Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
Jordon McDonald of Winnipeg, Manitoba has been the big story so far at the 2024 PointsBet Invitational Curling Tournament at Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta. After beating 2023 Brier finalist and fourth seed Matt Dunstone of Winnipeg 8-5 on Read more
There was a stunning upset on Thursday at the 2024 PointsBet Invitational at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta. In this intriguing single elimination knockout event, Allyson MacNutt of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 14th seed, knocked out the third Read more
One of the key events of the 2024-25 curling season began on Wednesday with the 2024 PointsBet Invitational from the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta. In a unique format, 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s tournaments begin play in Read more
Team Canada has won the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. On Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 in the gold medal game. The Canadian goal scorers were centres Liam Kilfoil of Quispamsis, New Brunswick Read more
Hockey Canada is naming Jon Cooper of Prince George, British Columbia as the head coach of the Olympic team for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. Cooper is the current head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning of Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Wednesday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Pascal Dion of Montreal, Quebec has retired from short track speed skating at age 29. Dion won a gold medal for Canada in the men’s 5000 metre relay at Read more
According to the Canadian Hockey League on Thursday, the Ontario Hockey League is returning to Brampton. The OHL Board of Governors approved the move of Mississauga to Brampton for the 2024-25 OHL season. The franchise name of the Steelheads will Read more
The inductees for Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame were announced on Wednesday and there were three Canadian Olympic gold medalists. Those selected were women’s hockey player Vicky Sunohara of Scarborough, Ontario, men’s figure skater Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario and Read more
A former Toronto Argonauts running back is being named as the new commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League. According to Rogers Sportsnet, former Argonauts running back and special teams specialist Bryan Crawford of Hamilton, Ontario will take over the role Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Tuesday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Melodie Daoust of Valleyfield, Quebec is retiring from women’s hockey at the age of 32. Daoust won a gold medal for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Read more