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Halifax Mooseheads forward Mathieu Cataford had two hat tricks during a four-game stretch leading up the Christmas break. - QMJHL

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford named QMJHL's most valuable player

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Mathieu Cataford is officially in a class of his own in the QMJHL. The league named the Halifax Mooseheads forward its most valuable player on Friday after a tremendous third season. Cataford finished third in QMJHL scoring with 90 points (40 ...

UNB Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall, right, works the bench during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men’s Hockey Conference game against the Moncton Blue Eagles in Fredericton on Jan. 19. UNB won the game 6-0. Fran Harris/For UNB Athletics

MacDougall-coached Team Canada advances to semifinals

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Gardiner MacDougall-coached Canadian entry has advanced to the semifinals at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 male hockey championship. Team Canada defeated Latvia 4-0 in a quarter-final game in Vantaa, Finland, on ...

Jack Dempsey, circa 1920s. BOXINGREC.COM PHOTO

PAUL MACDOUGALL: What’s in a boxer’s name?

Contributed |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

A few weeks ago, American boxing writer and poet Andrew Rihn mused on Twitter about the number of boxers who took the names of former boxers as their ring names. It might be an outright full name, a first name or a combination of first and last ...

Halifax Hornets Jasmine Parent drives against  Moncton Mystics Emelie Turnelduring MWBA tourney action at SMU Friday June 24, 2022.
TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Maritime Women's Basketball Association will be bigger, better in Year 3 - commissioner

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

Jen McKenzie has growth as her top priority heading into the upcoming Maritime Women's Basketball Association season. The first-year commissioner welcomed a new franchise to the fold in January and she has worked with all of the teams and everyone ...

Miramichi Timberwolves goaltender Jack Flanagan, 33, makes a save on a shot by Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals defenceman William Irvine, 3, during Game 5 of the best-of-seven Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 30. Timberwolves defenceman Nolan Ryan, 3, attempts to block the shot. The Timberwolves defeated the Caps 5-4 in Miramichi, N.B., to win the Metalfab Cup final series in six games. Flanagan was named the most valuable player of the playoffs. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: Timberwolves rally in third period to defeat P.E.I.'s Western Capitals and win MHL title

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

The Miramichi Timberwolves capped a storybook run to the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) championship on May 2. The Timberwolves scored three unanswered third-period goals to defeat the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals 5-4 to ...

Antoine Roy of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, and Louis-Charles Plourde of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar battle for positioning during Game 5 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League series at Centre Henry-Leonard in Baie-Comeau, Que., on Thursday. Baie-Comeau won the game 2-1 in overtime and wins the best-of-seven series 4-1. CONTRIBUTED/KASSANDRA BLAIS, BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR

QMJHL Playoffs: Cape Breton Eagles magical season comes to an end with Game 5 overtime loss to Baie-Comeau Drakkar in semifinal series

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

BAIE-COMEAU, QUE – The Cape Breton Eagles magical season has come to an end in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series. Cape Breton was defeated 2-1 by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in overtime in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series in ...

Team Canada head coach Mark Quinn, 32, congratulates Cam Weatherbee, 20, as he rounds third base after hitting a home run in the recent World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico. Quinn is from Mermaid, P.E.I. WBSC, courtesy of Mark Quinn • Special to The Guardian

P.E.I. coach Mark Quinn returns to Team Canada U18 male team

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Mark Quinn is returning to the Softball Canada national under-18 male team. Softball Canada recently named Quinn, from Mermaid, P.E.I., as head coach of its under-18 male team and Doug Allin of Peachtree, B.C., the head coach of the under-23 male ...

UNB Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall follows the play during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men’s Hockey Conference game during the 2023-24 season. MacDougall, from Bedeque, P.E.I., has been named head coach of Team Canada for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 championship in Finland from April 25 to May 5. James West Photo/For UNB Athletics

P.E.I.’s MacDougall leads Team Canada into playoffs at U18 world ch’ship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Team Canada begins the playoff round at the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 championship in Vantaa, Finland, on May 2. The Canadian team, coached by Gardiner MacDougall of Bedeque, plays Latvia in a quarter-final game ...

Ryan Rozicki will fight Noel Mikaeljan for the World Boxing Council world cruiserweight title in Florida next month. LUKE DYMENT/CAPE BRETON POST.

Cape Breton boxer Ryan Rozicki gets world title shot against Noel Mikaeljan next month in Florida

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The much-anticipated Ryan Rozicki and Noel Mikaeljan match has officially been set. Three Lions Promotions, the promoter for Sydney Forks professional boxer, confirmed with the Cape Breton Post that Rozicki will fight Mikaeljan on a Don King ...

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

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |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 ...

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