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Former Canadian captain Norman Hadley of Victoria was a six-foot-seven, 297-pound colossus, who dominated on rugby pitches and in banking boardrooms around the world.

Any athlete will tell you the hardest planes or buses to board are those for return matches after being resoundingly beaten at home.

VICTORIA 4 SPOKANE 3 Victoria leads series 2-0 No Joe? No problem — at least for now. The Victoria Royals have been remarkably free of injuries this season, which is a rarity in the WHL.

VANCOUVER — It began early, with chants of Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé ringing out over the province’s largest city, as thousands of Mexican fans made Robson Street their own as they approached sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place before the game.

Picking up right where they left off in the regular season, the Victoria Royals struck first in their best-of-seven Western Conference opening playoff series with a 5-3 win against the Spokane Chiefs at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Friday night.

The Campbell River Storm scored the opening goal of the game for the third-straight outing and turned it into a tight 2-1 victory over the Victoria Cougars in Game 3 of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League championship final on Thursday at Archi

It’s a long way from those Saturday mornings at Windsor Park in front of a handful of parents. Bays United products Adam Straith and Simon Thomas will be part of history Friday night (7 p.m. on TSN 2) when they take to the pitch at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

The Spokane Chiefs come into the Western Hockey League playoffs overshadowed on several fronts.

With the cherry blossoms comes junior-hockey playoffs. The surprise Western Hockey League regular-season champion Victoria Royals (50-16-6) unveiled their post-season T-shirts Wednesday.

The UVic Vikes men’s curling team is bringing back a bronze medal from the CIS-Curling sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ University Championships in Kelowna.