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After a lacklustre loss to one of the lower-tier teams in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League, the Cariboo Cougars responded with a pair of victories against the club closest to them in the standings.

The Prince George Spruce Kings are in a celebratory mood, and hockey fans are the ones who will benefit. The Spruce Kings, who have wrapped up their first division championship in their 22-year history in the B.C.

A third-period comeback attempt by the Prince George Cougars fell just short of completion in a Tuesday night road game against the Kelowna Rockets.

To say it has been a rough year for the Northern Captials would be an understatement.

They were looking up from the bottom rung of the standings against a team they hadn’t beaten in more than two years but the Coquitlam Express finally found a way to derail the first-place Prince George Spruce Kings.

Last shot wins. From start to finish that’s how it went down when the Prince George Cougars and Kamloops Blazers clashed on a snowy Saturday evening in Kamloops.

The animals that you would typically see in the Agriplex are of the live variety but on Saturday and Sunday those animals were replaced with an assortment of 3-D targets ranging in size from small rabbits and pigs, to full-size bear, moose, and carib

The UNBC Timberwolves men’s basketball season ended Saturday afternoon in Edmonton with an 80-41 loss to the Alberta Golden Bears. The Bears swept the playoff series 2-0 to advance to the semifinals.

There are no mysteries tonight for the Prince George Cougars. They know what the Kamloops Blazers are all about. Just one weekend ago the Blazers came to CN Centre for back-to-back games and spanked the Cats, 3-2 and 4-2.

Prince George snags banner with first-ever BCHL regular-season crown