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VICTORIA 5 VANCOUVER 4 (SO) There is no analogous tradition in hockey of handing out a game puck that corresponds with the awarding of a game ball in football.

MONTREAL -- Hockey fans were holding onto the possibility over the weekend the NHL lockout could come to a quick end, despite little sign of progress in the negotiations.

Matt Mantler and his friends hung around the MTS Iceplex on Thursday morning, hoping to get autographs and pictures from some of the Winnipeg Jets after they finished practising.

Former Team sa国际传媒 member Leanne Evans is joining the University of Victoria Vikes women's basketball team as the assistant coach for the 2012-13 season, the school announced Thursday.

The young University of Victoria Vikes women's field hockey team will have their first sa国际传媒 West test Saturday in Calgary against the Dinos. Vikes' coach Lynne Beecroft will be travelling to Alberta with 11 rookies and five veterans.

GREEN BAY 23 CHICAGO 10 On a night when defences dominated the NFL's most storied rivalry, the Packers got creative - and it worked.

Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria will have help at the 2012 UCI world cycling championships in the Netherlands.

Darkness is about to descend on the National Hockey League. Again.

Joel Sjoholm of Sweden shot an 8-under 64 Thursday to take a one stroke lead after the first round of the Italian Open. He picked up three shots in his last four holes. "I hit it basically everywhere," Sjoholm said.

Pilton dealt