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I noted an article in the March 16 Vancouver Province recognizing a former star Prince George Polar Basketball player - Ron Thorsen. He lead the Polars to unsurpassed heights in the late 1960s.

Prince George biathletes Arthur Roots, Sarah Beaudry and Matt Neumann nailed down a podium position in their season-ending event at the Canadian biathlon championships in Valcartier, Que.

If you base your playoff prediction on what happened in the lead-in to the WHL playoffs, the first-round series between the Prince George Cougars and Seattle Thunderbirds looks like a doozy of mismatch.

Nobody's had to convince the Prince George Cougars that Chase Witala is one of the best in the Western Hockey League this season. They know he's a difference-maker.

It took him 67 NHL games, but Brandon Manning has his first big league goal. It happened Monday night in Brooklyn, N.Y., and it came right after two anxious moments in the penalty box for the 25-year-old Philadelphia Flyers defenceman.

Lucas Gairns has been there before and he knows the drill.

The Cariboo Cougars refused to go away quietly. But their season is now over after losing 9-4 to the Valley West Hawks in Game 2 of the best-of-three B.C. Hockey Major Midget League playoff championship Saturday in South Surrey.

Michael Garteig made 24 saves in net for the Quinnipiac University Bobcats to lock up a 4-1 win over the Harvard Crimson in the NCAA East Coast Athletic Conference championship final Saturday in Lake Placid, N.Y. Tim Clifton, Bo Pieper, K.J.

It was a good thing Chase Witala was seated close to the Civic Centre stage Sunday for the Prince George Cougars awards banquet. The 20-year-old left winger didn't have far to walk on the numerous occasions he was called up to receive an award.

The Northern Capitals have their eyes on a national championship and they want the hockey fans of Prince George to climb on board the bandwagon. Saturday afternoon in Coquitlam, the Capitals successfully defended their B.C.