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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, January 16th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, January 16th, 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PST)

Canada West basketball:

The UNBC Timberwolves host the Victoria Vikes tonight (Thursday) with the women to tip off at 6:00 followed by the men at 8:00 in Canada West basketball.

The UNBC women are 3-7 while the UNBC men sit 1-9.

The Victoria women are 5-5 while the Victoria men have a perfect 10-0 record.

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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.

 

WHL: 

Brandon Wheat Kings  5  Victoria Royals  4  

The (23-12-3-4) Royals remain in a first place tie with the Prince George Cougars in the BC Division, with PG holding a game in hand.

The (24-12-3-2) Cougars visit the (28-14) Spokane Chiefs Friday and the Western Conference-leading (30-5-3-3) Everett Silvertips Saturday.

The Chiefs crushed the Rockets 10-0 Wednesday night in Kelowna.

Andrew Cristall notched two goals and two assists against his former team.

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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: (2 Wednesday games)

Edmonton  5  Minnesota  3
(Connor McDavid scored twice and added an assist to lead the Oilers)

Buffalo  4  Carolina  2

The (19-14-10) Vancouver Canucks host the (24-12-5) LA Kings tonight at 7:00.

It is one of 13 Thursday games in the NHL with all 7 Canadian teams in action.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL standings are here.

 

BC Elite Hockey League: 

The Under-18 Cariboo Cougars play two games in Fort St. James against the Valley West Giants; Saturday night at 6:30 outdoors (at the Ernie Sam Memorial Arena) and Sunday morning at 10:00 indoors (at the Fort Forum Arena).

It is a match-up of the top two teams in the 8-team league with the (18-4-1-1) U-18 Cougars in first place by three points over the (17-7-0-1) Giants.

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The U-18 Female Northern Capitals also play outdoors in Fort St James Friday night at 6:00 against the Fraser Valley Rush.

The (9-10-0-1) Capitals and (7-9-1-2) Rush also meet Saturday morning at 11:00 in Vanderhoof.

The BCEHL schedule and results are here.

The BCEHL schedule and female results are here.

The BC Elite standings in all age groups are here.

 

BCHL: 

The (12-17-3-1) Prince George Spruce Kings are idle until Wednesday, January 22nd when they host the (19-12-3) Surrey Eagles.

The Spruce Kings are 9th out of 10 in the Coastal Conference, two points behind the (14-17-2) Nanaimo Clippers.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

 

NBA:

Toronto Raptors  110  Boston Celtics  97

The (10-31) Raptors visit the (22-17) Milwaukee Bucks Friday night (5:00).

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The Raptors are a league-worst 1-18 on the road.

The Raptors schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

The NBA standings are here

 

NFL:

The NFL Conference semifinals start with a pair of games on Saturday; Houston at Kansas City (1:30) followed by Washington at Detroit (5:00).

The Sunday games have LA Rams at Philadelphia (noon) and Baltimore at Buffalo (3:30).

The NFL schedule and results are here.

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