Sports by Darin, as of 6:00 am Saturday, December 28th
WHL:
Prince George Cougars 2 Victoria Royals 1
Koehn Ziemmer scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Cougars the win.
thank u @LAKings https://t.co/inHfNkzBpn pic.twitter.com/ckZxGofWK3
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) December 28, 2024
Josh Ravenbergen was outstanding, making 29 saves and stopping all shots he faced in the shootout.
Riley Heidt scored the Cougars’ lone goal in regulation.
100 CAREER GOALS FOR RILEY HEIDT 😼😼😼@mnwild | @CarlsJrCA https://t.co/GkMH8TVt0O pic.twitter.com/tEK9sdVOad
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) December 28, 2024
The box score is here.
The Cougars (19-9-3-2) are on top of the WHL’s BC Division and are second in the Western Conference.
The WHL standings are here.
The Cougars are back in action tonight, taking on the Royals again.
The full Cougars schedule is here.
Post Christmas scores, as busy as Grandmas cookie jar! 🍪🍪
Back at it tomorrow#WHLScores pic.twitter.com/3TcJhMT2i7
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 28, 2024
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings return to action tonight, starting a weekend doubleheader with the Nanaimo Clippers.
The full Spruce Kings schedule is here.
The Spruce Kings (9-15-2-1) are sitting in ninth in the Coastal Conference heading into the second half of the season.
The BCHL standings are here.
World Juniors:
Latvia 3 Canada 2 (SO)
Slovakia 2 Switzerland 1
Finland 3 Germany 1
Sweden 8 Kazakhstan 1
Today’s games:
Czechia vs Kazakhstan (10:00 am)
USA vs Latvia (12:30 pm)
Circle K Classic:
Sioux Falls 8 Cariboo Cougars 5
The box score is here.
The Cougars dropped their opener in the annual Circle K Classic, a U18 AAA Tournament in Calgary that attracts teams from across the world.
The Cougars’ next game of the tournament is tonight against Detroit Victory Honda.
NHL:
An eight-game Friday saw Mitch Marner score the League’s fifth natural hat trick in December. The only months in NHL history with more are March 1996 (7), November 1985 (7) and February 1994 (6).#NHLStats: https://t.co/5tcFfES66l pic.twitter.com/8AeVWO8SmG
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 28, 2024
A busy 11-game Saturday will see all seven Canadian teams in action, including three games on @Sportsnet’s Hockey Night in Canada starting at 7 p.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/yoPawVHnzc
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 28, 2024
NFL:
One Saturday. Three straight games 🔥
📺: Saturday Tripleheader – Dec. 28 on @NFLNetwork
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/uZFDkxiJC5— NFL (@NFL) December 27, 2024
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