Two members of the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets received awards on Sunday at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Goaltender Ben Gibbon was named to the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League’s first all-star team, while Jacob Melanson is this season’s rookie of the year. Gibbon, who is from Truro, has a 3.00 goals against […]
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The Pictou County Weeks Crushers have new owners. The Maritime Hockey League announced in a press release on Saturday that the Weeks Hockey Organization, which has owned the franchise for 16 years, has sold it to new owners Scott Burden of Halifax and Bruce Ryan of Corner Brook, N.L. Crushers’ team president Wade Sullivan said […]
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The Pictou County Weeks Crushers’ next home game on Thursday will not be the same upon learning of an enthusiastic young fan’s passing. Daniel Arsenault, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at a young age, passed away Friday. He was 18 years old. The Crushers shared the news that Arsenault’s mother confirmed with the Maritime […]
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A milestone win for the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets has given the team a lift and raised its expectations. Head coach Kyle MacLennan said he was pleased with the way Pictou County played on Sunday en route to a 5-1 victory over the Steele Subaru Major Midgets from Dartmouth in Nova Scotia Major Midget […]
Continue Reading I first became acquainted with Hughie Sim in the early 1980s. He was coaching the novice hockey team in East Hants on which his oldest son Mike was playing, and my younger son Graham was the goaltender for Cole Harbour’s novices. By then, Hughie already had a developing profile in the sport. He had played […]
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Things appear to be looking up for the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets. The locals are on a high note entering the regular season of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League for 2018-19 after sweeping their four games last weekend during the annual Early Bird Major Midget Hockey Tournament at the Pictou County Wellness […]
Continue Reading It will be a whirlwind week for major midget hockey teams. The Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets will follow a four-team jamboree that was played last weekend by hosting the Nova Scotia Eastlink Major Midget Showcase-Early Bird Tournament at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The annual event features Pictou County and the seven other member […]
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ABERCROMBIE — A trade by the MHL Pictou County Weeks to acquire Malcolm MacEachern last week coincided with the annual Weeks celebrity golf scramble. MacEachern was acquired from the Edmundston Blizzard for two 2020 draft picks and future considerations. The right-winger from the Cape Breton West Islanders is 6’1” tall and weighs 185 pounds. He […]
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BROOKFIELD — At the age of 18, Rowan Sears’ hockey career is already over. The Brookfield teenager suffered his fourth concussion in four years after an open-ice, blind-sided hit to the head while playing with the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets during a regular season game in Sydney last month. His mother, Jill Sears, said […]
Continue Reading Michael Dill has become the leading scorer in Pictou County Weeks Crushers’ history. Dill passed former Crusher Mitch Deruelle during the Crushers’ MHL game on February 16 against the South Shore Lumberjacks with 210 points in 161 games based on 84 goals and 126 assists. Dill is from Windsor, N.S. and has played parts of […]
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