Brendan’s Sports Shorts; Friday, December 27th

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars begin their post-Christmas schedule tonight and tomorrow (Saturday) against the Victoria Royals.

PG (18-9-3-2) is two points up on the Royals (17-10-3-2) for the BC Division lead.

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Cariboo Cougars:

Circle K Classic

Sioux Falls Power 8  Cariboo Cougars 5

Cariboo’s next game is tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:15pm against Detroit Victory Honda.

You can find the full schedule here.

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings (9-15-2-1) are back in action Saturday at 6pm and Sunday at 3pm when they host the Nanaimo Clippers (10-15-2-0) from the Kopar Memorial Arena.

The Spruce Kings have signed goaltender Dylan Johnson (05) for the remainder of the season, as Colin Reay requires season ending surgery.

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World Juniors:

Round Robin

Canada 4  Finland 0

USA 10 Germany 4

Sweden 5  Slovakia 2

Czechia 5 Switzerland 1

Canada’s next game is tonight at 4:30 Pacific Time against Latvia

McBride’s Tanner Molendyk of the Saskatoon Blades is on Team Canada.

Spengler Cup

Canada 6 HC Davos 2 (Switzerland)

Former Prince George Spruce Kings defenceman Layton Ahac is part of the Canadians.

The Canadians are back in action Saturday morning at 11:15 Pacific Time against the Straubing Tigers (Germany)

A full schedule can be found here.

NHL:

Eight games are on tap in the NHL following the Christmas Break.

The lone Canadian team in action is the Toronto Maple Leafs who slide over to the Motor City and play the struggling Detroit Red Wings.

Detroit fired head coach Derek Lalonde and assistant Bob Boughner on Thursday and replaced them with Todd McLennan (Head Coach) and Trent Yawney (Associate Coach).

NFL:

Seattle Seahawks 6 Chicago Bears 3

Week 17 continues with a Saturday triple-header starting off with the LA Chargers (9-6) visiting the New England Patriots (3-12) followed by Denver (9-6) at Cincinnati (7-8) and Los Angeles Rams (9-6) taking on the Arizona Cardinals (7-8).

NBA:

Memphis Grizzlies 155 Toronto Raptors 126

Toronto drops to 7-24.

The Raptors are back in action Sunday when they host the Atlanta Hawks (16-15).