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It wasn’t a rabbit, but a puck, the Victoria Royals pulled out of the hat Monday at the Langley Events Centre.

The Campbell River Storm is again Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League champion. The Storm blanked the Saanich Braves 6-0 in the deciding Game 7 of the league final Saturday evening at Rod Brind'Amour Arena.

Every time former Victoria Eagles pitcher Nick Pivetta steps onto the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies, it continues an impressive legacy of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier Baseball League alumni who have played in the majors.

Don’t count out the veteran yet. Catharine Pendrel proved on Saturday she still has what it takes.

VANCOUVER 5 VICTORIA 3 Vancouver leads series 3-2 It might seem like an April Fools’ joke. The Victoria Royals only wish it was. The Royals were specifically built for this time of year.

The mood was anticipatory Friday night as fans jammed every nook and cranny of Pearkes Arena hoping to see the Saanich Braves do something they haven’t done in more than two decades. But Storm clouds soon gathered over the rink.

With apologies to Thomas Hobbes, and what he said about life in general, playoffs in sport are nasty, brutish and short. You don’t have to tell Tyler Soy.

While most of the other Canadian athletes readying for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which begin next week, are already amidst the sun, surf and sand of Gold Coast, Australia, the mountain bikers remain on dampish Bear Mountain.

This Islander had game and now he’s headed to the Hall of Fame. Steve Nash of Victoria will become only the second Canadian player, and first raised in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, to enter the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Victoria Royals knew they needed to sauce it up. So they cracked open the Soy. A whopping big helping of it.