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Perhaps the most impressive statistic in the Portland Winterhawks’ 11-2 drubbing of the Tri-City Americans, in their last game, was that eight different players scored. Portland leads the Western Hockey League in goals with 261.

Athletes training on the Island for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics say they are not letting up in their preparations, despite concerns about the coronavirus.

The boys of summer will be batting and fielding in the Harbour City next year. Nanaimo will get a West Coast League baseball team beginning in 2021 to join the Victoria HarbourCats. The team will be the league’s 13th.

The Victoria Grizzlies’ 2020 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League post-season lasted only four games but staff is hoping that was enough of a smell for the young team to be hungry for more in the future.

Pacific FC has really put the Pacific into it. Breakers, beach and all. The Canadian Premier League soccer club is conducting their training camp this week through Friday in Tofino.

Abbreviated versions of established team sports, once seen as mere novelty spin-offs, have become legitimate in their own right as fans have grown to appreciate the rapid-fire action.

They went out with sticks and heads held high. The Victoria Grizzlies, many with tears in their eyes, circled The Q Centre ice for the last time this season to acknowledge their supporters Tuesday night following elimination from the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

The Langford-based Canadian rugby team had a respectable ending in Southern California before heading back north for its big home-country moment this week at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place.

The world’s game is also apparently the Island’s game. Due to overwhelming demand for the sold-out first match, tickets will go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Tickemaster.

It’s time to throw the cliché book, the unabridged edition, at the Victoria Grizzlies. Are their backs against the wall or is there no tomorrow? Both. The Salmon Arm Silverbacks took a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½