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VICTORIA 5 VANCOUVER 2 It was going to take more than 6,500 screeching school kids to put a veteran like Logan Fisher off his game.

VICTORIA 3 COWICHAN 0 The Victoria Grizzlies took advantage of their game in hand on the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Tuesday night in the race to the final playoff spot in the sa国际传媒 Hockey league鈥檚 Island Division.

The Canadian Press VANCOUVER 鈥� The sa国际传媒 Lions acquired Canadian centre Tim O鈥橬eill, of Victoria, from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Tuesday in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft.

The Vancouver Giants seem to be doing all the right things in terms of marketing strategy to try to recapture those fleeting moments several years ago when the Western Hockey League junior franchise made inroads into a big-city pro sports market.

This promises to be a fine week of high school basketball as the triple-A and double-A senior boys South Island championships tip-off in earnest today at Mount Douglas Secondary and St. Michaels University School and Lambrick Park.

With the Victoria Grizzlies season in a freefall 鈥� seven consecutive losses at the most inopportune time possible 鈥� GM and head coach Craig Didmon readily admits: 鈥淓xcuses don鈥檛 matter.鈥� Not at this time of year in hockey.

PORTLAND 2 VICTORIA 1 (OT) It wasn鈥檛 exactly a presidential-level performance on Presidents Day in the U.S.

SEATTLE 4 VICTORIA 2 The Victoria Royals鈥� franchise-record winning streak has ended at 11 games. The Royals fell 4-2 on Sunday evening to the Seattle Thunderbirds in a Western Hockey League game played in Kent, Washington.

Jim Cotter will have a chance to win his third straight and sixth overall provincial title in this afternoon鈥檚 Canadian Direct Insurance sa国际传媒 Men鈥檚 Curling Championship.

The local hockey community lost a valuable volunteer with the death of former Victoria Salsa and Grizzlies trainer and equipment manager Al Gillies, who lost a battle against cancer on Friday.