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Missing 12 players to injuries, suspensions or world junior tournaments, the Royals still managed to scrape out a 3-1 victory over the Giants on Monday.

Brayden Schuurman leads way with a pair of goals

The Langford goaltender signed a three-year entry-level contract with the New York Rangers in the morning, then suited up as the starter for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in its 6-4 victory against Russia.

Victoria Grizzlies ­snipers ­Matthew Wood and Ellis ­Rickwood will not get a chance to showcase their talents at the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League’s ­all-star festivities next month in ­Penticton.

First it was floods, now the ­Omicron variant. The recent lockdowns have affected a Canadian championship cycling event scheduled for Bear Mountain. The national cyclo-cross championships set for Jan. 8-9 have been cancelled.

Kate Wright deserves to be in the pantheon of recent Canadian women’s team sport greats — alongside Hayley Wickenheiser, Christine Sinclair and Kia Nurse — even though field hockey doesn’t get the recognition in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ afforde

Jeevan Sihota of Victoria and Gavyn Knight of Parksville have been named to the national men’s junior (U-19) team and Tristan Mandur of Duncan to the Canadian men’s amateur team.

Measures are in effect from Monday through Jan. 31