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They had Kin 2 home-ice advantage working for them, knowing they'd already hung three lopsided losses on the Quesnel Lightning this season.

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Chad Staley has yet to sign his name on a letter of commitment to play college hockey at an NCAA school.

Jesse Jenks did his part to make his team the best in the world. Unfortunately for the Prince George Spruce Kings goaltender and his Canada West teammates at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in Yarmouth, N.S., Jenks couldn't hold off the Russians.

Tigers 6 at Cougars 1 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Eisenschmid 4 (Shinkaruk, Valk) 5:39 2. Prince George, Fiddler 6 (Pochoiro) 11:40 3.

The ominous signs came early Saturday for the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team.

The Kamloops Blazers pushed it the limit, riding a wild roller coaster with the Prince George Cougars as long as they could hang on.

After watching their 11-point lead whither into a six-point deficit, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack needed some on-court wizardry in the final three minutes to avoid a two-game CIS Canada West women's basketball sweep by the UNBC Timberwolve

Chad Staley has yet to sign his name on a letter of commitment to play college hockey at an NCAA school.

It was a nervous beginning for the UNBC Timberwolves. They just had to find a way to limit the long-range threat of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack's stinger missiles unleashed by Taiysa Worsfold.