Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
According to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League website on Thursday, Alexis Lafreniere of the Rimouski Oceanic has won the 2020 Michel Briere Memorial Trophy. The award is presented annually to the most valuable player of the Quebec Major Junior Read more
According to the Ontario Hockey League on Friday, the Kingston Frontenacs have named Paul McFarland of Richmond Hill, Ontario as their head coach. McFarland is actually returning to Kingston as he was the Frontenacs head coach from 2014 to 2017. Read more
According to Devin Heroux of CBC Sports, the Canadian Federal Government will be giving financial assistance to sports organizations during the coronavirus crisis. In an announcement made on Friday, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that $72 million will be distributed Read more
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