Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
According to Curling Canada, Jimmy Ursel of Glenella, Manitoba passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84 of cancer. Despite the fact he was born in Manitoba, Ursel is best known for his time in Quebec. In 1977, Ursel teamed Read more
Five Canadian teams have qualified for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from November 20-28. This past weekend two men’s teams and three women’s teams qualified from the Canadian Olympic Trials Direct Entry Qualifier tournament in Ottawa, Ontario. Read more
According to the Associated Press on Saturday, Luc Tardif of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec has been named the new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Tardif takes over from Rene Fasel of Fribourg, Switzerland, who held the role since 1994. Tardif, Read more
Saint John, New Brunswick will host the 2022 Memorial Cup. In an announcement made on Wednesday, it will be the second time ever that the Memorial Cup is coming to the province of New Brunswick according to Alex Cooke of Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Simmerling of Vancouver, British Columbia retired at the age of 32 on Thursday according to Andy Prest of North Shore News. Simmerling won the bronze medal for Canada in women’s team pursuit track cycling at Read more
Team Canada has won the gold medal at the 2021 Women’s World Hockey Championships in Calgary, Alberta. In a dramatic gold medal game on Tuesday at the Markin MacPhail Centre, Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime thanks to Read more
It will once again be an all-North American final at the Women’s World Hockey Championship. On Monday in Calgary, Alberta, the semifinals took place, with Canada defeating Switzerland 4-0 in one semifinal, and the United States beating Finland 3-0 in Read more
Team Canada is now in the semifinals of the 2021 Women’s World Hockey Championship in Calgary, Alberta. On Saturday, Canada defeated Switzerland 7-0 in the third of four quarterfinal games at the Markin MacPhail Centre. It was a rather simple Read more
Team Canada has ended their losing streak against the United States at the Women’s World Hockey Championship. On Thursday from Calgary, Alberta, the Canadians defeated the Americans 5-1 to improve their record to four wins and zero losses. This was Read more
Team Canada has won its third game of the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Hockey Championship in Calgary. On Tuesday, Canada defeated Switzerland 5-0 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta. The Canadian team was led offensively Read more