Sports by Darin, as of 6:00 am, Saturday, October 5th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 5 Seattle Thunderbirds 2
Carlin Dezainde scored twice as the Cougars extended their win streak to three.
Beat the camera, beat the goalie! Carlin Dezainde has 6 goals in 6 games to open the season!@CarlsJrCA https://t.co/KwrTIwnJKz pic.twitter.com/cjI5wSMPct
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 5, 2024
Jett Lajoie, Villiam Kmec and Borya Valis also scored in the win.
Josh Ravensbergen made 27 saves.
The full box score is here.
With the win, the Cougars move into first place in the WHL’s Western Conference.
The WHL standings can be found here.
The Cougars are back in action tonight, for a third-round rematch with the Portland Winterhawks.
The full Cougars schedule can be found here.
If goals equate to fun, then a lot of fun was had tonight! #WHLScores pic.twitter.com/w1LVrpW7X6
— The WHL (@TheWHL) October 5, 2024
BCHL:
Surrey Eagles 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 4
Ryan Evenhuis scored the winner for Surrey with 2:01 remaining.
Ethan Montroy, Skogen Schrott, Kazumo Sasaki, and Lucas Veilleux scored for the Spruce Kings in the loss.
Carter Wishart made 29 saves on 34 shots.
The full box score is here.
The Spruce Kings (2-4-0-0) are sitting ninth in the BCHL’s Coastal Conference.
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings will look to snap their four-game skid tonight, as they host the Eagles again.
The full Spruce Kings schedule is here.
BC Football Conference:
The Prince George Kodiaks will finish off their regular season with a matchup against the Kamloops Broncos.
The Kodiaks and Broncos are both eliminated from the BCFC playoff picture, but are battling to stay out of last place.
The BCFC standings can be found here.
Other BCFC games today:
Valley Huskers @ Vancouver Island Raiders
Westshore Rebels @ Langley Rams
A breakdown of the BCFC playoff picture can be found here.
Canada West Soccer:
Men’s Soccer:
UBC Thunderbirds 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0
UNBC is sixth in Canada West’s Pacific Division for Men’s Soccer.
The standings are here.
The rematch goes tonight from Thunderbird Stadium.
Women’s Soccer:
UVic Vikes 4 UNBC Timberwolves 0
UNBC is at the bottom of Canada West’s Pacific Division for Women’s Soccer.
The standings are here.
The Timberwolves host the Mount Royal Cougars at Masich Place Stadium on Sunday.
MLB:
The Divisional Series kicks off in the MLB postseason today:
Detroit @ Cleveland
NY Mets @ Philadelphia
Kansas City @ NY Yankees
San Diego @ LA Dodgers
CFL:
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 10
BC Lions 32 Calgary Stampeders 15
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