Tag: Hockey Day in Canada
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People celebrate hockey in their lives at Hockey Day in Canada
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Harrison Park was a sea of red and white Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada toques Saturday. Throngs of excited hockey fans young and old turned out for the festival in the park and congregated around and near the aptly named Good Cheer Rink for this national event hosted in Owen Sound. There was lots to…
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Warriors take the ‘W’ in OUA game for Hockey Day
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Dollee Meigs called it a full-circle moment. The Owen Sound native was behind the bench as the Waterloo Warriors shut out the Guelph Gryphons 3-0 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday afternoon in a neutral-site Ontario University Athletics game featured as part of Hockey Day in Canada. The Warriors’ associate coach grew up…
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PWHPA wows the crowd to kick-off Hockey Day at the Bayshore
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The superstars of the women’s game stormed into the Scenic City Saturday morning to kick off Hockey Day in Canada at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Team Scotiabank shut out Team Adidas 3-0 in the PWHPA Scotiabank Showcase, a part of the Secret Dream Gap Tour regular season. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Johnston…
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The stars come out to play on the eve of Hockey Day
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Lanny McDonald is known as one of the nicest people in the game of hockey, but even he couldn’t help but rub a little salt in the wound post-game as his team won the Celebrity and Alumni Classic Hockey Game in Owen Sound Friday night. “I might have needled him a little bit,” McDonald said…
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Wild crowd pumps up the volume for Hockey Day high school games
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The St. Mary’s Mustangs completed a two-game sweep of the East vs. West High School Challenge Cup Friday at a nearly full and deafeningly boisterous Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams from the city’s high schools played back-to-back games in front of a rowdy crowd of students bussed to the…
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Rosters set for Hockey Day in Canada alumni and celebrity game
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Hockey Day in Canada eve is shaping up to be a night full of nostalgia with familiar faces heading back to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre for the celebrity and alumni hockey game. Team Darcy Tucker will face off against Team Lanny McDonald with Hockey Day in Canada bragging rights on the line. The…
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Hockey Day in Canada clinics working to help shape future of the game
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Dream big and skate fast. Greg Schell has been working with the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey development team for over 20 years. He’s currently the coordinator of hockey development and an elected member of the National Hockey League’s Youth Development Advisory Board. On Thursday, he along with Maple Leafs legends Darcy Tucker and Wendel Clark,…
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Hockey Day in Canada goes to school in Owen Sound
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Owen Sound is screaming for hockey this week and no louder than in the city’s schools as some of the game’s greats visit gymnasiums across the Scenic City in celebration of Canada’s national winter sport and Hockey Day in Canada. On Thursday morning, the star-studded Hockey Day in Canada delegation visited both Ecole East Ridge…
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Library’s Hockey Day speaker series features writers with Grey-Bruce connections
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The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library is celebrating hockey writing in Canada next week when a large portion of the hockey world visits Owen Sound as part of the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada activities. In a media release, the library said it will be offering programming that highlights the unique contributions…
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Young and prospective hockey officials invited to free clinic with Ron MacLean
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New, prospective and young officials interested in learning more about the art of refereeing a hockey game are invited to attend an officiating clinic with Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean on Wednesday, Jan. 18, as part of the Hockey Day in Canada festivities in Owen Sound. The free hour-long session takes place at…