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For the Prince George Spruce Kings to be successful in the upcoming B.C. Hockey League season they need to answer the bell earlier than they did Tuesday in Grande Prairie.

Ethan O'Rourke has been cleared to play for the Prince George Cougars. O'Rourke, a 16-year-old forward, was the Cougars third-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft. He played last season for the Okanagan Hockey Academy.

Jonas Harkins was in the crowd in Sunrise, Fla., and watched his brother Jansen try on a Winnipeg Jets jersey the minute he got drafted. If that NHL moment ever happens for Jonas, he's got at least four years to wait. He won't turn 18 until Dec.

Jordan Foot recalls the first Prince George Youth Volleyball Club camp he participated in.

The Prince George Cougars roster is beginning to take shape. Following Monday's Black and White intrasquad game, the Cougars trimmed their roster from 46 to 35, reassigning 11 players to their respective junior/midget teams.

The Cariboo Cougars will finalize their roster this weekend prior to the start of the 2015-16 B.C. Hockey Major Midget League season. The fall camp begins Friday at 5 p.m. and concludes Saturday at 9 p.m.

Chase Witala scored a pair of goals to help lead his Team White squad to a 5-2 victory against Team Black in the Cats annual intrasquad game Monday night at CN Centre.

The Prince George Cougars bagged a lanky Bison in their European talent hunt and he made his first appearance at CN Centre over the weekend skating for Team Chara at the Cats' training camp.

Goalie Mack Shields knew when he decided to take the Prince George Cougars up on their invitation to training camp he'd have to relive the goal Cal Babych, his Calgary Hitmen teammate, scored on him last season to win a game at CN Centre.

Before he got drafted by the New York Rangers.