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Mathieu Cataford takes warm-up with the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League. - Henderson Silver Knights

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford makes jump to pro hockey

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

The Halifax Mooseheads may be done for the year but their leading scorer is still playing hockey. Mathieu Cataford suited up for his first-ever pro game on Wednesday after joining the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights. The Silver Knights are the farm ...

Cam MacDonald of the Cape Breton Eagles, right, attempts a shot on goal during Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 in Sydney earlier this season. MacDonald says he wants to be more consistent when it comes to his offensive production the rest of the season. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

QMJHL PLAYOFFS: Round two predictions - Eagles among teams picked to advance

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The big story from the first round of the QMJHL playoffs was the elimination of the Halifax Mooseheads and Moncton Wildcats. The Mooseheads lost in four straight to the Bathurst Titan and the Wildcats followed suit against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.

New Halifax Wanderers defender Julian Dunn has played in the Canadian Premier League before. He was loaned by Toronto FC to Valour FC for the 2020 Island Games, the league’s five-week COVID bubble tournament held in Charlottetown. - CANADIAN PERMIER LEAGUE

After missing nearly two seasons in Norway with knee injury, Julian Dunn restarts soccer career with Wanderers

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

After a devastating knee injury stripped nearly two seasons of his promising soccer career overseas, Julian Dunn gets a restart on home soil with the Halifax Wanderers. The six-foot-three defender from Toronto was just five games into his first ...

Colorado Avalanche linemates Nathan MacKinnon, right, and Jonathan Drouin, left, celebrate a goal against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday. - Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Latest exploits push MacKinnon, Drouin to new career heights: 'I thought we were playing in Halifax (again)'

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The fans in Denver broke out the 'MVP' chants after another superhuman performance by Nathan MacKinnon on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Colorado Avalanche star put his next-level speed on full display in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, blowing by ...

Diana Matheson, left, of Canada battles for the ball with Tobin Heath of the U.S. during the first half of their friendly women's soccer match in Toronto, June 2, 2013. - REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Halifax lands franchise in new Canadian professional women's soccer league

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Professional women's soccer is coming to Halifax. The Atlantic Women's Football Club announced its formal entry on Tuesday into a new Canadian professional women's soccer league, which is scheduled to open play in 2025. "We are delighted to bring ...

The Bathurst Titan eliminated the Halifax Mooseheads in a first-round QMJHL playoff sweep. - Halifax Mooseheads

Mooseheads address what went wrong, latest rumours

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

There is no polite way to say it - the Halifax Mooseheads flopped hard in the QMJHL playoffs. They finished fourth overall during the regular season, drawing the 12th-place Bathurst Titan in the first round. But the Titan were the better team in ...

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Northern Selects capture third consecutive Atlantic U18 female AAA hockey crown

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 7, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

The three-peat is complete for the Northern Subway Selects. The Selects, representing Nova Scotia, claimed their third consecutive Atlantic under-18 female AAA hockey title by defeating the Eastern Stars of P.E.I. 5-2 in the championship game in ...

Luke Ruitenberg, out of St. Margaret’s Bay, was one of three Canadian sailors who pre-qualified to be nominated for this summer's Olympic Games based on their results at the 2024 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta, which ended on Saturday in Palma, Spain. - CONTRIBUTED

Luke Ruitenberg of St. Margaret’s Bay sails closer to qualifying for this summer's Olympics

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 6, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Nova Scotian sailor Luke Ruitenberg is a fair wind from qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Ruitenberg, out of St. Margaret’s Bay, was one of three Canadian sailors who pre-qualified to be nominated for this summer's Olympiad based on their results at ...

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Halifax Macs to face Kensington in Sunday's Atlantic U18 AAA hockey championship final

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 6, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

The Halifax McDonalds and Kensington Wild will play for the championship Sunday afternoon at the Atlantic under-18 AAA hockey tournament at the East Hants Sportsplex. Halifax, the reigning Nova Scotia U18 Major Hockey League champion, earned an ...

Vancouver Warriors' Keegan Bal leaps in the air before beating Halifax Thunderbirds goalie Warren Hill with one of five goals he scored in his team's 15-13 win at Rogers Arena on Friday night. - National Lacrosse League

Thunderbirds suffer second-half letdown in crushing loss at Vancouver

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 7, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

With an NLL post-season berth in their sights, the Halifax Thunderbirds let one slip away Friday night in Vancouver. The host Warriors scored 10 goals in the second half – five off the stick of Keegan Bal – in a dizzying 15-13 Vancouver win at Rogers ...

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