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Still smarting from a two-game spanking administered by the Kelowna Rockets on the weekend, the Prince George Cougars are back on the job tonight at CN Centre.

It's a tough job being a soccer goalie in the CIS Canada West Conference. So much net to cover, so many ways for opponents to score. Ty Venhola handled that assignment like an old pro Sunday afternoon at North Cariboo Field.

The Prince George Spruce Kings are spending too much time in the penalty box, giving up too many shots and are relying on their veteran goaltenders a bit too much, but the bottom line is they are winning hockey games.

Wayne Sponagle's voice at the other end of the phone wasn't its usual raspy self and he admitted he was in a lot of pain.

Jeff Moleski's 32-year-old body still has a lot of lacrosse left in it. And, as an unrestricted free agent, the offers for the 10-year National Lacrosse League veteran were on the table.

It might be a new ice age in Cougarville but if Friday's result was any indication there's still plenty of work to do before the Prince George Cougars can be considered Western Hockey League contenders.

Conrad Chapman was in the building at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ont., for the National Lacrosse League draft on Monday but had no idea what the Vancouver Stealth had in store for him until they called his name.

The Prince George Spruce Kings would like to right a few wrongs this weekend. The Kings take their 2-0 record into Coquitlam tonight and Saturday to face the 0-2 Express in the second weekend of the B.C. Hockey League's regular season.

Brogan O'Brien saw his name on NHL Central Scouting's list of players to watch and it made his day.

The outdoor season is now complete and to celebrate some of the triumphs on and off the field the Prince George Youth Soccer Association gave out some hardware at its annual awards banquet Thursday night at Esther's Inn.