Kristians Rubins who scored the first goal for the ECHL Newfoundland Growlers is now onto bigger and better things. The parent club of the Growlers the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed the defenceman to a two year entry level contract. …
The 2021 Canadian Brier isn’t until next March. However –there is one Newfoundland Curling who has his eyes on winning the Newfoundland Tankard and getting to the Brier. This comes about as Brad Gushue and his rink will be Team Canada atr next year’s Brier because they won the 2020 event. Well Greg Smith has his eyes now on trying to win the Tankard in this province and be the provincial rep at the Brier. So far he has two other members for his team Greg Blyde and Evan McDonah…
Tyler Boland of St. John’s won two major awards at the University of New Brunswick. Boland was named the Male Athlete of the year for U-N-B and also the MVP for the Hockey team for the past season. Boland, a third year student at UNB was the team’s top scorer with 20 goals and 28 assists for 48 points in 30 games and named to the 1st All Canadian all-star team. …
Bay Roberts native Dawson Mercer is up for a major award in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Mercer is one of the three finalists for the Best Prospect award. He played with Canada’s team that claimed gold at the World Junior Hockey tournament this year. He plays with Chicoutimi in the Q.…
The Newfoundland and Labrador Athletic Association has been forced to make some changes to its schedules for this season. Their Hall of Fame nominations have been extended now to April 30th. The April 4th track meet has been cancelled as well as May31 ANE Mile Race and the Uniformed Service run which was scheduled for June 14th. Three road races, The Boston Pizza 5K race for April 19th, Nautilus Mundy Pond 5K race for April 26th and the Nautilus HarbourFront 10 K race have all been postponed.…
Memorial Sea Hawks women’s soccer team have recruited four players for next season Zoe Rowe, who attends Queen Elizabeth Regional High, is well known locally having risen through the youth ranks with CBS Strikers and now shining with Feildians Jubilee team Shawna Cosgrove, a natural left fullback who is a student at Charles P Allen High school, is arriving from sound player development environments in her home province of Nova Scotia. She has been a member of Suburban FC as well as the SNS provincial team and REX programs. Originally from the Burin Peninsula but recently re-located to St. John’s and…