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With hopes for home-ice advantage in the playoffs beginning to dim, the Sudbury Wolves face another challenge tonight as they roll into Barrie to tangle with the Colts.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] The roars of young hockey players will deafen local rinks this week and weekend as the 36th annual Sudbury Silver Stick hockey tournament takes place.

(NC)-Maintaining optimal health is extremely important to athletes, yet they often push their bodies to the limit. "Every year we hear about more and more high profile athletes using Cold-fX," said Dr.

City officials are asking members of the community to provide suggestions to the Greater Sudbury Hockeyville Committee as they gather the elements required to nominate Sudbury for CBC's Kraft Hockeyville television series.

Cross-country skier Devon Kershaw, 23, placed 37th in the men's 1.5 k sprint Wednesday. Kershaw's next event is the 50 k free race scheduled for Sunday at 4 am. Catch the race on CBC television (channel 9, cable 8).

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] In only her third season, Laurentian University women's basketball forward Cassandra Carpenter has established herself as a star and as one the elite athletes in the country.

The Copper Cliff Ice Angels are ready to rock the house. The classy group of young ladies will perform at the Sudbury Wolves game tonight during the first intermission.

The Sudbury Canadians Soccer Club has been awarded a $25,000 Bell Community Sport Fund grant. In addition, the Bell Community Sport Fund will give the Sudbury Wolves a $5,000 grant.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] The Sudbury Wolves dropped two straight games over the weekend, losing to Kitchener and Peterborough, and now have dropped in the standings.

The Cambrian Foundation is hosting its second annual Legendary NHL Stars fundraising dinner Friday, March 3, enabling dinner guests to mingle with some of the toughest customers to don NHL jerseys, including John Ferguson Sr. and Dave Schultz.