The Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League today announced that the team will be sold and has plans to relocate across the state of Michigan to Flint for the 2015-16 season. The team will be sold by Peter Karmanos Jr to Rolf Nilsen. Karmanos, who is also the owner of
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NHL15 New Uniforms Available Today
EA Sports has officially released all the new third jerseys previously unavailable for the PS4 and XBox One versions of their NHL15 video game. To avoid having new uniforms leaked early by the game (which used to happen, like, constantly) games now are manufactured and shipped to customers without any
Jr Hockey: Rebels and IceDogs Unveil New Uniforms
Two members of the Major Junior ‘A’ Canadian Hockey League unveiled new uniforms over the past day, the Western League Red Deer Rebels and Ontario’s Niagara Ice Dogs. Red Deer showed off new alternate uniforms (photo at top of this post) just a day after they were awarded the hosting rights to
Guelph Storm Wearing Ti-Cats Jerseys on Sunday
While the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been temporarily relocated to Guelph, Ontario during the construction of their new stadium they’ve also been constructing a Eastern Conference championship season in the Canadian Football League. So, in recognition of what will likely be the only professional sports team from Guelph to ever make
TBT: The Day I Fell In Love With Sports
In honour of “Throwback Thursday”, I thought I’d share with you the story of the exact moment I became a sports fan, where it went from there, and, as my mother likes to say “was taken away from her forever”. Sorry ma, it’s all dad’s fault. Really. So, let’s all
Kitchener Rangers to Honour RCAF Tomorrow
The Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League will be donning their annual Remembrance Day jerseys a few weeks early this year, when they hit the ice wearing uniforms paying tribute to the Royal Canadian Air Force tomorrow night. From the Rangers release: The 2013 Remembrance Day Commemorative Jersey pays homage
SSM Greyhounds New, Classic, Red Wings Look Unveiled
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League unveiled their new team uniforms at a fan and press event in the Soo this past weekend. Despite the name of the team, grey has been removed from the colour scheme. It had been a part of every look the
New Otters Jersey Evokes Memories of the Blades
The Erie Otters closed out their 2012-13 Ontario Hockey League regular season campaign this past weekend by unveiling their new third jersey, set to debut when the Pennsylvania-based junior hockey club hits the ice for the 2013-14 season this September. Not a lot of information was made available, aside from
Brampton Secures CHL Expansion Team for Fall
Hockey is coming back to Brampton… except this time they’ll be welcoming the pros. Having just lost their major-junior Ontario Hockey League team, the Brampton Battalion, to the hockey-starved town of North Bay; residents of the right-next-to-Toronto-suburb can look forward to seeing a higher level of action hit the ice
OHL: Brampton Battalion Announce Move to North Bay
They came into the league just 13 years ago proudly boasting they were the only hockey team in the world to use the name “Battalion”, their olive green army inspired uniforms reminded many fans in attendance of changing a baby’s diaper. Yup, they sure were ugly, but they were unique,
Pink 2012: Your Guide to Who’s Wearing Pink and When
It’s that time of year again, it’s October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month! What started as a few minor league baseball and hockey teams adding pink accents to their uniforms only a decade ago has turned into a full-out, major league pink love fest. Uniforms, wrist bands, shoe laces, cleats,
New Toronto Marlies Alts Hit Close to Home
Over the weekend the Toronto Marlies, AHL affiliate to the Toronto Maple Leafs, unveiled a new alternate jersey for their upcoming 2012-13 season and thankfully this one doesn’t have a cartoon dog biting a hockey puck on it like the last one did. The jersey is a direct copy (minus