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Goaltender Donald Hickey, 31, played for Newfoundland and Labrador during the 2023 Canada Winter Games in P.E.I. The Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) recently signed Hickey. Jason Malloy • SaltWire

P.E.I.'s Charlottetown Islanders sign goaltending prospect

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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 ...

Miramichi Timberwolves forward David Doucet, 91, carries the puck during Game 3 of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series against the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 24. Doucet scored a goal, added two assists and was named the second star in the Timberwolves’ 4-3 win in Game 4 in Miramichi, N.B., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals in deep hole vs. Miramichi Timberwolves

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

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 ...

Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers goaltender Noah Visser, 30, is ready for action during Game 4 of the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on March 24. Visser turned in a 41-save performance in the Vipers’ 3-2 loss to the Antigonish Bulldogs in the deciding game of the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic junior B championship in Mount Pearl, N.L., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

Albany goaltender Doug Jamieson turned aside 52 Halifax shots for his first career playoff victory as the FireWolves upended the Thunderbirds 9-3 Sunday in the single elimination quarter-final. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

Thunderbirds' season ends with a thud: Halifax loses 9-3 in NLL quarter-final at Albany

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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 ...

The 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup starts on Tuesday in Mount Pearl

Antigonish Bulldogs edge Kensington 3-2 to win second straight Don Johnson title

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

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's Madeline Gillis (right) trained with Phil Robertson and the Canada SailGP team during the SailGP international regatta stop in Dubai last week. - CANADA SAILGP

Halifax sailor Gillis just misses qualifying for Olympics in France

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

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Pownal Ice Dogs drop close semifinal game at Maritime junior C hockey ch’ship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

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 ...

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P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers advance to Don Johnson Memorial Cup final

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

Atlético Ottawa midfielder Manuel Aparicio and HFX Wanderers midfielder Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé leap for the ball during Saturday's Canadian Premier League match at the Wanderers Grounds on April 27, 2024. Ottawa won the match 3-1.
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‘Everyone’s feeling the urgency’: Wanderers lose home opener to Ottawa, fall to 0-3 to start CPL season

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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 ...

Canada's Paul Flemming rink, out of the Halifax Curling Club, won gold at the world senior men's curling championship in Ostersund, Sweden, on Saturday. From left are: From left are: Flemming, third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead Kris Granchelli and alternate Kevin Ouelette. - Curling Canada

Halifax's Paul Flemming wins gold at world senior men's curling championship

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Paul Flemming’s flare for the dramatic lifted Canada to a gold-medal victory at the world senior men’s curling championship in Ostersund, Sweden. Flemming was clutch in the last shot of the game as his Halifax Curling Club rink of third Peter ...

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