Sports by Hartley Wednesday, March 6th as of 12:05 a.m.
(All times listed below are PST)
NHL: (9 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)
Vancouver 2 LA 1 (OT)
J.T. Miller scored at 1:36 of overtime for the (40-17-7) Canucks who conclude a 3-game road trip Thursday night (7:00 start) against the (33-22-7) Golden Knights in Vegas.
The game summary is here.
Edmonton 2 Boston 1 (OT)
Seattle 4 Winnipeg 3
Montreal 4 Nashville 3 (OT)
The @DallasStars recorded the NHL’s seventh three-goal, third-period comeback win of 2023-24, tied for the second most at this stage of a season in NHL history (989 GP). The only campaigns with more: 2019-20 & 1983-84 (both w/ 10).#NHLStats: https://t.co/4BFojS4cdq pic.twitter.com/JQZ5C1AORk
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 6, 2024
The NHL regular season schedule and results are here.
The Vancouver Canucks regular season schedule and results are here.
The NHL standings are here.
The NHL wild-card standings are here.
The NHL scoring leaders are here.
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars host the (29-27-4) Vancouver Giants Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00 before playing five straight games on the road.
P.G. will end its regular season on Saturday, March 23rd against the Kamloops Blazers on Retro Night with a Mega 50/50 jackpot to begin at $50,000.
Proceeds go to the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.
The (41-15-1-3) Cougars are riding an 11-game point streak and lead the Western Conference by one point over the (41-15-2-1) Portland Winterhawks.
The Winterhawks have a game in hand which they will make up tonight (Wednesday) against the last-place Blazers in Kamloops.
The WHL standings are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL leading scorers can be found here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars alum Quinn Hancock, talking about his single-season goal-scoring record fall after 26 years
| https://t.co/wnQM9kMc2R #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/oASengMiXV— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 5, 2024
BCHL:
The Prince George Spruce Kings hit the road this week.
They visit the Trail Smoke Eaters on Friday and the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday.
With eight games left in the regular season, the (14-29-3) Spruce Kings are last in the 8-team Interior Division, nine points behind the (19-25-2) Cranbrook Bucks who are in 7th.
The Prince George Spruce Kings are excited to annouce our 2024 Alumni Game!
The game will take place on March 16th, prior to our game against the Merritt Centennials!
Full Deatails: https://t.co/aZXUEsp0bt…
Tickets: https://t.co/FxuR8fnVuA pic.twitter.com/1HMRdeNFWN— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 5, 2024
The BCHL standings are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.
BC Elite Hockey League:
The playoffs are coming up for the U18 Cariboo Cougars who host the Vancouver North West Hawks at Kin 1.
Games in the best-of-three quarterfinals are scheduled for Friday afternoon at 3:45, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 and if necessary Sunday morning at 11:45.
The (26-8-2) U18 Cougars finished the regular season 3rd in the 9-team BC Elite Hockey league while the (13-20-0-3) Hawks were in 6th place.
The BCEHL AAA standings in Male U15, U17 and U18 plus Female U18 are here.
The U18 BCEHL schedule and results are here.
The Female U18 schedule and results are here.
Para Biathlon:
The Para Biathlon World Championships begin today (Wednesday) at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club.
185 athletes from 20 countries will participate over the 12 days of competition.
A full schedule of events can be found in the event programme.
High School Basketball:
The BC School Sports Boys Basketball Provincial Championships tip off today (Wednesday) and continue through Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
The 64 teams, divided into four championship tournaments, will play 128 games over the four days.
Cedars Christian, Fort St James and McBride compete in 1A.
Nechako Valley is entered in 2A.
College Heights participates in 3A.
PGSS is taking part in 4A.
Results and more info. can be found here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
Welcome to the Green and Gold, Marcus Wilson.
The newest member of the UNBC Men’s Basketball class of 2024!!
Read More 📷: https://t.co/hNWZHPPl0V… pic.twitter.com/4zy4sv5yW1
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) March 6, 2024
NBA:
New Orleans Pelicans 139 Toronto Raptors 98
The (23-39) Raptors start a 4-game road trip Thursday night at 6:00 in Phoenix.
The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.
The NBA schedule is here.
The NBA standings are here.
Curling:
There are no unbeaten teams left at the 2024 Montana’s Brier in Regina.
B.C. (Catlin Schneider) is 3-3 after six games.
Two-time defending champion Brad Gushue (Canada from St. John’s, Newfoundland) is 4-2.
The eight-game round-robin continues today with the top three teams in each of the two pools advancing to the playoffs.
The final will be played on Sunday with the winner to represent Canada at the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championship on March 30-April 7 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
The Pool A standings are here.
The Pool B standings are here.
The scoreboard is here.
The full 2024 Brier schedule is here.
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