The calendar still shows just over three weeks remaining until summer gives way to autumn, but another calendar is very clear: hockey season has arrived. All 12 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams begin training camp on Thursday with the first set of pre-season games taking place as early as Sunday. Training camps will consist of […]

By Jamie Neugebauer The Notre Dame Hounds Junior A have added another set of eyes up north. Trevor Sabo has been brought in as the club’s Northern Saskatchewan scout after five years in a scouting and managerial role with the Prince Albert minor hockey system. Sabo, 37, spent last year scouting for the Calgary Mustangs […]

By Dave Leaderhouse Editor’s note: This is the 12th and final edition in a series of features on the 12 head coaches in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League that will run every Friday throughout the summer. The intent is to familiarize the fans with those who are in charge of the various clubs as there […]

By Jamie Neugebauer Brett Pilkington’s new employment at Notre Dame as Junior A assistant coach and camp co-ordinator means much more to the Calgary native than merely the acceptance of a new job. It is the realization of lifelong dream. “Being an Alberta boy, growing up playing hockey, I had heard of, and always wanted […]

By Dave Leaderhouse Editor’s note: This is the 11th in a series of features on the 12 head coaches in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League that will run every Friday throughout the summer. The intent is to familiarize the fans with those who are in charge of the various clubs as there has been a […]

By Dave Leaderhouse Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a series of features on the 12 head coaches in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League that will run every Friday throughout the summer. The intent is to familiarize the fans with those who are in charge of the various clubs as there has been a […]

INDUCTION CEREMONIES HELD IN NIPAWIN AUG 3, 2019   Wes Smith Wes Smith got his start in the Rutherford Rink in Saskatoon during the 1971 season where he started to make his mark on the game, and give thousands of hours of his time, so others could play the game they loved. The first game […]

INDUCTION CEREMONIES HELD IN NIPAWIN AUG 3, 2019   Mark Smith Mark Smith was born in Edmonton, AB., but moved to Saskatchewan at the age of 3 and grew up on a farm, 15 miles from Eyebrow, SK. Mark has an older brother and sister, and they kept each other busy making up any games […]

INDUCTION CEREMONIES HELD IN NIPAWIN AUG 3, 2019   Gerald Botterill Gerald was a very community-sports minded Individual and hockey was his number one sport. When it became apparent that Nipawin was ready for a higher level of hockey, Gerald, along with a group of interested persons, pursued a Jr. A Franchise for the town […]

INDUCTION CEREMONIES HELD IN NIPAWIN AUG 3, 2019   Rejean Stringer Rejean (Rej) Stringer was born and raised in Gravelbourg SK in a bilingual family to parents Louis and Gloria. He left home at the end of grade ten to play for the Swift Current AAA Legionnaires of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League for […]