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With more than 16,000 cheering fans in the Saddledome celebrating St. Patrick’s Day a little early, the Calgary Roughnecks fell to the Buffalo Bandits 11-6.

With goaltender Daniel Hauser leading the way, the Calgary Hitmen continued to roll Saturday, defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-1.

The Wranglers lost the game but picked up an important point Saturday as they dropped a 5-4 decision to Abbotsford in overtime.

The Lethbridge Hurricanes chances of winning the Eastern Conference took a hit Friday night as they lost a 6-5 overtime heartbreaker to the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Nate Petrone led the way with 30 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as the Calgary Dinos thumped the UPEI Panthers 87-54 on Friday in U Sports men’s basketball Final 8 semifinal action.

Colorado Avalanche forward Parker Kelly had plenty of reasons to be excited on Friday night.

Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday.

Vancouver centre Elias Pettersson tied the game late in the third period and Conor Garland notched the shootout winner as the Canucks prevailed 4-3 over the Calgary Flames in thrilling NHL action on Wednesday night.

The Calgary Stampede will be adding a new sport to its rodeo repertoire this summer.

The saying “just make eight” has been used all season long by the members of Team Brad Jacobs.

Joel Farabee scored the only goal and Dustin Wolf made 26 saves as the Calgary Flames moved back into a playoff spot with a 1-0 NHL victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

Brad Jacobs and his Alberta rink are going to the Brier final.

The Wranglers threw everything they had at the Moose Saturday, but the result ended up a heartbreaking 6-5 loss in Winnipeg.

The Hitmen gave up a couple of goals Friday night, but they scored a half dozen as Calgary defeated Swift Current at the Saddledome.