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Clay Stevenson knew everything was going to be alright when he made 39 saves and shut out the Surrey Eagles 3-0. It was his first game of the BC Hockey League season, and the second for his Coquitlam Express.

Cade Cote’s ability to rumble over opposing tacklers helped his Terry Fox Ravens senior football team to a Subway Bowl provincial final in 2017 and a semifinal a year later.

The Christmas season may be about family, friends and turkey, but it’s also about hockey tournaments. And there’s no shortage of minor hockey action at local rinks across the Tri-Cities in the next couple of weeks.

Hands down Jenna Buglioni will have the best winter break story when she returns to class in January at Gleneagle secondary school.

The Coquitlam Express scored three times in 93 seconds in the first period and rolled to 4-1 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings, in their BC Hockey League game Wednesday afternoon at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

Home ice proved a definite advantage for Port Coquitlam’s Angela Cichos, as she scored a goal and added two assists to help her BC Thunder defeat the the Manitoba Intact, 8-3, last Saturday in their National Ringette League game at the PoCo Community

The Coquitlam Express is the third best Junior A hockey team in the country, according to the latest ranking of 131 teams in the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

Coquitlam figure skater Kevin Reynolds is being inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame. Reynolds, who retired from competitive skating in Dec., 2018, already has a place on the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame’s wall of honour.

Coquitlam’s Kyler Kovich is among eight players picked from the BC Hockey League for the 15th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League prospect showcase between teams representing Eastern and Western Canada in Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 14.

The Coquitlam Express return home for a midday game Wednesday looking to extend its franchise-record win streak to 12 games.