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A hot goalie can carry a team deep into the playoffs.

The Prince George Cougars are selling playoff tickets again and business at the box office the past two days has been brisk.

The Saskatoon Blades had the worst record in the WHL this season. But they don't have the right to pick first-overall in the 2015 WHL bantam draft. The Spokane Chiefs won that lottery Wednesday in Calgary.

It's the students versus the teachers and bragging rights are certainly on the line.

Jari Erricson has some unfinished business before he calls it a career in the Western Hockey League.

Fresh off her silver medal haul from the long track oval at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, Carolina Hiller was still in fine form at the Canada Cup No. 4 and Oval Finale Meet at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on the weekend.

Keanan St. Rose wrapped up his short track season with an overall silver medal in his age class at the Canada West national speed skating championships in Selkirk, Man., on the weekend.

It's been a long, but successful season for the Northern B.C. Centre For Skating, and now it's time to celebrate.

Dave Johnston's last rock rubbed on a guard in the Kelly Cup semifinal. His opponent, Bill Lim, won the game and went on to defeat Scott Horvath in the final to claim the storied trophy and championship. That was 2013.

On the ice as a hockey player, behind the bench as a coach and in his job operating heavy-duty construction equipment, Dale Marquette relished his role as a troubleshooter who could make things better.