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Rylan Ferster remembers ­coming in to coach the ­Victoria Salsa of the B.C. Hockey League but leaving the ­Victoria ­Grizzlies. Same team, ­different nickname following the ­changeover in 2006-07.

The defending-champion Peninsula Panthers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League have hired Chris Driebergen as their new head coach.

For the first time since 2019, the team will be taking the field at BC Place.

The Lynn family’s long association with the junior game continues with Chris Lynn being named the new head coach of the Victoria Cougars of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League.

In the pool and out, Jeremy Bagshaw is a multi-faceted individual.

Pacific FC improved to 4-1-1 atop the table while Ottawa fell to 2-2-1 in wins, losses and draws.

“These young kids see you and feel inspired,” said Cyrus Gray, a member of Canada's national bobsled team. “National teamers can be that motivation for little kids.”

Sometimes in sports, you have to take the consolations as they come. Dysin Mayo is the latest Island hockey player to do so this spring after his club missed the playoffs.

World No. 3-ranked Canada, considered a podium threat for the women’s rugby World Cup this fall in New Zealand, will play two home preparatory Tests, with one of them against No. 6 Italy on July 24 at Starlight Stadium in Langford.

Pacific FC (3-1-1) meets Atlético Ottawa (2-1-1) today at 3 p.m. PT at TD Place Stadium in the nation’s capital.