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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it will not hold any games until early January because of COVID-19 issues. The major junior league announced Monday it will suspend all activities from Tuesday through Jan. 3. The 18-team league league has been forced to postpone games regularly in Quebec and Atlantic Canada since starting the

CALGARY – Eighteen members of Mount Royal University’s men’s hockey program, including coaches, have tested positive for COVID-19. “The team ceased training when the first individual experienced symptoms and members are self-isolating,” the Calgary university said Monday in a statement. “MRU did contact tracing and notified impacted individuals.” The Cougars were scheduled to play the

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it will not hold any games until early January because of COVID-19 issues. The major junior league announced Monday it will suspend all activities from Tuesday through Jan. 3. The 18-team league league has been forced to postpone games regularly in Quebec and Atlantic Canada since starting the

VANCOUVER – A unique piece of hockey history is up for sale, with a rare Vancouver Millionaires sweater hitting the auction block. The cream and maroon wool cardigan is believed to have belonged to Hall of Fame goalie Hugh Lehman, who backstopped the Millionaires to a Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship in 1922-23. About 10

VAL D’OR, Que. – Marshall Lessard scored twice as the Val-d’Or Foreurs beat the Rimouski Oceanic 5-1 in Val-d’Or on Sunday afternoon. The Foreurs raced to a 3-0 lead before Rimouski’s William Dumoulin scored in the second period to cut the deficit to two goals. Val d’Or, however, got two more goals to put the

Some say it’s about lifting the spirits of the country. Fair enough. So why does it feel like it’s actually more about making money off unpaid teenage hockey players? Holding the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton is starting to look like a very questionable proposition, with Canada’s camp shut down for the next two

In the more than five years since he last played an NHL game, Daniel Carcillo has resided in some frighteningly dark places. Once an enforcer who traded punches in about 100 NHL fights, he says at times he’s found himself trapped in a downward spiral of depression and anxiety — mental health disorders that have

Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe is all in on a Canadian Division. “All fingers are pointing towards that,” Keefe told the Star in a phone interview. “I think it’s I think it’s really exciting. I think it presents its own its own challenges, given that when I look at the Canadian teams, virtually every one

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – Nathan Lagare had two goals and an assist and Brandon Frattaroli added a pair of goals as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar topped the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6-3 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Alex Arsenault and Felix Gagnon also found the back of the net to help Baie-Comeau put an end

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has postponed seven games in its Maritimes Division this week following new COVID-19 restrictions in that region. The games scheduled Wednesday to Sunday involved the Charlottetown Islanders, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, Acadie-Bathurst Titan, Halifax Mooseheads, Moncton Wildcats and Saint John Sea Dogs. The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads had already

Alberta’s spike in COVID-19 infections and the virus’s infiltration of Canada’s team is concerning for the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, according to a health and law expert and an epidemiologist. The 10-country tournament, scheduled from Dec. 25 to Jan. 5 ,is modelled on the same “bubble” used by the NHL to complete the

Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19. He was 86 years old.  Sasakamoose’s son, Neil Sasakamoose, said in a video on Facebook that his father had died Tuesday afternoon, five days after he was admitted to the hospital. “The COVID virus

Justin Robidas scored twice and Maxence Guenette added a goal and two assists as the Val-d’Or Foreurs doubled up the Rimouski Oceanic 4-2 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Jordan Briere also found the back of the net to help Val-d’Or improve to 7-0-2 in its last nine games. William Blackburn turned

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Canada’s world junior camp in Red Deer, Alta., is on hold for two weeks after news this week that two of the players had tested positive for COVID-19. “All players, coaches and staff are considered close contacts and are therefore subject to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period under Alberta Health Services’ Order 05-2020,” the team

Tributes are pouring in for Fred Sasakamoose, who died Tuesday at age 86 after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Sasakamoose was one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League. “We are at a loss today. Fred Sasakamoose was a legend with humble beginnings. He will be dearly missed,” the Federation of Saskatchewan

QUEBEC – Olivier Nadeau sparked a third-period comeback, then potted the winner in overtime as the Shawinigan Cataractes slipped past the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 3-2 on Wednesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Shawinigan entered the third down 2-0 before Nadeau cut the deficit in half 2:10 into the period, and Xavier Bourgault tied the