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Pre-game barbecues, post-game skates with the players, maybe even a new mascot are some of the experiences fans of the Coquitlam Express can expect under the new ownership of hotelier Fayaz Manji.

Coquitlam midfielder Trevor Zanatta scored a pair of late game-winning goals to lead his University of the Fraser Valley Cascades to consecutive 3-2 victories over the Trinity Western University Spartans last weekend.

It has been almost two decades since Vancouver had an NBA team to cheer for. Now, a Grizzlies superfan wants to bring a team back to the city and is calling on other fans to help her do it.

The Coquitlam Express have rocketed up from 20th to 12th place in the rankings of the top 20 Junior A hockey teams in Canada after a pair of road wins last weekend. The team was previously ranked 20th.

Kelsey Eckert tried football on a dare. She made the Centennial Centaurs’ senior team because of her self-confidence.

You get what you put in. And for Al Mawani, the rewards of his effort is paid back by the smiles of players at Shuttlesport Badminton Academy in Port Coqutilam. Last month, Mawani received one of Badminton B.C.’s Best of B.C. awards.

Road trips might have just got cheaper for the Coquitlam Express — that is, if the team’s new owner gives them a discount on accommodations. The BC Hockey League team has a new owner, hotelier Fayaz Manji. Manji’s First Canadian Management Corp.

Port Moody soccer player Hamish Ogden is hoping his luggage on the return flight from Charlottetown, P.E.I., will be a lot heavier than when he and his Mountain United U17 team arrived in a quest to bring home a national trophy. The B.C.

Heading into the showdown between their undefeated teams, the coaches of the Centennial Centaurs and Terry Ravens knew their charges faced the toughest test of the young Fraser North senior boys' high school soccer season.

NHL prospect Massimo Rizzo scored his first goal as a member of the Coquitlam Express, and he set up another, to lead his team to a 7-1 victory over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in their BC Hockey League game, Saturday in Penticton.