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After many of the team’s 40 AJHL regular season losses this year, the Canmore Eagles repeated the same mantra: once we’re in the playoffs, we’ve got the talent to make some noise. However, the Brooks Bandits had another mantra: talk is cheap.

Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey have made Canadian cross-country ski history by winning Canada’s first-ever world championship gold medal.

Canmore’s Robby Balharry had such a thrill in claiming his first world cup podium in Calgary, he decided to do it twice. The globe-trotting snowboarder rode his way to double slopestyle silver at a world cup event in Calgary on Feb.

Bow Valley Athletes are cleaning up at the Canada Winter Games, including a record-setting four gold medal performance by biathlete Scott Gow. Gow was golden in the men’s 15-km, 12.5-km pursuit, 10-km sprint and 3x7.

For much of the season, the Canmore Eagles spoke of making the post season, where they planned to make a serious run at the AJHL championship.

Canmore has a new golden girl. Special Olympian Meg Ohsada captured double gold at the provincial winter games at the Leduc Rec Centre.

After a roller coaster season that has seen her post results all over the map, Tess Davies picked up her first medal of the season, winning a bronze in the women’s downhill in Aspen Colorado. “It was a nice surprise.

Canmore Illusions gymnasts brought home eight medals including three gold from the Exelta cup in Red Deer on Feb. 4-5. Nine-year-old Erika Lepper captured gold in the bars and all-around category and added a silver on the vault to lead the team.

Bow Valley dominated the biathlon range at the Canada Winter Games, as Team Alberta swept the podium in the men’s 15 km individual race, led by flag bearer Scott Gow.

While some teams have the misfortune of limping into the playoffs, the Canmore Eagles were driven there on a stretcher.