Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, March 12th

NHL: (11 Tuesday games with 4 Canadian teams in action)

Montreal  4  Vancouver  2

The game summary is here.

The (29-24-11) Canucks visit the Calgary Flames tonight at 6:00 in one of four Wednesday games in the NHL.

Vancouver is one point behind the (30-23-10) Flames for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Winnipeg  2  New York Rangers  1
Ottawa  5  Philadelphia  2

Alex Ovechkin picked up 3 assists but no goals in the Washington Capitals 7-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is 9 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (43-14-8) Caps have 17 regular season games left.

Washington visits LA Thursday night at 7:30.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.

The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.

Cat Scan podcast:

The @PGCougars Director of Business & Goalie Coach Taylor Dakers discussed a number of topics in this week’s Cat Scan #podcast, including: the success of Cougars Fight Cancer night, team’s 50/50 success, specialty jerseys, retro weekend, playoffs, play of Josh Ravensbergen. #WHL https://t.co/sAPwJVNjpX

— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) March 5, 2025

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings are off until they host the (29-18-1) Sherwood Park Crusaders Sunday afternoon at 3:00.

The (19-24-4-1) Spruce Kings are two points behind the (18-21-8-1) Langley Rivermen for the 8th and final playoff spot in the BCHL Interior Conference.

Both teams have six games left.

The Spruce Kings have committed to forward Dominic Szczygiel (07) for the 2025-2026 season.

DETAILS: https://t.co/ADcfCnSzHp pic.twitter.com/Eyu9DTo05U

— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) March 11, 2025

The Spruce Kings schedule and results are here.

The Langley Rivermen schedule and results are here.

The BCHL Conference standings are here.