Posted on February 16, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Basketball, Hockey, Local Sports, NHL, Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League, Professional Sports, St.FX Athletics

Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League

Antigonish Bulldogs 6 Cumberland County Blues 5

Glace Bay Miners 5 Strait Pirates 2

University Men’s Basketball

St. FX 87 Cape Breton 68
(Bol Kong led the X-men with 32 points)

University Women’s Basketball

Cape Breton 84 St. FX 56
(Donisha Young had 14 points for the X-Women)

NHL

Toronto 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)

Vancouver 3 Colorado 1

Ottawa 6 Florida 2

Boston 4 Montreal 3 (SO)

Anaheim 2 Pittsburgh 1

AHL

Lake Erie 4 Texas 3

Portland 4 Worcester 3

Syracuse 7 Albany 1

Norfolk 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0

Chicago 4 Grand Rapids 3 (OT)

Peoria 1 Rockford 0

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Victoriaville 5 Cape Breton 4

Saint John 10 P.E.I. 1

Baie-Comeau 5 Shawinigan 4 (OT)

NBA

San Antonio 113 Toronto 106

Orlando 103 Philadelphia 87

New York 100 Sacramento 83

Detroit 98 Boston 88

Cleveland 98 Indiana 87

Memphis 105 New Jersey 100

Houston 96 Oklahoma City 95

Minnesota 102 Charlotte 90

New Orleans 92 Milwaukee 89

Dallas 102 Denver 84

Atlanta 101 Phoenix 99

Portland 93 Golden State 91

L.A. Clippers 102 Washington 84

Posted on February 15, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Basketball, CIS, Hockey, St.FX Athletics

The latest CIS rankings are out.  The St. FX Hockey X-Women, moved up one spot to number four in the country following a 6-1 win over Saint Mary’s this week.  The Basketball X-Men held on to their number 8 position with big wins over Acadia and UPEI over the weekend.

Posted on February 15, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: Basketball, High School Sports, Hockey, Local Sports, NHL, Professional Sports

High School Girls Hockey Playoffs

Dr. JH Gillis Regional Royals 4 CEC 2
(Scoring for the Royals were Kendra MacNeil with two, Justine Grace and Mikalaya Macdonald with one. The playoff is  a double round robin with teams from East Hants, North Nova, Northumberland and CEC.)

NHL

Calgary 5 Toronto 1

Ottawa 4 Tampa Bay 0

N.Y. Islanders 3 Winnipeg 1

Detroit 3 Dallas 1

Anaheim 2 Minnesota 1

N.Y. Rangers 3 Boston 0

New Jersey 4 Buffalo 1

Columbus 2 St. Louis 1

Nashville 3 Chicago 2

AHL

Toronto 2 Adirondack 1 (OT)

Milwaukee 3 Houston 0

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec 9 Baie-Comeau 1

National Basketball League of Canada

Moncton 103 Summerside 97

NBA

New York 90 Toronto 87

Miami 105 Indiana 90

San Antonio 99 Detroit 95

Chicago 121 Sacramento 115

Oklahoma City 111 Utah 85

Memphis 93 Houston 83

Denver 109 Phoenix 92

Washington 124 Portland 109

L.A. Lakers 86 Atlanta 78

Posted on February 14, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, St.FX Athletics, Track and Field

Two members of the St. FX University track team posted impressive results at the Boston University Valentine’s meet over the weekend.  Fifth year X-Women runner Kelly MacDonald placed first overall in her heat in a time of 9: 58.02 in the three thousand metres.  The race featured 100 total runners.  Third year X-Men runner Connor MacGuire, the 2011 AUS Cross Country Championship also finished first in his three thousand metre heat.  He crossed the finish line in a personal best time of 8:28.89.  That race featured 107 runners.  The St. FX indoor track team will be in Halifax this weekend for a meet at Dalhousie University.  The AUS championship will be held February 25th and 26th in Moncton

Posted on February 14, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: Basketball, High School Sports, Hockey, Local Sports, NHL, Professional Sports

Cape Breton West High School Hockey League

Richmond 8 Baddeck 6

Dalbrae 22 Baddeck 1

NHL

Vancouver 2 Phoenix 1 (SO)

Carolina 5 Montreal 3

San Jose 5 Washington 3

NBA

Orlando 102 Minnesota 89

Philadelphia 98 Charlotte 89

New Orleans 86 Utah 80

Miami 114 Milwaukee 96

Dallas 96 L.A. Clippers 92

Golden State 102 Phoenix 96

Posted on February 14, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Basketball, CIS, Hockey, St.FX Athletics

St. FX University has named its athletes of the week. The female athlete of the week is X-Women

hockey forward Alex Normore, a second year Human Kinetics student from Bedford,. Normore scored three goals and added an  assist in the X-Women’s 6-1 win over Saint Mary’s Friday night in Halifax.  Normore leads both the AUS and the C-I-S  in scoring with 23 goals and 27 assists for 50 points in 21 games.
The male athlete of the week is shared by X-Men hockey forward Michael Kirkpatrick and X-Men basketball Guard Tyrell Vernon.

