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Caps, Red Wings to meet in the Herder Memorial Trophy finals to determine top senior hockey team in the province
The teams for the Herder Memorial Trophy finals are set and will feature a pair of teams hunting for their first titles in some time. On March 22, the Deer Lake Red Wings secured their second straight trip to the Herder finals after they knocked off ...
SIMMONS SAYS: Excessive reviews having an adverse effect on sports, and NHL looking to add to it
The last thing the NHL — or any other professional league — needs right now is more instant replay. At a time when we don’t necessarily know what a goal is, what’s a ball and a strike, what’s a foul in the NBA or what ...
QMJHL PLAYOFFS: How do the Mooseheads and Titan stack up against each other?
At first glance, there's an obvious narrative heading into the first-round playoff series between the Halifax Mooseheads and Bathurst Titan. The Mooseheads added players at the trade deadline to help them try to win it all this year, while the Titan ...
PATRICK MCNEIL: No clear favourite in race for Gilles-Courteau Trophy
With star talent spread out among many contenders, the battle for the Giles Courteau Trophy this spring should be one to remember. At first glance, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar could be considered the favourites. The Drakkar allowed 20 fewer goals than ...
Rimouski Océanic confident in goaltending situation despite starter ‘doubtful’ for series with Cape Breton
The Rimouski Océanic are not concerned with their goaltending situation despite being without their starter going into the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff series with the Cape Breton Eagles. “We feel comfortable with the goalies that we ...
Raptors takeaways: Gradey Dick a lone bright spot but let's not talk about record vs. Atlantic
For the second time this month the Raptors got obliterated at home more than ever before. Yes, ever. It’s hard to get too down on them though when you consider the number of top players missing, along with the dizzying amount of off-court stuff ...
No silver lining: Sting of losing in gold medal game still lingers for Canada's Blayre Turnbull
Canada’s national women’s hockey team has won a dozen IIHF Women’s World Championship titles, but the sting of losing the 2023 gold-medal final to the rival United States still lingers with Blayre Turnbull. “When you play for Team Canada, you don’t ...
SNOW SCENE: Heli-skiing with CMH Purcell is what powder dreams are made of
Midway down the mountain, I started laughing. There was nothing all that funny, really. It’s just that sometimes you find yourself in a place that’s so inexhaustibly beautiful and doing something so undeniably fun that you’re completely ...
‘Thought it was a prank:’ Winnipeg’s Kyle Doering honoured to join Gushue’s Team Canada for world curling championship
It’s fair to say Winnipegger Kyle Doering never would have imagined he’d be flying over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday on his way to the world men’s curling championship. The 28-year-old up-and-coming curler didn’t even play in the Montana’s Brier this ...
76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said Wednesday. Embiid has been sidelined with a left knee injury sustained when the Golden State Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga fell ...