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Steven Stamkos is a perfect example of just how much an invitation to the IIHF World Hockey Championship can mean to a player.

The Chicago Blackhawks are longing for the din of their home arena after two losses in Calgary tied the Western Conference quarter-finals at 2-2.

There was a time just after the turn of the century when the Central Alberta High School Soccer League was struggling to find boys’ teams.

The girls’ side of the Central Alberta Rugby League continues to outdraw the boys.The league will field six girls’ teams and five boys’ squads for the 2009 season, which got underway Wednesday at Titans Park.

Calgary Flames forward Andre Roy has been suspended for one game following an incident in Wednesday’s pre-game warmup with Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Aaron Johnson.

The Calgary Hitmen are off to the Western Hockey League’s championship series.

Defending Brier champion Kevin Martin leads a trio of Edmonton-based men’s teams that have earned a direct berth into the Canadian Olympic curling trials.The Canadian Curling Association named four men’s and four women’s teams Wednesday that have earned automatic spots in the Olympic trials, which will take place Dec. 6-13 in Edmonton.

Meghan Louis of the Red Deer Exelta Gymnastics Club earned a berth on Team Alberta for the third year in a row to compete in the Canadian artistic gymnastic championships.

Derrick Rose, who led his hometown Bulls to the playoffs and restored hope to a franchise in disarray, is the NBA’s rookie of the year. The announcement was made Wednesday.

Calgary 6 Chicago 4CALGARY — Flames head coach Mike Keenan had said Olli Jokinen must develop an understanding of what playoff hockey means.