hockey

The 1972 Summit Series was actually about hockey

If you watched any games of the recent World Junior Hockey Championship over the holidays you were probably treated to an aggressive advertising campaign. The subject matter was the 1972…

Royals mid-season review

Plenty of transactions highlight a busy start to 2014-15 campaign

Vikes hockey team win a tight game over Eastern Washington

After such a physical 55 minutes, it was fitting that a display of pure skill made the difference in a matchup between the University of Victoria and Eastern Washington University.

Mighty Joe Hicketts: Victoria Royals’ diminutive dynamo reflects on a wild year

At 5-8 and 187 pounds, he is one of the smallest defenders in the WHL. However, what Hicketts lacks in size, he certainly makes up for in skill.

The right discussion for the wrong reasons

Fighting should—and in all likelihood will—be eliminated from hockey at all levels of the game. When that day comes, it will not be because Connor McDavid broke his hand, or…

Canucks seek fresh start with new players, coaches

Yes, it’s that time of year again. After three long days without it in your living rooms, on your home pages, or guided down your throat with all the compassion…

Royals assent

Team aspires to build on last season’s winning ways

UVic men’s ice hockey: an underdog story

The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) consists of six teams. Five are recognized as varsity sports and financially supported by their respective schools. The sixth team, the lone wolf…

They shoot, I write

I drew a hockey rink in my notebook. Underneath, on the same dotted lines that fifth-graders practice on, I described the play: “Naslund to Mo’, back to Naslund—he scores! The…