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Fred MacDonalds Fiddler's Facts column appears each Saturday in The Guardian. He welcomes all comments and suggestions.

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• Fiddler's Facts: Western Capitals need big game from...
  The Royal Bank Cup, the national junior A hockey championship game, goes Sunday from Credit Union Place in Summerside and the local club, the ...
• Fiddler's Facts: It's game time at the RBC Cup...
  The Maritime junior A hockey champions, the Summerside Western Capitals, entertain the Minnesota Wilderness tonight 7:30 at Credit Union Place in ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Community-based 'Islanders' can...
  The group of 14 investors that stepped forward to purchase the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team from the Savard family should be ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Leafs would beat Canadiens if they...
  The National Hockey League playoffs begin early next week and the fact the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens are both battling for ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Don't question Savards' integrity...
  The announcement that Serge Savard Sr. and Jr. were planning on selling the P.E.I. Rocket, our entry in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, ...
• Fiddler's Facts: 'Hollywood' Heyden headlines...
  Bob “Hollywood” Heyden, one of the most familiar faces in the world of harness racing, will be the guest speaker tonight at the P.E.I. ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Pack the Civic Centre for Game 6
  The P.E.I. Rocket meet Val-d’Or in Game 6 of their best-of-seven playoff matchup Monday night at the Civic Centre in Charlottetown in a series ...
• Fiddler's Facts: It's time for Islanders to show...
  The P.E.I. Rocket play the second game of their best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior Hockey League opening round playoff series against a tough ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Lots on the line for Rocket scorers
  The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is heading into its final regular season weekend and there is much on the line for the P.E.I. Rocket and ...
• Fiddler's Facts: 'Questionable' call in UPEI men's...
  The UPEI basketball Panthers lost a heartbreaker last Friday night at the Metro Centre in Halifax to St. Mary’s 67-66 and Atlantic University ...
• Admire hockey Panthers, Leafs but 100 per cent not...
  No matter which way one looks at the past UPEI men’s hockey season, one has to be tremendously proud of the performances by the puck Panthers, ...
• Fiddler's Facts: MacIntyre, Walker deserve a break...
  Being in the right place at the right time is very often the difference between the National Hockey League and the minor leagues and nobody knows ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Action heats up on UPEI basketball...
  The UPEI basketball teams conclude a weekend swing against perennial powerhouse St. F.X. this evening on campus. The women hope to keep their ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Canadians, Leafs surprise in...
  The Montreal Canadiens (6-3-1) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (6-5) are surprising Canadian hockey fans in early NHL play and their unexpected good ...
• Poll participants like Baltimore, prophet and...
  The annual Super Bowl poll is split almost evenly as the debate on the outcome of the Super Bowl will likely continue right up to game ...
• Coaches, staff have hockey teams playing well
  The UPEI hockey Panthers, who have been playing terrific since the Christmas break, conclude their weekend homestand tonight at 7 p.m. against ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Schurman a good hire
  That was quite the surprise UPEI landed on the sports community earlier this week, moving Summerside native Billy Schurman into the athletic ...
• Fiddlers's Facts: Kudos to Rocket for exciting game,...
  The P.E.I. Rocket team of Serge Savard Jr., Trent Birt and Gord Dwyer are to be congratulated for not giving away any of their young stars at the ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Santa hits the mark with numerous...
  Santa Claus has come and gone for another year and he left some surprising goodies to local people.Premier Robert Ghiz got a San Francisco 49ers ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Winner stays, loser goes
  The National Football League heads into the final weekend of the regular season, and for Dallas Cowboys fans the Sunday night game is what the ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Drew Power was 'a true gentleman'
  The Drew Power tragedy this past week has made all of us more appreciative of life. For those that you love don’t be afraid to communicate that ...
• Goodbye, Taxi
  I got a phone call Wednesday night from Horace MacKay in Tyne Valley and the news about our old pal “Taxi Dan” MacDonald was not what we wanted ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Thunder, Islanders providing great...
  The major midget AAA hockey league is in full swing and both the Charlottetown Islanders and the Cornwall Thunder are providing great ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Rocket team members working hard...
  The P.E.I. Rocket is at home this weekend for two games. Tonight at 7 they host a solid Victoriaville Tigres club and Sunday at 3 p.m. they play ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Could Toronto finally land a winner?
  Toronto, after suffering through years of terrible play by the Maple Leafs, Blue Jays and Raptors, could finally have something to cheer about ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Conflicting schedules
  The UPEI hockey Panthers and the P.E.I. Rocket each completes the second of two weekend games tonight at the same time about five minutes apart ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Test time for Panthers
  The UPEI hockey Panthers complete the second of two weekend games when they meet nationally ranked UNB tonight at 7 p.m. at the MacLauchlan ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Canes football, Mudmen rugby host...
  It’s been a long time since football and rugby shared the sports spotlight on a fall Saturday on Prince Edward Island, but that’s the story this ...
• Fiddler's Facts: McGuinty’s decision impacts...
  The harness racing industry in Ontario suffered another setback this past week when embattled and scandal-riddled Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty ...
• Fiddler's Facts: Busy weekend on tap
  Three of the highest profiled P.E.I. sports teams are at home this weekend and the results of these games could tell us if these clubs are ...