Local Sports

Mired in a four-game losing streak in a dark December chill, Canmore Eagles goaltender Ryan Bontorin had to face a psychological demon.

Canmore’s annual speedskating competition took place Saturday (Dec. 12) at Canmore Recreation Centre with 96 skaters in total, including competitors from Calgary, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain Mountain House, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

With three games left in 2015, the Banff Hockey Academy Bears look to remain hungry in the HJHL playoffs race.

In a warmup for world junior trials this weekend at the Canmore Nordic Centre, many of Canada’s top young sharpshooters tested themselves in Calforex Cup #1, Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 12-13).

Right before the holiday season, a national sports organization has placed a rather large item on its Christmas wish list.

The Spielberg of Ski, Kevin Sandau’s filmmaking skills are exceeded only by his Nordic endurance. On Sunday (Dec. 13), he cast himself as Superman in the 15 kilometre skate race in Sovereign Lake, B.C.

As much as the travel brochures wax poetic about the magic of Lake Louise, no one weaves the mystique as well as American Lindsay Vonn. The 31-year-old dominated the world cup women’s weekend again with three straight wins, Dec 4-6.

Following a path laid down by Ivan Babikov, another Russian athlete is making a bid to ski for Canada. Leysan Valiunllina, 26, came to Canada in 2012 to train with the Biathlon Alberta Training Centre under the watchful eye of coach Richard Boruta.

Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) encourages Canadians to get outside and onto the slopes on Jan. 9, 2016, for the second annual Sport Chek National Ski Day, presented by CIBC.

Likening Cross Country Canada to deceitful Lord of the Rings wizard Saruman and claiming he was “chewed up and spat out” by the sport in a five-minute feature video wasn’t how Kevin Sandau expected to open the 2015-16 domestic ski season in Canmore,