Sports by Hartley Monday, December 9th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PST)
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars on Sunday acquired 18-year-old hard-nosed defenseman Corbin Vaughan from the Regina Pats in exchange for 19-year-old defenseman Ephram McNutt and a second-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.
In 98 games with the Pats, Vaughan has 14 points (4-10) and a whopping 165 penalty minutes.
Prince George Cougars 6 Kamloops Blazers 3 (Saturday)
Carson Carels scored the Teddy Bear goal at 15:28 of the first period before a sold out hometown crowd of 6,016.
Hunter Laing tallied twice, including the game-winner 2:00 into the 3rd, and added an assist.
Koehn Ziemmer notched his Cougars team-high 20th goal of the season and added a pair of assists.
The game summary and highlights are here.
What a night ladies and gentlemen. What. A. Night.
Recap and reaction from GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb and 1st star Hunter Laing!https://t.co/3wA6A9DPRX pic.twitter.com/RJhULZLLWM
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) December 8, 2024
Prince George Cougars 4 Regina Pats 2 (Friday)
Josh Ravensbergen made 32 saves and Borya Valis scored twice and added an assist before 3.840 fans at CN Centre.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Found a way tonight 💪
Recap and reaction from GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb!https://t.co/zcECuItW0c#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/pOvduYYRfW
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) December 7, 2024
The (15-8-3-2) Cougars play four more games before their Christmas break with all of them on the road starting Wednesday against the (18-6-2) Tri-City Americans.
Prince George is tied with the (15-10-3-2) Victoria Royals for first in the B.C. Division but the Cats have two games in hand.
Victoria lost at home 4-1 against Kelowna on Sunday afternoon.
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 Jessica Speziale and Darnell Toth of the @PGCougars on this week’s podcast episode | https://t.co/klFyI7KvVi #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/A8WXcbailv
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) December 4, 2024
BCHL: (On Vancouver Island)
Cowichan Valley Capitals 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 3 (Saturday)
The game summary is here.
Prince George Spruce Kings 2 Victoria Grizzlies 1 (Friday)
The game summary is here.
The (8-14-2-1) Spruce Kings host the (12-10-4-1) Langley Rivermen Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 in their final two games before Christmas.
Prince George is 9th out of 10 in the Coastal Conference.
The Spruce Kings are 2-2 since the coaching change with Brad Tesnik replacing the fired Alex Evin.
The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
NHL: (7 Sunday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Tampa Bay 4 Vancouver 2
The game summary is here.
The (14-8-4) Canucks continue a 6-game homestand Tuesday night at 7:00 against the (13-13-2) St. Louis Blues.
Dallas 6 Calgary 2
Columbus 4 Winnipeg 1
NY Islanders 4 Ottawa 2
There are just 3 Monday games in the NHL: Anaheim at Montreal, Chicago at New York Rangers and Detroit at Buffalo.