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There's curling bonspiels. And then there's prestigious bonspiels. And the biggest and most historic one of all in Prince George is about to hit the house at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club on Thursday.

The Cariboo Cougars were the top team in the league all season. But after three gruelling rounds of the playoffs in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League, the Cougars instead found themselves accepting silver medals Saturday at centre ice at Kin 1.

The Vancouver Northeast Chiefs made their first appearance in a championship final series count Saturday. The Coquitlam-based Chiefs defeated the host Cariboo Cougars 6-4 Saturday at Kin 1 in Game 2 of the B.C.

Mike Hawes has quite the to-do list in front of him this summer. Hire a head coach. Fill the remaining roster spots for the 2015-16 season. It's all in a day's work for the general manager of the Prince George Spruce Kings.

After playing the equivalent of almost four hockey games in the space of 27 hours with the teams deadlocked in a 0-0 stalemate in Sunday's third and deciding game, something had to give.

Only five per cent of female swimmers who compete at the top level in U.S. college athletics qualify for the NCAA championships. Katie Mann of Prince George has done that three times in the past four years.

In a game which meant nothing to the Prince George Cougars and everything to the Kamloops Blazers, the outcome between two close WHL rivals Saturday night in Kamloops was predictable.

Running on fumes in a marathon hockey battle, the playoff lives of the Northland Dodge Northern Cougars were hanging by a thread.

Take a deep breath Prince George Cougar fans, you've got a playoff team to support.

Jansen Harkins has so far lived up to the hype as the Prince George Cougars' franchise player.