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Import Draft pick won’t be joining Canes
By Woodard, Dale on July 13th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Hurricanes pick in this year’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft won’t be coming over to these shores. Fortunately for the Canes, they have two players already ably filling that import role. Picking 48th overall in this year’s Import Draft last month, the Hurricanes selected 17-year-old right winger Nikita ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawkins serves for Canada
By Woodard, Dale on July 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Mike Hawkins is returning to national coaching stage once again. But this time around it comes with a twist for the local volleyball coach. The Lethbridge product and current coach of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s volleyball team of the Canada West has been named the head coach of Canada’s U-19 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local sports getting kick started
By Woodard, Dale on July 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com With the crack of a bat or a kick of the ball, summer sports are starting to emerge in Lethbridge. As Lethbridge’s COVID-19 relaunch continues with the opening of venues around the city, athletes have also received the green light to get active in their respective sports once again in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sweeping changes coming for 2020-21 curling season
By Woodard, Dale on July 10th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com There are some sweeping changes coming to curling -literally and perhaps somewhat figuratively. As they get set for another season on the pebbled ice in addition to dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Curling Canada announced some on-ice changes Tuesday, spacing things out mid-game to keep things safe and sanitary. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness to reopen with limitations
By Woodard, Dale on July 10th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald With the University of Lethbridge working toward a gradual and safe reopening of its facilities, Horns Recreation announced Wednesday the reopening of the 1st Choice Savings Centre on Monday in a limited capacity. “We look forward to welcoming our members back to our facilities,” says Bill Halma, director of Horns Recreation in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What could have been …
By Woodard, Dale on July 9th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The 2019-20 Western Hockey League season will go into the books as the “what if” season for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Like every team in the WHL – and across the Canadian Hockey League – the Hurricanes season ground to a gut-wrenching halt when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in mid-March, cancelling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Curling has a long, rich history in Lethbridge
By Woodard, Dale on July 8th, 2020
Lethbridge Sports Council In the 1880s, as the community of Lethbridge was being formed, some of the first organizations developed were sport organizations. The Lethbridge Curling Club was one of the first, established in 1887. Lethbridge has always loved its curling, setting up one of the earliest curling rinks in Alberta. From curling on ponds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes promise to be ready
By Woodard, Dale on July 8th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Say when. As COVID-19 continues to cast a giant question mark over fall and winter sports, the Western Hockey League nonetheless tabbed Oct. 2 as the puck drop date for the 2020-21 season in an announcement last month. Whether that date remains in place or gets shuffled as sports across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes pick Russian in CHL import draft
By Lethbridge Herald on July 1st, 2020
Lethbridge HeraldThe Lethbridge Hurricanes made one selection at the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft Tuesday.Picking 48th overall the Canes picked up 2003-born forward Nikita Chibrikov.The 17-year-old from Moscow spent the last season with MHC Dynamo Moscow junior team of the MHL, scoring three goals and 16 points in 33 games.Chibrikov added one assist in three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes to pick 48thin CHL Import Draft
By Woodard, Dale on June 30th, 2020
Lethbridge herald Teams across the Canadian Hockey League will do a little drafting from overseas during the CHL Import Draft today. The picks start at 9 a.m. with the Lethbridge Hurricanes picking 48th and again at 108th. The Canes used the 2019 Import Draft to select Oliver Okuliar, who went on to score 33 goals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roersma earns invite to Hockey Canada’s U-17 camp
By Woodard, Dale on June 26th, 2020
Lethbridge HERALD A local product and Western Hockey League prospect has taken a step toward the 2020 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Lethbridge midget AAA Hurricanes forward Rylen Roersma was one of 35 Western Hockey League players invited to attend Hockey Canada’s virtual national under-17 development camp. Roersma will be joined by Dr. Ben Cameron of ... Read More »
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