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Cape Breton West Islanders' Jake Poirier to compete at QMJHL Cup showcase this week in Quebec
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 Eagles, Baie-Comeau Drakkar to make new playoff memories after 22 years since only meeting
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 ...
MHL PLAYOFFS: Caps’ Duquette suspended indefinitely
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 ...
P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild drops decision to Calgary at Telus Cup
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 ...
PATRICK MCNEIL: QMJHL final four showcases teams in dominant form
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 ...
Cape Breton Eagles ready for challenge that awaits in top-ranked Baie-Comeau Drakkar in QMJHL semifinal
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 ...
NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon setting the intensity bar in Colorado, Brad Marchand up to old tricks
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 ...
Oldest figure skater to win a world title comes to Halifax for Stars on Ice
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 ...
P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers making 15th appearance at Don Johnson Memorial Cup
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 ...
TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush allow five third period goals, fall to Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday
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 ...