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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 »
Be the first to comment!Horns reflect on COVID-affected 2020
By Herald on January 8th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com In a COVID-19-shortened 2020, it was just as much about what the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns did on the court as much as they did off of it. As the calendar turned to March and with some sports still going, the pandemic sent Horns athletics to the locker room a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doty heading south
By DALE WOODARD on January 6th, 2021
Andrew Doty is taking his career to Vegas. The Lethbridge Hurricanes announced Monday that Doty, one of the team’s assistant coaches, is on the move south of the border, hired as the Video Coach for the Henderson Silver Knights, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Las Vegas Golden Knights, in their inaugural season. And ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge’s Ridly Greig signs with Ottawa Senators
By Herald on December 31st, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The pen has been put to the paper and Ridly Greig’s National Hockey League journey is officially underway. After being selected by the Ottawa Senators in the first round and 28th overall in the 2020 NHL draft Oct. 6, the Lethbridge product and forward for the Brandon Wheat Kings of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada West cancels championships
By LETHBRIDGE HERALD on December 18th, 2020
The Canada West swimming and track and field championships are the latest COVID-19 casualties, while a decision on curling is pending. Canada West announced Thursday the cancellation of its 2020-21 swimming and track and field championship and deferred a decision on the 2020-21 curling championships to a later date. Calgary was slated to host the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nik Ledgerwood returning to Cavalry FC
By LETHBRIDGE HERALD on December 18th, 2020
Nik Ledgerwood is headed back to the Cavalry FC. The FC announced Thursday the Lethbridge product and team captain signed a one-year extension for the 2021 Canadian Premier League season. “2020 has definitely been a hard year and it just magnified how much I miss sharing a home stadium with our fans,” said Ledgerwood in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes back playing the waiting game
By Dale Woodard on December 17th, 2020
The waiting game – not the hockey game – continues for the Lethbridge Hurricanes and it won’t end on Jan. 8 as hoped. For the third time since the COVID-19 pandemic iced the last month of the 2019-20 WHL season as well as the playoffs, the Western Hockey League announced Tuesday afternoon it will delay ... Read More »
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