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MAPLE LEAFS CHAMPIONS

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  The St. John’s Maple Leafs have made it back to back provincial Major Midget AAA Hockey titles.   The Maple Leafs defeated the Western Kings 4-1 Saturday night to win the best of seven final series four games to two.   Danny Rice, Tim Noble, Cody Langmead and Tyler Planetta scored for the Maple Leafs in the championship game.   George Young had the goal for the Kings.   Kyle McGrath of the Maple Leafs was named the series Most Valuable Player.   The Maple Leafs will represent the province at the Atlantic championships set for the new stadium…

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CAPS ARE CHAMPS

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      The St. John’s Caps and Grand Falls Windsor Cataracts will meet for the 2016 provincial senior hockey championship and the Herder Memorial Trophy. The Caps earned a finals berth with a 4-2 win over the Northeast Eagles in game seven of the final Avalon East final Tuesday night. The Caps won the first two games of the series. The Eagles came back and won the next three. The Caps then won game six and forced the game seven which they won. Ryan Walsh, Jeremy Barron, Brandon Fewer and Matt Fewer scored the goals for the Caps. Andrew White and…

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CENTRAL WEST SENIOR HOCKEY

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      S U N D A Y  The Cataracts are one win away from the Central West Senior Hockey League championship and a berth in the 2016 Herder Memorial Trophy final. They defeated the Corner Brook Royals 5-2 in game four . Cam Fergus  and Brandon Bussey with two goals each for the Cataracts and Steve Yetman with a singles. Michael Hynes and Ryan Watson have the Royals goals. The fifth game set for next Friday at 8 at the Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium.      SCORING 1 2 3 FINAL 2 2 1 5 1 1 0…

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GUSHUE IN BRIER FINAL

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  FRIDAY Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland and Labrador Curling team are in the final of the 2016 Brier, the Canadian Men’s Curling championship.   The Gushue rink avenged a loss earlier in the day to Northern Ontario  to win the Page Playoff game 7-6 and earn a berth in the final.   It was a seesaw battle throughout the contest. With Gushue scoring the winning point fitting in an extra end.   TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FINAL Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0…

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GUSHUE WINS HOT SHOTS

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Veteran skip Brad Gushue of Newfoundland-Labrador scored 26 of a possible 30 points to beat lead Denni Neufeld of Manitoba in the final of the Ford Hot Shots skills competition Saturday. Gushue wins a two-year lease on a 2016 EcoBoost powered Ford Edge Sport SUV, with an approximate retail value of $49,789 MSRP. Neufeld, who scored 23 points after getting zero when he missed on the hit-and-roll shot, gets $2,000 as the runner-up. His skip Mike McEwen receives $1,000 for third place. “The biggest thing for me is the opportunity to throw more rocks,” said Gushue, who is in his…

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