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Chase Witala is still the hottest scorer in the Western Hockey League. The 20-year-old Prince George Cougars winger had six goals in his previous two games and collected two more Friday night early against the Portland Winterhawks.

The Chilliwack Chiefs came to the Prince George Coliseum thinking they had a chance to take advantage of one of the bottom feeders of the B.C. Hockey League in a two-game series at the Coliseum.

Can Chase Witala pull a rabbit out of his hat again tonight? With six goals and seven points in his last two games, another three-goal performance tonight in Portland would be the rarest of hat tricks for the 20-year-old Prince George Cougars left wi

Boxer Kenny Lally has his eyes on the prize. He wants to fight at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and this week in Montreal he took another step towards accomplishing that goal.

The Northern Capitals brought their brand of B.C. Northern Interior hospitality Thursday to the plains of Saskatchewan. Prince George's triple-A female hockey team opened play at the Notre Dame tournament Wilcox, Sask.

The Chilliwack Chiefs know they can bank on Jordan Kawaguchi for goal production. He made that abundantly Thursday night at the Coliseum, making four separate net deposits on the way to a 7-3 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings.

The LJ Contracting Cougars are getting used to gold. The Cats, a midget Tier 2 rep team from the Prince George Minor Hockey Association, won their third tournament of the season last weekend in Williams Lake.

To secure two points, the Prince George Spruce Kings will have to be at their best. In the lone game in the B.C. Hockey League tonight, the Spruce Kings will host the Chilliwack Chiefs (7 p.m. start, Coliseum).

When it comes to winning the Canadian Hockey League's goaltender of the week award, Ty Edmonds is two-for-two.

Don't look now, but the Prince George Cougars are hot on the tails of the top teams in the Western Hockey League. As hard as that is to believe, a third of the way into the season, it's true.