When you give a child a hockey puck, you give them more than just a puck. You give them a sport, and talent, and hope, and dreams, and friends, a new family, a place to learn about life, room to grow as a person where they can push their limits, and bravery, and courage and LIFE, and memories.
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The technical aspect of backward skating is often overlooked at practices. It is important that all forwards on the team learn to skate backwards, just as efficiently as the defensemen, to really improve their 2-way game. All players at some point in the game are placed in defensive situations.
For the second straight game, the Wellington Dukes had to claw back from a substantial deficit after the first period against the Cobourg Cougars.
After spotting the visiting Cobourg Cougars a five-goal lead in the first period, the Wellington Dukes fell just shy of a successful comeback in Ontario Junior Hockey League action Sunday afternoon at Lehigh Arena.
A stretch of five straight goals across all three periods paced the visiting Wellington Dukes to a 6-3 victory over the Trenton Golden Hawks in Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday evening at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Gardens.
The American Hockey League’s Senators are back in Belleville.
In March of 2020, the Napanee Raiders were two wins away from capturing their second straight Tod Division title in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
The Picton Pirates were playing in the Tod Division final when the 2020 Provincial Junior Hockey League playoffs came to an abrupt end in March of that year.
The Frankford Huskies are new to the Provincial Junior Hockey League this season and it’s fitting they are playing in the Tod Division.
One goal was enough and goaltender Matt Dunsmoor earned the shutout as the Wellington Dukes blanked the visiting North York Rangers in Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday night at Lehigh Arena.