The Western Star

Trent Gaudon has a Team Canada jersey and a bronze medal tucked away in a trophy case in his home. The 40-year-old Port au Port native was pretty pumped when he helped Team Canada win that bronze medal with Team Canada in the Masters division at ...

The Western Kings will try to move up the provincial major midget hockey league standings with a three-game road trip to Goulds. The Kings, 1-5 on the season, will tangle with the East Coast Blizzard in a three-game series this weekend with the ...

The start of a new hockey season at any level always brings with it eternal optimism — the belief that every team is a contender. Even if that team has won just once in the past two years. The Western Kings of the Newfoundland and ...

Robert Major has coached a group of female hockey players from western for the past three years and has enjoyed watching them have fun and compete with the best the province has to offer in the AAA female bantam hockey league. He has hopes there ...

Brad Penney grabbed the bull by the horns when he wanted to see the Western Kings back in the fold of the provincial AAA bantam hockey league after a one-year hiatus. He took over the coaching duties for the Western entry in the four-team setup ...

The Newfoundland Growlers begin their first-ever ECHL training camp in 11 days. As of Wednesday morning, they have six signed players. But take you finger off the panic button. Suppress that “What the …!!!” rising in your ...

The players have welcomed him with open arms. The people in the community have made him feel at home. He has his first game under his belt and he liked how he handled himself in his first chance to prove he belongs. Liam Smith is finding ...

Andrew Antle had some anxious moments waiting to hear if he had earned a roster spot with the St. Stephen’s Aces. However, he had a calming feeling come over him once he got the good news. The former Western Kings star and last ...

The Western Kings lost two out of three games over the weekend, but they still feel pretty good about the one win. Not only was it the Kings’ first triumph of this young Newfoundland and Labrador Major Midget Hockey League season, it came ...

John Tavares and Auston Matthews are coming to St. John’s. No, the resident Toronto Maple Leafs superstars have not been reassigned to the Leafs’ ECHL affiliate, the Newfoundland Growlers, but the duo will be here next season for ...