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Wanderers fall 2-0 to Vancouver FC, lose second straight to start CPL season in B.C.
The Halifax Wanderers certainly hope it won’t take until the second week of June to post their first victory of the Canadian Premier League season. The Wanderers dropped their second straight game to start the 2024 campaign on Thursday night, a 2-0 ...
Two former Cape Breton Eagles players among NHL playoff teams
SYDNEY — Two former Cape Breton Eagles players are among the teams set to compete in the Stanley Cup playoffs, which begin on Saturday. Forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois (Los Angeles Kings) and William Carrier (Vegas Golden Knights) are the only players on ...
ECHL: Former Cape Breton Eagles players participating in Kelly Cup playoffs
SYDNEY — Six former Cape Breton Eagles players will play in the ECHL’s Kelly Cup playoffs this year. Jordan Ty Fournier (Allen), Cam Darcy (Florida), Anthony Beauchamp (Greenville), Ross MacDougall (Indy), Brooklyn Kalmikov (Maine) and Tyler Hylland ...
QMJHL Awards: Cape Breton Eagles’ Jacob Newcombe named co-recipient of Paul Dumont Trophy
SYDNEY — Cape Breton Eagles forward Jacob Newcombe was named the co-recipient of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Paul Dumont Trophy as the league’s personality of the year. The 19-year-old Newcombe’s nomination comes for his return to ...
PREVIEW: Telus Cup under-18 national championship begins Monday in Cape Breton
SYDNEY — The Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship will make its return to Nova Scotia for the first time in 27 years when the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush hosts the event next week in Membertou. The seven-day tournament will feature the top ...
MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.’s Ross Martin enjoying successful first season as Miramichi Timberwolves GM
A relationship with one of the most successful personalities in the history of junior A hockey in Atlantic Canada impacted a Prince Edward Islander’s journey in the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL). Ross Martin of Winsloe is in his first season as ...
Long wait almost over: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush ready to host top teams in country after lengthy break before Telus Cup
SYDNEY — It’s been a long time coming for the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush organization in more ways than one. The Nova Scotia Under-18 Major Hockey League team was awarded the hosting rights for Hockey Canada’s Telus Cup national under-18 hockey ...
‘I think we can surprise a lot of teams’: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush captain O’Neill brings leadership, experience into second Telus Cup tournament at home
SYDNEY — For most teenagers, playing in a national championship can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but that won’t be the case for Keegan O’Neill. The Glace Bay forward had the opportunity to suit up for the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush when the club ...
Antigonish Bulldogs win third straight NSJHL title in double overtime
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 ...
Thunderbirds ‘limp’ into NLL playoffs: Halifax hosts final regular-season game Saturday, will hit the road for next week's opening round
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 ...