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Catton, Yager and Price set to continue hockey journey together at WJHC
They grew up playing hockey together as kids, and now they're set to take junior hockey's biggest stage together at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa. Berkly Catton, Brayden Yag...
Dec 23, 2024 Four players from Saskatchewan will represent Canada at the 2024-25 IIHF World Juniors in Ottawa.(Jeff McIntosh/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES)
Six-goal second half from Zach Manns leads Sask. Rush to comeback victory
A comeback for the ages was completed by the Saskatchewan Rush on Saturday night at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. After trailing 8-3 early in the fourth quarter to the Halifax Thunderbirds, the Rush of...
Dec 15, 2024 Zach Manns (2) scored six goals in the second half against the Halifax Thunderbirds to lead Saskatchewan Rush to a 9-8 overtime victory on Dec. 14, 2024 in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Rush/submitted)
Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
Four players from Saskatchewan will represent Canada at the 2024-25 IIHF World Juniors in Ottawa. Berkly Catton (Spokane Chiefs), Brayden Yager (Lethbridge Hurricanes) and Caden Price (Kelowna Rockets...
Dec 13, 2024 Four players from Saskatchewan will represent Canada at the 2024-25 IIHF World Juniors in Ottawa.(Jeff McIntosh/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES)
Sask. hockey player resting at home after neck slashed by skate
Churchbridge Imperials captain Cole Cusitar is resting at home with his family after taking a skate blade to the neck during a Senior A hockey game in Esterhazy on Dec. 7. The freak injury happened in...
Dec 13, 2024 Churchbridge Imperials captain Cole Cusitar is back at home resting after having his neck cut by a skate blade on Dec. 7, 2024 during a Senior A hockey game. (Cole Cusitar/submitted)
Weyburn Red Wings relocate to Assiniboia due to second ammonia leak
By Steven Wilson For the next 10 days, the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings will call Assiniboia 90 minutes west of Weyburn along Highway 13, home as repairs are made to the ice plant at Crescent ...
Dec 13, 2024
14th annual Centennial Chargers Charity Classic begins Thursday
The 14th annual Centennial Chargers Charity Classic (C4) will begin this morning in Saskatoon. The tournament runs from Dec. 12-14. Its main goal is to raise money for charity before Christmas break. ...
Dec 12, 2024 The Centennial Chargers Charity Classic is set to get underway in Saskatoon on Thursday morning. It will feature a record of 14 teams, including six girls teams. Tournament organizers are hoping to raise $10,000 for charity. (Courtesy of Louis Christ Photography)
Neck guard sales jump after Sask. hockey player slashed by skate
A Saskatoon sporting goods store says they've seen neck guard sales jump by a significant amount after a Senior A hockey player needed 80 stitches after being slashed by a skate. Cole Cusitar, a hocke...
Dec 10, 2024 Al Anderson's Source for Sports general manager John Linklater says neck guard sales have jumped 76 per cent at his store from Dec. 1 after Churchbridge Imperials player Cole Cusitar was cut in the neck by a skate. (John Linklater/submitted)
Second ammonia leak keeps Weyburn rinks closed until after Christmas
Discovery of a second ammonia leak at Crescent Point Place and Tom Zandee Sports Arena in Weyburn means the Saskatchewan city's only ice facilities will remain closed until after Christmas. In a news ...
Dec 10, 2024 Newly installed ice has had to be removed again after a second ammonia leak was detected at Crescent Point Place and Tom Zandee Sports Arena in Weyburn on Dec. 9, 2024. (sandman86 / Depositphotos.com)
Quick response saves Saskatchewan hockey player's life after neck slashed
The quick response of trainers and nurses in the stands at a Sask East Hockey League game in Esterhazy on Saturday night is being credited for helping save the life of Churchbridge Imperials captain C...
Dec 09, 2024 Cole Cusitar, a hockey player for the Churchbridge Imperials, is pictured in this undated handout photo. Cusitar was injured by a skate during a game on Dec. 7, 2024 against the Esterhazy Flyers. (Brandon Eskra Photography /THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Dawes, Weise, other former NHLers set to sign with Sask. Senior A team
A Saskatchewan Senior A hockey team is set to make headlines around the hockey world. The Round Lake Bears - located on the Ochapowace First Nation - confirmed to 650 CKOM that they will be signing mu...
Dec 06, 2024 The Bears signings include former NHLer Nigel Dawes, who is also the KHL’s (Kontinental Hockey League) sixth all-time leading points scorer.
New York Rangers right winger Ryan Callahan (24) with left winger Nigel Dawes (10) on Saturday, November 1, 2008. (Frank Gunn/ The Canadian Press)
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