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The Duchess Park Condors were ripe for the plucking. Three plays into their game Friday against the Prince George Polars, Condors starting quarterback Jacob Cundy got tackled and rolled over, suffering a dislocated thumb.

The Surrey Eagles used to be cannon fodder for their B.C. Hockey League opponents. Last season they won just seven of 58 games and finished dead-last in the 17-team league.

Yan Khomenko went through some trying times last season as a teenaged Russian hockey player attempting to navigate his way around the Western Hockey League.

Elite young hockey players are accustomed to looking after their physical well-being. To prepare themselves for peak performance on game days, they train on the ice and off and do their best to eat properly and get plenty of sleep.

The Cariboo Cougars are at the top of the standings, the South Island Royals are near the bottom. In the eyes of Cariboo head coach Trevor Sprague, that scenario translates into a challenge for his players.

Million-dollar video replay scoreboards are not intended for games of hockey tiddlywinks. And they certainly aren't built to endure the deliberate battering of a puck shot up into the rafters.

Jansen Harkins is officially on Hockey Canada's radar as a potential candidate for the world junior team.

No guts, no glory.

Prince George Cougars forward Jansen Harkins has been named to a Western Hockey League all-star team that will skate against a Russian select club on Nov. 7 in Prince George and Nov. 8 in Edmonton.

Jordan Bax didn't know it when his parents got him into cross-country skiing at age 5, but they were opening the door for what would later become his obsession. He got bitten by the racing bug and the venom never left him.