Tag: diving
Rookie Niagara IceDogs goalie helps steal win from No. 1 London Knights
That was unexpected. The first-place London Knights, who have dominated Niagara over the past decade, were upset by the free-falling IceDogs 6-4 before 5,300 Saturday at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines on Saturday night. The visitors lost in regulation for the first time in 10 games dating back to Feb. 2 at Windsor while […]
Goalie Austin Elliott improves to 24-1 as London Knights win (again) in Erie
The Erie Insurance Arena can be a chore for a visiting team when the place is packed. But not for the London Knights this season. The Canadian Hockey League’s top-ranked club have outscored the Otters 11-2 in two visits so far and won their seventh straight by squashing their rivals 5-1 before 6,146 Saturday night. […]
Malcolm Spence plays OT hero, Erie Otters top Owen Sound Attack 4-3
On Friday night the Owen Sound Attack scored enough to keep the Erie Otters at bay, but on Saturday the scrappy team from Pennsylvania wouldn’t be denied. Sam Alfano scored his 34th goal of the season to tie the game in the third period and Malcom Spence played overtime hero as the Otters came from […]
Saving mussels one dive at a time
Biological collection specialists are divers who travel around the country relocating freshwater mussels and other vulnerable aquatic species before river restoration projects begin.
In September of 2024, a team of 20 divers scoured 40,000 square meters of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. In just two weeks, the team found, identified, marked, tagged, and relocated every native freshwater mussel within their search area.