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