Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, March 13th

Vancouver  4  Calgary  3  (SO)

The game summary is here.

The (30-24-11) Canucks and (30-23-11) Flames are tied for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Vancouver will host the (20-36-9) Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night at 7:00.

Seattle  5  Montreal  4  (OT)
Utah  3  Anaheim  2
Detroit  7  Buffalo  3

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals visit the LA Kings tonight at 7:30 in one of 9 Thursday games in the NHL.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is 9 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (43-14-8) Caps have 17 regular season games left.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

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

Cat Scan podcast:

This week on @PGCougars Cat scan (70 minute) #podcast @colewaldiepxp talks about preparing for a broadcast, memorable goals and games, starting out with @CCougars18_aaa, best and worst places to call a game from, school visits with the team & much more. #WHL #hockey https://t.co/btRJljvyo1

— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 13, 2025

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings host the (29-18-1) Sherwood Park Crusaders Sunday afternoon at 3:00.

The (19-24-4-1) Spruce Kings are two points behind the (18-21-8-1) Langley Rivermen for the 8th and final playoff spot in the BCHL Interior Conference with both teams having six games remaining.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The Langley Rivermen schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.