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Greg Lapointe’s 24th goal of the season less than nine minutes into the third period was all the Coquitlam Express needed to defeat the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, 1-0, Sunday in Salmon Arm.

Clay Stevenson made 49 saves to lead the Coquitlam Express to its 16th straight victory Saturday, 5-4 over the Vernon Vipers in Vernon. It was the veteran goalie’s 26th win in 28 games this season.

The path to success for a pair of young Tri-City curlers slid further forward on Thursday.

Jenna Buglioni will return home to Port Moody on Friday with a silver medal in her luggage after Canada lost 2-1 in overtime to the United States at the IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championship Thursday in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Port Moody’s Jenna Buglioni and her teammates on Team Canada will play for a gold medal Thursday at the IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

The Royal City Curling rink skipped by Coquitlam’s Hayato Sato is the only undefeated team heading into the final day of preliminary play at the 2020 BC junior men’s curling championship in Victoria.

The Coquitlam Express head into the new year riding a 14-game winning streak, after a pair of shootout victories over the Chilliwack Express over the weekend.

The fields, gyms and arenas of the Tri-Cities are alive with the sounds of sports. Rarely a week goes by where an athlete or team hasn’t achieved a notable accomplishment, found success against all odds, or just done something cool.

Port Moody’s Jenna Buglioni set up the game-winning goal in Canada’s 3-2 overtime victory over Russia Friday at the IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championship in Bratislava, Slovakia.

New names, same games. Both the Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canada Hockey are changing age division names to meet modern standards and more inclusive classifications.