News Archive
| Sam MacCormick receives RBC Scholarship |
| March 10th 2010 |
Sam MacCormick of the Nauss TIMBR-Mart Lumberjacks has been awarded the RBC Junior A Scholarship for 2009-2010. |
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| Lions excited to be seeing playoff hockey |
| March 7th 2010 |
The Halifax Lions play their first home playoff game in three years at the Halifax Forum on Monday night vs. the Pictou County Weeks Crushers. No question, it's been a turnaround year for the young Lions team led by Head Coach/GM Troy Ryan.
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| Big Weekend of playoff action |
| March 5th 2010 |
With the Lumberjacks winning the Bent mini-series, the four division semi-final match-ups are confirmed and action begins on Friday night in Woodstock. |
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| Commandos, Slammers set to start |
| March 4th 2010 |
The Dieppe Commandos are now in preparation for the opening round of the playoffs. And prepare they must as their opponents will be tough as the Commandos face the Woodstock Slammers. |
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| Slammers end with new record |
| March 1st 2010 |
As the Woodstock Slammers' unbelievable season come to an end, the team finishes on a high note by surpassing the 2003 Charlottetown Abbies in points with 92. |
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| Owens with another outstanding week |
| February 22nd 2010 |
It was Chris Owens week again in the MJAHL. But his Miramichi Timberwolves played just 2 games so he only scored 11 points. Oh yes, 10 of them were in one game. In all, one goal, ten assists. His challenger for the league point lead, Truro's Dana Fraser also had a good week, by normal standards, earning 7 points in two games (1 goal, 6 assists). |
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| Playoff Dates Released |
| February 22nd 2010 |
The 2010 playoff schedule has been released and action is set to start on Tuesday, March 2nd with the Bent Division mini-series. |
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| Goalies take a beating |
| February 16th 2010 |
It was not a week most MJAHL goalies will want to remember - 135 goals in 16 games, more than 8 goals a game. And the Miramichi Timberwolves were the cause of a lot of the goalie grief - 32 goals in 4 games. And to top it all 6 players had a hat trick during the week, one of them doing it twice. |
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| Slammers 11th in nation |
| February 15th 2010 |
The Woodstock Slammers moved up one spot in the CJHL rankings as of February 15th and now clock in at 11th. |
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| Crushers celebrate former Olympians |
| February 12th 2010 |
The Weeks Crushers will kink-off the Winter Olympics by honouring former Olympian and New Glasgow native James Abram Garfield "Garf" MacDonald on Saturday February 13th against the Dieppe Commandos. |
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| Troy Ryan named GM for World Junior A Challege |
| February 11th 2010 |
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in partnership with Hockey Canada announced the appointment of the General Managers for Team Canada East and Team Canada West for the fifth annual World Junior A Challenge. Troy Ryan, General Manager of the Halifax Lions (MJAHL), will lead Team East. |
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| 11 point week for Earle |
| February 8th 2010 |
The first week of February was very good for Summerside's Chad Earle, who scored hat tricks twice during the week and added a 7th goal in the team's third game. On top of that he also had at least one assist in all three games, ending the week with 11 points, easily topping the week's scoreboard. |
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| Crushers to honour MacDonald |
| February 8th 2010 |
New Glasgow native Joey MacDonald will have his jersey raised at Crushers/Rams match at Hector Stadium in Pictou. |
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| Mariners brave cold for Icy Knights |
| February 4th 2010 |
Despite the freezing January cold, the Yarmouth Mariners have continued to maintain their friendships with the Icy Knights program. |
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| Owens, Fraser dominant |
| February 3rd 2010 |
Chris Owens not only set the Timberwolves' record for career points last week, he led the MJAHL in scoring, posting 8 points from a goal and 7 assists. League points leader Dana Fraser of the Bearcats was close behind with 7 points off 2 goals and 5 assists. |
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| RBC Junior A Scholarship |
| February 2nd 2010 |
RBC is pleased to offer the "RBC Junior A Scholarship" program again this year.This program is designed to provide an opportunity for Junior A players to apply for a scholarship based on their academic accomplishments and community service. Read more for criteria and application details. |
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| Week 21 Stats review |
| January 26th 2010 |
John MacDonald of the Halifax Lions led MJAHL scorers last week with 6 points from 2 goals and 4 assists. It was hat trick week in MJAHL as three players picked up a trio of markers in a single game. |
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| Miramichi to host Hockey for Haiti game |
| January 25th 2010 |
Public Safety personnel face off against Timberwolves February 4th to raise funds for disaster relief. |
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| Slammers move game to Grand Falls |
| January 22nd 2010 |
The Woodstock Slammers are moving the Wednesday, Jan. 27, home game against
the Campbellton Tigers from the Carleton Civic Centre in Woodstock to the E & P Senechal Centre in Grand Falls. Game time is 7:30 p.m. |
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| Crushers lose points for ineligible player |
| January 21st 2010 |
| Due to an ineligible player infraction by the Weeks Crushers, the team has been penalized two points. |
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