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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, February 27th

By Hartley Miller

Sports by Hartley Thursday, February 27th, 2025

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

WHL:

Prince George Cougars  5  Kelowna Rockets  2

Matteo Danis notched a hat trick for the Cougars, who officially clinched a playoff spot for the 4th straight season before 3,187 fans at CN Centre.

Josh Ravensbergen made 23 saves as Kelowna outshot Prince George 25-21.

The game summary and highlights are here.

The Cougars also beat the Rockets 5-2 on Tuesday.

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The game summary and highlights from that game are here.

Next up for the Prince George will be a home and home with the Blazers, Friday in P.G. and Saturday in Kamloops.

The (33-19-4-2) Cougars are second in the B.C. Division, five points behind the (34-15-3-6) Victoria Royals.

The Cougars have 10 regular season games left; 5 home and 5 away: four games against Wenatchee, two each against Kamloops and Victoria and one each against Vancouver and Everett.

The Royals also have 10 regular season games left; 5 home and 5 away; two games each against Vancouver, Portland, Spokane and Prince George, and one each against Kamloops and Kelowna.

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:

 

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings begin a 3-game road trip when they visit the (22-14-4-2) Coquitlam Express tonight (Thursday) at 7:00.

The Spruce Kings will also play at the (26-14-3) Surrey Eagles Friday night at 7:00 and the (24-13-7) Salmon Arm Silverbacks Sunday afternoon at 4:00.

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The (17-22-3-1) Spruce Kings are four points behind the (17-20-7-1) Langley Rivermen for the 8th and final playoff spot in the BCHL Interior Conference with P.G. holding two games in hand.

Prince George has 11 games left (5 home and 6 away) while Langley has 9 remaining (5 home and 4 away).

Langley will play a doubleheader in P.G. on March 7th and 8th.

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.

 

NHL: (3 Wednesday games with 3 Canadian teams in action)

Vancouver  3  Los Angeles  2  (OT)

Conor Garland scored his second goal of the game at 4:26 of overtime.

The game summary is here.

The (27-20-11) Canucks visit the (25-25-7) Anaheim Ducks tonight at 7:00 in one of 12 Thursday games in the NHL.

Vancouver is one point ahead of the (28-21-8) Calgary Flames for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

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Winnipeg  4  Ottawa  1
(The Jets extended their club record winning streak to 11 games)
Colorado  5  New Jersey  1

Alex Ovechkin & the Washington Capitals host the St. Louis Blues this evening (4:00).

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is just 12 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (38-12-8) Caps have 24 regular season games left.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

The Vancouver Canucks schedule and results are here.

The NHL Wild Card standings are here.

The NHL Division standings are here.

 

BC Elite Hockey League: 

The first place Under-18 Cariboo Cougars host the last place Thompson Blazers in the first round of the B.C. Elite Hockey League playoffs.

In the league quarterfinals, the (26-6-3-1) U-18 Cougars face the Blazers in a best-of-3 series; Friday, March 7th at 6 PM, Saturday, March 8th at 5:45 PM and if needed Sunday, March 9th at 11:15 AM.

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All games are at Kin 2 (as a speedskating event will be held that weekend at Kin 1).

The BC Elite final standings in all age groups are here.

The BCEHL schedule and female results are here.

UNBC Timberwolves:

 

NBA:

Indiana Pacers  111  Toronto Raptors  91

The (18-41) Raptors are 5 games out of the last play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Raptors will continue a 4-game road trip Friday night at 5:00 against the (23-36) Bulls in Chicago.

The Raptors schedule and results are here.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

The NBA standings are here.

 

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