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• Men's squash team played with plenty of heart
  It has been said that experience is the best teacher. If that’s the case, then Week 1 of the Canada Winter Games has been a big lesson for ...
• Successful day for P.E.I.
  In the final action of the night, the women’s curling team capped off a strong Thursday for P.E.I. by defeating the Northwest Territories 8-2 at ...
• Hockey, wheelchair basketball pick up wins at Canada...
  The men’s hockey team defeated Newfoundland and Labrador 6-3 in its final placement game to finish ninth at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. ...
• P.E.I. curling team gives fans plenty of thrills
  Team P.E.I.’s women’s curling squad has been keeping fans of the sport on the edge of their seats this week at the Mayflower Curling Club in ...
• Chasing a best-ever finish
  The P.E.I. women’s squash team defeated the Northwest Territories 3-1 Wednesday afternoon and will take on the hometown Nova Scotia squad ...
• First win for women's curling at Canada Games
  Team P.E.I. picked up its first win in women’s curling today at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax. The Island squad, skipped by Amanda ...
• Mistakes hurt hockey team
  The P.E.I. Canada Games men’s hockey team gave up a pair of short-handed goals in the second period on the way to a 6-2 loss to Team New ...
• Island player has deep thirst for basketball
  Over the past four years, Kevin McLeod estimates he has spent an average of 20 hours per week on a basketball court. That’s because the young ...
• Keep going back
  Every four years since 1987, Howard Watts and Jim Rand have packed their bags for a mid-winter trip. However, they don’t head to the sunny ...
• Hockey squad drops game to New Brunswick
  The P.E.I. men’s hockey team lost 6-2 to Team New Brunswick in a qualification game today during Day 4 of competition at the 2011 Canada ...
• Hockey looking to advance at Canada Games
  The P.E.I. men’s hockey team faces off against New Brunswick today at 4 p.m. in a qualification game during Day 4 of competition at the 2011 ...
• Strong opening on court
  P.E.I.’s wheelchair basketball team split its first two games in its opening day of competition Monday at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in ...
• Ringette player excited to get another shot at Games
  When Paige Blakely competed with Team P.E.I. in 2007 in Whitehorse, she thought it would be her one and only chance to play ringette at a Canada ...
• Beyond their years
  Annika Landry and Tyler Smith have been honing their skills in their respective sports — artistic gymnastics and curling — for almost half of ...
• Canada Games biathlon athlete Menno Arendz is...
  Menno Arendz and his older brother, Mark, share a passion for the outdoors, competition and the sport of biathlon. Both enjoyed sports as kids ...
• First loss for men's hockey team in Canada Games action
  Newfoundland and Labrador defeated Team P.E.I. 5-1 in Canada Games hockey action today in Halifax, handing the Island team its first loss of the ...
• A great day for P.E.I.
  By Carolyn Drake The Guardian A 2-0 start for the men’s hockey team, a best-ever finish by an Island athlete in biathlon and a sweep in ...
• Hockey team wins at Canada Games
  The men’s hockey team started the 2011 Canada Games competition off on a winning note by defeating Yukon 10-1 in round robin play Saturday at ...
• Team P.E.I. carries hopes, dreams to Canada Games in...
  Three tour buses and a U-Haul crossed the Confederation Bridge early this afternoon en route to the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, N.S., ...
• Dalhousie drops Panthers to claim field hockey crown
  A goal midway through the first half was all the Dalhousie Tigers needed to defeat the UPEI Panthers 1-0 in the gold-medal game of the Atlantic ...
• Youth movement
  The head coach of the UPEI Panthers women’s field hockey team unfolds her team roster and lets the numbers do the talking. “One, two, three, ...
• An inspired journey
  The first time Jean-SÉbastien Piquette of Cirque du Soleil visited the capital of Prince Edward Island, he was thrilled with what he discovered. ...
• Panthers capture field hockey crown
  The UPEI Panthers edged the UNB Red Sticks 1-0 to win the Maritime Field Hockey League championship Sunday on the university's turf field. League ...
• Natalie MacMaster to perform at Rollo Bay Fiddle...
  By Carolyn Drake The Guardian Cape Breton fiddling sensation Natalie MacMaster will be performing at the 33rd annual Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival, ...
• UPEI player named field hockey MVP
  Mikaela Ellis was the big winner Saturday in Charlottetown when the individual awards were announced for the 2008 Maritime Universities Field ...
• Panthers three-peat
  Three proved to be a lucky number for the UPEI Panthers, as the team picked up a trio of wins on the last weekend of play on the way to a third ...