Tag: Hockey
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Jill of all trades: from athlete to educator
STORY BY DARYLL HINVES Not many students can brag about having a professional hockey player for a teacher. Carolyne Prevost plays left wing for Toronto Furies, and is also a math, gym and science teacher at Gaétan-Gervais, a French high school in Oakville. The 24-year-old Sarnia native has been an athlete all her life. She…
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Team Sakic upset Team Sundin in Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classic
Team Sakic defeated Team Sundin in the 2014 Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classic at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The event was one of several taking place during Hall of Fame induction week. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIVE COVERAGE: Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classic Game LIVE COVERAGE: Hockey Helps the Homeless Bruins Drop One to…
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Hockey to help the homeless
COVERAGE BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES On Friday Nov 14 the Sheridan Sun will be covering the Hockey Helps the Homeless tournament in Markham. The event will bring together Toronto Maple Leaf and Montreal Canadian alumni with the goal of raising money to help the homeless in the Greater Toronto Area. Hockey Helps the Homeless goes across…
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Oakville hockey reaching new heights
BY TODD CORDELL Oakville is quietly developing into a powerhouse in Canada when it comes to developing quality hockey players on a consistent basis. While the town is already well represented at the NHL level with the likes of New York Islanders star forward John Tavares and Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Steve Mason, there figures to…
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Rogers’ takes over NHL broadcasting rights in Canada
The National Hockey League has reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. The league said in a statement that the agreement is the largest media rights deal in its history and largest media rights deals ever in Canada. [View the story “Rogers’ iced TSN, CBC in…
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LIVE EVENT: Pickering Panthers vs Oakville Blades
COVERAGE BY TODD CORDELL Friday night at 7:30 p.m. the Oakville Blades will host the Pickering Panthers in what should be an entertaining battle between two solid OJHL teams. The Blades enter Friday’s game with a 13-11-0 record including a 7-5-0 record at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, an arena the Blades call home. The Panthers…
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Oakville native making smooth transition to OHL
STORY BY TODD CORDELL Oakville native Jesse Barwell is making waves around the OHL. At just 16 years of age, Barwell made a quality Mississauga Steelheads team straight out of training camp and has been a key contributor offensively. The skilled forward has seven points in 15 games, which puts him top five on the…
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Hall of Fame recognizes athletes who shone brightest
STORY BY MATTHEW LOWE Once a Bruin, always a Bruin. The latest inductees to Sheridan College’s sports Hall of Fame epitomize that philosophy. Members of the 1989-1990 men’s volleyball team were inducted to the Hall of Fame in a ceremony Saturday. Also inducted were: Harry Vlachos (men’s basketball 1970-1972,) Jon Falcon (men’s hockey 1974-1977) and…
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Oakville native looking to prove NHL scouts wrong
STORY BY TODD CORDELL Oakville native Jake Smith is out to prove NHL scouts wrong. The 18-year-old North Bay Battalion goaltender is looking to make teams regret passing him up after he wasn’t selected during the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. While Smith has turned the page on being overlooked in his first year of eligibility,…
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Exercise your way to the top
STORY BY PAIGE GALEA Sheridan students can now say no to expensive gym memberships and sign up for one of Sheridans’ on-campus classes for $30. Sheridan College has a variety of activities available on campus, including Intramural and extramural sports, co-ed fitness, zumba, Pilates, yoga, squash, badminton and rock climbing at $30 for 10 classes. For every additional…