Local Sports

Backcountry skiers do it and Canada’s professional guiding association is publicly advocating that ice climbers and mountaineers also embrace the practice of carrying avalanche safety gear when they travel in avalanche terrain.

Jordan Revie had two goals and an assist while goaltender Cam Barnes recorded his first win of 2014 as the Canmore Eagles extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 win over the lowly Calgary Mustangs on Tuesday (Jan. 21).

Local lore indicates cross-country skiers have raced between Lake Louise and Banff since 1929, when hardened mountain men on wooden skis thrashed their way from outpost to outpost in just over five hours.

Justin Brisbane BANFF Olympic alpine skier Jan Hudec plans to return from a back injury this weekend in Kitzbuehel and suit up for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in February.

Brian McKeever and guide Erik Carleton extended their unbeaten streak to four with a pair of IPC gold medals in Oberstdorf, Germany, while sit-skier Chris Klebl claimed his second gold of the year on Sunday (Jan. 19).

Thanks to the strength of a core group of returning players, for the first time in nine years, the Banff Hockey Academy Bears appear poised to earn a playoff spot in the Junior B Alberta Heritage Junior Hockey League.

Twenty days before the Sochi Olympics officially begin, Canadian cross-country ski phenom Alex Harvey struck gold in a skate sprint, while three Bow Valley athletes cracked the top 25 in Szlarksa Poreba, Poland on Saturday (Jan. 18).

Graeme Killick and Emily Nishikawa have a message for Cross Country Canada: The kids are all right.

Jesse Cockney made Canadian history at the Haywood NorAm Olympic Trials sprint on Saturday (Jan. 11) at the Canmore Nordic Centre, when he became the first Aboriginal man to qualify for the Olympics in cross-country skiing.

While the Travelers All-Star Curling Skins Game didn’t work out as well as could be hoped for Brad Jacobs last weekend, he hasn’t altered his rink’s preparations for representing Canada at the Sochi Olympics. On Saturday (Jan.