Local Sports
P.E.I.'s Holland Hurricanes name baseball head coach
The Holland Hurricanes have a new baseball coach for the 2024 season. Holland College recently announced the appointment of Tyler Johnston of Cardigan, P.E.I., to the post, effective immediately. “I’m looking forward to helping this team maintain a ...
P.E.I.'s Charlottetown Islanders sign goaltending prospect
The Charlottetown Islanders have added a goaltender they believe will be a big part of the team’s future. Donald Hickey signed with the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) franchise recently and is anxious to begin the next chapter of his ...
MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals in deep hole vs. Miramichi Timberwolves
After posting the best record in the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) regular season, the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals are facing their biggest test of the 2023-24 campaign. After dropping a 4-3 road decision on April 28, the ...
Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup
It was a heartbreaking end to the 2023-24 season for the Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers on April 28. The Antigonish Bulldogs scored two unanswered third-period goals to edge the Vipers 3-2 in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic ...
Thunderbirds' season ends with a thud: Halifax loses 9-3 in NLL quarter-final at Albany
For the third consecutive year, the Halifax Thunderbirds suffered a first-round exit in the National Lacrosse League playoffs. Veteran goaltender Doug Jamieson was a brick wall in the Albany net, stopping 52 Halifax shots for his first playoff ...
Antigonish Bulldogs edge Kensington 3-2 to win second straight Don Johnson title
The Antigonish Bulldogs successfully defended their Atlantic Canada junior B hockey title Sunday afternoon after edging the Kensington Vipers 3-2 in the final of the Don Johnson Memorial Cup at the Mount Pearl Glacier in Newfoundland and ...
Halifax sailor Gillis just misses qualifying for Olympics in France
Halifax sailor Madeline Gillis came achingly close to qualifying for this summer’s Olympic Games but missed out by a single point at a last chance regatta in France. Gillis, who sails out of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, and her Narca 17 ...
Pownal Ice Dogs drop close semifinal game at Maritime junior C hockey ch’ship
The Pownal Ice Dogs run at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship came to end with a one-goal loss in a semifinal game on April 27. The host Sunny Corner Thunder built period leads of 1-0 and 4-2 and held off a third-period comeback attempt ...
P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers advance to Don Johnson Memorial Cup final
The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers took care of business on April 27 to set up a rematch with the Antigonish Bulldogs in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup final on April 28 in Mount Pearl, N.L. The gold-medal game of the Atlantic junior B ...
‘Everyone’s feeling the urgency’: Wanderers lose home opener to Ottawa, fall to 0-3 to start CPL season
The struggling Halifax Wanderers aren’t ready to push the panic button just yet. But their meager start to the 2024 Canadian Premier League season is concerning. The Wanderers are without a point through three games with their latest setback coming ...