Don 'Pete' Petersen. Founder of the Knights of Columbus Basketball League. The league now named in his honour is entering its 71st season. Pete was a major infuence on hundreds of kids and volunteers. Showing everyone the right way to be a community champion Nobody gets there on their own. We get through life on … Continue reading Hey Pete. Thanks.
McFarland Got Paid: Fronts Got Played
OHL Images Paul McFarland’s stunning departure from the Kingston Frontenacs this week has at least for now derailed plans for the much anticipated return of junior hockey to Kingston this fall. In the end, McFarland got paid and the Fronts got played. Fronts owners, players, and fans have every right to be upset about the … Continue reading McFarland Got Paid: Fronts Got Played
Larry Mavety: A True Original
Larry Mavety. A true junior hockey icon is remembered.
J.W. ‘Bill’ Fitsell: Hockey’s Recordkeeper Sets Down His Pen at Age 97
75th anniversary OHHOF - 2018 With the sad news of the passing of J.W. 'Bill" Fitsell at age 97, Kingston and the hockey world has lost its preeminent historian. Bill dedicated his life to chronicling and researching hockey, writing volumes on the early origins of the sport, the greats of the game, and bringing to … Continue reading J.W. ‘Bill’ Fitsell: Hockey’s Recordkeeper Sets Down His Pen at Age 97
Potter: A Stick Tap to Kingston Sports Icon Len Coyle. Passes away at age 84.
Kingston has lost a sports icon with the passing of Len Coyle. He was there from the very beginning in 1973 as a trainer with the OHL's Kingston Canadians / Frontenacs. There is a special place in heaven for the trainer that chirped the officials all night from the end of the Kingston bench. Yet, … Continue reading Potter: A Stick Tap to Kingston Sports Icon Len Coyle. Passes away at age 84.
Potter’s Hockey Wish List For The Next Decade
1. New owners for the Kingston Frontenacs. ‘Well-intentioned’, clearly doesn’t translate to playoff wins. The Springer family have been OHL owners since the late ’90s and the on-ice record speaks for itself. New owners, a return to the Kingston Canadians name & uniforms, a fresh start with real hockey people in charge and long lost … Continue reading Potter’s Hockey Wish List For The Next Decade
Chris Clifford’s Number 29 Banner Raised
The Kingston goalie was the first to score a goal in a CHL game. For many Kingston hockey fans Chris Clifford's goal in January 1986 is the standalone moment from 45-plus years of OHL hockey in the Limestone City. They have yet to raise a championship banner and haven’t played in a Memorial Cup since … Continue reading Chris Clifford’s Number 29 Banner Raised
The Lost Voyageurs. Take The Money & Run
Could someone please explain how the Kingston Voyageurs wound up in Collingwood, Ontario? A resort town of 22,000 on the shores of Georgian Bay, that hasn’t had junior hockey for years and is home to a 70 year old arena? Simple explanation, it’s all about the money. Monday night at Collingwood town council there … Continue reading The Lost Voyageurs. Take The Money & Run
Queen’s Cup: Turning Back The Clock
On the night when the clocks went ahead, we reached back a few decades at the Kingston Memorial Centre. A raucous crowd of 2,800 jammed the nearly 70-year-old rink to watch the tricolour win the Queen's Cup for the first time in 38-years, with a 4-1 win over Guelph. In the final two minutes, the crowd was … Continue reading Queen’s Cup: Turning Back The Clock
Queen’s Hockey: Build them a Rink
It's hard to imagine how much Friday's win over McGill meant to Brett Gibson. An overnight success takes time. Eleven years of hard work building a program, doing it the right way and trusting, in the end, it all pays off. In recent years, CHL players started committing to Queen's and they built an … Continue reading Queen’s Hockey: Build them a Rink
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