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Olds Grizzlys netminder and Sundre product Marc Boulanger has earned a hockey scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Scott Walker delivered the final knockout punch to the Boston Bruins.His overtime goal sent the Carolina Hurricanes into the Eastern Conference finals and eliminated the top-seeded team in the process.

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As usual, this year’s Woody’s RV Marathon and Half Marathon will have a distinctive Central Alberta flavour, with a generous group of runners heading to the starters line for the first time.

Coach Ryan Huska admits his Kelowna Rockets were spinning their wheels through the first half of the Western Hockey League season.

Willie Desjardins had better get used to it. As soon as he told his wife, Rhonda, he’d been chosen head coach of Canada’s next junior team, her reply was “’Well, we’ll have to win six.”

A pair of first-year RDC students want the college to return to the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League.

Chauncey Billups is taking his hometown team to new heights with a big assist from Carmelo Anthony.

So much for all of the hype about Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, Penguins vs. Capitals, Game 7. This second-round series ended with a thud, thanks to a perfect performance by Sid the Kid’s Penguins.