Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Friday, February 28th

The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.

Cat Scan podcast:

This week on @PGCougars Cat Scan #podcast, minority owner Dan Hamhuis discusses, going into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame this year, adjusting to life after #hockey, his international experience, the current state of the Cougars & his time as a player with the Cougars.#WHL https://t.co/UEibzLczbl

— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) February 25, 2025

BCHL:

Coquitlam Express  4  Prince George Spruce Kings  1

The game summary is here.

The Spruce Kings continue a 3-game road trip when they visit the (26-14-3) Surrey Eagles tonight at 7:00 and the (24-13-7) Salmon Arm Silverbacks Sunday afternoon at 4:00.

The (17-23-3-1) 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 one game in hand.

Prince George has 10 games left (5 home and 5 away) while Langley has 9 remaining (5 home and 4 away).

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 Thursday games with 5 Canadian teams in action)

Anaheim  5  Vancouver  2

The game summary is here.

The (27-21-11) Canucks conclude a 5-game road trip Saturday night at 7 in Seattle.

Vancouver is one point ahead of the (28-22-8) Calgary Flames for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Tampa Bay  3  Calgary  0
Florida  4  Edmonton  3
Montreal  4  San Jose  3  (OT)
Nashville  2  Winnipeg  1 
(The loss ended the Jets club-record 11 game win streak)

Alex Ovechkin did not pick up a point in the Washington Capitals 5-2 loss on Thursday to the St. Louis Blues.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is just 12 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (38-13-8) Caps have 23 regular season games left.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.