PRINCE GEORGE- Josh Ravensbergen has taken the WHL by storm since he overtook the Cougars net last season and he's getting recognized for his play. Next week he will be in Oshawa and London, Ontario for the 2024 CHL USA Prospect Challenge."Seeing it as a little kid and wanting to get there one day because it was i...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced the commitment of 2007 born defenseman Vincent Croteau for the 2025-2026 season.Croteau is 6'4, 193-pounds from Carignan, Quebec, who has spent the last three seasons playing for Shawnigan Lake School U18 Prep of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. In 1...

REGINA, SASK. - The UNBC Timberwolves continue to search for their elusive first win in Canada West men's basketball action. They dropped to 0-6 after a 100-72 defeat to the Regina Cougars on the road Saturday, Nov. 16, and sit in the basement on the Pacific Division.Evgeny Baukin's 23 point effort on Saturday matched ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Kelowna Rockets scored a pair of goals inside the final 90 seconds to beat the Prince George Cougars 5-4 at the CN Centre Saturday night (Nov. 17). Trailing 3-1 midway through the second, the Cougars scored three unanswered courtesy Borya Valis' second of the game, Hunter Laing, and Koehn Ziemmer, t...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Caledonia Nordic Ski Club (CNSC) has hosted many national and international competitions over the years, from the 2022 Canadian Biathlon Championships to the 2024 FIS Para Biathlon World Championships and many more. Now, they are less than two months away from another."Caledonia is going to be h...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club is hosting the annual Central Interior Challenge and Academy this weekend at Kin 1. It kicks off on Saturday, Nov. 16, with a day full of training, learning, and team building for athletes and coaches from across the region."Athletes will get to work to...

PRINCE GEORGE - Make it three straight wins and eight straight games with a point for the Prince George Cougars, as they beat the Kelowna Rockets 4-3 at CN Centre Friday night (Nov. 15). Joshua Ravensbergen, the 2025 NHL Draft prospect, led the way with 31 saves for Prince George. Overage defenceman Viliam Kmec and roo...

PRINCE GEORGE- The D.P Todd AA boys volleyball team is hosting the North Central Zone tournament this weekend with a spot in the Provincials on the line."We've been ranked in the top ten all year. Duchess Park and College Heights have now come in there as well, so there are three very good teams going for two spot...

PRINCE GEORGE - The WHL has named Prince George Cougars forward Koehn Ziemmer the league's Player of the Week.This after the Los Angeles Kings prospect scored seven goals and added one assist over three games.Among those goals was Sunday's game winner in overtime to help his team defeat the visiting Vancouver Giants, 5...

PRINCE GEORGE- Prince George native "The Prospector" Wes Barker has made it through the first two rounds of Canadian wrestling legend Jacques Rougeau's Lutte Academie. Barker has qualified for the final of an event with some of the best wrestlers in Canada."Every round, the quarterfinals, the semifinals,...

VICTORIA - It wasn't the road weekend the UNBC Timberwolves basketball teams were hoping for as they played the University of Victoria Vikes in the second half of a double header on the Island.Saturday night, the Timberwolves women's team traded leads back-and-forth with the Vikes before they were ultimately beaten 70-...

PRINCE GEORGE - Koehn Ziemmer had a natural hat-trick while Borya Valis had two goals and two assists to lead the Prince George Cougars to a 7-1 rout of the Vancouver Giants in the first of two games during Community Heroes Weekend at the CN Centre.Joshua Ravensbergen also played his part in front of a sellout crowd of...

PRINCE GEORGE - Sascha Vicei, a standout from the Prince George Youth Soccer Association, is staying close to home to play for the UNBC Timberwolves.A 2023 graduate from College Heights Secondary School, Vicei is currently enrolled at UNBC and is studying Nursing. He spent the entire 2024 season training with the team....

PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Alpine Ski Club held their annual ski and snowboard swap on Saturday at the St. Giles Presbyterian Church. The event was a fundraiser to help the non-profit organization provide alpine ski training in Northern B.C."The ski community is a bit smaller here in Prince George, so events...

