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VANCOUVER 1 SAN JOSE 0 (OT) It didn’t take long for the NHL’s new three-on-three overtime format to be needed.

Brenden Dillon, a former teammate of local National Hockey League players Jamie and Jordie Benn in Dallas and Matt Irwin in San Jose, was excited to take another twirl on the ice in that trio’s old stomping grounds on Monday.

With 318 days to go, the Canadian rowing team put their boats into Elk Lake on Monday morning for the first official training session leading to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

It’s a moment that arrives sooner or later for the vast majority of junior-age players in NHL camps.

Lifelong hockey and Canucks fan Tia McDonald knew the crowd would be tough on Monday, but endured it for a chance to see favourite player Alex Burrows. The 21-year-old McDonald has autism.

V. ISLAND 35 WESTSHORE 16 Make it 23 and counting. The Vancouver Island Raiders recorded their 23rd straight victory over the Westshore Rebels on Saturday afternoon, extending the dominance in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

EVERETT 3 VICTORIA 1 The Victoria Royals concluded the Western Hockey League pre-season with a 3-4 record following a 3-1 loss Saturday in Washington state to the host Everett Silvertips.

For a team that only scored once in its first three games, the University of Victoria Vikes women’s soccer team certainly seems to have found the golden boot. A few of them, in fact.

ALBERNI VALLEY 3 VICTORIA 2 It’s either an awful coincidence or a bad trend. The Victoria Grizzlies have allowed the first goal of the game on three straight occasions and have come up with three consecutive losses to fall to 0-3 early into the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

IRELAND 50 CANADA 7 The 2015 rugby World was ignited Saturday by a massive upset. Unfortunately for the Langford-based Canadians, it wasn’t them that set the World Cup on its ear. Two-time defending Six Nations-champion Ireland, ranked No.