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The Pownal Ice Dogs are representing P.E.I. at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship tournament this week in Miramichi, N.B. Team members are, front row, from left: Ethan Smith, Sammy Docherty (assistant coach), Curtis Martell (coach), Sam Worth, Thomas Docherty, Reid Peardon (captain), Noah Brehaut, Tristan Lea, Travis Martell (coach), Thomas Hebert (assistant coach) and Caleb Drake. Back row: Connor MacFadyen, Owen Robison, Jet Trainor, Mason Atkinson, Josh Flynn, Cam Myers, Hunter MacLeod, Lawson Docherty, Isaac Drake, Cale Archibald, Aiden Drake, Michael Kiley, Lance Kennedy, Will Landry and Reese McIsaac. Missing from photo are Aidan Arsenault, Ryan MacDonald and Della Martell (manager). Contributed

Pownal falls to Tri-County at Maritime junior C hockey championship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

The Pownal Ice Dogs dropped their opening game at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship in Miramichi, N.B. New Brunswick’s Tri-County River Rats built period leads of 1-0 and 3-0 en route to a 5-0 win over the Ice Dogs 5-0 on April ...

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild defenceman Eddy Doyle, right, and Brady Turko of the Brandon Wheat Kings look on after a shot on goal during Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on April 24. Brandon won the game 2-1. Jeremy Fraser • SaltWire

P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild plays second one-goal game at Telus Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild dropped their second one-goal game in three contests at the 2024 Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship in Membertou, N.S. The Brandon Wheat Kings edged the Wild 2-1 on April 24. The Wheat Kings, ...

Cape Breton Eagles. CONTRIBUTED

Flying as one: Meet the 2024 playoff edition of the Cape Breton Eagles

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |28 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles are in the semifinal of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.  Cape Breton advanced to their league semifinal by knocking off the Rimouski Oceanic in the first round in five games ...

Halifax Wanderers first-year striker Christian Volesky made stops in seven U.S. cities and another in Iceland during his pro soccer career before joining the Canadian Premier League club. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Wanderer by name, by nature: Christian Volesky made many stops in pro soccer career before arriving in Halifax

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |7 min read Premium content

First-year Halifax Wanderers striker Christian Volesky didn’t realize how big Canada really is when he drove from his Colorado home to his new home for training camp. Volesky was so excited when he signed his first Canadian Premier League contract in ...

Athletics - Diamond League - Xiamen - Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - April 20, 2024 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m final

Athletics-American Coleman believes Bolt's 100m record could fall soon

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-metres record of 9.58 seconds that has stood for 15 years is within reach and said there are several athletes fast enough to break it. "It seems like the times ...

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 25, 2024 Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning his round of 128 match against Darwin Blanch of the U.S.

Tennis-Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court

Reuters |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after ...

Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Jakub Milota was named the team’s rookie of the year during the club’s annual awards banquet at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre on Tuesday. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles’ Jakub Milota competing in IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship for Czechia

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

SYDNEY, N.S. – Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Jakub Milota will suit up for Czechia at the 2024 IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland. The Eagles confirmed the news early Thursday afternoon after Milota was listed as the ...

Martin Lavallée, assistant commissioner of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, holds the winning lottery ball with the Cape Breton Eagles logo on it during the league’s draft lottery on Thursday night. The Eagles won the lottery and will pick first overall at the 2024 QMJHL Entry Draft in June in Moncton. CONTRIBUTED/VINCENT ETHIER, QMJHL

Beating the odds: Cape Breton Eagles win QMJHL Draft Lottery, pick first overall for fourth time in franchise history in June

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 10 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

SYDNEY, N.S. – The Cape Breton Eagles will pick first overall at the 2024 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Entry Draft in June. Cape Breton received the first overall selection by winning the league’s draft lottery on Thursday evening during a ...

Toothbrushes and toiletries are seen in a cell shared by three people in the Villepinte detention centre in Villepinte, near Paris, France, April 8, 2024.

Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates

Layli Foroudi |Updated 10 hours ago |6 min read

By Layli Foroudi VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its ...

Apr 25, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) dunks the ball against the New York Knicks during the second half of game three of the first round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

NBA roundup: Sixers trip Knicks behind Joel Embiid's 50

Reuters |Updated 11 hours ago |2 min read

Joel Embiid set a playoff career high with 50 points to lift host Philadelphia past the New York Knicks 125-114 on Thursday, cutting the 76ers' deficit in the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series to 2-1. Embiid shot 13 of 19 from the field ...

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