The Southern Shore Arena in Mobile has a new name. Officials with the Southern Shore Hockey Association, Saturday, re-named the arena and it will be known as the Ken Williams Southern Shore Arena. Williams has been manager of the Arena since it was opened some 32 years ago in 1987.…
The C-B-R Renegades lost their third game of the Don Johnson Cup 7-2 to Moncton Friday. Moncton were up 4-nothing after the first and 5-1 after two periods of play. Ryan Day had both goals for the Renegades. …
The Newfoundland Growlers will play the Florida Everblades for the ECHL Eastern Conference championship. Zack O’Brien led the Growlers with three goals his eighth, ninth and tenth goals of the playoffs to lead the Growlers to a 5-1 victory over Manchester Monarchs. Matt Bradley and Garrett Johnson had the single goals. They win the best of seven series four games to two. Michael Garteig in goal for the Growlers stood on his head. He made 36 saves in this game while the Growlers fired 26 shots at the Manchester net. The best of seven conference…
The 2019 Atlantic Junior “B” Hockey playdowns for the Don Johnson Cup start Wednesday at the Credit Union Center in Kensington Prince Edward Island. The St. John’s Junior Hockey League champions and Team Newfoundland is the CBR Junior Renegades. They play their first game Wednesday at 8:30 island time against the Host PEI team. …
Another Newfoundlander will be taking over as Chair of the Board of Directors of Tennis Canada. Jennifer Bishop of St John’s who now resides in Toronto will take over from another Newfoundlander Derrick Rowe. She is an accomplished player. In 2014, she was ranked no. 7 in the ITF World Seniors rankings in the women’s over 40 age group. Jennifer Bishop joined the Tennis Canada Board in 2016 and recently was Chair of the Tennis Development Committee, a member of the Executive Committee and previously was a member of the Finance Committee. She also serves…
Zach O’Brien of the Newfoundland Growlers is the recipient of the ECHL Sportsmanship Award for 2018-19 as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches, broadcasters, media relations directors and media members. The award is presented annually to the player who is judged to have exhibited the best sportsmanship combined with a high standard of playing ability. Derek Nesbitt of Atlanta finished second, followed by Kalamazoo’s Chris Collins, Ben Duffy of Norfolk and Cincinnati’s Jesse Schultz. O’Brien, who was named to the All-ECHL Second Team as well, is tied for 13th in the league with 63 points (27g-36a) in 50…