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Lacrosse duo stepping up to Junior A
By Dale Woodard on March 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Ries Bower and Carter Cook were preparing to be rivals. Fortunately for the two Lethbridge Cudas lacrosse players who will be moving up to the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Junior A ranks, that only lasted one day. And they didn’t even have to play against each other. Bower and Cook were two of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A little bit of everything for the Hurricanes
By Dale Woodard on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Everything and the kitchen sink. In a nutshell, that’s what was thrown the Lethbridge Hurricanes way last weekend in a three-day, three-game set with the Red Deer Rebels. Quick starts, spotted leads, flurries of goals — both for and against — comebacks, a power play that clicked seven times in three games and ... Read More »
1 responseRebels take weekend finale over Hurricanes
By Dale Woodard on March 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Hurricanes will settle for two out of three over the Red Deer Rebels. Playing in Game 3 of their weekend series, the Canes fell 5-1 to the Rebels in Western Hockey League play Sunday night in Red Deer. After wins on Friday and Saturday that were powered largely by special teams, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes edge the Rebels in OT
By Dale Woodard on March 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Hurricanes power play continued to click this weekend. The Canes got past the Red Deer Rebels 4-3 in overtime in Western Hockey League play Saturday night at the Enmax Centre. Veteran defenceman and alternate captain Alex Cotton scored 53 seconds into overtime on the man adavantage as the Hurricanes power play went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes beat the Rebels
By Dale Woodard on March 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com What looked like a potentially long night at the rink for the Lethbridge Hurricanes instead turned out to be a comeback victory and a stats night to boot. The Canes snagged their first win of the 24-game Western Hockey League season courtesy a 7-4 decision over the Red Deer Rebels Friday night in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes schedule getting busy now
By Dale Woodard on March 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com It’s March, so why not have a playoff style schedule? Normally, that’s what would be happening in any normal Western Hockey League season. “Normal”, however, flew out the window almost exactly a year ago thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that put major junior across the nation on ice. Instead, the middle of March ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kindree finds a home in his last WHL season
By Dale Woodard on March 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Liam Kindree’s phone rang. He didn’t recognize the number, not even the area code. He did, however, see the city that popped up on his viewfinder. Upon taking the call, however, the 21-year-forward — three days removed from being waived by the Kelowna Rockets, the team he spent his entire Western Hockey League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nothing but (virtual) net for Horns
By Dale Woodard on March 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team and The Children of St. Martha Elementary School are teaming up for a slam dunk right on the computer screen. The Horns have joined the west side elementary school for two weeks of basketball clinics with The Children of St. Martha Elementary School’s Grade 5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Horns hit the court once again
By Dale Woodard on March 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team is taking baby steps back onto the court. They are socially-distanced — and at first numerically restricted — baby steps, but baby steps nonetheless. For the first time since Nov. 27, the Horns were able to step back onto their 1st Choice Savings Centre home ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Henderson Lake Golf Club opening doors
By Dale Woodard on March 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Henderson Lake Golf Club is ready to tee things off in mid-March. The golf course off Mayor Magrath Drive will be open to the public Friday, well before its usual opening time of the beginning of April. As they did last summer, the Henderson Lake Golf Club will pay heed to all ... Read More »
2 responsesHurricanes schedule set
By Dale Woodard on March 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Hurricanes Western Hockey League schedule is set for March. After opening their 24-game, Central Division-only season with a pair of losses to the Edmonton Oil Kings last weekend, the Canes return to the ice next weekend with their next three opponents secured. The Hurricanes will travel to Red Deer to face ... Read More »
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