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It is the junior hockey equivalent of Wyatt Earp versus Billy the Kid.

The Victoria Grizzlies have seen this movie before. And they are eager for a sequel. 鈥淗ere we go again,鈥� said Grizzlies head coach and GM Craig Didmon. His club will be facing an elimination game for the fifth time in the 2018 sa国际传媒

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It鈥檚 business as usual for the Campbell Storm in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League final. But for the Saanich Braves, it鈥檚 largely uncharted territory. That鈥檚 despite a Braves alumni roster that includes NHLers Adam Cracknell and Matt Irwin.

In a battle of steely wills in the crease, Kurtis Chapman鈥檚 proved the steeliest. He wouldn鈥檛 have been out of place in Hamilton or Pittsburgh. Chapman, who overcame the loss of his best friend in an Alberta car crash at the beginning of the sa国际传媒

Some around the Western Hockey League might consider the Victoria Royals-Vancouver Giants matchup the weakest opening-round playoff series in a deep and talented Western Conference.

Most elite Island athletes who are internationals have the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as their ultimate goal. For Olivia Brodie, the dream extends far beyond that, to the 2024 Paris and 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

As the final winter echoes from Pyeongchang fade to history, Island athletes turn their attention to the beat of summer, beginning next month at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia鈥檚 Gold Coast, through to the big prizes at Tokyo 2020.

POWELL RIVER 3 VICTORIA 2 Powell River leads series 2-0 The good news is the Victoria Grizzlies have been down this road before and lived to tell about it. The bad news is the Powell River Kings are not the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

EVERETT 8 VICTORIA 1 The Victoria Royals perhaps tempted fate by playing a team clad in green on St. Patrick鈥檚 Day, and one with something to play for.