Sports by Hartley Thursday, October 10th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
Portland Winerhawks 5 Prince George Cougars 4 (Shootout-Wednesday)
The Cougars blew a 4-0 lead in the 3rd period before a stunned crowd of 2,952 at CN Centre.
The Winterhawks scored four unanswered goals in the last 13 minutes of the 3rd, with the final two coming 23 seconds apart in the final 4 minutes.
Portland won the shootout 1-0 for its 3rd win in 5 nights over Prince George.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Tonight’s recap and reaction from GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb 👇https://t.co/QY194CBMmL
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 10, 2024
The (4-2-2-1) Cougars host the (1-3-2) Prince Albert Raiders Saturday night at 6:00 to conclude a 3-game homestand.
Portland Winterhawks 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (OT-Tuesday)
The game summary and highlights are here.
The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL Conference standings are here.
The WHL Division standings are here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Scouting @RiderFanBob in Part 1 of his chat on the podcast | https://t.co/Pxq6injDxa #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/nCCl4kAezQ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 7, 2024
BCHL:
The (3-4) Prince George Spruce Kings visit the (1-5) Okotoks Oilers on Friday and the (5-0) Brooks Bandits on Saturday.
They will follow that with a pair of games in Abbotsford against Alberni Valley on Thanksgiving Monday and against Blackfalds on Tuesday.
The Spruce Kings next game in Prince George will be on Saturday, October 19th at 6 PM against Chilliwack.
Ethan Montroy’s debut weekend has earned him BCHL 1st Star of the Week honours presented by @NapaCanada . Montroy put up 4 goals including a Saturday night hat-trick and added 2 assists in his first BCHL weekend.
DETAILS: https://t.co/zGeqeAmKdu pic.twitter.com/0ApbzUzhgM
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 8, 2024
The Spruce Kings 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
The BCHL Division standings are here.
NHL: (5 Wednesday games) Ottawa the only Canadian team idle
Calgary 6 Vancouver 5 (OT)
The Canucks led 4-1 after one and 4-2 after two but had to settle for a single point.
The game summary is here.
The Canucks second game of the season will be played Friday night at 7:00 when they host the Philadelphia Flyers.
Winnipeg 6 Edmonton 0
Montreal 1 Toronto 0
Vegas 8 Colorado 4
NY Rangers 6 Pittsburgh 0
The NHL schedule is here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule is here.
The NHL standings are here.
MLB:
(4th games in the best-of-5 National League Division Series)
LA Dodgers 8 San Diego Padres 0
(The series is tied 2-2 with the 5th & deciding game Friday night (at 5:08) in LA)
New York Mets 4 Philadelphia Phillies 1
(The Mets win the series 3-1)
(3rd games in the best-of-5 American League Division Series)
New York Yankees 3 Kansas City Royals 2
(The Yankees lead 2-1 with game 4 tonight (Thursday 5:08) in Kansas City)
Detroit Tigers 3 Cleveland Guardians 0
(The Tigers lead 2-1 with Game 4 today (3:08 PM) in Detroit)
The MLB playoff schedule is here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (1-9) UNBC Timberwolves host the (10-0) UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West women’s soccer Friday and Saturday at 6 PM at Masich Place Stadium.
The UNBC women will conclude their season at Trinity Western on October 18th at 5 PM and at Fraser Valley on October 20th at 1 PM.
The (1-11-2) UNBC men’s soccer team will play its final two games of the season against the (1-9-2) Thompson Rivers Wolfpack on October 18th and 19th at 7 PM each day.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer schedule and results can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer schedule and results can be found here.
BC Football Conference:
Prince George Kodiaks receiver Carson Briere is the BC Football Conference’s Special Teams Player of the Week.
Briere racked up 200 return yards in Saturday’s 31-28 victory over the Kamloops Broncos.
Last week Peyton Briere (Carson’s brother) was the Defensive Player of the Week with three interceptions in the Kodiaks 23-21 win over Kamloops on September 28th.
The Kodiaks finished their 3rd season in the (7-team) BCFC with a 3-7 record.
The league standings, schedule and results can be found here.
NFL:
Week 6 of the NFL season begins tonight (Thursday 5:15) with San Francisco at Seattle.
The Seahawks are 3-2 and the 49ers are 2-3 in the NFC West.
The NFL schedule is here.
CFL:
The B.C. Lions have just two games left in their regular season.
The (8-8) Lions are 3rd in the West Division, with a guaranteed playoff spot locked up, a point behind the (8-7-1) Saskatchewan Roughriders.
B.C. will play at Saskatchewan on Saturday (4 PM) before hosting the (11-3-1) Montreal Alouettes on Saturday, October 19th (4 PM).
Week 19 in the CFL begins Friday (5:30 PM) with (8-7) Toronto at (10-6) Winnipeg.
The West-leading Blue Bombers have won eight straight.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
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