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You just know this one felt good for the Victoria Royals. The Royals (2-13-1) snapped a 10-game WHL losing streak with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Prince George Cougars on Friday night in Kamloops.

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Whether 22 games is a fair sample size in the Western Hockey League can be debated. But a season is a season in some sense.

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Canadian Premier League commissioner David Clanachan vowed there will be a 2021 season, even as he pushed back its May 22 start date due to the stubborn voracity of the pandemic.