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There is a respectable Island presence in both the 12-team male and eight-team female provincial tournaments.

Cole Schwebius got some shiny new white goalie pads over the Christmas break, and he put them to good use Saturday night at The Q Centre.

The host Kelowna Rockets defeated the Victoria Royals 5-2, but perhaps the biggest triumph was that a WHL game was played at all Saturday amid a spate of recent postponements in junior hockey.

When Victoria Grizzlies forward Jack Gorton walks onto the Boston University campus to play NCAA hockey for the Terriers, he might want to keep quiet about what his dad does for a living.

Like a fever dream without end, an even more surreal 2021 in Island sports followed the landmark bizarreness of 2020. Here are the top 10 stories in Island sports in 2021: 1.

Keanu Derungs’ world junior hockey championship was cut short this week, and the Victoria Royals winger wasted little time taking out his frustration on the Vancouver Giants.

As a goaltender with prospects, Dylan Garand of Langford will have plenty of disappointments and highs in his career. Most will be of his own making — a great save here or a shot allowed through the wickets there.

VICTORIA 3 VANCOUVER 0 While the junior hockey world’s focus was on the world junior championship in Alberta being cancelled Wednesday, the Victoria Royals and Vancouver Giants had a big division rivalry game to worry about.

Vancouver Island will once again host a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ qualifying tournament as Crown Isle Resort and Golf Club in Courtenay has been named one of seven qualifying tournament sites for the 2022 season.