Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, March 24th

Sports by Hartley Monday, March 24th, 2025

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

WHL:

Prince George Cougars  4  Victoria Royals  3  (OT-Saturday)

The PG Cougars all-time leading goal scorer, Koehn Ziemmer, tallied the winner at 2:14 of overtime before 5,946 fans at CN Centre.

What a way to cap off 24-25! King Koehn plays hero!

Recap and reaction from GM & HC Mark Lamb and Koehn Ziemmer on the win!https://t.co/IW7ypSm2Ww pic.twitter.com/1WQMTDbmqs

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 23, 2025

It was his team leading 37th goal of the season.

Ziemmer is the all-time leader in game-winning goals for the Cougars.

The game summary is here.

The largest 50/50 in franchise history – $204,000 – has been CLAIMED!

Half of that money will change someone’s life, the other half will be donated to the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation and support cardiac care in northern BC.

THANK YOU PG!!!

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 23, 2025

Victoria Royals  6  Prince George Cougars  3  (Friday)

The game summary is here.

Tonight’s recap and reaction from GM & HC Mark Lamb.https://t.co/UjVida3Jfa

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 22, 2025

The (41-21-4-2) Cougars finished second in the BC Division and 4th in the Western Conference.

They host the (36-28-3-1) Portland Winterhawks Friday and Saturday in the first two games of their first round series.

The Winterhawks won all four regular season meetings between the two teams, although they have not met in over three months (since Dec. 13th).

P.G. was 24-5-3-2 on home ice this season while Portland was 17-14-2-1 on the road.

The battle reignites!

We face off against the Portland Winterhawks in Round One of the WHL Playoffs—a rematch of the 2024 Western Conference Championship Series!

Tickets for Games 1 & 2 are on sale NOW at https://t.co/mDqoeZUhv5! pic.twitter.com/H0ZXsYv0k0

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 22, 2025

The WHL Conference standings are here.

BC Elite Hockey League: 

(At Kin 1)

Okanagan Rockets  3  Under-18 Cariboo Cougars  2  (OT-Sunday)

Hudson Getzlaf scored at 4:26 of overtime as the Rockets won the best-of-3 provincial final 2-1.

Juggy is a CHAMP! 🏆

Congratulations to signed prospect Logan Jugnauth for helping the Okanagan Rockets to a BCEHL U18AAA championship today. The Rockets won 3-2 in overtime. pic.twitter.com/NteUBWxItJ

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 23, 2025

Under-18 Cariboo Cougars  4  Okanagan Rockets  2   (Saturday)
Okanagan Rockets  4  Under-18 Cariboo Cougars  2  (Friday)

Female Division:  (in Coquitlam)

Greater Vancouver Comets  4  U-18 Northern Capitals  3  (OT-Saturday)
Greater Vancouver Comets  1  U-18 Northern Capitals  0  (Friday)
(The Comets won the best-of-3 provincial final 2-0)

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: (7 Sunday games with 1 Canadian team in action)

Buffalo  5  Winnipeg  3

The (32-26-12) Vancouver Canucks, with just 12 games left, continue a 6-game road trip tonight (4:30) against the (37-28-6) New Jersey Devils.

It is one of four Monday games in the NHL.

Vancouver is five points behind the (37-28-7) St. Louis Blues for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

The (33-25-11) Calgary Flames are four back of St. Louis with three games in hand.

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Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals visit the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is 7 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (47-15-8) Caps, who have the best record in the NHL, have 12 regular season games remaining.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.