On a team full of future Hall of Fame players like Gretzky, Messier, Kurri and Coffey, it was Kingston’s Ken Linseman that scored Edmonton’s Stanley Cup winning goal to give the Oilers dynasty its first Cup win in 1984 - defeating the four-time defending champion New York Islanders. Linseman, a bit older than most of … Continue reading Ken Linseman: Made a career out of big game moments. Including a Stanley Cup winning goal for Edmonton.

It was 45 years ago that Kingston hosted the Ontario Hockey League All Star game at the Memorial Centre. In February 1981, the Kingston Canadians had four players named to the Leyden Division All-Star team; Mike Moffat, Rik Wilson, Neil Belland and Bernie Nicholls. For Wilson and Nicholls it was their second straight all-star appearance. … Continue reading Looking Back At The 1981 OHL All-Star Game In Kingston: Remembering Rik Wilson and former NHL goalie Roger Crozier

Kingston’s Kirk Muller celebrated his 18th birthday in Sarajevo at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Muller scored two goals in an 8-1 romp over Austria, two days earlier he became Canada’s youngest player to play Olympic hockey as a 17-year-old debuting in the tournament when Canada beat the defending gold medalists Team USA with a 4-2 … Continue reading Kingston’s Kirk Muller: The Youngest Player To Represent Canada In Olympic Hockey. At age 17 Muller played in the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo.

Dan Aykroyd welcomes Bobby Orr to Kingston and Queen's Richardson Stadium for the Kirk Muller/ Scott Arniel Celebrity Softball Classic in July, 1992. Orr was the biggest attraction of the day, he received the loudest ovation and hit a homerun into the right field bleachers late in the game, in the football stadium reconfigured for … Continue reading Star Studded Lineup For Celebrity Softball Classic in Kingston in 1992. Kirk Muller, Scott Arniel & Friends

The Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame introduced its 'Class of 2026' on Tuesday night at Kingston City Council, there are five new inductees - two athletes and three builders. Undrafted, it was hard work and perseverance that led Kingston’s Rob Bagg to an 11 year CFL career with Saskatchewan Roughriders. Rob was a … Continue reading Grey Cup Champion Rob Bagg Among The New Inductees into the Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame for 2026.

Gananoque OMHA Bantam Champions 1960-61 - photo from Gananoque Historical Society Rick Eaton a hometown hockey star from Gananoque, ON has passed away at age 79. Eaton, who died in Brockville on January 9th, helped lead his Gananoque team to an OMHA Bantam B Championship in 1961. In the Ontario Bantam semi-finals Gananoque beat a … Continue reading Rick Eaton: Former Gananoque hockey star dies at age 79.

Growing up in Kingston as a teenager during the Great Depression, Henry ‘Hank’ Goldup helped out as an ice scraper at the old Jock Harty Arena on Arch Street during the early 1930’s. The 'rink rats' would get access to open ice time and play shinny mostly using borrowed equipment. Goldup didn't have his own … Continue reading Remembering Kingston’s Hank Goldup. A Stanley Cup champion got his first pair of skates at sixteen.

For a franchise that has only been to one Memorial Cup in 99-years (checks calendar) and has never won a conference title in the OHL, there are not a lot of memorable playoff moments in Kingston’s highlight reel. One that stands out happened on the opening night of the 1978 playoffs at the Kingston Memorial … Continue reading Behn Wilson. Rugged defenseman was one of the toughest players of his era.

Don Blackburn was among many pro hockey players from Northern Ontario, born in 1938 in Kirkland Lake, he played junior hockey in Hamilton before turning pro. His playing rights owned by the Boston Bruins, Blackburn arrived in Kingston in the fall of 1960 as a third-year pro joining the EPHL Kingston Frontenacs. A big winger … Continue reading Remembering Don Blackburn: One of the original Philadelphia Flyers. Blackburn won a championship with the EPHL Kingston Frontenacs.

CAL Five Pin Bowling at Brock Lanes - 1963 Whig Standard photo The Church Athletic League was best known for its hockey programs, but in the 1950’s and subsequent decades its softball and bowling programs were also extremely popular among young people in Kingston. In the early years, the purpose of the Church League was … Continue reading Church Athletic League Five Pin Bowling: Brock Bowling Lanes Was The Hub