SPORTS HEADLINES
For the love of hockey - Feb. 03, 2012
Barb Rayner
Saint Andrews
Twelve-year-old Emelia Cooper is a hockey player and a huge fan of Canada’s favourite sport so she is thrilled that her home town is in the running to win the Kraft Hockeyville/CBC contest.
The Grade 7 student at Sir James Dunn Academy, who plays on the Saint Andrews Algonquins Peewee C team, wrote a letter extolling the virtues of her home town, pointing out that the W. C. O’Neill Arena, where she learne....
Outdoor rink won’t happen in St. Stephen this winter - Feb. 03, 2012
Brian Mumford
St. Stephen
Outdoor skating in St. Stephen is very unlikely this year.
“It doesn’t look like it’s going to get done this year,” said the town’s Recreation Director, Mike O’Connell. “For us it comes down to manpower and having the time to do it.”
The subject of an outdoor rink was a topic at the most recent council meeting. Long-time St. Stephen councillor Ralph Williams said that if there’s still discussion ab....
Brawl mars hockey series - Jan. 31, 2012
Brian Mumford
St. Stephen
Senior hockey was clearly missed in St. Stephen.
Minutes before the Saturday night game, one in a series of exhibition games between the Black Harbour Silverkings and the St. Stephen Seahawks, the crowd was still lined up across the front of Border Area Community Arena. People continued to pour in during the opening minutes to see what they had been missing since the Southern Hockey League folded in 2010 ....
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