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Antigonish Bulldogs win third straight NSJHL title in double overtime

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

The Antigonish Bulldogs captured their third consecutive Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship title in dramatic fashion Wednesday night in Bridgewater. Nick Marshall scored on a wraparound 8:55 into double overtime to lift the Bulldogs to a ...

Vancouver Warriors forward Keegan Bal scores one of the five goals he scored against the Halifax Thunderbirds during a National Lacrosse League game on April 5. The Thunderbirds will look to finish the regular season with a victory when they host the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday night. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

Thunderbirds ‘limp’ into NLL playoffs: Halifax hosts final regular-season game Saturday, will hit the road for next week's opening round

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |8 min read

It might take an abacus, slide rule and a calculator to figure out who the Halifax Thunderbirds will face in the opening round of the National Lacrosse League playoffs. “There are a million different scenarios of who we could play, where we could ...

Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher during the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier final in Calgary.

‘BOTTCHER BOMBSHELL:’ Alberta curling foursome set to move forward without skip

Ted Wyman · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Marc Kennedy calls it the Brad Gushue Effect. “He’s been absolutely dominant and the teams under him are going to do everything they can to try to beat him,” two-time Olympian Kennedy said Tuesday. “We felt we had to do something in order to ...

Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby prepares his stick before a face-off during Monday's game against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. - Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are no longer in control of their fate. They beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Monday night to keep their playoff hopes alive but they were stuck as helpless observers on Tuesday. A win by either the ...

Jim Midgley was the head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads in 2017-18. - Halifax Mooseheads

Mooseheads fire head coach Jim Midgley and assistant coach Liam Heelis

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Jim Midgley is out again as head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads. The QMJHL team announced his dismissal on Tuesday, along with assistant coach Liam Heelis. Assistant coach Brad MacKenzie will remain with the team. "After lengthy discussions with ...

Trevor Reddick’s nephew Dondre Reddick is the newest family star athlete suiting up for X-Men’s basketball. Dondre and his teammates went to the national final recently before falling to the Carleton University Ravens. File

BASKETBALL: St. F.X.'s Reddick, Thomas and Dal's Christie get pro opportunities

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Three AUS basketball stars will get a taste of the pro game this spring and summer. League most valuable player Malcolm Christie of the Dalhousie Tigers and Dondre Reddick and Koat Thomas of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men were picked in the top 15 of ...

Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 14, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Patrice Gheisar has a glass half-full kind of approach to coaching. Despite his Halifax Wanderers dropping a 1-0 decision to Pacific FC in their 2024 Canadian Premier League season opener on Saturday, the second-year head coach found plenty of ...

Katie Pegg, who was born without a radial bone in her right forearm, throws shot put for Saint Mary's at the Atlantic university track and field championships in Moncton in February. Pegg returned to the sport this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. - SMU ATHLETICS

Missing a bone in her arm, Katie Pegg is a shot put champion, possible Paris Paralympian

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |9 min read Premium content

Katie Pegg smiles at the face of adversity. Born without a radial bone in her right forearm, Pegg played eight years of football in her hometown of Scarborough, Ont., the lone girl among over 300 players in the minor program. She also threw shot put ...

Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby holds the puck from his 1,000th career assist. - Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby hitting new career heights while making miracles for Penguins

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Sometimes for Sidney Crosby, when it rains it pours. The Pittsburgh Penguins centre hit two major milestones and lifted his team to a monumental win all at once on Thursday night. The 36-year-old from Cole Harbour's overtime pass to Erik Karlsson on ...

Mathieu Cataford takes warm-up with the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League. - Henderson Silver Knights

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford makes jump to pro hockey

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

The Halifax Mooseheads may be done for the year but their leading scorer is still playing hockey. Mathieu Cataford suited up for his first-ever pro game on Wednesday after joining the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights. The Silver Knights are the farm ...

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