Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 31st
(As of 10:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
A trade today (Thursday) for the Prince George Cougars as they acquired 18-year-old defenseman Fraser Leonard from the Calgary Hitmen in return for 18-year-old defenseman Drew Peterson and a 2025 sixth-round pick in the WHL Prospect’s Draft.
Leonard joins the Cougars after playing 59 games with the Hitmen and Saskatoon Blades, notching a total of nine points (four goals and five assists).
TRADE: The Cougars have acquired D Fraser Leonard (06) from the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for D Drew Peterson (06) and a ’25 sixth-round pick.
📝 https://t.co/T3jJYsdDMb#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/hkehD7VEnB
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 31, 2024
The P.G. Cougars only weekend game will be played tomorrow (Friday) in Kamloops against the (6-7-1) Blazers.
Prince George is coming off Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors.
The game summary is here.
The (8-4-2-2) Cougars are in first place in the B.C. Division, two points ahead of the (8-3-1-1) Victoria Royals, who have three games in hand.
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:
This week on @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast PG account executive & video coach Dylan Lukinchuk talks about the differences in scouting teams, his communication with the coaches, ticket packages, his #hockey #jersey collection, winning a raffle in Medicine Hat. #WHL https://t.co/dJiY2KlQIZ
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) October 28, 2024
NHL: (6 Wednesday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)
New Jersey 6 Vancouver 0
The game summary is here.
The (4-2-3) Canucks start a 3-game California road trip Saturday night at 7:00 against the Sharks in San Jose.
Winnipeg 6 Detroit 2
Utah 5 Calgary 1
Jacob Markstrom recorded his first shutout with the @NJDevils while Jack Hughes notched 1-1—2 to help his club improve to 7-1-0 all-time in the “Hughes Bowl.”#NHLStats: https://t.co/xMCXrILoNZ pic.twitter.com/OjOJmR76o4
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 31, 2024
#Oilers captain Connor McDavid sustained an ankle injury during Monday’s game in Columbus & is expected to return to action in two to three weeks. pic.twitter.com/gSGUanCrJE
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 30, 2024
BCHL:
The (4-8-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (7-4-2) Victoria Grizzlies Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.
The Spruce Kings 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
The BCHL Division standings are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The (7-2-0-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the (3-4-0-1) Vancouver North West Hawks Saturday night at 6:30 and Sunday morning at 10:30 at Kin 1.
Cariboo is tied for first in the 8-team BC Elite Hockey League alongside the (7-2-0-1) Valley West Giants, a point ahead of the (7-3) Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
The BCEHL schedule and results are here.
The BC Elite standings in all age groups are here.
MLB: (World Series Game 5)
LA Dodgers 7 New York Yankees 6
The Dodgers erased a 5-0 deficit after four innings to capture the World Series four games to one for their 8th title in franchise history.
The game summary is here.
The @Dodgers are #WorldSeries champions. 🎉 pic.twitter.com/2U6397nQDd
— MLB (@MLB) October 31, 2024
The Dodgers won the first three games; 6-3 in 10 innings on Friday, 4-2 on Saturday and 4-2 on Monday.
The Yankees took Game 4 by an 11-4 score on Tuesday.
The MLB playoff results are here.
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves start their Canada West men’s and women’s basketball season Friday night in Kelowna when they visit the UBC Okanagan Heat (5:00 and 7:00).
The UNBC home openers take to the court on Sunday against Thompson Rivers University of Kamloops starting with the women at 2:00 followed by the men at 4:00.
The 2024 Canada West women’s basketball standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s basketball standings can be found here.
PG High School Football:
The PG Bowl (North Zone High School Football Championship) will be played Friday night at 7:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
The game features the regular season champion College Heights Cougars against last year’s zone champs, the Nechako Valley Vikings.
NFL: (Week 9)
Week 9 of the NFL season starts tonight (Thursday 5:15) with (6-2) Houston at the (2-6) New York Jets. The Jets have lost five straight.
The NFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL Division semi-finals take to the field Saturday.
The (9-9) B.C. Lions visit the (9-8-1) Saskatchewan Roughriders (3:30 PM) with the winner to play at the (11-7) Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West Final on November 9th.
In the East, the (9-8-1) Ottawa Redblacks visit the (10-8) Toronto Argonauts (Saturday noon) with the winner to visit the (12-5-1) Montreal Alouettes on November 9th.
The 111th Grey Cup will be played on Sunday, November 17th in Vancouver.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
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