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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, January 7th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, January 7th 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PST)  Updated at 10:00 a.m.

WHL: 

The Prince George Cougars have acquired 19-year-old defenceman Aleksey Chichkin from the Regina Pats in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2027.

Chichkin has 7 points and 55 penalty minutes in 32 games with the Pats this season.

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The Saskatoon Blades dealt defenceman Tanner Molendyk of McBride to the Medicine Hat Tigers for players and drafts picks including one first rounder.

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Saskatoon general manager Colin Priester said in a news release, “Tanner is one of the greatest Blades to ever put on the jersey and no player will be wearing the number 24 ever again for this club.”

Molendyk has four goals and 17 assists in 21 games this season.

The Kelowna Rockets sent defenceman Caden Price to the Lethbridge Hurricanes for players and draft picks, including one first rounder.

The WHL trading deadline is Thursday afternoon.

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The (22-10-3-2) PG Cougars host the (19-14-4) Vancouver Giants in a doubleheader tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday.

The Cougars lead the B.C. Division by two points over the (20-11-3-4) Victoria Royals with P.G. holding a game in hand.

The Giants are 7th in the Western Conference, just a point behind the (20-12-2-1) Tri-City Americans.

Vancouver sniper Cameron Schmidt, who is from Prince George, is tied for most goals in the WHL with 28.

Giants 17-year-old rookie Burke Hood is the WHL Goaltender of the Week after posting back-to-back shutouts on the weekend.

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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:

 

NHL: (4 Monday games with 2 Canadian teams in action)

Montreal  5  Vancouver  4  (OT)

Nick Suzuki scored at 48 seconds of overtime.

J.T. Miller scored twice and added two assists for Vancouver.

The game summary is here.

The (18-12-9) Canucks continue a 5-game road trip Wednesday (4:30) in Washington against the (26-10-4) Capitals.

Buffalo  4  Washington  3  (SO)
Colorado  3  Florida  1
New Jersey  3  Seattle  2

There are 10 Tuesday games in the NHL with half of them involving a Canadian team.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

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The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL standings are here.

 

BCHL: 

The (10-17-3-1) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (19-11-1) Alberni Valley Bulldogs Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.

The Saturday game is Indigenous Night.

The Spruce Kings are 9th out of 10 in the Coastal Conference, two points behind the (12-17-2) Nanaimo Clippers.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

 

Cariboo Cougars:

The (17-3-1-1) Under-18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (9-11-2-2) Vancouver North East Chiefs Saturday afternoon (Jan 11th) at 3:30 and Sunday morning at 10:45 in Burnaby.

The U-18 Cougars are in first place in the BC Elite Hockey League.

The BCEHL schedule and results are here.

The BC Elite standings in all age groups are here.

 

Canada West Basketball

The UNBC Timberwolves are on the road this weekend for their first Canada West basketball games of 2025.

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The Timberwolves visit the Fraser Valley Cascades Friday (Jan 10th) and the UBC Thunderbirds on  Saturday.

The UNBC women are 3-5 while the UNBC men sit 1-7.

Fraser Valley is 7-3 (women) and 4-6 (men).

UBC is 8-1 (women) and 6-3 (men).

The 2024 Canada West women’s basketball standings can be found here.

The 2024 Canada West men’s basketball standings can be found here.

The 2024 Canada West women’s basketball schedule and results can be found here.

The 2024 Canada West men’s basketball schedule and results can be found here.

 

NBA:

Milwaukee Bucks  128  Toronto Raptors  104

The (8-28) Raptors start a 3-game road trip Wednesday (4:30) in New York against the (24-13) Knicks.

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The Raptors schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

The NBA standings are here

 

NFL: 

The NFL playoffs begin this weekend.

There are two games Saturday; LA Chargers at Houston (1:30) followed by Pittsburgh at Baltimore (5:00).

Three more games kick off on Sunday; Denver at Buffalo (10:00 AM), Green Bay at Philadelphia (1:30) and Washington at Tampa Bay (5:00).

The Monday night game (January 13th) features Minnesota at LA Rams (5:00).

The NFL schedule and results are here.

The NFL standings are here.

The NFL odds are here.

 

 

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