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Sports

With The Coach: Harry Kuppek

One team is simply not enough for this coach

With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Harry Kuppek, 46-year-old Ste. Anne de Bellevue resident and financial planner... » Full Story

Montreal Juniors host West Island Day

Esposito returns to team after winning gold

More than 3,000 hockey fans are  expected at the Verdun Auditorium this Saturday as the Montreal Juniors... » Full Story
More than 3,000 hockey fans are  expected at the Verdun Auditorium this Saturday as the Montreal Juniors will hold their first West Island Day. Minor hockey players from the Lakeshore and Hockey West Island... » Full Story

Jourdenais takes over North Shore Musta

Leaves Lions to take on new challenge

Football coach Jason Jourdenais said it was time for a change. So after six hugely successful... » Full Story
Football coach Jason Jourdenais said it was time for a change. So after six hugely successful seasons at the helm of the North Shore bantam Lions, Jourdenais decided to make the jump to the North Shore midget... » Full Story

Lakeshore Lions Atom B win Ile Bizard provincial tournament in OT

It was an intense tournament. The Lions came together as a team over the holidays, skating hard and... » Full Story
It was an intense tournament. The Lions came together as a team over the holidays, skating hard and working to support each other to capture the gold. Winning all their four games, three of them being... » Full Story

With The Coach: Les Lawton

Dean of women's universit hockey

With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Les Lawton, 51-year-old Dorval resident and associate athletic director at Concordia... » Full Story

Lakeshore Tigers win novice tourney

Team captures title in Buckingham

The Lakeshore Tigers captured the prestigious Buckingham Provincial Novice Tournament on the weekend –... » Full Story
The Lakeshore Tigers captured the prestigious Buckingham Provincial Novice Tournament on the weekend – but they had to go through another Lakeshore team to claim the top prize. The Tigers, coached by John... » Full Story

McHugh not wasting any time At Abbott

New football coach already rebuilding

Newly-appointed head coach Justin McHugh didn’t waste much time getting down to the job of rebuilding... » Full Story
Newly-appointed head coach Justin McHugh didn’t waste much time getting down to the job of rebuilding the John Abbott football program. On Friday evening, he dropped into the Lakeshore Cougars midget football... » Full Story

DDO Devils capture title

On Friday, Dec. 12, the Dollard Senior Men's Water Polo Team narrowly beat the Camo Roadrunners 13-11, to... » Full Story
On Friday, Dec. 12, the Dollard Senior Men's Water Polo Team narrowly beat the Camo Roadrunners 13-11, to repeat as champions of the Montreal Premier Water Polo League. The game was tied 8-8 at the end of the... » Full Story

With The Coach:Alex Robertson

HE aims to challenge his players

With the Coach is  a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is  a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Alex Robertson, 49-year-old St. Lazare resident and account manager for a trucking firm... » Full Story

Hockey teams doing their part to help others in the community

Pointe Claire Oldtimers give $60,000 on Donation Night

They might be rivals on the ice, but Lac St. Louis Royals and Lac St. Louis Tigers are joining forces off... » Full Story
They might be rivals on the ice, but Lac St. Louis Royals and Lac St. Louis Tigers are joining forces off the ice to bring some Christmas cheer to the community. The two local midget espoirs teams will hold a... » Full Story

Vanier hosts cage tourney

Vanier College will host the third annual Canada Prep Challenge Basketball Tournament this weekend.... » Full Story
Vanier College will host the third annual Canada Prep Challenge Basketball Tournament this weekend. The tournament features cagers from Champlain-St. Lambert College, the National Elite Development Academy from... » Full Story

Vanier Cheetahs dominate Abbott on basketball courts

Men's ans women's teams collect four wins on weekend

It was a perfect 4-0 weekend for Vanier College’s Triple-A basketball teams. The Vanier Lady... » Full Story
It was a perfect 4-0 weekend for Vanier College’s Triple-A basketball teams. The Vanier Lady Cheetahs (7-2) got the ball rolling Friday with an 84-46 romp over the John Abbott Lady Islanders in the first game... » Full Story

With The Coach: Ruby Viray

Coaching is about respect for players

With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Ruby Viray, 34-year-old physical education teacher at Vanier College and a LaSalle resident... » Full Story

McHugh named head coach of Abbott football team

He led North Shore Mustangs to provincial midget crown in 2007

 McHugh is the new head coach of the John Abbott College football team. McHugh, a 37-year-old... » Full Story
 McHugh is the new head coach of the John Abbott College football team. McHugh, a 37-year-old Dollard resident, becomes the fifth head coach in Islander football history. He replaces longtime coach Lou... » Full Story

With The Coach: Kevin Figsby

After 25 years, it's one game at a time

With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local... » Full Story
With the Coach is a weekly series featuring a conversation with a local coach. Coach: Kevin Figsby, 49-year-old Baie d’Urfé resident Team: Concordia men’s... » Full Story

Sports Blog

Meagher

Esposito finally gets his moment of glory

Esposito sc-o-o-res for Canada! Thought you might never hear that memory-jarring goal call again? Those of you old enough to remember the 1972 Summit Series will recall how Phil Esposito inspired Team Canada to a dramatic win over the Soviet Union in Moscow in that Cold War hockey epic. Well, local boy Angelo Esposito (no relation to big Phil) turned back the clock on Monday by scoring the winning goal in Canada’s wild 5-1 gold-medal win over the Swedes at the world...
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