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Creating momentum is one thing. Building on it is quite another. Last season, with the introduction of the New Ice Age, the Prince George Cougars had their host city buzzing about them for the first time in at least a decade.

In case you can't get to the Prince George Spruce Kings home opener at the Coliseum on Friday, Sept. 11, the game will be broadcast live on FM radio.

Familiar faces are in short supply this season at the Prince George Spruce Kings' training camp.

The Boston Bruins liked Jesse Gabrielle and his skillful bull-in-a-china-shop approach to patrolling the left wing enough to pick him in the fourth round of the 2015 NHL draft. Gabrielle grew up loving the big bad Bruins.

Tianna Pius' expectations for her soccer team this season are high. "I don't see any reason why we can't make the playoffs," said the junior midfielder with the UNBC women's soccer side. "We should be a force to be reckoned with.

Cariboo Cougars veterans are taking their best shots at earning spots in junior A or Western Hockey League lineups this week.

Fallon Jones sure likes competing at home. The 10-year-old from Prince George won the junior girls (10-and-under) overall high point title after competing at the 13th annual Tim Hortons B.C. Little Britches Rodeo at Nukko Lake on the weekend.

It's been 21 years since Prince George welcomed the best native fastball players in the country.

The New Ice Age Version 2 gets underway Wednesday. That's when Prince George Cougars veterans and 2015-16 prospects undergo fitness testing at UNBC.

They're friendly rivals on their road bikes and as it turns out, Tom Skinner and Kris Yip are also rivals on their mountain bikes.