ORnxno
Photos by: Jacob Mallari/UBC Thunderbirds pic.twitter.com/YcM38Bxzrd
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) October 5, 2024
The (1-11-2) UNBC men’s soccer team has just two games left in its season and they will be played against the (1-9-2) Thompson Rivers Wolfpack on October 18th and 19th at 7 PM each day.
MLB: (2nd games in the best-of-5 National League Division Series)
Philadelphia 7 New York Mets 6
(The series is tied 1-1 with Game 3 Tuesday (2:08 PM) in New York)
San Diego 10 LA Dodgers 2
(The series is tied 1-1 with Game 3 Tuesday (6:08 PM) in San Diego)
The American League best-of-5 Division Series will resume today (Monday) with Detroit at Cleveland (1:08 PM) followed by Kansas City at the New York Yankees (4:38). The Guardians and Yankees both lead 1-0.
The MLB playoff schedule is here.
Cat Scan podcast:
This week on the Cat Scan #podcast, @PGCougars Director of Business & goalie coach Taylor Dakers talks about new goalie Cooper Michaluk, draft year for goalie Josh Ravensbergen, competitive team, season ticket sales, feature nights, new sound system, fan feedback & more. #WHL https://t.co/RaexEGcwXS
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 1, 2024
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