Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 4 Prince George Cougars 2 (Game 7)
Josh Zakreski snapped a 2-2 tie midway thru the 3rd period and the Winterhawks would add an empty netter with 10 seconds to go before a full house of 6,016 fans at CN Centre.
Portland won the series 4-3 to advance to the second round of the WHL playoffs against the Everett Silvertips.
More details can be found here.
The game summary and highlights are here.
The Cougars outshot the Winterhawks 35-23.
Playoff results 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 Portland won 6-3
Game 4 Prince George @ Portland Wednesday April 2 Portland won 5-4 in DBL OT
Game 5 Prince George @ Portland Friday April 4 PG won 7-2
Game 6 Portland @ Prince George Sunday April 6 PG won 4-1
Game 7 Portland @ Prince George Monday April 7 Portland won 4-2
The WHL Conference standings are here.
BCHL:
The scene has shifted to Prince George for the Spruce Kings first round series against the Chilliwack Chiefs.
Games 3 and 4 will be played tonight at 7:00 and Wednesday night at 7:00 with the Chiefs ahead 2-0 in the best-of-7.
Playoff schedule for the Prince George-Chilliwack BCHL series: (All times PDT)
Game 1 – Friday April 4th – Prince George @ Chilliwack Chilliwack won 3-2
Game 2 – Saturday April 5th – Prince George @ Chilliwack Chilliwack won 4-2
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)
Spruce Kings sign skilled power-forward from Ontario
| https://t.co/HtjcABzc8d #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #sports pic.twitter.com/x3nuBo3pWt— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 7, 2025
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
NHL: (5 Monday with 3 Canadian teams in action)
Calgary 3 San Jose 2
Anaheim 3 Edmonton 2
Winnipeg 3 St. Louis 1
Seattle 2 LA 1
Tampa Bay 5 New York Rangers 1
The (35-29-13) Vancouver Canucks, with just 5 games left, visit the (50-22-5) Dallas Stars tonight (5:00).
It is one of 10 Tuesday games in the NHL.
Vancouver is 8 points behind the (42-29-7) Minnesota Wild for the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
The NHL schedule and results are here or here.