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As host of the 2016 CIS men’s basketball championships, the UBC Thunderbirds know they have a free pass to the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre as the national tournament returns to this province for the first time since 1982 when host UVic wo

ALBERNI VALLEY 6 VICTORIA 3 Up until Saturday night, the Victoria Grizzlies had certainly put the kibosh on the theory that January was officially blah month.

VICTORIA 4 KELOWNA 1 Another night, another marquee WHL victory for the Victoria Royals. The 4-1 decision Saturday in Kelowna, before 5,531 fans at Prospera Place, came in a match-up of the top two teams in the Western Conference.

Welcome to 2016, Lethbridge. The Victoria Royals knocked off the top team in the WHL, taking down the Hurricanes’ 10-game winning streak in the process, with a 3-1 victory before 6,245 fans Friday at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

It’s not surprising the Comox Valley has become Vancouver Island’s winter sports capital. That’s what happens when you have kids growing up next to the major ski and snowboarding mountain on Vancouver Island.

One streak continued and one came to an end, but both were to the positive for the high-flying Victoria Grizzlies. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

There comes a time when one has to not only face adversity, but spin it around and kick it in the backside.

The Victoria Shamrocks will rais their 2015 Mann Cup banner on opening night against Island rivals the Nanaimo Timbermen on May 20. That Friday night will launch the three-time Western Lacrosse Association champions’ 2016 schedule at The Q Centre.

The hottest team in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League, and the only one undefeated in the year 2016, will look to carry its strong momentum into a pivotal weekend which includes two games against the Island Division-leading Nanaimo Clippers.

To say the Lethbridge Hurricanes are part of a WHL marquee matchup, which they are tonight against the Victoria Royals, would have seemed incongruous the past six years.