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St. John’s natives Travis Crickard (left) and A.J. Murley won gold over the weekend with the Canadian under-18 men’s national team at the 2024 IIHF Under-18 World Championships. Crickard was an assistant coach with the team, while Murley was the team’s equipment manager. Contributed photo

‘It’s a tremendous honour’: St. John’s native Travis Crickard wins gold medal with Canada at under-18 World Championships

Canada is back on top of the international under-18 hockey world.  The Canadian under-18 men’s team defeated the United States 6-4 in the final of the 2024 IIHF Under-18 World Championship over the weekend in Espoo, Finland.  It was Canada's fifth ...
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Newfoundland Rogues headed home down 2-0 in BSL series with KW Titans
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The Newfoundland Rogues find themselves in a hole and facing elimination following back-to-back losses to the KW Titans in the opening games of the teams’ best-of-five first-round Basketball Super League playoff series.

Halifax's Rick Bowness retires as NHL coach after 38 years
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Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness stands behind the bench during the first period of a Dec. 27, 2023 game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago. - David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

MHL PLAYOFFS: Strong P.E.I. connection with Miramichi Timberwolves
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Nova Scotia's Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand embrace circumstances heading into Round 2
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P.E.I.'s Gardiner MacDougall caps a perfect season behind the bench with Team Canada
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The horses line up behind the starting gate at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. The first live card of the spring meet featured 12 dashes. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

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Live harness racing returns to Charlottetown

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

Live harness racing has resumed in P.E.I. following a winter break. Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park hosted a 12-dash program on an Opening Day program on May 6. Live racing resumes in Charlottetown on May 9 at 6 ...
Randy Staats of the Halifax Thunderbirds tries to score against Albany FireWolves goaltender Doug Jamieson in quarter-final action April 28 in Albany, N.Y. Staats had two assists in the 9-3 loss. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

‘I wish we could go play tomorrow’: Halifax Thunderbirds’ quarter-final loss still stinging for veteran Randy Staats

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

Time might heal all wounds but the sting of the Halifax Thunderbirds’ upsetting loss in their National Lacrosse League quarter-final one week ago still smarts for veteran forward Randy Staats. “It’s frustrating, man,” Staats said of the Thunderbirds’ ...
Trainer Jaycob Sweet drives Timberlea Lady, 1, to victory over Arts Beach and driver-trainer David Dowling, 4, and the Gilles Barrieau-driven Rollwithitdarling, 5, in the opening race of a 12-dash harness racing program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. Time of the mile was 1:59.4. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Chelski prevails in Opening Day feature at Red Shores Charlottetown

Contributed, Nicholas Oakes · Columnist |Updated May. 5, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Commanding the lead, Chelski sprinted to the finish in the top class on Opening Day at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. The $3,450 featured Fillies and Mares Pace featured driver Corey MacPherson having the ...
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

Canada, coached by P.E.I.'s Gardiner MacDougall, advances to gold-medal game

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated May. 5, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Team Canada, coached by P.E.I.’s Gardiner MacDougall, had an opportunity to win a gold medal at the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 championship on May 5. Team Canada built a 4-0 first-period lead against Sweden, and ...
Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Live harness racing resumes in Charlottetown on May 4

Contributed, Nicholas Oakes · Columnist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

The wait is over as live racing returns to Atlantic Canada with opening day at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. The capital oval has a 12-dash presentation starting at 6 p.m., featuring a solid class of ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate their overtime win over the Boston Bruins in game five of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden in Boston, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. - Bob DeChiara / USA TODAY Sports

FIDDLER'S FACTS: Toronto Maple Leafs' jobs on the line going into Game 7

Contributed, Fred MacDonald · Columnist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The Toronto Maple Leafs delivered one of their season’s best efforts in Boston on April 28 with a nail-biting 2-1 overtime victory. Toronto followed that up with another strong showing in a 2-1 regulation-time win May 2 to tie the best-of-seven NHL ...
Halifax Wanderers goalkeeper Yann Fillion watches as the ball rolls into the net during a penalty shootout against CS Saint-Laurent in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary play Thursday night at the Wanderers Grounds. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Semi-pro Saint-Laurent stuns struggling Wanderers in Canadian Championship preliminary

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

The Halifax Wanderers’ troubling start to their Canadian Premier League season may have reached its nadir on Thursday night. The Wanderers, who dropped their first three CPL games to start 2024, suffered a historical loss in a shootout to Ligue1 ...
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness speaks with the media after their loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs first round at Canada Life Centre. - James Carey Lauder / USA TODAY SPORTS

Nova Scotia's Rick Bowness named finalist for NHL coach of the year

POSTMEDIA |Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Just three days after the Winnipeg Jets were bounced from the playoffs and a day after he spoke coyly about his future with the team, Rick Bowness was named one of three finalists for the NHL’s coach of the year award. Bowness, Andrew Brunette of the ...
Halifax Mooseheads forward Mathieu Cataford had two hat tricks during a four-game stretch leading up the Christmas break. - QMJHL

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford named QMJHL's most valuable player

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Mathieu Cataford is officially in a class of his own in the QMJHL. The league named the Halifax Mooseheads forward its most valuable player on Friday after a tremendous third season. Cataford finished third in QMJHL scoring with 90 points (40 ...
UNB Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall, right, works the bench during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men’s Hockey Conference game against the Moncton Blue Eagles in Fredericton on Jan. 19. UNB won the game 6-0. Fran Harris/For UNB Athletics

MacDougall-coached Team Canada advances to semifinals

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

The Gardiner MacDougall-coached Canadian entry has advanced to the semifinals at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 male hockey championship. Team Canada defeated Latvia 4-0 in a quarter-final game in Vantaa, Finland, on ...
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Halifax Hornets Jasmine Parent drives against Moncton Mystics Emelie Turnelduring MWBA tourney action at SMU Friday June 24, 2022. TIM KROCHAK PHOTO
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Miramichi Timberwolves goaltender Jack Flanagan, 33, makes a save on a shot by Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals defenceman William Irvine, 3, during Game 5 of the best-of-seven Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 30. Timberwolves defenceman Nolan Ryan, 3, attempts to block the shot. The Timberwolves defeated the Caps 5-4 in Miramichi, N.B., to win the Metalfab Cup final series in six games. Flanagan was named the most valuable player of the playoffs. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian
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Brad Gushue and his Canada rink have won three-in-a-row at the 2024 Montana’s Brer after defeating Prince Edward Island on Wednesday. They are now 5-2 and in the playoff hunt. Michael Burns/Curling Canada
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a baseball player hitting a ball The Nova Scotia Major Little League Provincial Championship will continue this weekend at Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay. The host Glace Bay McDonald’s Colonels enter the weekend undefeated. STOCK IMAGE.
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Rogues' assistant coach Austin Chambers (second from left) listens intently to head coach Jerry Williams during a timeout at a recent game held at the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s. Contributed photo
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Antoine Roy of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, and Louis-Charles Plourde of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar battle for positioning during Game 5 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League series at Centre Henry-Leonard in Baie-Comeau, Que., on Thursday. Baie-Comeau won the game 2-1 in overtime and wins the best-of-seven series 4-1. CONTRIBUTED/KASSANDRA BLAIS, BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR
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Team Canada head coach Mark Quinn, 32, congratulates Cam Weatherbee, 20, as he rounds third base after hitting a home run in the recent World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico. Quinn is from Mermaid, P.E.I. WBSC, courtesy of Mark Quinn • Special to The Guardian
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