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It was sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day in December.

Maybe it was meant to be that defenceman Ian Mitchell is in the Canadian junior hockey team training camp in Victoria, which concludes with pre-world championship games at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre tonight against Switzerland and Friday against S

Alex Newhook, Alex Campbell and Jeremie Bucheler just left Alberta on Monday following the World Junior A Challenge. Next month they’ll be headed back there again.

Dante Hannoun and Matthew Phillips were the inseparable prototype undersized forwards for the Victoria Royals.

When asked his favourite Western Hockey League sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Division road destination, Ty Smith didn’t hesitate in answering: “Van and Vic.

It wasn’t the hue they wanted but at least there was a bronze lining for the five Victoria Grizzlies players who represented Team sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West at the World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville, Alta.

VICTORIA 4 VANCOUVER 2 The fur flew Saturday night at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in what has become a signature coast-to-coast junior hockey tradition this time of year.

The splash is being made in Saanich. But the spray will be felt in Tokyo.

ALBERNI 2VICTORIA 1 It took a controversial no-goal call against the Victoria Grizzlies late in the second period to put some life into Saturday night’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League game in Port Alberni.

The banged up and depleted Victoria Grizzlies — minus seven key players, including their five leading scorers — took their show on the road Friday and finally ran out of gas, but not before picking up a single point.