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W E D N E S D A Y It was  nail biter at Mile One on Wednesday night. The Growlers had a 3-1 lead after the first and 4-2 heading to the third and hung on for a 5-4 win over Maine Mariners. That have the Growlers back to back wins. Zach O’Brien had two goals. Marcus Power, Derian Plouffe and Matt Bradley had singles. Bradley scored his first goal in the league and it came on a penalty shot in the second period. 2815 fans were at the game Wednesday night. The Growlers improve t0 23-11-1 on the…

Minor Hockey week in Newfoundland and Labrador is set for January 12th to 19th. The kick-off ceremony this year is held at the Labrador City Arena in Labrador City this coming Saturday. The provincial slogan this season is “A Good Coach Can Change a Game, A Great Coach Can Change a Life”.…

Five first period goals powered the Clarenville Caribous to a 7-3 win over Northeast Eagles Saturday night. Seven players shared in the scoring for the winners. Brad Crann, Keith Delaney, Dustin Flight, Mike Dyke, Mason Reid, Dustin Russell and Ken Mahoney. Mike Halitzki, Justin David and Paul Cuff replied for the Eagles. Period Scores 1 2 3 FINAL Eagles 1 1 1 3 Caribous 5 1 1 7…

  The Port aux Basques Mariners came away with a 6-4 win over Corner Brook Royals Saturday in West Coast Senior Hockey League play. Greg Edgar and Dylan Savory had two goals each for the Mariners. Jasper Dicks and Ryley Nadon had the singles. Andrew Stagg, Matt Colbourne, Kurt Etchegary and Ian Pilgram replied for the Royals.…

  S U N D A Y Gander Flyers and Cataracts split their weekend senior hockey series. The Flyers won Sunday in a shootout 3-2. Andrew Ryan got the winner in the shootout. Andrew Paul and Paul Hutchings  had the other Gander goals. Sammy Hounsell and Alex Daley replied for the Cats. S A T U R D A Y Grand Falls Windsor Cataracts skated to a 5-0 win over Gander Flyers in Senior hockey play. Kyle McGuirk had two goals for the Cataracts with singles from Brandon Bussey, Michael Brent and Danny Wicks. Same teams play Sunday…