Brad Rhiness was Kingston's first ever draft choice in 1973. Rhiness (middle) with Mike Crombeen (L) and Tony McKegney (R). This weekend many dreams will come true for young hockey players when they hear their name called as the OHL Draft is being hosted in Kingston. For over 25 years the draft has been done … Continue reading Brad Rhiness: A Look Back 53 Years Ago At Kingston’s First Ever Draft Pick. This Weekend Kingston Plays Host To the OHL Draft.

CKWS sports icon Max Jackson interviews another legend - golfing great Jack Nicklaus on the Wolfe Island ferry in 1962. ~ Peter Owen photo - CKWS TV. Imagine meeting golfing legend Jack Nicklaus on the Wolfe Island ferry. Now that would be the ultimate definition of doing a ‘double-take’. In the 1960's Nicklaus joined his … Continue reading Jack Nicklaus: Golfing Great Enjoyed Duck Hunting on Wolfe Island In The 1960’s

Sad to learn of the passing of former Chicago Black Hawks star Dennis Hull this weekend at the age of 81. Hull was often a featured celebrity and speaker at the Syl Apps Charity golf tournament in Kingston that ran for 20 years, a huge annual fundraiser for the local Rotary Club organized by former … Continue reading Dennis Hull: The Self-Proclaimed Third Best Hull – Dead At Age 81.

Jay McKee resigned from the Brantford Bulldogs on May 29th to become the new Head Coach of the AHL's Hamilton Hammers. On Thursday Jim Hulton made the surprising announcement he was leaving the Charlottetown Islanders after 11 seasons to look for a new opportunity. On Friday morning Amherstview’s Jay McKee resigned from the OHL’s Brantford … Continue reading Amherstview’s Jay McKee Is The Head Coach of the New AHL Hamilton Hammers. McKee Ends A Great Run With The OHL’s Brantford Bulldogs

Two former Kingson athletes Harv Milne and Bob Moses, will be inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame this week. Milne and Moses will be honoured for winning the Centennial Cup with the Rockland Nationals - fifty years ago in 1976. It’s a pretty short list of Kingston players that played in two national … Continue reading Harv Milne & Bob Moses: Two Kingston Athletes being inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. Their Rockland, ON Junior ‘A’ Team won the Centennial Cup in 1976

Sad news this week to hear of the recent passing of former Kingston athlete Eddie Long. In the early 1960's Long was a rock on the blueline for some very good teams with the Kingston Junior 'B' Frontenacs. Long moved up to join the Kingston Senior 'A' Aces where he became a popular teammate and … Continue reading Eddie Long: Remembered As a Great Teammate And Versatile Athlete

Garry Lavallee (left) helped the Kingston midget team win the OMHA championship in 1961 as a player & later coached the Kingston midgets that won an OMHA title in 1968. Lavallee with teammates Kurt Demmler & Charlie Convery. It was 58 years ago in the spring of 1968 the Kingston Midget all-stars won the OMHA … Continue reading Garry Lavallee: Played On Kingston’s 1961 OMHA Midget Championship Team and Coached the Kingston Midgets To Another OMHA Title in 1968

Inmates work the Portsmouth Quarry in 1911. Photo courtesy of Canada's Penitentiary Museum Collection In the mid-1800’s Portsmouth Park was a busy limestone quarry worked by inmates from Kingston Penitentiary. Decades later, renamed Garrigan Park, it was home to the City of Kingston’s popular youth summer parks program. Kingston’s best fastball players played in the … Continue reading Portsmouth’s Garrigan Park: A Once Thriving Limestone Quarry Has A Long History

Official team photo of the Kingston Combines junior team that went to the 1926 Memorial Cup Final. Another junior hockey season ended quietly in Kingston this week, as the Frontenacs with what many consider to be the nucleus of a good young team, were dispatched in four straight games by a much better Ottawa 67’s … Continue reading A Century Later: Kingston Waits For A Memorial Cup

In the early years of the franchise in the 1970’s, the Kingston Canadians had some epic playoff battles with the Ottawa 67’s. But you have to go back 45 years to find the last time these two rivals met in the post season. The 1980-81 Kingston Canadians had one of the most feared power plays … Continue reading 1981 OHL Playoffs: 45 Years Ago Bernie Nicholls led the Kingston Canadians to upset playoff win over Ottawa 67’s.