Canada won’t have a team at the Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year — a bold move that would at least give Canadian athletes some sense of direction in the coming months. The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee issued joint statements Sunday evening saying that they refuse to send […]
A member of the B.C. Lions football operations department has tested positive for COVID-19. The Lions issued a statement Friday night announcing they were made aware of an unnamed employee who has the coronavirus. The person is currently at home in isolation. The CFL team says the employee was last at club headquarters on March […]
Player of the Year – Robbie Holmes Holmes set career highs with 19 goals, 29 assists and 48 points in 57 games. He put up four game winners, four powerplay markers and one shorthanded goal. The 20-year-old product of Sherwood Park, Alberta finished his WHL career, playing in 231 games, scoring 51 goals and 114 […]
CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league is formulating possible contingency plans as a result of the COVD-19 pandemic. Ambrosie adds he can’t say with certainty that CFL training camps will open on time because of all the unknowns surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak. A late start to camp could have an impact on […]
Western Hockey League Commissioner Ron Robison announced today the conclusion of the 2019-20 WHL Regular Season. Following a meeting with the WHL Board of Governors and consultation with medical professionals it was determined that the remaining 54 games on the 2019-20 WHL Regular Season schedule will be cancelled and not played. “The WHL takes the […]
An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first NHLer to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Senators did not name the player when releasing the news Tuesday night. The team said in a statement that the player has had mild symptoms and is in isolation. The statement added that the organization […]
Andrew Becker dreams of playing the CFL. As with other young athletes reaching a critical juncture in their athletic careers at this time, Becker is finding the COVID-19 pandemic is somewhat of a nightmare. Because of the outbreak the CFL cancelled its off-season combines–including Friday’s Western Regional Combine. Speaking with Derek Taylor on Tuesday’s Sports […]
With the cancellation of all collegiate sports in North America, a Division-1 softball player from Regina is feeling the effects of losing her senior season. Brooke Boechler was a catcher for the Jackson State University softball program for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, but may have seen her career come to an end due to […]
Robyn Silvernagle’s rink will have a new look next season. On Monday, the Silvernagle rink announced they will add Kristen Streifel and Dayna Demers to their lineup. They join Silvernagle and Jesse Hunkin, who remains from the past two seasons. According to Curling Zone, Demers and Silvernagle have played together over seven seasons. Now they […]
The Regina Pats, like other teams in the WHL, are preparing for the worst when it comes to COVID-19. On Sunday, the Pats said they would be letting players return to their respective hometowns to wait out the stoppage in the season announced last week which could mean the entire season will be cancelled. COVID-19 […]
