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Forward Mathieu Cataford of the Halifax Mooseheads, seen here in game five of the 2023 Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League final against the Quebec Remparts, was awarded the Michel-Brière trophy as the QMJHL most valuable player for the past season. Former Remparts Vsevolod Komarov and William Rousseau, who finished the season respectively with Drummondville and Rouyn-Noranda, were named the league’s top defenceman and top goaltender. (LL) (Photo by Luc Lang) 
Sandrine Khelifi and her Université Laval Rouge et Or teammates finished the first perfect season (18-0) in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) by crushing the Bishop’s University Gaiters 56-33, on March 2 at the PEPS. It’s the fourth RSEQ title in the last five years for the Rouge et Or and the 19th championship banner in the school’s history. The team will travel to Edmonton for the U Sports women’s Final 8 from March 7-10. Seeded fourth, the Rouge et Or will play the host University of Alberta Pandas, the fifth seeds, at 10 p.m. Eastern time on March 7. (LL) (Photo courtesy of the Rouge et Or) 
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell addresses his team after an impressive 31-23 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League playoffs. The Lions will meet the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football Conference (NFC) championship game on Jan. 28 for a berth in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas. Detroit last played in the NFC championship game in 1991, losing to Washington. The Lions are one of four NFL teams to never have played in the Super Bowl. The others are the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans. (LL) (Photo courtesy of the Detroit Lions/Jeff Nguyen) 
The snowstorm that hit Quebec City on Jan. 13, first went through the state of New York, notably Buffalo. The snowstorm forced the National Football League to postpone the wild-card playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Bills, which was scheduled for Jan.14, to the next day. More than 200 Bills fans pitched in and worked overnight to shovel the snow off the field and out of the stands of Highmark Stadium. (LL)(Photo courtesy of the Buffalo Bills via Twitter) 
In a tight defensive battle, South Africa captured its fourth men’s rugby World Cup as they defeated New Zealand 12-11, on Oct. 28 at the Stade de France in Paris. Known as the Springboks, the champions did all their scoring with four successful penalty kicks to become the first country to win four world championships. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa lifts the Webb Ellis Cup with the national team. (LL) (Photo courtesy of World Rugby/Julian Finney)