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2010 local sports year in review

March, 2010

Local hockey coach Brent Arsenault, an assistant with the WHL Cougars, is named to the coaching staff for Team B.C. for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.

UNBC's basketball teams, fresh off first-place finishes in the BCCAA regular season, prepare for the playoff tournament in Nanaimo.

The senior Mohawks hockey team announces a return to existence, bringing one of the all-time great hockey names back to the local sports landscape.

The Fury indoor soccer team is awarded an after-season win because the Tacoma Stars used a pro player for a game -- even though the league was billed as a pro league. The Fury would die an unglamorous death regardless of whether the team's record was 4-8 or 3-9.

The UNBC women are dumped far too early in the BCCAA playoffs, losing 57-56 to Camosun. The men advance to the gold medal game.

The Prince George Cougars lose out on a local player when the Kamloops Blazers list Lyndon Martell, 16.

The UNBC men claim the B.C. title by blasting Vancouver Island University 84-65 in the BCCAA playoff tournament final.

The UNBC women drop both games at provincials, a stunning result for a team that went 17-1 in the regular season. Local product and former T-wolf Chelsea McMullen, now with Camosun, is named MVP of the tournament.

Brett Connolly finally returns to the lineup for the Prince George Cougars. Connolly, the 2008-09 WHL and CHL rookie of the year, hadn't suited up since Dec. 5 because of a series of hip injuries.

The Clarence Wigmore rink is eliminated from the men's masters curling provincials.

UNBC's men's team is installed as the top seed for the CCAA national tournament, slated for Calgary.

The Inner City Boxing Club gets set to host the Emerald Gloves at the Northern Sport Centre.

Ryan Howse of Prince George, playing for the WHL's Chilliwack Bruins, sets his sights on a 50-goal season. The Calgary Flames draft pick would sign a contract with the NHL team before the end of the calendar year.

The Prince George Cougars end a 15-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Kamloops Blazers.

Samantha Climie and Miranda Doerksen star at the Surrey Invitational gymnastics meet.

A committee led by the people directing the World Baseball Challenge announce their intent to act on behalf of the Prince George Senior Baseball League, and bid on the 2012 Baseball Canada Senior Championship.

The UNBC men start nationals with success at the awards banquet, seeing coach Mike Raimbault and guard Inderbir Gill nominated for major recognition. Raimbault is named the CCAA's top coach, while Gill, a finalist for player-of-the-year, is named to the all-star team.

The Prince George Cougars, thanks to finishing with the worst record in the WHL and CHL, get confirmation they will have the first-overall bantam choice, and the top pick in the import draft.

Megan Tandy is 50th in a world cup biathlon race in Norway.

UNBC starts nationals with a come-from-behind 76-71 win over Fanshawe College at the nationals in Calgary.

Biathlete Sarah Beaudry of Prince George is third at nationals in Whitehorse, then snared a gold medal the following day.

Jose Araujo fires 24 points to advance the UNBC men to the national final in Calgary. UNBC beats Mount Saint Vincent 80-58.

UNBC completes the run to national gold, the first for the school, with a 96-63 win over host SAIT in Calgary.

The major midget Cariboo Cougars are eliminated from the playoffs with a triple-overtime loss to the Vancouver Northwest Giants.

City car salesman Greg Polis, a former NHL player, is invited back to Pittsburgh for ceremonies to say good-bye to the old Igloo, the longtime home of the NHL's Penguins.

The 84th edition of the Kelly Cup curling tournament gets set at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club. Michael Dahms was the winner, beating the Garnet Boese rink.

Norm Carne's blind curling rink captures the Western Canadian title.

Biathlete Megan Tandy pulls off a 31st place showing at a world cup event in Russia.

The city looks at a bid on the TELUS Cup national midget hockey championship, which would bring the former Air Canada Cup back in 2012 -- the same event was at the Multiplex in 2001.

Pine Valley opens its par-3 setup early -- March 27.

The Prince George Mohawks senior hockey team plans games against the Fort St. John Flyers, the host team for the Allan Cup national tournament.

Speed skater Tim Hempsall shines at nationals in New Brunswick, taking home two bronze medals.

Shawn Rice of Prince George, who is involved in many community ventures, is named a finalist for the sports marketing award with the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance.