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Eight goals the other way is enough to take the pressure off a hockey goaltender but until the final whistle blew Thursday night at the Coliseum there was no relief in sight for Prince George Spruce Kings goaltender Jesse Jenks.

Vengeance has to be on the minds of the Prince George Spruce Kings when they face off tonight on Coliseum ice against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.

RUHPOLDING, Germany (AP) -- The Czech Republic won a second successive World Cup women's biathlon relay in tough conditions on Wednesday. The Czech foursome also captured the 4x6-kilometre event last week in Oberhof, Germany.

Smooth as a baby's bum. Like skating on glass. Nico Hiller can't remember a time when ice conditions at the outdoor Exhibition Park oval were any better and with only a few days before his hometown plays host to the B.C.

When the Prince George Cougars signed Patrick Gora last week to play as a goalie, point production wasn't one of the assets the Cats had in mind when they pried him away from the junior A Camrose Kodiaks.

One thousand one hundred seventy-four highway kilometres separate Prince George, the northernmost outpost in the Western Hockey League and home of the Cougars, from Portland, Ore.

Another new face will be in the Prince George Spruce Kings lineup when they face off against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Thursday at the Coliseum.

He may have grown up in the land Down Under, but Rhys Elliott is feeling right at home in northern B.C. Elliott, in his first year on the court with the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team, is getting a ton of playing time.

The Outdoor Ice Oval Society hopes Mother Nature works in its favour for the remainder of this week. That's because the oval is the host site of the B.C.

The Duchess Park Condors soared to another basketball title on the weekend, capturing the 2015 Mustang Classic in Kelowna. The senior girls squad, the top-ranked double-A team in the province, defeated host Immaculata 74-71 in the championship final.