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The Coquitlam Express surrendered the first goal 1:10 into its BC Hockey League game against the Merritt Centennials, then proceeded to outscore the host team 9-1 in the remaining 48:50.

Three unanswered goals in the second period proved the difference as the Coquitlam Express beat the Victoria Grizzlies 6-3 in their BC Hockey League game Saturday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

Ryland Rees is returning to Coquitlam. The Sr. Adanacs, which had three selections in the first round of Thursday’s Western Lacrosse Association draft, used two of them to acquire the former star defender of the Junior team from the Burnaby Lakers.

Coquitlam’s Brittany Timko Baxter has been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. A graduate of Centennial secondary school, Timko Baxter played made 132 international apperances with Canada’s national women’s soccer team.

For the second straight year, Simon Fraser University’s swim program is heading into the crucial part of its schedule without a head coach and a lot of uncertainty.

Joshua Wildauer scored a pair of goals and seven other players added singles, as the Coquitlam Express thumped the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 9-4, Tuesday in Port Alberni.

Dozens of athletes, coaches and officials from the Tri-Cities will be among 1,500 participants from across British Columbia competing at the 2020 BC Winter Games in Fort St. John, Feb 20 to 23.

The Coquitlam Express never trailed against the Wenatchee Wild on Saturday, until it mattered most. The Wild’s Dylan Herzog scored 35 seconds into overtime to defeat the Express, 4-3, before more than 3,500 fans in Wenatchee, Wash..

All Sue Rittinger wants is a team of her own. The 60-year-old White Rock resident has been playing hockey her entire adult life but she’s found opportunities to hit the ice and slap a puck around are limited for women of a certain age.

Clay Stevenson stopped all 29 shots he faced, and Massimo Rizzo scored a hat trick to lead the Coquitlam Express to a 5-0 win over the Langley Rivermen in their BC Hockey League game Friday at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.