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The Canmore Eagles have developed a familiar dance pattern this season – one step forward, two steps back. Following their first road win of the season Saturday (Nov.

‘As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport.’ King Lear, Act 4, scene 1. The Bard wrote the immortal line in King Lear more than 500 years ago, but the sentiment was shared by the BHA Bears, Saturday (Nov.

Canmore Eagle Connor Hoekstra is on Cloud 9. The power forward is skating with Team Canada West as they face off against the world this week in pursuit of hockey gold in Langley, B.C.

The Canmore Eagles dropped three straight games on a northern AJHL road trip, last weekend, leaving the team in search of their first road win. The trip drops the team’s record to 3-17 on the season, after a 3-2 loss to Bonnyville on Friday, Oct.

Camryn Gooch broke a club record in the 25 metre breaststroke and Avi Elizabeth Lamb medalled in every race she entered as the Bow Valley Riptides hosted their first swim meet of the season, Oct. 29 at the Canmore Rec Centre.

Two hundred metres from the Frozen Thunder finish line at the Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore’s Jess Cockney and Devon Kershaw are neck and neck in the 1.5-kilometre sprint final.

Canmore Eagles forward Connor Hoekstra will represent his country at the World Junior A Challenge in Langley B.C. on Nov. 7-13. As a member of Team Canada West, he’ll play alongside the best junior A hockey players from B.C.

Ellie Greenwood doesn’t stop running – even for interviews. With no evidence of heavy breathing or sputtering, the ultramarathoner answers questions with ease while she cranks up the speed on her treadmill.

After what could charitably be considered a disastrous 2-13 start, the Canmore Eagles finally put together six periods of hard checking, swift skating, chance-burying hockey against the Camrose Kodiaks in what the team hopes to be the beginning of a

Stellar goaltending. Three solid forward lines. Depth on defence. Although it’s early, it appears the Banff Hockey Academy may have the ingredients for a playoff-bound team.