Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
Edmonton’s Valerie Sweeting and Brendan Bottcher were already eliminated from the semi-finals in women’s and men’s competition at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa when they delivered impressive victories on the final day of round robin play. Sweeting knocked Read more
Chelsea Carey of Calgary, Alberta has remained undefeated at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa, Ontario. On Thursday, Carey delivered a remarkable comeback to improve her record to a perfect 6-0. Carey was down 4-0 after the second Read more
Teams from Calgary are in first place at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa, Ontario. Calgary’s Kevin Koe is 6-0 on the men’s side and Calgary’s Chelsea Carey is 5-0 on the women’s side. In men’s action, Koe defeated Read more
Kevin Koe of Calgary, Alberta continues to win close games at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa, Ontario. On Tuesday, Koe defeated Mike McEwen of Winnipeg, Manitoba 6-5 to improve to a perfect record of five wins and zero Read more
Day three of the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa, Ontario are now complete and there are still four undefeated teams. On the men’s side, Calgary’s Kevin Koe is 4-0 and Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen is 3-0. While on the Read more
Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Sherbrooke, Quebec won his first career individual World Cup speed skating event from the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta on Sunday. It was also Boisvert-Lacroix’s fifth World Cup medal in the men’s 500m in his speed Read more
Kevin Koe is all alone in first place at 3-0 after the second day of the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa, Ontario. But there is no doubt that the two-time world champion is very fortunate to be undefeated. Koe Read more
Evan McEachran of Oakville, Ontario won a World Cup silver medal in men’s slopestyle skiing in Stubai, Austria on Sunday.It was the first World Cup medal of McEachran’s career and it comes just over two months from the start of Read more
Meagan Duhamel of Sudbury, Ontario and Eric Radford of Winnipeg, Manitoba won the bronze medal on Saturday in pairs figure skating in Skate America in Lake Placid, New York. For Duhamel and Radford it was their second International Skating Union Read more
One of the very best Canadian sports stories in 2017 involves Canadian Olympic bronze medal winning snowboarder Mark McMorris of Regina, Saskatchewan. In April, McMorris broke his jaw, arm, ribs, lung, pelvis and spleen when he had an accident snowboarding Read more