Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Doug Anakin of Chatham, Ontario passed away at the age of 89 on Saturday. Anakin won a gold medal for Canada in the four-man bobsled at the 1964 Olympic Read more
The 2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup has been cancelled. In a statement made on Tuesday, the under-18 international men’s hockey tournament was to take place from August 3-8, 2020 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, but will no longer take place Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette of Montreal, Quebec received her medical degree from the University of McGill on Friday according to the Canadian Press. Rochette was one of Canada’s stars from the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver as Read more
The University of Lethbridge has dropped their men’s and women’s university hockey teams due to budget cuts according to the Canadian Press on Monday. Known as the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns, the men’s hockey team had been in Canadian USports Read more
Hayley Wickenheiser is on a mission. The four-time Canadian Olympic gold medalist in women’s hockey is doing her part for Coronavirus and it is at the moment extraordinary. In two separate tweets on Sunday, Wickenheiser stated the following: 1/2 After Read more
Elizabeth Giguere of Quebec City, Quebec has won the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Award according to Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette. The award, which was presented to Giguere on Friday, is presented to the top women’s hockey player in the Read more
The Canadian government is trying to get the message across of the importance that all Canadians stay home and only leave the house for very serious circumstances such as a quick trip to the grocery store, pharmacy or doctor. On Read more
Jason Gunnlaugson of Winnipeg, the skip of the 2020 Manitoba provincial men’s curling champion team, has made a change to his roster for the 2020-21 curling season. Gunnlaugson announced on Thursday that his third Alex Forrest of Winnipeg would be Read more
There will be no Memorial Cup in 2020. On Monday, the Canadian Hockey League announced that the most prestigious national junior ice hockey championship in Canada will not take place as scheduled because of the Coronavirus according to Patrick Read more
With the 2019-20 curling season coming to a significantly abrupt and unfortunate end due to the Coronavirus, there are some interesting changes to report from Canadian high performance curling teams over the last 48 hours. The changes have been put Read more