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The Growlers, who won the league championship each of the last two seasons, have started this year with a 6-1 record after seven games played on the five-team provincial circuit. — Mariah Hewines

Four N.L. teams start Atlantic hockey tournaments on Thursday

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

A group of teams from this province are gunning for Atlantic gold this weekend in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. In total, there are four teams, two male and two female, competing at the under-13 and under-15 levels. First, the Eastern Red ...

St. John’s native Travis Crickard made sure to stop at Leo’s Restaurant and Take-Out in St. John’s on Tuesday with the Memorial Cup. Crickard was an assistant coach with the Saint John Sea Dogs team that won the 2022 Memorial Cup earlier this summer. Nicholas Mercer/The Telegram  St. John’s native Travis Crickard was recently named the head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Crickard spent last season as an assistant coach with the Sea Dogs and helped lead the team to the Memorial Cup championship. Nicholas Mercer/Telegram file photo

N.L. Sports Notepad: Travis Crickard is heading back to Team Canada bench

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

As the snow continues to disappear, winter sports will soon start to give way to the sports that come along with a warmer climate. Still, some noteworthy items to be shared before we close the book on the winter season. Crickard going international ...

Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby prepares his stick before a face-off during Monday's game against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. - Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are no longer in control of their fate. They beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Monday night to keep their playoff hopes alive but they were stuck as helpless observers on Tuesday. A win by either the ...

Jim Midgley was the head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads in 2017-18. - Halifax Mooseheads

Mooseheads fire head coach Jim Midgley and assistant coach Liam Heelis

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Jim Midgley is out again as head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads. The QMJHL team announced his dismissal on Tuesday, along with assistant coach Liam Heelis. Assistant coach Brad MacKenzie will remain with the team. "After lengthy discussions with ...

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador recognized its brightest athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers over the weekend as it handed out its annual awards at a ceremony held on Apr. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel. Contributed photo

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador handed out its annual awards over the weekend. Held at the Sheraton Hotel on April 13, the awards ceremony recognized some of the brightest athletes, coaches and volunteers in the province. Sport NL presented several ...

The Beaumont Hamel Centennial Cup was donated by the Holy Spirit Falcons and first competed for in 2016.

Royal Newfoundland Regiment high school gets underway Monday in Paradise

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

The puck is set to drop on the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournament. Starting on Monday, the tournament, which commemorates the Regiment’s legacy in the province, will get underway at the Paradise Double Ice Complex and ...

Trevor Reddick’s nephew Dondre Reddick is the newest family star athlete suiting up for X-Men’s basketball. Dondre and his teammates went to the national final recently before falling to the Carleton University Ravens. File

BASKETBALL: St. F.X.'s Reddick, Thomas and Dal's Christie get pro opportunities

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Three AUS basketball stars will get a taste of the pro game this spring and summer. League most valuable player Malcolm Christie of the Dalhousie Tigers and Dondre Reddick and Koat Thomas of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men were picked in the top 15 of ...

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 Apr. 14, 2024 |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 Apr. 14, 2024 |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 Apr. 14, 2024 |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 ...

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