Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
According to the Canadian Press, the teams within the Quebec divisions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will stop play because of coronavirus until October 28. So far to start the season there has been an outbreak among the Read more
Canadian alpine skiing great Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Vancouver, British Columbia retired at age 36 on Tuesday according to Jim Morris of CBC Sports. Osborne-Paradis won 11 World Cup medals in his career and the bronze medal in the men’s super Read more
The province of Ontario is ordering the Ontario Hockey League to ban bodychecking and other physical contact for the upcoming season according to John Chidley-Hill of the Canadian Press on Wednesday. The rule was put in place when the Ontario Read more
Alexis Lafreniere of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, the consensus first overall pick, was selected first overall in the 2020 National Hockey League Draft on Tuesday by the New York Rangers according to Chris Peters of ESPN. Lafreniere was the Canadian Hockey League Read more
Brayden Point of Calgary, Alberta has taken over the National Hockey League lead in playoff goals. Point notched his 11th goal of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday in game three of the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals. The Lightning Read more
Edmonton has been awarded the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship. The tournament was initially to be played in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, but changes were made due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 World Juniors will be played in Read more
The 2021 World Luge Championships in Whistler, British Columbia have been cancelled due to coronavirus. According to the Canadian Press, the major reason for the cancellation is because of Canada’s 14-day quarantine policy for people entering the country. Coronavirus continues Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Monday, the International Skating Union has cancelled World Cup speed skating events in Canada this fall because of coronavirus. There were to be two World Cup short track speed skating events in Quebec this Read more
The 2021 Quebec International Pee Wee Hockey Tournament has been cancelled because of coronavirus according to the Canadian Press. The tournament was to take place from February 10-21, 2021 at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City. The pee wee tournament Read more
The World Cup events in alpine skiing at Lake Louise that were scheduled to take place this fall have been cancelled because of coronavirus according to the Canadian Press on Thursday. There will be a World Cup alpine skiing season Read more