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TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush still searching for first win, downed by Markham Waxers on Thursday
MEMBERTOU, N.S. – The host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush are still searching for their first victory at the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship in Cape Breton. Sydney remains winless with a 0-4-0-0 record at the six-team tournament following a ...
Paul Flemming's Canadian rink off to world senior curling playoffs
Canada's Paul Flemming rink wrapped up preliminary play with a 6-0 record at the world senior men's curling championships in Ostersund, Sweden, on Thursday. Flemming and his Halifax Curling Club team of third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead ...
Cape Breton’s Thibeau leaves Moncton Wildcats after eight years
Ritchie Thibeau is leaving his position with the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Moncton Wildcats. Thibeau, originally of Isle Madame, Richmond County, has accepted a senior position with J.D. Irving and will step down as the club’s general ...
Cape Breton connections to play in American Hockey League playoffs
Several players with Cape Breton connections will participate in the American Hockey League playoffs. Logan Shaw of Glace Bay will be in the Toronto Marlies lineup while Wyllum Deveaux, who has connections to Sydney and Cheticamp, has been called up ...
Telus Cup action continues Thursday in Membertou
Telus Cup play continues on Thursday at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre. The Brandon Wheat Kings took on the Calgary Buffaloes in the opening game of the day. Kensington Wild and Cantonniers de Magog will play at 3 p.m., while the host Sydney ...
'It's a cool experience': Ethan Dickson proud to represent hometown of Kensington at Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship
Playing in a national championship isn’t an opportunity that comes around every season and Ethan Dickson won’t take that for granted. The 17-year-old forward is soaking in the experience with the Kensington Wild, a team based in the small Prince ...
Pownal falls to Tri-County at Maritime junior C hockey championship
The Pownal Ice Dogs dropped their opening game at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship in Miramichi, N.B. New Brunswick’s Tri-County River Rats built period leads of 1-0 and 3-0 en route to a 5-0 win over the Ice Dogs 5-0 on April ...
Brad Marchand's antics driving Leafs and their coach batty: 'It's an art and he's elite at it'
To say Brad Marchand is under the Toronto Maple Leafs' skin would be quite an understatement. The Boston Bruins pest is driving them nuts with his usual antics but is also crushing them on the scoreboard. The 35-year-old from Hammonds Plains scored ...
Thunderbirds on the eve of NLL playoffs: ‘We have a chance to win this thing’
If the Halifax Thunderbirds want to fulfill their pre-season objective of hosting a National Lacrosse League post-season game, they have a tall order of getting past the Albany FireWolves in a single elimination playoff Sunday afternoon in New York’s ...
Cape Breton Eagles’ Charles-Antoine Lavallée focused on facing former team Baie-Comeau in QMJHL semifinal
Before Christmas, Charles-Antoine Lavallée found himself playing in the Maritime Junior Hockey League with the Amherst Ramblers. The now 20-year-old had been unexpectedly released by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar during training camp and would be forced ...