Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Friday, March 14th

Sports by Hartley Friday, March 14th, 2025

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

WHL:

This is the second last weekend of the WHL regular season.

The Prince George Cougars host the (23-33-7-1) Wenatchee Wild tonight (Friday) and Saturday before closing out at home against the Victoria Royals on March 21st and 22nd.

Wenatchee is a point behind the (25-32-4-1) Seattle Thunderbirds for the final Western Conference playoff spot with Seattle holding two games in hand.

The (38-20-4-2) Cougars are tied with the (36-16-3-7) Royals for top spot in the B.C. Division but Victoria has two games in hand.

The Royals have six remaining, with one home game followed by five on the road.

Victoria will host Vancouver tonight and then play the Giants again Saturday in Langley.

The Royals visit Kamloops on Tuesday and Kelowna on Wednesday before playing a doubleheader in P.G.

The WHL Conference standings are here.

BC Elite Hockey League:

The BC Elite Hockey League best-of-3 semifinals are featured this weekend.

The Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the Vancouver North West Hawks at Kin 1 this afternoon at 3:45, Saturday afternoon at 3:00 and, if needed, Sunday morning at 9:00.

The Under-18 Female Northern Capitals visit the Fraser Valley Rush in Langley tonight at 6:15, Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and, if necessary, Sunday morning at 9:30.

The BC Elite Hockey League playoff schedule can be found here 

The BC Elite Hockey League playoff results can be found here or here.

The final BC Elite Hockey League regular season standings are here.

NHL: (9 Thursday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)

New Jersey  3  Edmonton  2
Florida  3  Toronto  2
Ottawa  6  Boston  3

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals lost 3-0 to the LA Kings.

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

The (43-15-8) Caps have 16 regular season games left.

The Vancouver Canucks host the (20-37-9) Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night at 7:00.