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The Integris Credit Union Cougars fell one win short of a B.C. banner. The Cougars, Prince George's bantam Tier 2 rep hockey team, finished second at their provincial championship tournament, which wrapped up Wednesday in Fort St. John.

Cariboo Cougars head coach Trevor Sprague is determined to get the best out of his Major Midget hockey team, and sometimes that means using scare tactics right out of the gates.

Losing the game may not have been as devastating as losing their captain. In Game 1 of an opening-round Western Hockey League playoff series Friday night in Kelowna, the Prince George Cougars fell 4-1 to the Kelowna Rockets.

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Kayla Gordon, a student at Cedars Christian school has been selected to try out for the national Cadette (under 16) basketball team.

Difficulty putting the puck in the net on one side and a hot goaltender on the other is seldom a recipe for success. And it wasn't for the Viking Construction Pee Wee Cougars. The Cougars finished their run at the 2011 B.C.

The People's Republic of China is sending a delegation to Prince George this summer. But this is not the typical business delegation - they'll be decked out in ball caps and spikes instead of suits and ties.

The Prince George Cougars wanted the Kelowna Rockets. They got them. That doesn't mean beating the Rockets in a first-round Western Hockey League playoff series is going to be easy.

They are ringette pioneers. When Saynia Pickering, Justine Lamothe and Murdine Leboe skate at the Tim Hortons national championship next week in Cambridge, Ont., they'll be part of the first-ever northern-based squad to compete as Team B.C.

Playoffs in the Prince George Women's Recreational Hockey League are almost ready to set blade to ice. The opening game, one week from today, will see third-place Acme Edge take on the fourth-place Cat Rental Store Hericanes at the Coliseum (7:15 p.