Category: Columns
Empire Universe Podcast: Featuring Guest Jessie McPherson
In this episode of the Empire Universe podcast, host Luke Kelly talks to Chatham hockey player Jessie McPherson. McPherson will be attending the University of ... Read More
The Future Of Hockey Scouting
By Matt Pepper It's been a trying time for us all in the world this year. All of the activities that we have become accustomed ... Read More
Who Were The Last 5 NHL Draft Picks From Chatham-Kent?
This week every year, the NHL Draft is held. Except for this year. COVID-19 has sent the entire world into a new era, and sports ... Read More
Entegrus Power Play: Vanroboys Named To Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
Lucas Vanroboys with the NCAA's Bentley University This week’s Entegrus Power Play performance comes from Lucas Vanroboys, who finished a spectacular freshman with the Bentley ... Read More
Get Your Chatham-Kent Sports T-Shirt, Pre-Order Ends This Week
For almost 10 years, the Chatham-Kent Sports Network has been writing about, celebrating, photographing, and promoting our local athletes, teams and organizations.Like many other businesses, ... Read More
5 Ways To Begin Decolonizing Sports
Colonization is the act of settling among, and establishing control over the Indigenous people of an area. In Canada, Colonization has impacted every aspect of ... Read More
Hockey Provided Respite At Residential Schools, But Was Also A Damaging Tool
Boys playing hockey at residential school - Photo from ActiveHistory.ca Residential schools have left behind generations of trauma, and negative impacts on both physical and ... Read More
Hockey Is For Everyone: Indigenous Inclusion
In recent years, the NHL has run a campaign known as "Hockey is for Everyone," looking to bring to light issues in equity and inclusion ... Read More
Meet Debwe: The One Who Speaks The Truth
Debwe, the mascot for the North American Indigenous GamesIn 2017, the North American Indigenous Games welcomed a new mascot to help represent the event, Debwe. ... Read More
Home Game: Rethinking Canada Through Indigenous Hockey
By Sam McKegney (Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Queen's University, Ontario) and Michael Auksi (Indigenous Research Officer, University of Toronto). “Damn, we got ... Read More
Podcast: On The Line… With Grayson Ladd
In this episode of On The Line, brought to you by the Chatham-Kent Sports Network, and sponsored by the Chatham Pro Shop, we talk to ... Read More
Walpole Island’s Ed Pinnance, One Of The First Indigenous Major League Baseball Players
Ed PinnanceEd Pinnance was a groundbreaker. When we list influential athletes from the area, Fergie Jenkins comes to mind, and Pinnance belongs in the same ... Read More
Remembering Little NHL Founders, Earl Abotossaway and Norman Debassiage
Each year, the Little NHL is a celebration of Indigenous hockey players. Started in 1971, with only 200 players participating, the tournament has grown to ... Read More
Jennifer Johnstone, A Chatham-Kent Athlete Who Came baCK
Jennifer Johnstone and her family in Chatham-KentChatham-Kent sends athletes across Ontario, Canada, and the globe each year to compete athletically. Sponsored by baCK to Chatham-Kent, ... Read More