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• P-Bruins beat IceCaps in a shootout
  The St. John's IceCaps have been looking for a change in the pattern of their homestands. It happened Saturday, but not quite in the way they ...
• IceCaps still have a lot of work to do
  Sunday was originally scheduled to be a day off for the St. John’s IceCaps, but days off aren’t apparently fixed in stone for teams with long ...
• IceCaps keep doing the splits
  St. John's IceCaps fans are all too familiar with the pattern: IceCaps win the first game of a two-game series against an opponent at Mile One. ...
• IceCaps start homestand with win
  It took a little longer than they would have liked, but the St. John's IceCaps came up with a much-needed 4-3 win over the Albany Devils Friday ...
• St. John’s IceCaps alumni growing
  The St. John’s IceCaps are just over a year old, but depending on how wide-encompassing you want to be, the contingent of ex-IceCaps could be ...
• Soft hands,­ hard fists
  Spencer Machacek smiled when it was suggested those fans who took in Tuesday’s AHL game between the St. John’s IceCaps and Portland Pirates would ...
• Captain’s comeback complete
  There are times Jason Jaffray’s hand finds itself to the scar in his throat, to the place where, in a mid-April operation, a surgeon worked to ...
• Zach Redmond gives new role his best shot
  Zach Redmond no longer is a pleasant surprise. Oh yes, there is much that is pleasing about his play. It’s the surprise part ...
• Bumps and bruises have ‘Caps on ice
  With a 28-man roster, it would appear the St. John’s IceCaps’ coaching staff would have plenty of flexibility in lineup decisions.But we’ll ...
• IceCaps must settle for split of home-opening series
  If there was one bugaboo in what was a positive inaugural 2011-12 season for the St. John's IceCaps it was their inability to make a habit of ...
• IceCaps clip Phantoms in home opener
  No member of the St. John's IceCaps got a louder ovation than goaltender Eddie Pasquale during player introductions prior to the IceCaps' ...
• IceCaps experience veteran overflow
  Coaches and managers in all sports extoll the importance of having veterans on a team. The St. John’s IceCaps have plenty of veterans. In a way — ...
• Captain’s shore leave extended
  What has been a patience-testing wait for Jason Jaffray is being extended a bit longer. The St. John’s IceCaps captain, who hasn’t played a game ...
• IceCaps sign seven veterans to AHL deals
  As expected, the St. John’s IceCaps have signed veteran seven players to American Hockey League contracts. The players are goaltender Mark ...
• Expanding IceCaps
  The rules — existing and temporary — regarding the placement of players with American Hockey League teams in this NHL lockout situation can be ...
• Jets assign 13, including Burmistrov, to IceCaps
  The St. John's IceCaps' roster officially doubled in size Saturday as the American Hockey League team received 13 players from the parent ...
• How an NHL lockout would affect the IceCaps
  With just a week to go before Sept. 15 and the potential — many feel probable — start of an National Hockey League lockout, speculation is ...
• Jaffray’s feeling good about return to IceCaps
  Wednesday was a dandy day for Jason Jaffray, in part because he secured gainful employment for the coming hockey season and also because he got ...
• Plan your winter: IceCaps schedule released
  There will be much that’s familiar and a little bit of new in the 2012-13 schedule of the St. John’s IceCaps. The American ...
• AHL 2012-13 schedule released
  The St. John's IceCaps will begin their sophomore American Hockey League season on the road in western Massachussetts, with an Oct. 13 game ...
• Simply tangled
  With the possibility of a lockout of National Hockey League players growing larger (see story this page), American Hockey League fans are left ...
• IceCaps holding training camp in Corner Brook
  The St. John’s IceCaps have announced Corner Brook will be the site of the team’s 2012-13 training camp, with the American Hockety League team ...
• No plans for IceCaps to play games in Winnipeg if...
  The man who heads up the operations of the St. John’s IceCaps says there are no plans for the American Hockey League team to play games in ...
• Kelly's Pub wins national junior softball crown
  The Kelly’s Pub Junior Canadians claimed gold at the national junior softball championships in Owen Sound, Ont., on Sunday. The Newfoundland and ...
• IceCaps stay with what they know
  It’s not so common now, but “buying on approval” was once a customary practice for many retail businesses. If you admired a coat, for example, a ...
• Favourites win titles at 2012 Royal St. John's Regatta
  As expected, they made their cases and won their trials at Quidi Vidi. Just as they did in Placentia and Harbour Grace, crews sponsored by law ...
• Rock selectors looking for verification that all is...
  It’s billed as the Probables vs the Possibles, but Simon Blanks hopes Sunday’s rugby game at the Swilers Complex in St. John’s will be more of a ...
• Looking forward to the IceCaps’ new season
  Quick question: Of all the forwards who played for the St. John’s IceCaps in 2011-12, who is the only one currently in possession of a one-way ...
• When the women rowed, for a change
  Friendships and some forceful personalities. That is what helped start the effort that led to the official inclusion of women’s races on the St. ...
• Festerling signs with German team
  Another defenceman who was a veteran mainstay of the St. John's IceCaps defensive corps last season has signed with a European hockey team. Brett ...