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It has not been a main storyline to Matthew Phillips’ notable tenure with the Victoria Royals. But certainly one of the sweetest sidebars.

It’s not been a main storyline to Matthew Phillips’ notable tenure with the Victoria Royals. But certainly one of the sweetest sidebars. The Victoria captain is undefeated at 6-0 in his three-season Royals career against his hometown Calgary Hitmen.

A triumphant winter for Mount Washington continues. A fourth competitor from the Island’s main ski hill, cross-boarder Carle Brenneman of Comox, has been named to the Canadian team for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games in South Korea next month.

VICTORIA 4 CALGARY 1 Give Tanner Kaspick the puck, please. All the Victoria Royals centreman has done since he was acquired on the trade deadline back on Jan. 10 from the Brandon Wheat Kings is score goals.

There is little doubt that the Penticton Vees are the measuring stick for what teams aspire to be in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League.

URUGUAY 38 CANADA 29 It was the Langford Lag after taking a 17-7 lead. The Westshore-based Canadian men’s rugby team, as a result, is going to require a Montevideo Miracle. Uruguay rallied to stun sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 38-29 before 16,132 fans at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Piling on is not considered polite in sports. There is an exception, however, to be made for opening matches of two-game, total-point playoffs.

Cougars can be a scary beast — and the Mount Royal variety proved just that on Friday night.

The recharge suited the Victoria Royals well as the visitors pulled out a 4-3 overtime victory over the Vancouver Giants in an important Western Hockey League sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Division matchup on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.

For the first time this season, Alex Newhook was coming off back-to-back games without a point. That didn’t sit well with the Victoria Grizzlies star 16-year-old rookie. So Friday night, he took it out on the Nanaimo Clippers.