Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, June 3rd

Sports by Hartley Monday, June 3rd

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

NHL: (6th game in the best of 7 Western Conference Final)

Edmonton Oilers  2  Dallas Stars  1  

The Oilers win the series 4-2 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 18 years.

They will face off against the Panthers beginning Saturday night in Florida.

Stuart Skinner made 34 saves as Dallas outshot Edmonton 35-10.

Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman tallied first period Power Play goals for the Oilers.

PLAY LA BAMBA BABY!! THE EDMONTON OILERS ARE STANLEY CUP FINAL BOUND!! pic.twitter.com/OX4rtYUxbX

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 3, 2024

The scoring summary is here.

The Florida Panthers are NHL Eastern Conference champions for the second straight year as they beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday to win the series 4-2.

The NHL playoff schedule and results are here.

The NHL playoff scoring leaders are here.

Hart Attack column:

HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller
talks about whether or not home ice is a disadvantage in the postseason | https://t.co/APkbXMlabh #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/ssAuE19BwZ

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) May 31, 2024

Memorial Cup: (in Saginaw, Michigan)

Championship Final:

Saginaw Spirit  4  London Knights  3  

Saginaw scored the game-winning goal with just 21.7 seconds left in the 3rd period for its first Memorial Cup title.

The scoring summary is here.

JOSHUA BLOOM WITH THE GAME WINNING GOAL AT HOME IN SAGINAW 🚨🚨🚨#MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/3ru5Tz5Pgs

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 3, 2024

The WHL champion Moose Jaw Warriors finished third after they lost the semi-final on Friday 7-1 to Saginaw.

Absolute scenes in downtown Moose Jaw!#WHLChampions | @TheWHL pic.twitter.com/jCLLoPS2eW

— Moose Jaw Warriors (@MJWARRIORS) June 2, 2024

Memorial Cup results:

Round-Robin – Game 1 – Friday, May 24 – Saginaw  5  Moose Jaw  4
Round-Robin – Game 2 – Saturday, May 25 – London 4  Drummondville  0
Round-Robin – Game 3 – Sunday, May 26 – Saginaw 4 Drummondville 3
Round-Robin – Game 4 – Monday, May 27 – London 5 Moose Jaw 4
Round-Robin – Game 5 – Tues. May 28 – Moose Jaw 5  Drummondville 3
Round-Robin – Game 6 – Wednesday, May 29 – London 4  Saginaw 2
Semi-Final – Friday, May 31 –  Saginaw 7 Moose Jaw 1
Championship Final – Sunday, June 2 –  Saginaw 4  London 3

More on the Memorial Cup here.

CHL:

Zac Funk of the Prince George Cougars, who scored 67 goals in the regular season, has been named to the CHL First All-Star Team.

Funk’s teammate, Terik Parascak, was chosen to the CHL All-Rookie Team after racking up 105 points (including 43 goals).

BCHL’s Rocky Mountain Challenge:

Brooks Bandits  4  Surrey Eagles  1  (Saturday)
Brooks Bandits  5  Surrey Eagles  2  (Sunday)

The Bandits win the best-of-3 series 2-0.

More info can be found here.

PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse:

Scamp Transport Devils  12  Mackenzie Lumberjacks  2  (Saturday)

Golf:

Robert MacIntyre of Scotland won the RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton for his first PGA Tour title.

MacIntyre finished at 16-under-264, one shot better than Ben Griffin.

Top Canadian Corey Conners finished 6th, four strokes off the pace at 12-under.

The leaderboard is here.

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays  5  Pittsburgh Pirates  4

The (28-30) Blue Jays are 2-1 on a 7-game homestand which continues tonight (Monday 4:07) against the (37-20) Baltimore Orioles.

The Blue Jays schedule is here.

The MLB schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

NBA: 

The NBA Final will begin on Thursday (5:30 PM start time) with the Dallas Mavericks at the Boston Celtics.

Game 2 will also be played in Boston on Sunday before the series shifts to Dallas for Games 3 and 4 on June 12th and 14th.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

CFL:

The CFL regular season kicks off Thursday with Montreal at Winnipeg (5:30 PM).

The B.C. Lions open on Sunday at Toronto (4:00 PM).

The Lions home opener is set for Saturday, June 15th against Calgary.

The CFL schedule and results are here.

The @BCLions announce that they’ve already sold 45,000 tickets to their home opener (with 50 Cent concert).

With over two weeks to go, can they sell out BC Place?

— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) May 31, 2024