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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, April 1st

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

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

WHL:

The scene has shifted to Portland for the next three games in the first round series between the Winterhawks and the Prince George Cougars.

The best-of-seven is tied at one victory each.

Portland will host P.G. tonight at 7:00, Wednesday and Friday.

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If games six and seven are necessary they will be played at CN Centre Sunday night at 6:00 and Monday night at 7:00.

The Winterhawks are 3-for-9 on the Power Play in the series while the Cougars are 0-for-5.

Prince George only had the lead for 4 minutes & 32 seconds over the first two games.

Playoff schedule for the Portland-Prince George WHL series:  (All times PDT)

Game 1 Portland @ Prince George Friday March 28  PG won 7-6 in OT
Game 2 Portland @ Prince George Saturday March 29  Portland won 5-2
Game 3 Prince George @ Portland Tuesday April 1 7:00 p.m.
Game 4 Prince George @ Portland Wednesday April 2 7:00 p.m.
Game 5 Prince George @ Portland Friday April 4 7:00 p.m.
Game 6 Portland @ Prince George Sunday April 6 6:00 p.m.  If necessary
Game 7 Portland @ Prince George Monday April 7 7:00 p.m.  If necessary

The WHL Conference standings are here.

The Cougars 2024-25 regular season results are here.

 

 

Cat Scan podcast:

 

BCHL: 

The schedule is out for the Prince George Spruce Kings first round playoff series against the first place Chilliwack Chiefs.

Games 1 and 2 will be played Friday and Saturday in Chilliwack.

The best-of-7 shifts to Prince George Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

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Tickets for the games in P.G. go on sale this morning (Tuesday) at 9:00.

Single-Game prices are $16.00 for Adults, $13.00 for Seniors $5 for Youth Tickets.

The (23-25-4-2) Spruce Kings and the (21-23-9-1) Langley Rivermen tied for the 8th and final post-season spot in the Coastal Conference but P.G. won the tie-breaker based on more wins.

Playoff schedule for the Prince George-Chilliwack BCHL series:  (All times PDT)

Game 1 – Friday April 4th – Prince George @ Chilliwack – 7 PM
Game 2 – Saturday April 5th – Prince George @ Chilliwack – 6 PM
Game 3 – Tuesday April 8th – Chilliwack @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 4 – Wednesday April 9th – Chilliwack @ Prince George – 7 PM
Game 5 – Friday April 11th – Prince George @ Chilliwack – 7 PM (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Sunday April 13th – Chilliwack @ Prince George – 6 PM (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Tuesday April 15th – Prince George @ Chilliwack – 7 PM (If Necessary)

The Spruce Kings regular season results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

 

NHL: (4 Monday games with one Canadian team in action)

Calgary  3  Colorado  2  (SO)

The (35-26-12) Flames are 5 points out of a playoff spot with 9 games left.

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New Jersey  3  Minnesota  2  (SO)
Dallas  3  Seattle  1
Philadelphia  2  Nashville  1

 

The (34-27-13) Vancouver Canucks, with just 8 games left, (6 home and 2 away) host the (31-38-6) Seattle Kraken Wednesday night at 7:30.

Vancouver is 6 points behind the (40-28-7) St. Louis Blues for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

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There are 10 NHL games tonight (Tuesday) with half of them involving a Canadian team.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals play this evening (4:00) in Boston and Wednesday (4:00) in Carolina.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin has 890 career goals, 5 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (47-17-9) Capitals have 9 regular season games (3 home and 6 away) remaining.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

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The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL Wild Card standings are here.

 

Curling:

Brad Jacobs of Canada is 3-1 (after action Monday) at the world men’s curling championship in Moose Jaw.

Defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden is also 3-1.

The co-leaders at 4-1 are China, Norway, Scotland and Switzerland.

13 teams are competing in the round robin with the top six to advance to the playoffs with the top two receiving byes to the semifinals on Saturday.

The final will go on Sunday afternoon (2:00 PT).

The standings, schedule and results can be found here.

 

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  5  Washington Nationals  2

The (3-2) Jays continue their season-opening 7-game homestand tonight (4:07) against the (1-3) Nationals.

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The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

 

NBA:

The (28-47) Toronto Raptors, with just 7 games remaining (3 home and 4 away), visit the (33-42) Chicago Bulls tonight (5:00).

The Raptors will likely miss the playoffs as they sit 5 games behind the Bulls for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.

The NBA schedule is here.

The Toronto Raptors schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.

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