Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, April 30th

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

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

Western Conference Final

The Spokane Chiefs visit the Portland Winterhawks tonight and Thursday.

The Chiefs lead 2-0.

17-year-old forward Chase Herrington of Prince George has four points in the two games in the series against the Winterhawks.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.

NHL:

The Vancouver Canucks are the 8th NHL team looking for a new head coach.

In a statement released by the team, Rick Tocchet announced that he is “choosing to move on from the Canucks.”

The 61-year-old Tocchet won the Jack Adams award as the league’s top coach last season (his second year with Vancouver) but the Canucks dealt with many on-ice and off-ice problems this season that resulted in the team missing the playoffs.

(4 Tuesday Stanley Cup playoff games)

Edmonton  3  LA  1  (The Oilers lead the best-of-7 series 3-2)

Ottawa  4  Toronto  0  (The Maple Leafs lead 3-2)

Vegas  3  Minnesota  2  (OT. The Golden Knights lead 3-2)

Carolina  5  New Jersey  4  (OT. The Hurricanes win 4-1)

There are 3 Stanley Cup playoff games tonight (Wednesday): Montreal at Washington (4:00), St. Louis at Winnipeg (6:30) and Florida at Tampa Bay (4:30).

The Capitals lead the Canadiens 3-1, the Blues and Jets are tied 2-2 and the Panthers lead the Lightning 3-1.

The NHL playoff schedule and results are here or here.

Under-18 Hockey:

Canada plays Czechia today (Wednesday 2 PM PT) in the quarterfinals at the under-18 men’s world hockey championship in Texas.

Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels and Vancouver Giants forward Cameron Schmidt, who is from Prince George, are playing on the Canadian team that finished Group A in first place with a 4-0 record.

The semifinals will be played on Friday.

The gold-medal and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday.

The tournament schedule and results can be found here.

More info on the tournament can also be found here.