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With apologies to Don Henley, you can feel it in the air as summer slips out of reach. It鈥檚 the annual sporting switch to the ice age after the boys of summer have gone.

Beijing businessman Ray Zhang will catch the Vancouver Canucks when they play at the city鈥檚 Wukesong Arena this weekend.

The Victoria Royals will have their most dynamic and dangerous scorer in the lineup for the 2017-18 Western Hockey League opener Friday against the Vancouver Giants at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

Erin Attwell of Victoria believes her road to the Olympics isn鈥檛 a road at all. She has targeted velodromes and track cycling.

Hockey is Cole Pickup鈥檚 true passion and sports calling. But lacrosse may provide intriguing options.

The 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship will likely be the last as rumours all weekend have the principal sponsors wanting to move the tournament back to China where the event was slated to be held two years ago, before moving to Victoria.

Rob Britton quips that he has 鈥淢r. Magooed his way through鈥� his cycling career. But like the near-sighted cartoon character, Britton seems to find his destination no matter how circuitous the route.

Stung by a wasp on the 15th hole, Jerry Kelly managed to shake it off and find a way to win the 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship on a cool, damp Sunday afternoon.

HOUSTON 7 SEATTLE 1 HOUSTON 鈥� When the Houston Astros traded for Justin Verlander less than three weeks ago, they envisioned days like this.

Few players enter the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season for the Victoria Royals with more to prove than third-year forward Ryan Peckford. The native of Stony Plain, Alta.