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Sandwiches and coffee were on the menu at the Mann Cup news conference on Thursday, officially welcoming both teams — the visiting Peterborough Lakers and host Victoria Shamrocks, who begin their quests tonight at 7 p.m.

Keeping nerves steady and avoiding panic, a mental trait learned over thousands of hours training on Elk Lake, got the Canadian men’s four and women’s lightweight double through to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Defenceman Chaz Reddekopp opened the scoring on goalkeeper Evan Smith in the first period Wednesday of the annual Victoria Royals Blue-White intrasquad game in a play that featured the only two Royals selected in the 2015 NHL draft held in June.

NANAIMO 6 VICTORIA 2 A two-goal second period, followed by a three-goal third, lifted the Nanaimo Clippers to their first win of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

A pair of Westshore Rebels were recognized for their performances in Saturday’s gut-wrenching 37-36 loss to the Kamloops Broncos.

It can be a fine line between qualifying for the Olympics or not. Island rowers, with their hopes of going to the 2016 Rio Summer Games hanging in the balance, scraped into the semifinals at the 2015 world rowing championships Wednesday in France.

CANADA 16 GEORGIA 15 It was a tidal wave called Tiedemann, a hurricane named Hirayama and a Mackenzie monsoon that poured out of Gordon Head and into Esher, England.

VICTORIA 2 NANAIMO 1 The Victoria Grizzlies used a pair of first-period power-play goals to record their first pre-season victory — a 2-1 result over the visiting Nanaimo Clippers at Juan de Fuca Arena on Tuesday night.

Many hockey teams have used strength up the middle as a main building block.

Ryan Dilks and Aaron Bold have an opportunity to complete a task that very few lacrosse players have managed to pull off — win a National Lacrosse League title and a Mann Cup crown in the same year.