VICTORIA - The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Timberwolves men's and women's basketball teams fell to the University of Victoria Vikes on the road Friday (Nov. 8). On the women's side, after outscoring the Vikes 23-20 after the first quarter, the Timberwolves found themselves trailing 48-36 at half afte...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings defeated the Cowichan Valley Capitals 6-5 in overtime in a wild, back-and-forth home game Friday (Nov. 8). The Spruce Kings started hot with three goals in the first 12 minutes before the Capitals responded with three goals - all on the power play - to make it 3-3 after th...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings are coming off their biggest win of the season, as they defeated the Victoria Grizzlies 8-2 on Saturday with their largest home crowd of the year.This weekend they welcome the Cowichan Valley Capitals to Kopar Memorial Arena with big implications in the Coastal Conference standings.Thank...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars blew a two-goal, third period lead to fall to the visiting Saskatoon Blades 5-4 Tuesday night before 3,019 people at CN Centre.The Blades scored two goals 19 seconds apart mid-way through the third to send the game to overtime, where Brandon Lisowsky scored the winner at the 2 ...

PRINCE GEORGE- The UNBC basketball teams wrapped up their opening weekend of the 2024-25 season with their home openers. This would mark the first games played on the new Brownridge Court at the Northern Sport Centre.The women's team kicked off the double header, and despite some first half adversity, the teams defense...

PRINCE GEORGE -- The UNBC Timberwolves will host the TRU WolfPack of Kamloops in a pair of Canada West basketball games on Sunday (Nov. 3) at Northern Sport Centre. On the women's side, the T-Wolves and WolfPack have matching 0-1 records and will tip off at 2 p.m. The men's tilt will get underway at 4 p.m. UNBC is 0-1,...

PRINCE GEORGE -- The Prince George Spruce Kings dismantled the Victoria Grizzlies 8-2 in B.C. Hockey League play on Saturday (Nov. 3) at Kopar Memorial Arena.Kazumo Sasaki scored a hat-trick and Skogen Schrott, Will Moore, Linden Makow, Lucas Veilleux and Cooper Williams added singles for the Kings. Carter Wishart turn...

KELOWNA -- Strong individual performances were not enough for the men's and women's UNBC Timberwolves basketball teams on Friday (Nov. 1) in their Canada West season openers.In men's action, Justin Sunga had a career-high 21 points in a 91-71 loss to the UBC Okanagan Heat (1-1) in Kelowna. The T-Wolves (0-1) will host ...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Jacksenn Hungle scored in overtime to give his Victoria Grizzlies a 4-3 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings in B.C. Hockey League action on Friday (Nov. 1) at Kopar Memorial Arena.Ethan Montroy, Mason Loewen and Will Moore scored in support of Prince George goaltender Carter Wishart, who made 3...

KAMLOOPS - Koehn Ziemmer notched a hat-trick to pace the Prince George Cougars to a 6-3 victory over the Kamloops Blazers in WHL action on Friday (Nov. 1) at Sandman Centre.Kayden Lemire, Terik Parascak and Borya Valis also registered goals for the Cats, with Joshua Ravensbergen stopping 27 shots to pick up the win bet...

PRINCE GEORGE- The annual Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery started selling tickets last week to help support the local hockey club."If the support from the Show Home Lottery in the community wasn't there, there would be no Spruce Kings. So it's obviously a huge thing for us and we get support, not only from the comm...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have swung a deal with the Calgary Hitmen.The Cats have acquired 6'2 defenceman Fraser Leonard (06) in exchange for defenceman Drew Peterson (06) and a 2025 sixth-round pick in the WHL Prospect's Draft.Eighteen-year-old Leonard played 59 games with the Hitmen and Saskatoon Blad...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings and UNBC basketball squads are teaming up this weekend. The Timberwolves and other UNBC students will be in attendance for game two of the Kings back-to-back against the Victoria Grizzlies, while the hockey team will be at the Northern Sport Centre to bring the energy to UNBC's home open...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars got back to their winning ways Tuesday night, beating the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors 4-1 at CN Centre.Terik Parascak lead the way for Prince George with two goals and an assist. The Washington Capitals prospect now has eight goals on the year.The game was tied at one going int...