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More solid goaltending from Nick McBride and an offensive eruption in the third period lifted the Prince George Cougars to a 7-2 victory over the Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday night at CN Centre.

When the Spokane Chiefs rolled into town on Sunday they had two things to motivate their actions on the ice Monday afternoon against the Prince George Cougars.

BCHL payoffs start in March in either Wenatchee or Chiliwack

With one swipe of his hockey stick Sunday morning at Kin 1, Jeremy Gervais helped clinch a B.C. Hockey Major Midget League victory and put his name into the Cariboo Cougars' record book.

Sam Zhang went out with a bang. Zhang’s 18 points were not enough to defeat the Saskatchewan Huskies, who scored a convincing 77-57 win over the UNBC Timberwolves to sweep a two-game weekend series at the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre.

The Prince George Spruce Kings are building some playoff momentum. The Spruce Kings pounded the Surrey Eagles 6-2 on the road Saturday to keep their hopes alive they’ll leapfrog the Langley Rivermen into third place in the B.C.

It all hinges on Pandas-Pronghorns outcome on Sunday

HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Gabriela Koukalova won the women's sprint Friday, earning the first gold medal for a Czech biathlete in an individual race at the world biathlon championships. Koukalova hit all 10 targets and finished in 19 minutes 12.

The Spokane Chiefs are a desperate hockey club. Heading into their weekend games in Portland on Friday and at home Saturday to Tri-City, Don Nachbaur's Chiefs are on the outside looking in at a playoff spot.

The winter storm that buried the city in a half-metre of snow was the talk of the town Friday. The UNBC Timberwolves had their own weather concerns on the basketball court Friday at the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre.