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Brendan McCarthy
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All articles of Brendan McCarthy
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Resetting the Icecaps’ defence
With Paul Postma signing a new one-year, one-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets and Arturs Kulda leaving the Jets family for a contract offer ... -
Albert never considered anywhere else
John Albert may have been an unrestricted free agent this summer, but still felt bound by a personal commitment to the Winnipeg Jets and ... -
Free agency plays major role in the minors
Once the National Hockey League free-agent period began Sunday, the focus naturally settled to the bigger available names like Zach Parise, Ryan ... -
King, IceCaps hook up for two more years
The casual outside observer might have pegged Jason King as the token Newfoundlander on the St. John's IceCaps when they began their American ... -
Work goes on
It’s called the off-season, but for some involved in pro hockey, there is not much off-time in the off-season. Count Craig Heisinger amoung that ... -
Fans’ cheers may have say in how IceCaps will look...
Those six thousand-plus fans who stood and cheered in the final minutes of the St. John’s IceCaps’ season-ending loss to the Norfolk Admirals ... -
Swept away
The American Hockey League has changed a lot in the time since the the Maple Leafs left St. John’s and the IceCaps arrived. The awkwardness that ... -
IceCaps on slippery slope
By Brendan McCarthy The Telegram The St. John’s IceCaps handed out 6,300 towels Monday night. Despite a gut-wrenching, brain-numbing, ... -
IceCaps advance to conference final with Game 7 win
The St. John's IceCaps have won other one-goal games in these American Hockey League playoffs. But not like this one. With 6,287 fans on ... -
Penguins beat IceCaps 4-2, force a Game 7
The St. John's IceCaps didn't display much of a killer instinct Friday night against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. They have one more ... -
Update: Whiteout requested at Mile One Centre tonight
Danny Williams wants to see a whiteout inside Mile One Centre tonight, as the St. John’s IceCaps attempt to storm into the next round of Calder ... -
Putting home-ice advantage to the test
The St. John's IceCaps are about to find out exactly what their home-ice advantage is. On Wednesday, the IceCaps and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ... -
IceCaps coming home to finish off Penguins
—Wilkes-Barre, Pa. You might hear it described as a boxing match. That would not be accurate. It was more like those bouts in ... -
IceCaps lose Game 5 in overtime
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—The St. John’s IceCaps and Wilkes-Barre Penguins played a whole lot of hockey in Pennsylvania this week, and now they’re going ... -
We're into double OT in WBS
For a third straight playoff game at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the St. John's IceCaps snd the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ... -
IceCaps have a Rose in their corner
Here's a pic of Rose St. Croix and her husband Bob Thibeau holding a Newfoundland and Labrador flag in the stands at the Mohegan Sun Arena in ... -
IceCaps-Penguins Game 5 pre-game
Good evening from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where the St. John's IceCaps can advance past the second round of the American ... -
Fourth was tough, fifth will be tougher
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — It was as if they had all been asked to write the line 200 times on the blackboard and, as a result, it had become a mantra, ... -
Caps have Penguins on the ropes
—Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Apparently, the towels in their dressing room are the only things the St. John’s IceCaps have that even remotely resemble a ... -
Maxwell gives IceCaps another OT win
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — That didn't last long. Ben Maxwell scored just 27 seconds into overtime to give the St. John's IceCaps their second ... -
More OT in WBS for IceCaps and Penguins
After a passionately contested 60 minutes of hockey, the St. John's IceCaps and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are heading into overtime for the ... -
Penguins lead 2-0 heading into second period of Game 4
Goals by Colin McDonald and Eric Tangradi in the first seven minutes of the game have staked the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 2-0 ... -
Ice-Caps-Penguins Game 4 pre-game
• No changes to the IceCaps lineup for Game 4. Not surprising coming off Saturday's 2-1 OT win • Brock Trotter has four of the IceCaps' six goals ... -
Pasquale's one cool IceCap
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.— If you were looking for a defining moment in Eddie Pasquale's game Saturday night, you had plenty to choose from. Perhaps it ... -
Trotter, Pasquale lead IceCaps to OT win
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.— Eddie Pasquale was worth the price of admission Saturday night. Brock Trotter has been worth the wait. Pasquale made 28 saves ... -
St. John's wins 2-1 in OT, takes series lead over...
Brock Trotter's second goal of the game at 10:02 of overtime gave the St. John's IceCaps a 2-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ... -
Macenauer and Redmond draw into IceCaps' lineup
The St. John's IceCaps will have two changes to their lineup when they take on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game 3 of their American ... -
IceCaps-Penguins series up in the air
Note: this ran in the Friday, May 4 print edition of The Telegram Years ago, in some small rinks, coincidentally penalized players from opposing ... -
Dad's back at work, just in a different way
Kennedy Jaffray asked her mom to call her dad because she needed to speak with him right away. Jason Jaffray was in Winnipeg, recovering from ... -
IceCaps need corner boys
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. - There's a good chance there will be at least one lineup change for the St. John's IceCaps when they take on the ...





