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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, February 26th

By Hartley Miller

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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

WHL:

Prince George Cougars  5  Kelowna Rockets  2

The Cougars jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 2 1/2 minutes into the game and they went on to end a 3-game losing skid before 2,907 fans at CN Centre.

Josh Ravensbergen made 27 saves as Prince George outshot Kelowna 37-29.

The game summary and highlights are here.

The (32-19-4-2) Cougars host the (17-34-4-2) Rockets again tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00.

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Prince George is second in the B.C. Division, seven points behind the (34-15-3-6) Victoria Royals with P.G. holding one game in hand.

The Cougars have 11 regular season games left; their remaining schedule has 6 home and 5 away; four games against Wenatchee, two each against Kamloops and Victoria and one each against Kelowna, Vancouver and Everett.

With 10 games to go, the Royals remaining schedule has 5 home and 5 away; two games each against Vancouver, Portland, Spokane and Prince George, and one each against Kamloops and Kelowna.

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:

 

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (22-14-4-2) Coquitlam Express Thursday night at 7:00.

The Spruce Kings road trip will also see them play at the (26-14-3) Surrey Eagles Friday night at 7:00 and the (24-13-7) Salmon Arm Silverbacks Sunday afternoon at 4:00.

The (17-22-3-1) Spruce Kings are four points behind the (17-20-7-1) Langley Rivermen for the 8th and final playoff spot in the BCHL Interior Conference with P.G. holding two games in hand.

Prince George has 11 games left (5 home and 6 away) while Langley has 9 remaining (5 home and 4 away).

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Langley will play a doubleheader in P.G. on March 7th and 8th.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

 

NHL: (12 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)

Calgary  3  Washington  1

39-year-old Caps sniper Alex Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the season and is just 12 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (38-12-8) Caps have 24 regular season games left.

Tampa Bay  4  Edmonton  1
Toronto  5  Boston  4  (OT)
Montreal  4  Carolina  0

The Vancouver Canucks visit the (31-17-7) LA Kings tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00.

The (26-20-11) Canucks are one point behind the (28-21-8) Calgary Flames for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

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The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL Wild Card standings are here.

The NHL Division standings are here.

 

BC Elite Hockey League: 

The Under-18 Cariboo Cougars will have home ice advantage throughout the B.C. Elite Hockey League playoffs.

The (26-6-3-1) U-18 Cougars finished in first place.

In the league quarterfinals, Cariboo will host the last place Thompson Blazers in a best-of-3 series; Friday, March 7th at 6 PM, Saturday, March 8th at 5:45 PM and if needed Sunday, March 9th at 11:15 AM.

All games are at Kin 2 (as a speedskating event will be held that weekend at Kin 1).

The BC Elite final standings in all age groups are here.

The BCEHL schedule and female results are here.

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UNBC Timberwolves:

 

NBA:

Boston Celtics  111  Toronto Raptors  101

The (18-40) Raptors visit the (32-24) Indiana Pacers tonight (Wednesday 4:00).

The Raptors are 5 games out of the last play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.

LA Lakers  107  Dallas Mavericks  99

Luka Doncic had a triple double for the Lakers against his former team with 19 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists.

The Raptors schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

The NBA standings are here.

 

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