St. John’s native Derek Clancey is now a member of the East Coast Hockey League Hall of Fame. He played his final season in the ECHL in 98-99 and has been a coach with the team and moved on to the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins where he has won two Stanley Cups. He joins Darren Colbourne of Corner Brook in the hall as Colbourne was inducted in 2015. …
The Sporting Community in Newfoundland is mourning the loss of a great athlete and sports executive. 97 year old Jack Reardigan passed away Wednesday. He is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame. Reardigan was also president of the Royal St. John’s Regatta Committee and is an honourary member of the Regatta Committee. He was also a hockey official in the province for many years. He also played in 12 Boyle Trophy Championship teams with St. Bon’s between 1944 and 1956. …
A Newfoundlander from Torbay has struck gold at the World Youth Olympic Games. 18 year old Nathan Young teamed up with Laura Nagy of Hungary to claim the gold medal in the mixed doubles curling event. They combined to beat a team from Russia 9-5 to take the gold medal. …
The Corner Brook Royals scored three first period goals added singles in second and third frames and defeated Port aux Basques Mariners 5-3 on Friday night. Nick Childs, Ryan Roche, William Keating, Josh Smith and Wilfred Bellows scored for the Royals. Robert Parsons and Darren Dean replied for the Mariners. With the win the Royals have a 3-3-1 record on the season and the Mariners fall to 0-6. Deer Lake who hist Port aux Basques Saturday night are winless in six games. …
The St. John’s Edge have made their first roster move of the 2019-2020 season. The Edge have resigned Olu Ashaolu, who has been signed as the IR Designate for Murphy Burnatowsi. Burnatowski sustained a knee injury during the December 31st game in PEI and will be sidelined for the next 6-8 weeks. Asaholu returns to the Edge after playing in 28 games last season, Ashaolu had averages of 10.5 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 57.0% from the field. The Edge have released Elijah Macon .…
CBN Indoor Soccer Registration is scheduled for Friday January 24th from five to seven at St. Francis School. Soccer program will begin Saturday January 25th. The program is for boys and girls ages 4 to 12 You can contact Don at 596-1919 or Mary or Albert at 586-1919…