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Under coach Tyrell Vernon’s leadership, the X-Men had a remarkable basketball season. Vernon also picked up coach of the year accolades. MYA SLAWTER

CEBL's Calgary Surge install St. F.X. bench boss Tyrell Vernon as new head coach

POSTMEDIA |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The Calgary Surge got their guy. In short order, too. Needing to fill its sudden head-coaching vacancy, the Canadian Elite Basketball League club has turned to St. Francis Xavier X-Men bench boss Tyrell Vernon. “Really excited, and a great ...

Mount Pearl Huskies goaltender Katie Winsor kicks-out a shot on net by O’Donel Patriots Maggie Carew, left, in first-period action of their playoff game in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Paradise Double Ice Complex on Saturday, April 20, 2024. O’Donel won 2-0 with goalie Jennifer Murphy registering the shut-out. At right to clear the puck away is the Huskie’s Norah Fudge.
-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Battle of The Pearl

Joe Gibbons |Updated Apr. 20, 2024 |11 min read Premium content

It was the battle of ‘da Pearl over the noon-hour on Saturday, April 20, 2024, as the Mount Pearl Senior High School Huskies took on their neighbouring Patriot friends from O’Donel High School in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey ...

Jorja Burrows blockering a Sabres shot safely behind her net during the Selects’ loss to the eventual champions in the semi-final game.

Underdog Northern Selects head to nationals with unflinching belief

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

There is no escaping the annual David vs. Goliath dynamic for Atlantic Canada's representative at the Esso Cup. The national under-18 women's hockey championship brings together the six best teams from across the country and the Eastern reps always ...

The N.L. Cup is being modelled after the FA Cup — a massive single-elimination tournament that brings every team in the English football system together — and brings something new to the sport’s landscape in the province. - Edoardo Busti/Unsplash

'The magic of the cup': New N.L. Cup soccer tournament promises to inject drama into provincial game

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

It didn’t have quite the spectacle of a FIFA World Cup draw, but the beginning of the inaugural N.L. Cup still felt like a big deal.  At King George V Park in St. John’s on April 17, the 15 teams involved in the new single-elimination tournament saw ...

Halifax Wanderers defender Dan Nimick battles for the ball against Vancouver FC attacker Moses Dyer during Canadian Premier League action Thursday night in Langley, B.C. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Wanderers fall 2-0 to Vancouver FC, lose second straight to start CPL season in B.C.

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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 ...

Antigonish Bulldogs win third straight NSJHL title in double overtime

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

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 ...

Vancouver Warriors forward Keegan Bal scores one of the five goals he scored against the Halifax Thunderbirds during a National Lacrosse League game on April 5. The Thunderbirds will look to finish the regular season with a victory when they host the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday night. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

Thunderbirds ‘limp’ into NLL playoffs: Halifax hosts final regular-season game Saturday, will hit the road for next week's opening round

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |8 min read

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 ...

The Newfoundland Rogues were in Sheshatshiu hosting a basketball camp for the local high school basketball team, the Eagles.

'They accepted us with open arms': Newfoundland Rogues return from basketball camp in Sheshatshiu, Labrador

Sanuda Ranawake Local Journalism Initiative Reporter · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |7 min read

Newfoundland Rogues basketball players Lewis Djonkam and Omega Harris never thought they would visit Labrador. On April 13, Djonkam and Harris – along with Rogues’ coach Jerry Williams and another Rogues player – returned to St. John’s after hosting ...

The Growlers, who won the league championship each of the last two seasons, have started this year with a 6-1 record after seven games played on the five-team provincial circuit. — Mariah Hewines

Four N.L. teams start Atlantic hockey tournaments on Thursday

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

A group of teams from this province are gunning for Atlantic gold this weekend in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. In total, there are four teams, two male and two female, competing at the under-13 and under-15 levels. First, the Eastern Red ...

St. John’s native Travis Crickard made sure to stop at Leo’s Restaurant and Take-Out in St. John’s on Tuesday with the Memorial Cup. Crickard was an assistant coach with the Saint John Sea Dogs team that won the 2022 Memorial Cup earlier this summer. Nicholas Mercer/The Telegram  St. John’s native Travis Crickard was recently named the head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Crickard spent last season as an assistant coach with the Sea Dogs and helped lead the team to the Memorial Cup championship. Nicholas Mercer/Telegram file photo

N.L. Sports Notepad: Travis Crickard is heading back to Team Canada bench

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

As the snow continues to disappear, winter sports will soon start to give way to the sports that come along with a warmer climate. Still, some noteworthy items to be shared before we close the book on the winter season. Crickard going international ...

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