Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, March 18th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

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

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars have signed Jaxon Larmand (08) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.

The 16-year-old forward from Prince George is playing this season with the Cariboo Cougars, who host the Okanagan Rockets this weekend in the BC Elite Hockey League U18 championship series.

Larmand racked up 57 points, (28 goals) in 36 regular season games and has added seven points (4 goals) in five playoff games this season.

THE PG KID PUTS PEN TO PAPER!

We are excited to announce that forward and PG product Jaxon Larmand (08) has signed a @TheWHL Scholarship & Development Agreement!

🖇️ https://t.co/R1weJ8hTcq#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/Z8WomboxvD

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 17, 2025

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The PG Cougars host the Victoria Royals to close out their regular season Friday and Saturday.

The (40-20-4-2) Cougars have won nine of their last 10 games and have the fewest home regulation losses in the WHL (with a 23-4-3-2 record at CN Centre).

Prince George leads the B.C. Division by two points over the (37-17-3-7) Royals but Victoria has two games in hand.

The Royals visit the (24-36-4-1) Kamloops Blazers tonight (Tuesday) and the (17-42-4-2) Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday.

The Cougars will start the playoffs at home on Friday, March 28th and Saturday, March 29th against either Portland, Vancouver or Tri-City.

Playoff tickets go on sale Wednesday afternoon at 2:00.

The WHL Conference standings are here.

BC Elite Hockey League:

The Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the Okanagan Rockets in the BC Elite Hockey League best-of-three final.

Games will be played at Kin 1 Friday night at 7:45, Saturday night at 4:45 and if needed Sunday morning at 10:45.

The winner goes to Alberta for the Pacific playdowns April 4th-6th.

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The Under-18 Northern Capitals will visit the Greater Vancouver Comets in the best-of-3 female championship hockey series.

The games will be held in Coquitlam Friday night at 5:00, Saturday night at 5:45 and if needed Sunday afternoon at 1:00.

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

The BC Elite Hockey League playoff schedule can be found here 

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

NHL: (5 Monday games with 2 Canadian teams in action)

Toronto  6  Calgary  2

The Vancouver Canucks host the league-leading (47-17-4) Winnipeg Jets tonight at 7:00.

It is one of 9 Tuesday games in the NHL (with Toronto the only Canadian team idle).

The (31-25-11) Canucks are tied with the (33-28-7) St. Louis Blues for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, two points ahead of (30-25-11) Calgary and
(30-26-11) Utah.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals host the Detroit Red Wings tonight (4:00.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is 8 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (44-15-8) Caps have 15 regular season games left.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

World Cup Ski Cross:

25-year-old Gavin Rowell of Prince George had a career-best 6th place finish in the men’s FIS Ski Cross World Cup race Saturday in Collingwood, Ontario.

Canadian athletes finished with silver and bronze in both the men’s and women’s races.

More info can be found here.

The Ski Cross World Championships are slated for this Saturday and Sunday in Engadin,
Switzerland.