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One of the Prince George Spruce Kings top defencemen is taking his game to the Ivy League. Karan Toor, the Kings big, six-foot, 190-pound 19-year-old from Surrey, has committed to play at Dartmouth College for the 2015-16 season.

The rise of the Tampa Bay Lightning back to NHL contender status can be traced to March 26, 2013.

Friday playoff results BX Pub Heat 4 Rosenau Transport Express 2 Emco Elite 4 Chemtrade Kings 3 Pilsner Ice 8 CIP/Can-Crane Specialists 4 DWB Consulting/WestCan Projects Sculpins 4 Westwood Warriors 2 Westwood Pub Grizzlies 6 Greywolves 2 PWB Penguin

Prince George high jumper Alyx Treasure cleared the bar at 1.85 metres and won gold at the Jim Click Shootout Track and Field meet at the University of Arizona in Tucson on Saturday.

While the Coquitlam Express and Vernon Vipers were battling to determine who the top team in the B.C. Hockey League's finals on the weekend, the Prince George Spruce Kings were peering into their future.

The Westwood Pub Grizzlies went fishing for Sculpin but instead of catching dinner were left swatting at air Saturday afternoon at Kin 2 arena.

Kayla Korolek shredded her own record book over the weekend at the Medical Moose Meet at the Prince George Aquatic Centre.

When Jon Cooper was running through the list of Tampa Bay Lightning players to take the shootout to settle a scoreless game Sunday against the Washington Capitals, defencemen Matt Carle and Michael Kostka jumped out at him.

Last time a Prince George team competed in the Coastal Insurance provincial open 5-pin bowling championship, it touched off a hometown celebration that literally rocked the house.

From Atlanta to San Diego to Chicago to Detroit, Jake Slaker has taken a convoluted route to a possible junior hockey future with the Prince George Spruce Kings. Slaker knows he wants to play next season in the B.C.