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Jim (Fox) Chiasson Girls Elementary School Basketball Tournament this weekend

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The annual Jim (Fox) Chiasson Girls Elementary School basketball tournament will be held this weekend in River Ryan.  The tournament will take place at Greenfield Elementary School and will be hosted by the New Waterford Celtics.  Joining the Celtics ...

William Brown and the Newfoundland Rogues are headed for Ontario to face the Kitchener-Waterloo Titans in the opening round of The Basketball Super League (BSL) playoffs. The series starts on May 3. Photo courtesy Leona Rockwood/Newfoundland Rogues

Newfoundland Rogues will clash with Titans in BSL playoff opener

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Newfoundland Rogues are going to have a clash on their hands in the first round of the Basketball Super League (BSL) playoffs.  The Rogues are set to face the Kitchener-Waterloo Titans in their opening-round matchup.  This is after Newfoundland ...

Conception Bay South’s Brandon Joy recently won a gold medal with the Canadian blind national hockey team at the 2024 International Blind Hockey Series held Apr. 12-14 in St. Louis, MO. Nicholas Mercer/The Telegram

‘It was pretty crazy’: Conception Bay South’s Brandon Joy wins gold with Canada’s blind hockey team

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

The work that went into making Canada’s blind national hockey team started a little over two years ago for Brandon Joy.  The 21-year-old from Conception Bay South had been in the player pool for the last little bit but could never crack the ...

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is changing its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, the league announced during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. Shown is the new English logo for the league. CONTRIBUTED/QMJHL

QMJHL Playoffs: No suspensions from Game 4 of Cape Breton, Baie-Comeau series in Sydney

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

SYDNEY, N.S. – No suspensions will be handed out by the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League following Game 4 of the semifinal series between the Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar at Centre 200 in Sydney. Five players received five-minute ...

Lorenzo Callegari of the Halifax Wanderers (right) battles with Manny Aparicio of Atletico Ottawa early into a Canadian Premier League match Saturday afternoon at the Wanderers Grounds. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

TELUS CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Winless Wanderers switch focus to CS St-Laurent

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

After a struggling start to their Canadian Premier League season, the Halifax Wanderers could use a reprieve. But head coach Patrice Gheisar warns that Thursday night’s Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round matchup against Ligue1 Quebec side ...

Mitchell Balmas of Sydney is shown with the trophies he and the Sheffield Steelers won in the Elite Ice Hockey League this season. Balmas and the team recently captured the Grand Slam championship. INSTAGRAM PHOTO

Cape Breton’s Mitchell Balmas wins Grand Slam with Sheffield Steelers, claims league awards

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Mitchell Balmas can add another championship to his hockey resumé.  The Sydney native captured the Elite Ice Hockey League’s Grand Slam championship recently with the Sheffield Steelers, defeating the Belfast Giants 3-1 in the playoff final.  During ...

Cape Breton Eagles. CONTRIBUTED

QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles fined for failure to respect the security procedure during Game 3

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles organization has received another fine by the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.  On Tuesday, the league announced on its website the Sydney-based franchise had received a $500 fine for “failure to respect the security ...

Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon (29) shakes hands with Winnipeg Jets centre Tyler Toffoli (73) after Game 5 of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. - James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon's gain comes at expense of fellow Nova Scotians

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |7 min read Premium content

Nathan MacKinnon will help carry the province's Stanley Cup hopes forward but his success comes at the expense of other Nova Scotians. MacKinnon's Colorado Avalanche eliminated the Winnipeg Jets with a 6-3 win on Tuesday and that meant Halifax's ...

Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals goaltender Niko Boudreau, 33, calmly makes a glove save in the third period of a Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) game against the Miramichi Timberwolves at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 30. Timberwolves forward Jeremy Duhamel, 25, and Caps defenceman William Irvine, 3, position themselves for a possible rebound as referee Tanner Doiron follows the play. The Caps won the game 2-1 in double overtime to cut Miramichi’s lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven Metalfab Cup final series. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals stay alive in MHL final

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 8 hours ago |10 min read Premium content

A basic play and an innocent-looking shot, clutch goaltending and perseverance kept the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals’ season alive. Simon Mullen scored 1:59 into the second overtime period to lift the Caps to a 2-1 win over the ...

Paradise teenager Drew Feltham made his hockey commentary debut at the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey Tournament when he called some 20-25 games at the tournament last month. Contributed photo

A future imagined: Paradise teen makes his hockey commentary debut at Royal Newfoundland Regiment memorial tournament

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Before he donned a headset for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial hockey tournament, Drew Feltham might have been better known for his other hockey venture.  An avid Newfoundland Growlers fan, the 14-year-old from Paradise has been doing ...

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