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Ryan MacKinnon of the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush, left, protects the puck as he's pressured by Ayden MacKay of the Kensington Wild during Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Friday. Kensington won the game 12-2. JEREMY FRASER/SALTWIRE

TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush finish tournament with loss to Kensington Wild on Friday

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 23 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

MEMBERTOU, N.S. – The host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush wrapped up the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship with a loss on Friday. Sydney was defeated 12-2 by the Kensington Wild of Prince Edward Island in the final round robin game of the ...

Canada's Paul Flemming rink, out of the Halifax Curling Club, advanced to the gold medal game of the world senior men's curling championship in Ostersund, Sweden. From left are: alternate Kevin Ouelette, lead Kris Granchelli, second Martin Gavin, third Peter Burgess and Flemming. - Curling Canada

Canada's Paul Flemming advances to final at world senior men's curling championship

George Myrer · Lead editor |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Canada's Paul Flemming rink advanced to the gold medal game at the World Senior Men's Curling Championship on Friday evening in Ostersund, Sweden. Flemming's Halifax Curling Club team of third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead Kris ...

Northern Subways Selects goalie Jorja Burrows made 73 saves in a 4-3 loss to the Regina Rebels on Thursday night at the Esso Cup under-18 female hockey national championship in Vernon, B.C. The 73 saves established a championship record.

Northern Selects goalie Jorja Burrows makes record 73 saves at Esso Cup

George Myrer |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Northern Subway Selects goalie Jorja Burrows made Esso Cup history on Thursday night, unfortunately, it came in a 4-3 loss to the Regina Rebels. Burrows made an astounding 73 saves to set the record at the Hockey Canada under-18 female championship ...

Kensington Vipers

UPDATED: P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers close out round-robin play with an OT loss to Antigonish

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 15 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers will now play the waiting game. The P.E.I.-champion Vipers dropped their final round-robin game at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup to the Antigonish Bulldogs 4-3 in overtime on April 26. The Vipers, ...

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers’ Carson MacKay, left, and Reese Wyand take a break during a recent practice at the Gerard (Turk) Gallant Arena in Summerside. MacKay and Wyand have been longtime linemates, going back to their early years of minor hockey. The Vipers have clinched a semifinal berth in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Canada junior B hockey championship tournament in Mount Pearl, N.L. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Longtime linemates: Kensington Vipers’ MacKay, Wyand have played together since U9 hockey

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Carson MacKay and Reese Wyand have worked a lot of magic on the ice together over the years. Now the two longtime teammates hope that trend continues this weekend as the Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers play a semifinal game at the Don ...

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Flying as one: Meet the 2024 playoff edition of the Cape Breton Eagles

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |28 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles are in the semifinal of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.  Cape Breton advanced to their league semifinal by knocking off the Rimouski Oceanic in the first round in five games ...

Hockey

Host team outscores Pownal at Maritime junior C hockey championship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

The host Sunny Corner Thunder outscored the Pownal Ice Dogs 11-6 in round-robin play at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship tournament on April 25 in Miramichi, N.B. The Thunder improved to 2-0-0 while the Ice Dogs dropped to 0-2-0. Pownal ...

Halifax Wanderers first-year striker Christian Volesky made stops in seven U.S. cities and another in Iceland during his pro soccer career before joining the Canadian Premier League club. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Wanderer by name, by nature: Christian Volesky made many stops in pro soccer career before arriving in Halifax

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |7 min read Premium content

First-year Halifax Wanderers striker Christian Volesky didn’t realize how big Canada really is when he drove from his Colorado home to his new home for training camp. Volesky was so excited when he signed his first Canadian Premier League contract in ...

There was a lot of excitement April 20 at the West Hants Sports Complex when it was announced that about 600 athletes will be coming to the area for the 2025 Canadian Senior Broomball Championships. Pictured at the announcement were, from left, back row: West Hants Mayor Abraham Zebian, Mark Wainman, Darrell Lyttle, Adam Sexton, and Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard; front row: Lily Isenor, Lennon Leopold, Seamus O’Brien, and Levi Caldwell.

Broomball nationals coming to West Hants, N.S., in April 2025

Carole Morris-Underhill · Lead editor Valley Journal-Advertiser |Updated a day ago |7 min read Premium content

For the third time since the 1970s, and the first time outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia will play host to the Canadian Senior Broomball Championships. West Hants has been awarded the 2025 national event, which will be held April 8-12 at the West Hants ...

Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers forward Carson MacKay, 16, carries the puck in Game 4 of the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series against the Sherwood-Parkdale A&SScrap Metal Metros at Eastlink Centre on March 24. MacKay scored two goals in the Vipers’ 4-0 win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s St. John’s Caps at the Don Johnson Memorial Cup on April 25 in Mount Pearl, N.L. The win improved the Viper’s record to 2-1-0 (won-lost-overtime losses) and clinched a playoff spot in the Atlantic junior B hockey championship tournament. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers clinch semifinal berth at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers have clinched a playoff berth in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Mount Pearl, N.L. The Vipers blanked Newfoundland and Labrador’s St. John’s Caps 4-0 on April 26 to secure a spot in one of the two ...

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