Web Notifications

SaltWire.com would like to send you notifications for breaking news alerts.

Activate notifications?

Cape Breton Eagles defenceman Tomas Cibulka, middle, takes the puck to the net during Game 2 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff series with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens on Saturday night at Centre 200 in Sydney. Game 3 is set for Tuesday in Chicoutimi. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST.

Cape Breton Eagles know series is ‘far from over’ as team prepares for Games 3 and 4 in Chicoutimi

Jeremy Fraser |Updated 6 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles did what they had to do last weekend taking the first two games of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League series with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens at home at Centre 200.  Cape Breton earned a pair of shutout wins over the ...

Cape Breton County Islanders. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton County, Glace Bay and New Waterford win provincial hockey championships

Jeremy Fraser |Updated 17 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

Three Cape Breton teams took provincial titles across the Canso Causeway over the weekend following Hockey Nova Scotia’s Day of Champions at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro.   The Cape Breton County Islanders, Glace Bay Miners and New ...

Stellarton's Blayre Turnbull celebrates with the championship trophy after Canada beat the United States 6-5 in overtime to win the IIHF world women's hockey championship on Sunday night in Utica, N.Y. - Hockey Canada

Canada edges U.S. in overtime to win IIHF world women's hockey championship

George Myrer |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Danielle Serdachny scored on the power play in overtime as Canada edged the United States 6-5 in the championship game of the IIHF World Championship in Utica, N.Y., on Sunday night. Serdachny pounced on a rebound of an Erin Ambrose shot with only ...

Brad Gushue and his rink won the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship after beating Joel Retornaz in the tournament final on Sunday. The win wraps up the season for Gushue. Photo courtesy Grand Slam of Curling/Twitter

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Brad Gushue and his rink wrapped up the curling season at the top of the podium. That’s after Gushue knocked off Switzerland’s Joel Retornaz 7-6 in the final of the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship on Sunday in Toronto, Ont. Gushue’s team ...

Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Patrice Gheisar has a glass half-full kind of approach to coaching. Despite his Halifax Wanderers dropping a 1-0 decision to Pacific FC in their 2024 Canadian Premier League season opener on Saturday, the second-year head coach found plenty of ...

The St. John’s Junior Capitals are 2024 Taylor Cup champions after knocking off the defending champion CBN Junior Stars 4-1 in their best-of-seven championship series. The Caps clinched the trophy with a 3-2 win in Game 5 of the series on Apr. 13 at the Twin Rinks in St. John’s. The team will now represent the province at the upcoming Don Johnson Memorial Cup being held in Mount Pearl. Photo courtesy Jeff Parsons

These Caps are in seventh heaven: The St. John’s Junior Capitals win seventh junior hockey league title

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

Last year, the St. John’s Junior Capitals had to watch the CBN Junior Stars celebrate a St. John’s Junior Hockey League (SJJHL) championship on home ice. It was different this time around, however, as the Caps won the Taylor Cup as the league ...

Stellarton's Blayre Turnbull scored the winning goal as Canada downed Czechia 4-0 in the semifinals of the IIHF World Women's Hockey Championship on Saturday night in Utica, N.Y. -  Hockey Canada

Stellarton's Blayre Turnbull scores winner as Canada advances to world women's hockey final

George Myrer · Sports Editor |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Stellarton's Blayre Turnbull scored the winning goal as Canada blanked Czechia 4-0 in semifinal play at the IIHF World Women's Hockey Championship in Utica, N.Y., on Saturday. Canada played the United States in the gold medal game on Sunday ...

RECC Women's Summer Hockey League

Antigonish Bulldogs take 3-2 lead over South Shore Lumberjacks in NSJBHL final

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Ethan Twolan was in on all three goals as the Antigonish Bulldogs edged the South Shore Lumberjacks 3-2 in Game 5 of the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League championship on Friday night in Antigonish. Twolan scored twice and added an assist, while ...

UNB Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall follows the play during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men’s Hockey Conference game during the 2023-24 season. MacDougall, from Bedeque, P.E.I., has been named head coach of Team Canada for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 championship in Finland from April 25 to May 5. James West Photo/For UNB Athletics

P.E.I.'s Gardiner MacDougall talks about opportunity to coach Canadian under-18 team at world championship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

The players may be of a different age, but the goal of building a winning team remains unchanged for Gardiner MacDougall. The head coach of the UNB Reds, the winningest coach in Canadian university men’s hockey history, has been named head coach of ...

Chicoutimi Saguenéens forward Christophe Berthelot challenges Cape Breton Eagles goalie Nicolas Ruccia with a scoring chance in the teams' Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) playoff matchup at Centre 200 in Sydney on Saturday night. Ruccia stopped 26 shots for the shutout as his Eagles captured game two of the second-round series - giving Cape Breton a two games to none lead in the series. CONTRIBUTED/MIKE SULLIVAN

QMJHL: Another shutout for Ruccia as Cape Breton Eagles soar to 2-0 series lead over Chicoutimi Saguenéens

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

SYDNEY - Another sellout, another shutout and another win for the Cape Breton Eagles. The Eagles kept things rolling at home in round two of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) playoff run, led by a 26-save shutout effort from ...

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Videos

Who Knew the Captain Would Like this Show? #capitals #hockey #halifax #novascotia

Watch on YouTube: "Who Knew the Captain Would Like this Show? #capitals #hockey #halifax #novascotia"