1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (517+ words) When the Victoria Royals swung the trade last week with the Tri-City Americans to acquire 19-year-old veteran ­Western Hockey League forward Savin Virk, giving up ­youthful ­projected potential 2027 NHL first-round draft pick Eli ­McKamey of Mill Bay, the ­Royals indicated…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (487+ words) “Being in Vancouver for so long with the Giants [2 ½ seasons], there is obviously that rivalry with Victoria, so it’s pretty cool to be on the other side of it,” said Schmidt. “I’ve had a lot of success in this barn....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (394+ words) Whether it’s the Shamrocks versus Timbermen in lacrosse, Rebels against Raiders in football or Camosun versus VIU in basketball and volleyball, the Victoria-Nanaimo rivalry in sports can be intense and even players not from the Island can feel it. In…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (374+ words) Chris Origlieri was playing youth hockey as a forward in Orangeville, Ont., when his coach said he needed a goaltender for his lacrosse team in summer, and that Origlieri, being a big kid, would fill the net just fine. He…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (383+ words) Canadian Hockey League clubs are allowed six special exemption roster spots — three 20-year-old over-agers and three import players — and teams have to make them count in order to have successful seasons. The import quota was boosted this season from two…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (683+ words) RALEIGH — Martin St. Louis watched his team skate into open space almost at will. The Canadiens pumped goal after goal past Frederik Andersen in a surprising 6-2 triumph to open the NHL's Eastern Conference final. It was a completely different story…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (664+ words) CALGARY — Chalk up another late game comeback for the Anaheim Ducks as they maintain their five-point lead atop the Pacific Division. Mikael Granlund is the latest hero capping off a hat trick with a power-play goal with one second remaining…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (545+ words) CALGARY — Krysten Karwacki made her women's world curling championship debut Friday when Canada thumped Australia 11-2. Kerri Einarson's alternate drew into the lineup in the fifth end for lead Karlee Burgess. Karwacki threw four stones and got a few sweeping reps…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (379+ words) VANCOUVER — Rebecca Leslie scored 2:59 into overtime to lead the Ottawa Charge to a 3-2 win against the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Saturday. Leslie’s snipe to win the game was her 11th of the season, tied for first in the PWHL. The Charge (5-6-1-8) moved past…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (509+ words) MILAN — When Micah Zandee-Hart of Saanichton became the first B.C. women’s hockey player to compete in the Winter Olympics, winning gold with Canada at Beijing 2022, it was thought the Zamboni gates would be thrown open wide with more to come....