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The Victoria Royals have their sights set on the throne 

Experience is everything. There are five teams in the WHL right now whose players have a combined 3 200+ games played –– all five in the playoffs.

How the Professional Women’s Hockey League made its jailbreak

When women’s sports receive proper investment, they succeed. The WNBA has seen record growth in recent years. Women’s soccer continues to draw massive global audiences. The PWHL is just the…

The Victoria Royals are poised for a playoff run

Realizing his team was a legitimate Western Conference contender this season, General Manager Jake Heisinger rewarded his players by acquiring some reinforcements at the trade deadline. On New Year's Day,…

Ringing in victory

Looking to the future, Allison, Hodge, and others on the team hope to continue growing the game on the island, and to potentially continue sending teams to the UCC. Neither…

Dear Canucks Fans

The Canucks' first place finish in the Pacific division is a foundation upon which the team is poised to redefine itself.
Hockey player. Mark Landman via Unsplash.

How hockey culture scores a hat trick of injustice, homophobia, and romanticism

When you wear a team’s jersey, a player’s name and a number, you’re advertising that organization. That person. You’re promoting them. You want to look up to them, with pride…

Leipsic comments prove hockey culture is still a work in progress

NHLer’s misogynistic comments show hockey, and sports culture, needs to change Unless you’re a diehard hockey fan, you probably had never heard of Brendan Leipsic until last month.  He was…

Top 10 sport stories of the decade

With 2019 and another decade officially behind us, it’s time to not only look back on the biggest sports stories of the past 365 days, but of the previous 10…

A focus-destroying distraction

The Vancouver Canucks’ ban on Fortnite By this point, you will probably have heard of the video game Fortnite. If you haven’t, I’m impressed. Fortnite is a free-to-play, battle royale…

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