Sports by Hartley Friday, October 11th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
The (4-2-2-1) Prince George Cougars host the (1-3-2) Prince Albert Raiders Saturday night at 6:00 to conclude a 3-game homestand.
The Cougars start a 3-game Alberta road trip Monday afternoon in Calgary against the Hitmen.
Prince George defenseman Carson Carels is one of 15 WHL players selected to play in the World U17 Challenge taking place November 3-9 in Sarnia, Ontario.
Carels will suit up for Team Canada Red.
O CANADA! 🇨🇦
We are excited to announce that D Carson Carels (08) will represent Team Canada Red at the 2024 U17 World Challenge in Sarnia, ON!
Congratulations, Cars!https://t.co/CU2JmRZy1m#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/2dDYFl1zYH
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 10, 2024
The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL Conference standings are here.
The WHL Division standings are here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Scouting @RiderFanBob in Part 1 of his chat on the podcast | https://t.co/Pxq6injDxa #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/nCCl4kAezQ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 7, 2024
BCHL:
The (3-4) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (1-5) Okotoks Oilers tonight (Friday) and the (5-0) Brooks Bandits on Saturday.
They will follow that with a pair of games in Abbotsford against Alberni Valley on Thanksgiving Monday and against Blackfalds on Tuesday.
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: (9 Thursday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Boston 6 Montreal 4
Toronto 4 New Jersey 2
Ottawa 3 Florida 1
The Vancouver Canucks second game of the season will be played tonight at 7:00 when they host the Philadelphia Flyers.
The NHL schedule is here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule is here.
The NHL standings are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (1-9) UNBC Timberwolves host the (10-0) UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West women’s soccer tonight at 6:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
The UNBC women will conclude their season at Trinity Western on October 18th at 5 PM and at Fraser Valley on October 20th at 1 PM.
The (1-11-2) UNBC men’s soccer team will play its final two games of the season against the (1-9-2) Thompson Rivers Wolfpack on October 18th and 19th at 7 PM each day.
MLB: (4th games in the best-of-5 American League Division Series)
New York Yankees 3 Kansas City Royals 1
(The Yankees win the series 3-1)
Cleveland Guardians 5 Detroit Tigers 4
(The series is tied 2-2 with the 5th & deciding game Saturday night (at 5:08) in Cleveland)
In the National League, the San Diego Padres visit the LA Dodger tonight (at 5:08) in the 5th and deciding game of their series.
The winner will advance to the best-of-7 National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.
The MLB playoff schedule is here.
NFL: (Week 6)
San Francisco 36 Seattle 24
(Both the 49ers and Seahawks are 3-3)
The NFL schedule is here.
CFL:
The third last weekend of the CFL regular season begins tonight (5:30) with (8-7) Toronto at (10-6) Winnipeg.
The West-leading Blue Bombers have won eight straight.
The B.C. Lions visit Saskatchewan on Saturday (4pm).
The (8-8) Lions are 3rd in the West Division, with a guaranteed playoff spot locked up, a point behind the (8-7-1) Roughriders.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
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