Category: Hockey
Maroons Zach Power Signs To Play Junior A With CCHL’s Navan Grads
Zach Power with the Chatham Maroons - Photo by CKSN.ca Chatham Maroons forward Zach Power is moving up the hockey ladder after the Glencoe product ... 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
Kaitlyn Isaac Thankful For Her Community After Successful First NCAA Campaign
Kaitlyn Isaac skates the puck for Cornell University - Photo by Cornell Athletics Kaitlyn Isaac has committed herself to excellence on and off the ice. ... Read More
The Story of the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks: Residential School, Hockey, And Assimilation
Much research has been done on the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks. In a project led by Janice Forsyth and Alexandra Giancarlo, Crossing The Redline, a ... Read More
Fred Saskamoose: Canada’s First Indigenous NHL Player
Fred SaskamooseFred Saskamoose, of Cree decent, grew up on Ahtahkakoop First Nation in Saskatchewan. Now 85-years-old, Saskamoose became the first Indigenous hockey player in Canada ... Read More
Samara Whiteye: A Young And Inspiring Indigenous Athlete
Samara Whiteye with the Chatham-Kent Crush - Photo by CKSN.caSamara Whiteye loves the game of hockey. She also loves where she comes from. "I am ... 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
“The Best Captain, As A Captain, The Leafs Have Ever Had,” Was Indigenous
George Armstrong holds with Stanley Cup with the 1967 Toronto Maple LeafsWhen it comes to names in hockey, few are larger than Conn Smythe. That's ... Read More
Meet Canada’s First Indigenous Olympic Gold Medallist: Kenneth Moore
Kenneth MooreKenneth Moore was the first Indigenous person to win an Olympic gold medal while representing Canada. Born in Balcarres, Saskatchewan in 1910, Moore was ... 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
The Glory Days Of The Walpole Island Hawks
In the early 1990s, the Walpole Island Hawks were one of the toughest teams to beat in the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League. In ... Read More
The 1993 Walpole Island Hawks Were OMHA Champions
The 1993, All Ontario Champion, Walpole Island HawksIn 1993, the Walpole Island Hawks became the first Indigenous hockey team to win an OMHA championship, winning ... Read More
Brett Brochu Invited To Team Canada’s World Junior Goaltending Camp
Brett Brochu with the OHL's London Knights - Photo by Terry Wilson/ OHL ImagesBrett Brochu of Tilbury was one of five goalies invited to participate ... Read More
Whiteye On A Journey Of Personal Discovery
Katreena Whiteye takes a faceoff for the Brock University Badgers - Photo by Brock AthleticsKatreena Whiteye comes from Delaware at the Thames First Nation at ... Read More