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The COVID-19 pandemic stole Michael Couture’s football season. But it gave the 26-year-old Centennial secondary grad something much more important — time.

The new coach of the Coquitlam Express, Dan Cioffi, will be able to put the pylons away beginning Oct. 2. The Express will host the Langley Rivermen at Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex at 7 p.m.

Reid Bowering won’t have to travel far to start his professional lacrosse career. The Coquitlam Junior Adanacs’ defender was selected by the Vancouver Warriors second overall in Thursday’s National Lacrosse League draft.

The BC Hockey League will hit the ice for a 2020/’21 season, even if public health orders to control transmission of COVID-19 won’t permit teams to allow fans in their arenas.

Dan Cioffi knows he won’t get his first win as the new head coach of the Coquitlam Express until December at the earliest While that might cause sleepless nights and job security stress for most newly-minted bench bosses, it’s the reality of a BC Hoc

The Pacific Junior Hockey League still anticipates beginning its season on Sept. 29. But what the league’s 44-game schedule will look like depends on the availability of arenas where its 13 teams — including the Port Moody Panthers — play.

The fans that Port Moody baseball player Michael Crouse plays in front of are real. They’re not cardboard cut-outs or digital projections strategically placed to fill the background of TV shots.

For minor hockey associations in the Tri-Cities, it’s been an off-season unlike any other. And as thoughts begin turning from beach time to ice time, they’re still not certain how the coming season will look.

Hockey is Canada’s game. From touching commercials of kids playing their first games to rousing moments in Olympic history, no sport epitomizes Canadians better.

A year after Coquitlam Little League’s All-Star team won the Canadian championship and went on to compete at the famed Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn., the organization faces financial ruin.