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Cape Breton West Islanders goaltender Jake Poirier of Cheticamp will participate in the annual Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Cup in Boisbriand, Que., this week. The showcase tournament brings the top 15-year-old players from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces together, forming six teams. The players will have an opportunity to perform in front of QMJHL scouts. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

Cape Breton West Islanders' Jake Poirier to compete at QMJHL Cup showcase this week in Quebec

Jeremy Fraser |Updated 18 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Cape Breton West Islanders goaltender Jake Poirier of Cheticamp will participate in the annual Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Cup in Boisbriand, Que., this week. The showcase tournament brings the top 15-year-old players from Quebec and the ...

Cape Breton’s Marc-Andre Fleury, middle, waits for a shot at the top of the crease during a first-round playoff series against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in March 2002. Cape Breton won the series in five games. CAPE BRETON POST FILE PHOTO

Cape Breton Eagles, Baie-Comeau Drakkar to make new playoff memories after 22 years since only meeting

Jeremy Fraser |Updated 13 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar play each other twice in the regular season each year – once in Sydney and once in Baie-Comeau. When it comes to the playoff history between the two teams, the sample size is even smaller with the clubs ...

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MHL PLAYOFFS: Caps’ Duquette suspended indefinitely

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 19 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) has suspended Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals forward Liam Duquette indefinitely, pending a hearing. The disciplinary action is the result of an incident at 17:40 of the third period in Game ...

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild forward Jordan Shaw, 12, carries the puck into the offensive zone as he’s chased down by the Calgary Buffaloes’ Tyson Murray, 19, during Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in Membertou, N.S., on April 23. Calgary won the game 4-1. Jeremy Fraser • SaltWire

P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild drops decision to Calgary at Telus Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 19 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild fell to 0-2 at the 2024 Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship on April 23. The Calgary Buffaloes, representing the Pacific region, defeated the Wild 4-1 in round-robin play in Membertou, N.S. The Wild is ...

Halifax Mooseheads Reece Peitzsche has his backhand stopped by Victoriaville Tigres goalie Nathan Darveau during QMJHL action in Haifax Friday October 6, 2023.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTOduring QMJHL action in Haifax Friday October 6, 2023.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

PATRICK MCNEIL: QMJHL final four showcases teams in dominant form

Contributed |Updated 20 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

Conference supremacy will be on the line on the road to crown a Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion in 2024, with a pair of series that offer plenty of intrigue. As per its current playoff format, when the QMJHL reaches its semifinals, the ...

Cam MacDonald of the Cape Breton Eagles played in the league semifinal last season with Gatineau and brings experience to the Eagles lineup for the third round. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

Cape Breton Eagles ready for challenge that awaits in top-ranked Baie-Comeau Drakkar in QMJHL semifinal

Jeremy Fraser |Updated 13 hours ago |11 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar are two teams not overly familiar with each other when it comes to Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs.  Cape Breton and Baie-Comeau have only met once in the playoffs and that meeting came 22 ...

Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon (29) celebrates his first period goal with Colorado Avalanche left-winger Zach Parise (9) on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) in Game 1 of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. - James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon setting the intensity bar in Colorado, Brad Marchand up to old tricks

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 20 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Nathan MacKinnon is famously intense so no one needs to tell him to dial it up when the playoffs start. But the rest of the Colorado Avalanche weren't quite at the Cole Harbour native's level in a Game 1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets so he knew that had ...

Deanna Stellato-Dudek, the oldest female figure skater ever to win a world title. - Chloe Hannan

Oldest figure skater to win a world title comes to Halifax for Stars on Ice

Chloe Hannan |Updated 20 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Deanna Stellato-Dudek was famously titled the oldest female ever to win a global title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal last month. Skating has been her lifelong passion, and she is now performing in Stars on Ice at the ...

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers participate in a skating drill during a practice at the Gerard (Turk) Gallant Arena in Summerside on April 16. The Vipers open play at the Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Canada junior B hockey championship tournament in Mount Pearl, N.L., on April 24. Jason Simmonds • Journal Pioneer

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers making 15th appearance at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers know the drill. The Vipers, who have won 13 provincial championships, begin play in their 15th Don Johnson Memorial Cup tournament, which will crown Atlantic Canada’s junior B hockey champion for the ...

Malcolm MacDonald of the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush battles with Nolan Saunderson of the Brandon Wheat Kings to the side of goaltender Matthew Michta Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Monday. Brandon won the game 7-4. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush allow five third period goals, fall to Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday

Jeremy Fraser |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

SYDNEY, N.S. – The Sydney Mitsubishi Rush were in a good spot going into the third period of their game with the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship on Tuesday. Sydney led 3-2 with 20 minutes to play in ...

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