Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, April 15th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

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

BCHL: 

The Prince George Spruce Kings and Chilliwack Chiefs play Game 7 tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 in Chilliwack.

This is the only BCHL first round series that has gone the distance.

The Coastal Conference quarter-final is tied 3-3 with the home team winning each game.

The Spruce Kings have outscored the first place Chiefs 15-12 thanks mainly to their goalie Charles-Edward Gravel, who has a whopping .940 save percentage in the series.

Playoff schedule/results for the PG-Chilliwack BCHL series:  (All times PDT)

WHL:

PG Cougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb is looking for a new contract.

Lamb and his associate Jim Playfair, and assistant Carter Rigby had their current deals expire at the end of the season.

Lamb wants to keep @PGCougars hockey operations staff intact | https://t.co/pJlt0M3kzP #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/jpEGEHL1ZV

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 14, 2025

Victoria  5  Spokane  1

The game summary is here.

The series is tied 1-1.

The other Western semi resumes tonight with Everett at Portland.

The Silvertips lead 2-0 with Everett winning both games in overtime.

In the Eastern Conference, Calgary visits Lethbridge tonight with the Hurricanes ahead 2-0.

The Medicine Hat-Prince Albert series will resume Wednesday in PA with the Tigers in front 2-0.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

Cat Scan podcast:

CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb on the season-ending episode of the podcast
| https://t.co/OM4i4XLYBo #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) April 14, 2025

NHL: (6 Monday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)

Vancouver  2  San Jose  1  (OT)

Jake DeBrusk scored at 4:42 of overtime for the (38-29-14) Canucks who conclude their season on Wednesday night (7:00) when they host the Vegas Golden Knights.

The game summary is here.

Chicago  4  Montreal  3  (SO)

The Habs need a point in their final game Wednesday at home against Carolina to clinch a playoff spot or have Columbus lose one of its final two games; tonight in Philadelphia or Thursday at home against the NY Islanders.

LA  5  Edmonton  0

There are 10 NHL games tonight (Tuesday) including Vegas at Calgary, Utah at St. Louis and Anaheim at Minnesota.

The (39-27-14) Flames are 2 points behind the (43-30-8) Blues for the final Wild Card playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Calgary is also 3 points back of (44-30-7) Minnesota.

The Flames make up their game in hand on the Blues and the Wild when they play at LA on Thursday which is the last day of the regular season.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.