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With 34 seconds left on the clock, Jadyn Hickey bedeviled the Vancouver Angels.

Already resigned to the fact their best defenceman from last season - Karan Toor - won't play hockey at all this season, the Prince George Spruce Kings have seen their unenviable situation go from bad to worse.

Aaron Macklin has been a mucker and a grinder his entire hockey career. He knows his limitations. Those hands of cement will never win the 19-year-old Prince George Cougar left winger any scoring titles.

Americans 5 at Cougars 3 First Period 1. Prince George, Anderson 1 (Bethune, Witala) 4:31 2.

So much for getting on a roll. Evan Sarthou and the Tri-City Americans took that possibility away from the Prince George Cougars. Sarthou, a 17-year-old goaltender from Black Diamond, Wash.

Josh Connolly will need no introduction to his new hockey home at CN Centre.

The holidays are over and that means university classes are back in session. So too is varsity basketball as the second half of the season resumes this weekend.

Four Prince George Blizzard speed skaters hit the fast lanes at the Olympic Oval in Calgary on the weekend at the second Canada Cup of the season. Twelve races were spread out over four days from Jan. 2-5.

Mike Hawes can't remember a season like the one he's experiencing right now with the Prince George Spruce Kings. The general manager of the B.C. Hockey League franchise has been busy on the phone, trading and acquiring players to improve the team.

The Prince George Cougars erupted in the third period to score five unanswered goals to defeat the Tri-City Americans 8-4 Tuesday night at CN Centre.