The Bally Haly Super Curling League finished its season Tuesday night. It ended with Matthew Smith edging Bill Jenkins 7-6 in a final game that went to an extra end.…
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…
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…
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…
The Northeast Eagles have tied the Avalon East Senior Hockey League best of seven final series at two games apiece with St. John’s Caps. The Eagles Monday night defeated the Caps 5-3 at the Goulds Arena. Five players shared in the scoring for the Eagles– Chris Thorne, Sean Wadden, Mitch Bragg, Andrew White and Liam Myers. Jeremy Barron, Robert Barrett and Cody Squires scored for the Caps. The Caps won the opening game of the series 4-3 and took game two 4-1. The Eagles won game three 5-4 in overtime. Game five is set for Friday night at 8…
S A T U R D A Y The Ice Caps lost again to the Leigh Valley Phantoms Saturday night losing 4-nothing at Mile One. The Ice Caps play Utica next weekend F R I D A Y The Ice Caps fall 4-1 to Leigh Valley Phantoms in AHL play at Mile One. Tim Bozon had the Ice Caps goal. They play again Saturday night at Mile One. The St. John’s IceCaps goaltender Zach Fucale has been named the team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his outstanding contributions…