Author: Ian Kennedy

A University of Western Ontario graduate, Ian Kennedy loves local sports and promoting his community, which is why he founded CKSN in 2011. Ian’s sportscasts and news contributions are regularly featured on 99.1 CKXS FM in Wallaceburg. In the past, Ian worked as a columnist and reporter for the Chatham-Kent Daily Post and Chatham Voice.

Joseph Raaymakers In ECHL

Joseph Raaymakers In ECHL

Ian Kennedy- April 6, 2018

Chatham's Joseph Raaymakers is making his first step into professional hockey, signing an amateur tryou agreement with the East Coast Hockey League's (ECHL) Cincinnati Cyclones. ... Read More

Wells, Welch Among Top OHL U18 Draft Prospects

Wells, Welch Among Top OHL U18 Draft Prospects

Ian Kennedy- April 6, 2018

Evan Wells being honoured as game MVP from the Alliance All-Star Game this yearLast year, no Chatham-Kent products were selected in the new OHL U18 ... Read More

Wallaceburg Red Devils Season Approaching

Wallaceburg Red Devils Season Approaching

Ian Kennedy- April 5, 2018

The Wallaceburg Red Devils 2018 Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League season is approaching, with the team opening with a four game home stand in the ... Read More

Sharks Hosting Spring Camp

Sharks Hosting Spring Camp

Ian Kennedy- April 5, 2018

Wheatley SharksThe Wheatley Omstead Sharks will open up their Spring Mini Camp on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22 from 3:30-6:30 pm at the ... Read More

What’s Next For Seth Griffith?

What’s Next For Seth Griffith?

Ian Kennedy- April 4, 2018

Seth Griffith of Wallaceburg isn't in the league he'd like to be. Griffith did play 21 games at the NHL level this season, and has ... Read More

Seven Chatham-Kent Football Players To Suit Up For Essex Ravens

Seven Chatham-Kent Football Players To Suit Up For Essex Ravens

Ian Kennedy- April 3, 2018

With no Varsity football in Chatham-Kent for the second straight season, a larger than normal contingent of local football players will be competing for the ... Read More

Paul Dudley Memorial Tournament Today

Paul Dudley Memorial Tournament Today

Ian Kennedy- April 3, 2018

The Paul Dudley Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will take place today, Monday, April 3 at John McGregor Secondary School. It is 20th year for the ... Read More

Several Local Players Considered Prospects For OHL Draft

Several Local Players Considered Prospects For OHL Draft

Ian Kennedy- April 2, 2018

Craig Spence fires a shot for the Chatham Maroons this season - Photo by Kelsey Vermeersch/ CKSN.caThe 2018 OHL Priority Selection Draft will be held ... Read More

Tuukka Cup 3-on-3 Road Hockey Tournament Planned

Tuukka Cup 3-on-3 Road Hockey Tournament Planned

Ian Kennedy- March 30, 2018

Ronny "Tuukka" BetterleyThe memory of Ronny "Tuukka" Betterley will live on this summer at the Tuukka Cup 3-on-3 Road Hockey Tournament from August 24-26. The ... Read More

Former Cyclone Ethan Nother Makes NCAA DI Commitment

Former Cyclone Ethan Nother Makes NCAA DI Commitment

Ian Kennedy- March 29, 2018

Former Chatham-Kent Cyclones forward Ethan Nother has made a commitment to play NCAA Division I hockey for Bemidji State University. Nother, who played for the ... Read More

New Coach and GM For Wheatley Sharks

New Coach and GM For Wheatley Sharks

Ian Kennedy- March 29, 2018

After a disappointing season the Wheatley Sharks will have new personnel in charge of day-to-day hockey operations, with a new general manager and head coach ... Read More

Dresden Peewee Team Finishes Spectacular Season

Dresden Peewee Team Finishes Spectacular Season

Ian Kennedy- March 28, 2018

The Dresden Peewee White team just completed a spectacular season - Contributed PhotoThe Dresden White Peewee LL team finished a spectacular regular season recently with ... Read More

Novice AE Cobras Win OMHA Championship

Novice AE Cobras Win OMHA Championship

Ian Kennedy- March 27, 2018

It was an OMHA championship for the Kent Cobras Novice AE team as they closed out their series against the Belle River Jr. Canadiens this ... Read More

Emma Negri Wins Provincial Shot Put Gold

Emma Negri Wins Provincial Shot Put Gold

Ian Kennedy- March 27, 2018

Emma Negri on the podium at the Indoor Provincial Championships - Contributed PhotoEmma Negri, a nine-year-old from Blenheim, won gold in shot put this past ... Read More