Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, March 26th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, March 26th as of 12:05 a.m.

(All times listed below are PDT)

NHL: (2 Monday games)

LA  3  Vancouver  2

The game summary is here.

The (45-19-8) Canucks, with 10 games left in their regular season, host the Dallas Stars Thursday night at 7:00 and the Anaheim Ducks Sunday at 12:30 to conclude a 9-game homestand.

Las Vegas  2  St. Louis  1  (OT)

There are a dozen Tuesday games in the NHL with Vancouver and Ottawa the only Canadian teams idle. One of the matchups has Edmonton at Winnipeg.

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 will play the 8th-place Spokane Chiefs in the first round of the WHL playoffs with Games 1 and 2 in Prince George on Friday and Saturday.

Over 3,500 tickets have been sold for the opener.

In the 2-3-2 format, Games 3 and 4 will go in Spokane on April 2nd and 3rd with the if needed games set for April 5th in Spokane, April 8th in Prince George and Wednesday, April 10th in P.G.

They split their season series, it’s only fitting the @PGCougars and @spokanechiefs battle it out in Round One of the 2024 #WHLPlayoffs presented by Nutrien. pic.twitter.com/5eUYKZM2SD

— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 24, 2024

The Cougars ended their regular season with nine straight wins and on a 19-game point streak.

They closed with a 5-2 victory over Kamloops.

The game summary and highlights are here.

Prince George finished in first place in the WHL Western Conference with a team record of 49-15-1-3 for 102 points.

Cougars sniper Zac Funk ended up with a league-leading 67 goals in 68 games and came second in the scoring race with a team record of 123 points, behind Jagger Firkus of Moose Jaw, who finished with 126 points, which includes 61 goals.

Playoff Hockey at the CN Centre is back THIS WEEKEND! ⚪️⚪️⚪️ #PGWhiteOut • #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/Nd6DRI3GGq

— xy – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 25, 2024

The WHL standings are here.

The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.

The WHL leading scorers can be found here.

The WHL Tiebreaking procedure is here.

Cat Scan podcast:

CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller chats with @PGCougars head coach and general manager Mark Lamb in this week’s episode | https://t.co/fL5rBKZJUU #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/lwQMEhsub9

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) March 25, 2024

BCHL:

The (15-34-3) Prince George Spruce Kings, who have lost 13 of their last 15 games, conclude their regular season with a pair of road games: Friday against the Vipers in Vernon and Saturday vs. the Centennials in Merritt.

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The Spruce Kings will be up against the top team in the Interior Division, the Penticton Vees in the first round of the playoffs.

The best-of-seven series will open in Penticton on April 5th and 6th before shifting to Prince George for Games 3 and 4 on April 9th and 10th.

The if needed games are set for April 12th in Penticton, April 14th in Prince George and April 16th in Penticton. The BCHL standings are here.

The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule and results are here.

NBA:

Brooklyn Nets  96  Toronto Raptors  88

The (23-49) Raptors, with just 10 games left in their season, host the New York Knicks on Wednesday night (4:30).

Toronto has lost 11 straight.

The Raptors’ schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule is here.

The NBA standings are here.

Curling:

The world men’s curling championship begins Saturday in Switzerland.

Brad Gushue will skip the Canadian team.

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Canada’s Rachel Homan and her team from Ottawa won the women’s world curling championship in Sydney, N.S.

Homan beat Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni, the four-time defending champions, 7-5 in the gold-medal game.

This is the second time the 34-year-old Homan has won this event and it marks Canada’s first gold at the women’s world curling championship since 2018.

The final standings are here.