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It’s not the type of run a hockey team wants to see heading into the Christmas break — losing three straight, seven of the last nine and 10 of the last 16 — but that’s exactly what the Victoria Royals are facing as they venture off to their homes for

The waves that lap onto Mathea Olin’s backyard on Cox Bay in Tofino become somewhat metaphorical when they roll back out. On the other side of the Pacific Ocean is Tokyo, site of the next Summer Olympic Games in 2020.

When Vince Greco was manager of the Athletics team, with World Cup player George Pakos the coach, Greco wondered about some of the decisions that went against his club. So, he decided to get involved on the inside.

Now is the time for top athletes of snow and ice to begin tapering their form for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February.

Several Vancouver Island rinks will be in the mix when the 2018 Boston Pizza sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Junior Curling Championships fly out of the hack at the Langley Curling Club on Monday.

Zack Rose has an extra item to bring back from his trip out East — a shiny gold medal from the World Jr. A Hockey Challenge in Truro, N.S.

VANCOUVER 6 VICTORIA 2 Griffen Outhouse and Todd Scott took turns playing Scrooge on Saturday night.

It’s pretty much mission accomplished for Kurtis Chapman. The veteran netminder was brought in this month to solidify the Victoria Grizzlies’ goaltending situation. And after a slow start in his first sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Sure, ’tis the season and all, but the Victoria Royals have been far too giving for their own good. For the fourth time in the last five games, the local hockey club fell behind 3-0 to a Western Hockey League opponent.

Victoria Royals head coach Dan Price was happy with the effort put forth offensively in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss in Prince George, but wants to see his team clamp down at the opposite end of the ice in the Langley Events Centre tonight.