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Prince George minor hockey product Michael Garteig has gotten the call from the Vancouver Canucks. Garteig, a 25-year-old goaltender, signed a free-agent deal with the Canucks on April 29 and had been stopping pucks for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL.

Their special teams were anything but special and they had to rely a bit too much on goaltender Ty Edmonds to save the day.

Sometimes the business side of running a junior hockey team makes it difficult to be the head coach. Especially when it means telling a 19-year-old veteran his services are no longer required.

The Duchess Park Condors know they've done a lot of things right this season. They just have to look at the calendar as a reminder.

For 60 years the Prince George Minor Hockey Association has been grooming young athletes to achieve as much as they can in the sport. Only a minute percentage will ever reach the NHL, but those who did now have a place to call home.

Local judo athlete Tami Goto had some extra weight in her luggage after attending a couple major tournaments on the far side of the country.

At the start of the season, the PGSS Polars weren't sure what to expect of themselves. With seven Grade 9s and only four Grade 10s in uniform, the local junior girls volleyball team was full of question marks when it came to overall potential.

The two most significant tournaments in Canada are now on the schedule of the Cariboo Cougars.

From the time ringette was first introduced to Prince George in 1980, thousands of young athletes have been given the chance to play what is known as the fastest game on ice.

The Duchess Park Condors will try to ground the Seaquam Seahawks in a high school football quarterfinal playoff game on Friday in Kamloops. The Condors and Seahawks compete in the double-A varsity division of the B.C.