Sports by Hartley Miller from 12:05 am on Thursday 2 December
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 6 Prince George Cougars 2 (Wednesday)
The game was tied 2-2 after the first and second periods before the Winterhawks scored four unanswered goals in the third.
Tyler Brennan made 53 saves as Portland dominated Prince George 59-15, including 15-3 in the second and 21-3 in the third.
📽️ HIGH WEATHER OF THE NIGHT 📽️
Penalty Shot Prowess: a series of lectures presented by @TBLightning prospect Jaydon Dureau.@pdxwinterhawks | #WHLHoN pic.twitter.com/Ups7rObV88
– The WHL (@TheWHL) December 2, 2021
The Cougars (7-13) have lost seven of their last eight games and are 0-3 in a six-game road streak.
PG will visit the Spokane (5-11-2-1) Chiefs on Friday and the Tri-City Americans (4-11-3) on Saturday.
The Cougars are 4th in the BC Division, eight points behind Kelowna and nine behind second-placed Vancouver.
Seattle Thunderbirds 3 Prince George Cougars 1 (Tuesday)
The Thunderbirds broke a 1-1 tie scoring two goals in the second period.
Seattle outscored Prince George 33-15, including 24-9 in the final 40 minutes.
The offense was hard to come by on Tuesday. More in the Cougars recap.⤵️
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?? @BrianLiesse pic.twitter.com/BsMh4CXsQH– PG Cougars (@PGCougars) December 1, 2021
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is here.
BCHL:
Penticton Vees 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 1
The (15-2) Vees erased a 1-0 deficit by scoring three unanswered goals in the second period and two more in the third in front of 606 spectators at the MRAC.
A Nathan Fox first scorer was all the Spruce Kings could muster, as they fell 5-1 to the Penticton Vees.
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?? @itsjdphoto #True blue • # Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/7KAUiEnRnf
– Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 2, 2021
The (10-7) Spruce Kings visit the (15-3-1) Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Saturday in their only game this weekend.
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The BCHL have announced that the league is cutting all non-conference games for the remainder of the 2021-22 season.
This means the Spruce Kings will only play against opponents in the Indoor Division for the rest of the way.
GREAT NEWS! Goalkeeper Aaron Trotter (01) has pledged to play NCAA Division 1 hockey at the University of St. Thomas for the 2022-2023 season!
Congratulations, Trot!
ALL DETAILS📝–> https://t.co/JS0ltjZUCp#True blue • # Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/qBIg5TUHXx
– Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 1, 2021
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.
The BCHL ranking is here.
NHL: (6 Wednesday games) 4 Canadian teams in action
Vancouver 6 Ottawa 2
JT Miller had one goal and two assists and Quinn Hughes added four assists for the Canucks, who have won back-to-back games for the first time since October 23.
Wins over the Senators and Canadiens won’t solve all of the Canucks’ problems, but they bring some relief in a season that hasn’t had much. (@imacSportsnet) https://t.co/D1NgA8Gy7z
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 2, 2021
The (8-14-2) Canucks finished 2-3 on a 5 game road trip.
Vancouver will play its next six home games starting Saturday (7 p.m.) against Pittsburgh.
Edmonton 5 Pittsburgh 2
Toronto 8 Colorado 3
Six games, 49 goals.
Wednesday was busy. #NHL statistics: https://t.co/X3Xa5gI5Au pic.twitter.com/IykSZBbgvA
– NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 2, 2021
The Canucks schedule is here.
The NHL schedule is here.
The NHL rankings are here.
Hockey Canada:
Hockey Canada has announced its list of 35 players under the age of 20 for the selection camp for Canada’s National Junior Team, which begins December 9 in Calgary.https: //t.co/9DsjfxmUct
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 1, 2021
COVID-19 forces OHL to shut down Wolves. . . Problems in the NHL, AHL and MHL as well. . . Blazers, Rockets have good news. . . BCHL reorganizes the calendar https://t.co/i0UQrSwPxj
– Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) December 1, 2021
British Columbia Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA)
In a revised schedule, the U-18 Cariboo Cougars will host the (5-11-1-1) Thompson Blazers Saturday evening at 4:30 am and Sunday morning at 9:00 am at Kin 1.
The Cougars (7-7-1-1) are 5th in the 10-team league.
Cariboo beat Thompson last weekend in Kamloops, 3-1 Saturday and 2-1 Sunday.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
MLB:
Baseball’s annual winter reunions were canceled after the property locked down players early Thursday morning.https: //t.co/EaTktyNlGS
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 2, 2021
Canada West Basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Victoria Vikes on Friday and Saturday nights for their final Canada West basketball games in 2021.
The UNBC women are 4-2 this season while the men are 2-4.
Victoria is 2-4 for the women and 5-1 for the men.
The UNBC women’s basketball program is right here while the UNC men’s basketball program is right here.
The Canada West women’s standings are right here and the men’s standings are right here.
NBA:
The Toronto Raptors (9-13) are 0-2 in a 7-game home game that continues tonight (4:30 p.m. PT) against defending champions Milwaukee Bucks.
The Raptors schedule is right here.
The NBA rankings are here.
NFL: (Week 13)
Week 13 of the NFL season kicks off tonight with (7-4) Dallas at (5-6) New Orleans.
After 12 weeks, Arizona is the best in the league at 9-2, followed by Green Bay at 9-3.
In the AFC, Baltimore leads at 8-3 followed by New England at 8-4.
The Patriots have won six in a row.
The NFL rankings are here.
The NFL regular season schedule is here.
The NFL odds are here.
LCF:
The CFL division finals will be played on Sunday.
In the east, Hamilton plays in Toronto (9:30 a.m.PT) and in the west, Saskatchewan visits Winnipeg (1:00 p.m.).
The winners meet at the Gray Cup on Sunday, December 12 (3 p.m. PT) in Hamilton.
The CFL schedule is here.
Final classification:
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