RIMOUSKI, Que. – Samuel Richard stopped all 28 shots his way as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies held off the Rimouski Oceanic for a 1-0 victory on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Richard improved to 3-1-0 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .944 save percentage following his second shutout of the season. Charles-Edouard Drouin
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QUEBEC – Defenceman Miguel Tourigny completed a hat trick 29 seconds into overtime and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the Quebec Remparts 4-3 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Luke Hennan scored once and set up two of Tourigny’s goals for the Armada (4-0-0), who have won four games in a row. Viljami
QUEBEC – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Saint John Sea Dogs have suspended in-person activities after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The Sea Dogs become the fifth team in the major-junior hockey league and the first in the Maritimes Division to announce a positive test. The league says the Sea Dogs’ next
The NHL has asked its players to accept a pair of amendments to the six-year collective bargaining agreement the two sides signed in July to help the league return during the COVID-19 pandemic. The players learned of the request in a Thursday meeting with NHLPA executives. The league would like to raise the escrow caps
For the Corner Brook Minor Hockey Association, it was like being on the receiving end of an open-ice body check. It was in late March near the end of the 2018-19 season in Corner Brook, N.L., when league officials were informed they were thousands of dollars behind in payments for ice time. By the time officials got
Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Wright is going to do everything in his power to join that list. “It’s definitely crossed my mind,” the
Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Wright is going to do everything in his power to join that list. “It’s definitely crossed my mind,” the
Zachary Roy scored twice, and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada downed the Victoriaville Tigres 5-1 on Tuesday in the first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game for both teams in almost six weeks. The latest plan for keeping the QMJHL season alive is to have seven teams play in a bubble at the Videotron Centre in Quebec
Rick Vaive is finally ready to tell his story — his whole, unfiltered account. The former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was never one to hold back, and it makes sense the same approach would apply to his book “Catch 22: My Battles, In Hockey and Life.” “I always said that if I was
The Florida Panthers on Tuesday hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager. The team said Peters is believed to be the first Black assistant GM in the National Hockey League. Peterson’s hiring comes days after the nearby Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as the first female GM in Major League Baseball. Among its recent
The Florida Panthers on Tuesday hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager. The team said Peterson is believed to be the first Black assistant GM in the National Hockey League. Peterson’s hiring comes days after the nearby Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as the first female GM in Major League Baseball. Among its recent
The NHL on Monday displayed a new jersey for each of its 31 teams, looking to create some buzz at a time when there are no games. The league and players are still targeting a Jan. 1 start for the 2021 season, though there’s plenty of uncertainty about when and where fans might be able
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres signed their first-round draft pick, forward Jack Quinn, to a three-year entry-level contract on Monday. Quinn was selected with the No. 8 pick in the draft last month. Listed at 6 feet and 176 pounds, he is coming off a season in which his 52 goals in 62 games
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: Every NHL team unveiled a new jersey These alternate sweaters are being marketed as a “Reverse
TAMPA, FLA.—The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in a playoff format like no other in NHL history, and their off-season with the Cup has been equally unprecedented. While coronavirus restrictions have limited where the Cup can travel, the Lightning, the NHL and the Hockey Hall of Fame, which is the Cup’s home, seek to continue
In a normal season some members of the Calgary Flames’ scouting department attend well over 200 Western Hockey League games. This year, with COVID-19 playing havoc with how the junior leagues operate, Calgary general manager Brad Treliving has no idea how many games Flames’ scouts will watch in person. That will impact the decisions made
CALGARY – Hockey Canada has announced five new directors to its board of directors, including three women, to serve two-year terms. Andrea Skinner, Leanne Standryk, and Mary Anne Veroba were added to the board following elections at their annual meeting — held virtually due to COVID-19 — on Saturday. The national governing body called their
Hockey Canada has hired three women to its board of directors, the organization announced on Sunday. Andrea Skinner, Leanne Standryk and Mary Anne Veroba were hired. All three have a wealth of experience in hockey. Skinner is the former captain of the Cornell University women’s hockey team and has reffed and coached at the university level in Canada. Standryk, meanwhile,