The Atlantic Breeders Crown weekend in harness racing is here with the consolation finals going this afternoon with post time at 12.30 at Red Shores in Charlottetown. Tomorrow afternoon its the finals.
The Peakes Bombers had a 9-8 walk-off win in Game 5 of the Kings County Baseball League finals over the Morell Chevies in Stratford. The Chevies still lead the series, 3-2 with Game 6 next week.
The Baie-Comeau Drakkar dropped the Charlottetown Islanders, 5-2 in the Q as the Isles began a weekend road trip in Quebec. Michael Horth scored his 6th of the season for Charlottetown. Alexis Jacques got his first as the Islanders were outshot, 32-16. The Islanders are 3-3.
St. Thomas over UPEI, 4-1 in women’s hockey in Fredericton. Avery Penner had the only Panthers goal as UPEI fell to 0-2. Amber Daley scored the winner in the 2nd period.
Edmonton got by Seattle, 3-1 and Vancouver won 3-1 over Calgary in NHL preseason.
UPEI improved to 4-1 in AUS women’s rugby with a 31-19 victory at Acadia.
Holland College improved 7-0 in the women’s soccer with a 3-0 win at Kings College.
The men Hurricances tied Kings, 1-1 and are 5-0-2.
The PEI FC girls under 17 team dropped Kitchener, 3-1 at the Toyota National soccer championship.
PEI lost 4-2 to Burnaby in the boys under 17.
In the under 15’s, PEI FC blanked Winnipeg, 1-0 in the boys.
The PEI girls tied Regina, 1-1.
The front running Toronto Argos ran over Edmonton, 35-12 in the CFL.
Winnipeg has sole possession of first in the West going to overtime to beat second place BC, 34-26.
Morell’s Scott Morrison is back in the NBA as an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz. Morrison was head coach of the Salt Lake City Stars in the NBA G-League last season and is a former Boston Celtics assistant coach who also coached one season with the Perth Wildcats in Australia. Jazz head coach Will Hardy says Morrison is a “brilliant tactician, with a great offensive mind.”
On Today: The Atlantic Breeders Crown consolation program begins at 12.30 with 14 dashes.
The UPEI men’s hockey Panthers have their home debut against defending national champion UNB at 7.00 tonight at the MacLauchlan Arena. The Panthers opened the AUS campaign with a 4-2 win in Moncton on Wednesday. There are six returning Panthers and 18 new recruits on the roster.
UPEI will honour the memory of one of its greatest stars in a pregame ceremony. Billy MacMillan, an NHL player and coach and Stanley Cup winner, passed away this summer. He played for the Saint Dunstan’s Saints in the mid 1960’s and took them to a silver medal in the nationals in 1964-65. He also coached the Panthers to their last conference championship in 1990-91.
In the Q, Charlottetown is in Chicoutimi.
The division series begin in baseball. Texas at Baltimore this afternoon. Tonight: Minnesota at Houston, Philadelphia in Atlanta and Arizona at the LA Dodgers.
NHL preseason includes Toronto at Detroit and Montreal in Ottawa.
Hamilton at Saskatchewan in the CFL.
Friday’s Scoreboard
CFL
Toronto 35 Edmonton 12
Winnipeg 34 British Columbia 26 (OT)
NHL pre-season
New Jersey 3 N.Y. Islanders 0
Pittsburgh 7 Buffalo 4
Carolina 4 Nashville 1
Edmonton 3 Seattle 1
Vancouver 3 Calgary 1
Saturday’s Scoreboard
(All times Eastern)
MLB
Division Series
American League
Texas (TBD) at Baltimore (Bradish 12-7), 1:03 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
Minnesota (Ober, 0-0) at Houston (Verlander 13-8), 4:45 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
National League
Philadelphia (Suarez, 0-0) at Atlanta (TBD), 6:07 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
Arizona (TBD) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 13-5), 9:20 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
CFL
Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.
NHL pre-season
Vegas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 6 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
NBA pre-season
Minnesota vs. Dallas at Abu Dhabi, 12 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.
MLS
Toronto FC at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
New York City FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles FC at Austin FC, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte FC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
(The Canadian Press)
