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It's do or die time now for the Prince George Cougars. The Victoria Royals have the Cougars caged, one win away from playoff elimination after they blanked the Cats 3-0 Thursday night at CN Centre.

From the day he got drafted two years ago by the Kelowna Rockets, Brogan O'Brien has always wondered about what it would be like to play in the Western Hockey League.

The Prince George Purple Devils need your help to put them over the top in a contest to win a trip to Vancouver.

In the wake of the Canada Winter Games tournament, the local badminton community has a tough act to follow.

When the Prince George Cougars went looking for heroes to end an eight-year WHL playoff famine, three Prince George boys stepped forward with hockey sticks in hand to carry out that duty.

Willy Florell and Michelle Hruby rolled to singles championship titles at the Northwest Open five-pin bowling tournament, held Friday through Sunday at Nechako Lanes.

The Prince George Youth Volleyball Club 16-and-under boys Kodiaks served to a fifth-place finish at the Fraser Valley Super Series in Langley on the weekend.

If cats do indeed have nine lives, then perhaps the Northland Dodge Cougars are proof of that. The Cougars survived not only a sudden-death double overtime game but a triple overtime game en route to win the B.C.

The Prince George Cougars announced Tuesday they have signed homegrown product Brogan O'Brien to a standard WHL contract. The six-foot-two, 195-pound 17-year-old forward spent the last two seasons with the Prince George Spruce Kings.

It's been four long years, but the Prince George Cougars finally get the chance to host at least a couple playoff games. That would be Game 3 tonight (7 p.m., CN Centre) and Game 4 Thursday night (7 p.m.