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Erdos announces CFL retirement
By Dale Woodard on February 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com After six seasons in the Canadian Football League and one Grey Cup championship, a local gridiron athlete is calling it a career. Brad Erdos, a product of Coaldale and a graduate of Catholic Central High announced his retirement from the Calgary Stampeders on Monday. Erdos was drafted by the Stampeders 27th overall in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Hurricanes PA announcer remembered
By Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com As the public address announcer for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Mike LeBlanc looked the part. And most importantly, he sounded the part. That is how a fellow former Canes public address announcer remembers LeBlanc, who passed away Feb. 5 of natural causes at the age of 56. As someone who filled many roles with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulls add right-handed pitcher Schaffer to roster
By Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Herald The weather outside isn’t exactly baseball weather, but that hasn’t stopped the Lethbridge Bulls from making another roster move with another Western Canadian Baseball League season approaching. On Monday, the Bulls announced they had signed Cardston product and right-handed pitcher Ty Schaffer. Schaffer spent the 2019 WCBL season with the Brooks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LMHA forging ahead with programs
By Dale Woodard on February 4th, 2021
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Be the first to comment!Pronghorns taking aim in fundraiser
By Dale Woodard on February 3rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com In her first three years with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team, there was always one special game for Amy Mazutinec and her teammates. At least wardrobe-wise. In that particular game, the team would don pink for the Horns annual Shoot For The Cure fundraiser to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes ready for puck drop, again
By Herald on January 28th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Western Hockey League — or at least a part of it — is returning after nearly a year away. Fortunately for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, that includes them and the rest of the Central Division. On Thursday, the WHL announced it had been granted approval by the Government of Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plume fondly remembered; former Hurricanes defenceman passes away
By Herald on January 22nd, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com A well-liked, solid defenceman who played the game the right way. That is how former Lethbridge Hurricane blue-liner Clay Plume is remembered by athletic therapist Gord Watt. Plume, a product of Standoff, passed away Tuesday at the age of 37. Plume played for the Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes break even for past season
By Herald on January 19th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Despite having their regular season cut short combined with their entire playoff run being iced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lethbridge Hurricanes’ bottom line didn’t get checked too hard in the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season. In fact, they pretty much broke even. Though the pandemic wiped out the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cozens posts assist in NHL debut
By Herald on January 15th, 2021
BUFFALO – ASSOCIATED PRESS T.J. Oshie had a goal and two assists in Peter Laviolette’s debut as Washington’s coach and the Capitals opened the season with a 6-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Making his NHL debut, former Lethbridge Hurricanes captain Dylan Cozens posted an assist on Buffalo’s second goal for his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes reflect on shortened 2020
By Herald on January 14th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Welcome to the 2020 edition of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, the year that was. Or was it the year that wasn’t? Whatever it was, it featured double gold medals at the World Junior Championship, the return of a familiar face at the trade deadline and a Canes defenceman putting up league-leading ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!History served by Kodiaks; men’s volleyball success highlights college’s sports year
By Herald on January 11th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com So how strong was the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s volleyball team last year? Put it this way, not even a pandemic could stop them. In 2020, program history was made as a result as the Kodiaks Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference silver medal – earned on home court at the Val ... Read More »
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