Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Caroline Ouellette of Montreal, Quebec retired from women’s hockey on Tuesday at age 39. Ouellette was instrumental in Canada’s gold medals in women’s hockey at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the 2006 Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Chandra Crawford of Canmore, Alberta was recognized with the 2018 Bruce Kidd Leadership Award at the 2018 Canadian Sport Awards in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday. Crawford received the honour for her marvelous work as the president and Read more
Team Canada won three gold medals in the first ever World Cup of Curling in Suzhou, China on Sunday. Laura Walker of Toronto, Ontario and Kirk Muyres of St. Gregor, Saskatchewan won the mixed doubles competition, Kevin Koe of Calgary, Read more
Team Canada has got off to a fantastic start at the first ever Curling World Cup, which is taking place in Suzhou, China. The Canadian teams have a combined record of eight wins and zero losses after the first two Read more
Elena Gaskell of Vernon, British Columbia won the gold medal in women’s big air freestyle skiing at a World Cup in Cardrona, New Zealand on Friday. For Gaskell, it was her first World Cup medal. Gaskell posted a score of Read more
Canadian Olympian Vincent De Haitre of Ottawa, Ontario has announced he is making the switch from speed skating to cycling.In an announcement made this week, De Haitre hopes to represent Canada at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. According to Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalist Valerie Maltais of La Baie, Quebec has decided to make the switch from short track speed skating to long track speed skating.In an announcement made on Tuesday, Maltais becomes the second high performance Canadian speed skater Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan is joining the Toronto Maple Leafs as their assistant director of player development. In an announcement made on Thursday, Wickenheiser will continue to live in Calgary as she completes her medical degree. Read more
Team Canada has won their 22nd international ice hockey tournament (now known as the Hlinka Gretzky Cup). On Saturday, in the gold medal game from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada defeated Sweden 6-2. Alexis Lafreniere of Saint-Eustache, Quebec led Team Read more
Team Canada is in the final of the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton, Alberta. On Friday, Canada defeated the United States 6-5 in the semifinal of the under-18 men’s hockey tournament. The result was extremely controversial. The United Read more