 

Kirkpatrick, a first year Arts student from North Sydney. combined for 3 goals, 3 assists and a shootout winner in three games this past week.  Vernon, a third year Arts student from Hamilton, Ontario had two solid outings X-Men’s two  four point victories over the weekend. In their 87-82 win Saturday over Acadia, Vernon scored 24 points and had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.  In the X-Men’s 70-69 overtime win over U-P-E-I Vernon scored 10 points and  had  five assists and four rebounds.  He also had a critical steal and basket in the last minute of overtime.

Posted on February 13, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Hockey, St.FX Athletics

The quarter final playoffs are set in the AUS Men’s Hockey conference.  The St. FX X-Men, the 6th seed, will play Moncton, who finished third in the conference.  The best of three series opens in Moncton Thursday night at 7.  Game two will be Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre at 7.  Game three, if necessary will be played in Moncton next Monday night.

The other AUS quarter final series begins Friday in Charlottetown as UPEI hosts Acadia.

Posted on February 13, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Basketball, High School Sports, Hockey, Lacrosse, Local Sports, NHL, Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League, Nova SCotia Major Midget Hockey League, Professional Sports, St.FX Athletics

Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League

Antigonish Bulldogs 9 Cumberland County Blues 4
(Peter Topshee led the Bulldogs with two goals and two assists)

Glace Bay Miners 7 Pictou County Scotians 3
(Bradley Daley had a goal and an assist for the Scotians)

Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League Playoffs

Cape Breton West Islanders 4 Dartmouth 2
(Best of five series tied 1-1.  Connor MacEachern had a goal and two assists and Tyler MacLeod had two goals for the Islanders)

Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets 4 Cole Harbour 3 (Overtime)
(Weeks Midgets lead best of 5 series 2-0.    Mark Vokey scored the winner in overtime for the Weeks Midgets.  Jeffrey Hanes led the Weeks Midgets with one goal and two assists)

Nova Scotia Female Midget Hockey League

Northern Storm 2 East Hants Penguins 2 (tie)
(Maggie Beaton had a goal and an assist for the Storm)

Cape Breton West High School Hockey League

NDA 3 Baddeck 2 (Overtime)

University Men’s Basketball

St. FX 70 UPEI 69 (Overtime)
(Terry Thomas led the X-Men with 15 points, Jeremy Dunny had 14

University Women’s Basketball
St. FX 98 UPEI 67
(Vanessa Pickard had 22 points for the X-Women)

NHL

N.Y. Rangers 3 Washington 2

Florida 4 N.Y. Islanders 1

Anaheim 5 Columbus 3

Los Angeles 4 Dallas 2

Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 2

St. Louis 3 San Jose 0

Detroit 4 Philadelphia 3

AHL

St. John’s 6 Binghamton 3

Hamilton 2 Texas 0

Bridgeport 2 Connecticut 1 (OT)

Lake Erie 2 Syracuse 1

Springfield 5 Manchester 1

Worchester 5 Portland 2

Albany 3 Providence 1

Grand Rapids 7 San Antonio 4

Hershey 5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1

Peoria 4 Milwaukee 2

Norfolk 3 Charlotte 1

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Saint John 7 Acadie-Bathurst 2

Moncton 4 Gatineau 3 (SO)

Rouyn-Noranda 7 Cape Breton 6

Shawinigan 4 Chicoutimi 1

Halifax 2 Victoriaville 1 (SO)

NBA

L.A. Lakers 94 Toronto 92

Boston 95 Chicago 91

Washington 98 Detroit 77

Miami 107 Atlanta 87

Golden State 106 Houston 97

Utah 98 Memphis 88

National Lacrosse League

Minnesota 9 Rochester 6

Philadelphia 14 Buffalo 13

Posted on February 9, 2012 | More Sports Stories About: AUS, Basketball, High School Sports, Hockey, Local Sports, NHL, Professional Sports, St.FX Athletics

Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League

Strait Pirates 5 Antigonish Bulldogs 4

(Nick Allard had four assists, Mike Shannon had three assists and Marc Bouregois had two goals for the Pirates.  David McCarthy led the Bulldogs with three goals)

University Men’s Hockey

St FX 2 Dalhousie 1
(Michael Kirkpatrick and Murdock MacLellan scored for the X-Men)

Cape Breton West High School Hockey League

SAERC 4 Dalbrae 1

Cape Breton Highlands Academy 7 Baddeck 3

NHL

Calgary 4 San Jose 3

Detroit 4 Edmonton 2

Buffalo 6 Boston 0

Anaheim 3 Carolina 2 (OT)

AHL

Toronto 4 Rochester 3

St. John’s 2 Providence 1 (OT)

Lake Erie 4 Rockford 3

Texas 6 Milwaukee 3

NBA

Milwaukee 105 Toronto 99

Cleveland 99 L.A. Clippers 92

Orlando 102 Miami 89

New York 107 Washington 93

San Antonio 100 Philadelphia 90

Atlanta 97 Indiana 87

Detroit 99 New Jersey 92

Chicago 90 New Orleans 67

Memphis 85 Minnesota 80

Dallas 105 Denver 95

Houston 103 Portland 96