FREDERICTON — A packed Fredericton diner erupted in joyous cheers Tuesday as a prominent son of New Brunswick — Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the National Hockey League — was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Friends of O’Ree packed The Cabin restaurant, where they chanted his name after the selection was…
Winnipeg’s Jett Woo Drafted 37th by The Vancouver Canucks
WINNIPEG – The NHL Draft is always exciting, even more exciting when a hometown boy is among those at the top of the prospect list. </iframe “WOOOOOOOO!!!” Hugs and tears as @Jett_Woo sees his family after being drafted. #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/e5QOQBc6Iz — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) June 23, 2018 In this case we’re talking about Winnipeg’s Jett…
Surviving Humboldt Broncos Together Again for First Time Since Crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Ten of the 13 survivors from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are in Las Vegas this week to attend the NHL awards. Some of the players who boarded flights in Saskatoon on Monday said they expected an emotional trip. “It’s just going to be great to see everyone,” said Xavier LaBelle, who…
Ottawa Senator Mike Hoffman Traded Twice in One Week
OTTAWA — Less than a week after a story broke about his partner’s alleged harassment of Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson’s wife, Mike Hoffman was traded — twice. Hours after the Senators sent the forward to San Jose on Tuesday, the Florida Panthers acquired Hoffman from the Sharks. The Panthers sent a 2019 second−round pick…
3 WHL Players Injured Starting Campfire
CALGARY — A player from the Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team is in a medically induced coma after he and two others were injured at a campfire on the weekend. In a joint news release, the Western Hockey League, the Hurricanes and the families involved said Ryan Vandervlis, a 20−year old centre with the elite major…
The Only Canadian Woman to Have Her Name on The Stanley Cup, Has Died
CALGARY — Sonia Scurfield, the only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup, has died at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the age of 89. Her death was announced late Thursday by Sunshine Village ski resort, which is owned by her family. “It is with a heavy heart that we relay…
Hats to Help Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco Player Take Off
AIRDRIE, Alta. — A couple who offered to help with a promotion to fundraise for a paralyzed hockey player soon found themselves wearing too many hats. Jason and Sue Bissonnette were making baseball caps to make money to help with the costs of Ryan Straschnitzki’s rehabilitation, but they couldn’t keep up when thousands of requests…
Xavier Determined to Graduate After Fractured Skull & 20 Broken Bones
SASKATOON — One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash that killed 16 people has been released from a Saskatoon hospital and plans to graduate from high school later this month. Xavier Labelle, an 18−year old defenceman from Saskatoon, suffered a fractured skull, a concussion, internal bleeding and 20 broken bones…
A New Beginning for Humboldt Bronco Bryce Fiske
OSHAWA, Ont. — Another Humboldt Broncos player has signed with a hockey team at an Ontario post−secondary institution. Bryce Fiske, a 20−year old defenceman from La Ronge, Sask., has committed to play hockey for the Ridgebacks at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in September. Coach Curtis Hodgins says in a news release that…
Humboldt Broncos Stats Person Predicted Vegas Cup Win
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Vice−principal David Millette at Humboldt high school would chat each day with Brody Hinz about sports and remembers the student making a bold hockey prediction last September. “He said the Vegas Golden Knights were going to be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup,” recalls Millette. “And, of course, I…