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Jules Boilard of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, middle, bumps into Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Nicolas Ruccia during Game 1 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series at Centre Henry-Leonard in Baie-Comeau, Que., on Thursday. The Drakkar won the game 4-0. CONTRIBUTED/KASSANDRA BLAIS, BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR

QMJHL Playoffs: Cape Breton Eagles blanked by Baie-Comeau Drakkar to open semifinal series on the road

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 13 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

BAIE-COMEAU, QUE. – A slow start in the first period cost the Cape Breton Eagles in Game 1 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Thursday. The top-ranked Drakkar scored three times before the ...

Tyler Seymour of the Sydney Mitsubishi Rush prepares to take a shot on goal as he's watched from behind by Mason Cruzet of the Markham Waxers during Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Thursday. Markham won the game 9-2. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush still searching for first win, downed by Markham Waxers on Thursday

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 13 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

MEMBERTOU, N.S. – The host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush are still searching for their first victory at the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship in Cape Breton. Sydney remains winless with a 0-4-0-0 record at the six-team tournament following a ...

Team Canada members, from left, Peter Burgess, Martin Gavin and Kris Granchelli acknowledge a shot by skip Paul Flemming during action at the world senior men's curling championship in Ostersund, Sweden. The Halifax rink advanced to Friday's quarter-finals. - Curling Canada

Paul Flemming's Canadian rink off to world senior curling playoffs

George Myrer |Updated 22 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Canada's Paul Flemming rink wrapped up preliminary play with a 6-0 record at the world senior men's curling championships in Ostersund, Sweden, on Thursday. Flemming and his Halifax Curling Club team of third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead ...

CBC photo - Bob Cole has been a fixture on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada for 50 years, part of what Robin Short says is the Holy Trinity of hockey broadcasters — Cole, Foster Hewitt and Danny Gallivan.

UPDATED: Thanks for the memories, Bob: Newfoundland hockey broadcaster Bob Cole has died at age 90

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 5 hours ago |10 min read Premium content

“Here, we go on a Saturday night.” Bob Cole, the voice of a generation of hockey fans, died Wednesday in St. John's at age 90. On Saturday nights, those fans would listen and watch as the boy from Topsail narrated their favourite teams playing their ...

Retired hockey broadcaster Bob Cole.

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated 23 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Bob Cole, an iconic voice of Hockey Night In Canada , has died at age 90. The man who called so many huge games on radio and then television, from the 1972 Canada-Russia series, to Red Army versus the Philadelphia Flyers, to Stanley Cup wins by ...

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is changing its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, the league announced during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. Shown is the new English logo for the league. CONTRIBUTED/QMJHL

Cape Breton’s Thibeau leaves Moncton Wildcats after eight years

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Ritchie Thibeau is leaving his position with the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Moncton Wildcats. Thibeau, originally of Isle Madame, Richmond County, has accepted a senior position with J.D. Irving and will step down as the club’s general ...

Toronto Marlies captain Logan Shaw of Glace Bay, right, was named the winner of the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey in the American Hockey League. PHOTO/TORONTO MARLIES, AHL.

Cape Breton connections to play in American Hockey League playoffs

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Several players with Cape Breton connections will participate in the American Hockey League playoffs.  Logan Shaw of Glace Bay will be in the Toronto Marlies lineup while Wyllum Deveaux, who has connections to Sydney and Cheticamp, has been called up ...

Calgary Buffaloes forward Caleb Matthews, left, is chased by Wheat Kings defender Justin Bell during the first period of Thursday morning play at the Membertou Sports and Wellness Centre.

Telus Cup action continues Thursday in Membertou

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |3 min read

Telus Cup play continues on Thursday at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre. The Brandon Wheat Kings took on the Calgary Buffaloes in the opening game of the day. Kensington Wild and Cantonniers de Magog will play at 3 p.m., while the host Sydney ...

Ethan Dickson of the Kensington Wild, left, had four goals and five points going into the team’s game Thursday against Magog. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

'It's a cool experience': Ethan Dickson proud to represent hometown of Kensington at Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Playing in a national championship isn’t an opportunity that comes around every season and Ethan Dickson won’t take that for granted. The 17-year-old forward is soaking in the experience with the Kensington Wild, a team based in the small Prince ...

Mount Pearl Blades forward Vijay Sahajpal is the top scorer through two days of competition at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup being held at the Glacier in Mount Pearl. Nicholas Mercer/The Telegram

DOJO: Mount Pearl remains undefeated after Day 2 of the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Through two games at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup, the Mount Pearl Junior Blades are in a strong position.  The Blades, who are hosting this year’s tournament, are 2-0 after defeating the Kensington Vipers 6-2 to move into first place.  The loss ...

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