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Mooseheads fire head coach Jim Midgley and assistant coach Liam Heelis
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 ...
BASKETBALL: St. F.X.'s Reddick, Thomas and Dal's Christie get pro opportunities
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 ...
‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC
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 ...
Missing a bone in her arm, Katie Pegg is a shot put champion, possible Paris Paralympian
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 ...
Sidney Crosby hitting new career heights while making miracles for Penguins
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 ...
Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford makes jump to pro hockey
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 ...
QMJHL PLAYOFFS: Round two predictions - Eagles among teams picked to advance
The big story from the first round of the QMJHL playoffs was the elimination of the Halifax Mooseheads and Moncton Wildcats. The Mooseheads lost in four straight to the Bathurst Titan and the Wildcats followed suit against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
After missing nearly two seasons in Norway with knee injury, Julian Dunn restarts soccer career with Wanderers
After a devastating knee injury stripped nearly two seasons of his promising soccer career overseas, Julian Dunn gets a restart on home soil with the Halifax Wanderers. The six-foot-three defender from Toronto was just five games into his first ...
Latest exploits push MacKinnon, Drouin to new career heights: 'I thought we were playing in Halifax (again)'
The fans in Denver broke out the 'MVP' chants after another superhuman performance by Nathan MacKinnon on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Colorado Avalanche star put his next-level speed on full display in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, blowing by ...
Halifax lands franchise in new Canadian professional women's soccer league
Professional women's soccer is coming to Halifax. The Atlantic Women's Football Club announced its formal entry on Tuesday into a new Canadian professional women's soccer league, which is scheduled to open play in 2025. "We are delighted to bring ...