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Flying as one: Meet the 2024 playoff edition of the Cape Breton Eagles
QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles’ Jakub Milota competing in IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship for Czechia
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 ...
Beating the odds: Cape Breton Eagles win QMJHL Draft Lottery, pick first overall for fourth time in franchise history in June
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 ...
QMJHL Playoffs: Cape Breton Eagles blanked by Baie-Comeau Drakkar to open semifinal series on the road
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 ...
TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush still searching for first win, downed by Markham Waxers on Thursday
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 ...
UPDATED: Thanks for the memories, Bob: Newfoundland hockey broadcaster Bob Cole has died at age 90
“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 ...
Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90
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 ...
Cape Breton’s Thibeau leaves Moncton Wildcats after eight years
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 ...
Cape Breton connections to play in American Hockey League playoffs
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 ...
Telus Cup action continues Thursday in Membertou
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 ...
'It's a cool experience': Ethan Dickson proud to represent hometown of Kensington at Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship
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 ...