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Ottawa Citizen
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
UPEI men's hockey team adds P.E.I. player
Simon Hughes and Forbie MacPherson call it a perfect fit. Article content Hughes, a 21-year-old rugged forward from Stratford, P.E.I., has committed to joining the MacPherson-coached UPEI Panthers for the 2025-26 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men's Hockey Conference season. Article content Article content 'Obviously, growing up and watching games, I have a connection with Forbie and with it being in my hometown, (playing for the Panthers) was always in the back of my mind,' Hughes told The Guardian in a phone interview July 21. 'At the end of last year, I had a couple of options, but when I looked at all of them I thought UPEI would be the best option for me. A, to stay at home and B, have a coaching staff that I really trust and had a big interest in me and want me to get to the next level. Article content MacPherson said Hughes has been a player who has been on the Panthers' radar for a few years now. Article content 'Simon is somebody I have known as a player and a person for a long time,' said MacPherson. 'He's somebody in his minor days we identified very much as a high-end hockey player from Prince Edward Island and if it ever came to fruition that he would be going to U Sports, he would be somebody we would obviously be very interested in and excited about. Article content 'We started the recruiting process early with Simon and we are very excited to get him onboard.' Article content Article content Hughes played the last 2 ½ seasons with the Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Hughes recorded 10 goals and 29 assists last season after a QMJHL career-high 35 points and 21 goals during the 2023-2024 season. Article content Article content 'Once you have skill you always have that, but he's changed his game to more forechecking and playing a lot in the paint,' said MacPherson. 'If you watched him score goals with the Islanders the last couple of years, a lot of it is getting to those dirty areas, winning the battles in the corner, winning the race to the front of the net, winning the battle and knocking in rebounds. Article content 'He's a guy who has always been elite, but I feel his game has changed significantly over the years.' Article content Transition Article content Hughes is confident his style of play and size will help him have a successful transition into the AUS, which features bigger and older players than major junior. Article content 'I'm a big up-and-down straight-line winger who I think has good net-front skill and will be someone who is out there every night and will finish every hit, get in people's faces, and play a real tough game as well as doing a lot of corner work and the dirty work,' said Hughes, who will join former Islanders' teammates Keiran Gallant and Jakob Robillard with the Panthers.
Ottawa Citizen
5 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Trio of NL Regiment rookies heading to Team Canada's U17 development camp
The province's new major junior club will be well represented at this weekend's Team Canada Under 17 Development Camp in Oakville, Ontario with a trio of players selected to showcase their skills alongside the best young players in the country. Article content All three of the Newfoundland Regiment's draft picks from the 2025 QMJHL Draft have earned themselves a camp roster spot, including the club's fifth overall pick, St. John's native Ben Veitch, sixth overall pick and Conception Bay South native Quinn Norman and eighth overall pick, Nova Scotia's Phenwick MacLean.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Justin Carbonneau To Return To QMJHL, Won't Play For Boston College
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada forward Justin Carbonneau will return to the QMJHL next season, it was announced on Friday.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ontario Reign Hire Andrew Lord As Head Coach
The Ontario Reign announced they have hired Andrew Lord as the team's new head coach. Lord spent the 2024-25 season with the QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads, after a 19-35-8-2 regular season record Lord led the team on a cinderella run to the QMJHL Finals where they lost in six games to the Quebec Remparts. Advertisement The 40-year-old spent 2020-24 as head coach, GM, and director of hockey operations with the Reign's ECHL affiliate Greenville Swamp Rabbits where he won the John Brophy Award as Coach of the Year in 2024. In 288 games as head of the Swamp Rabbits Lord led the team to a 155-94-39 record. Prior to his coaching career in North America Lord served as head coach of the EIHL's Cardiff Devils from 2014-20. Four of those seasons were as player/coach. The West Vancouver, B.C., native was 2017 and 2018 EIHL Coach of the Year and led the Devils to two league titles and two playoff championships. In his playing career Lord recorded seven points in 39 career AHL games with the Rochester Americans, Milwaukee Admirals, and Oklahoma City Barons. He also had 104 points in 165 career ECHL games. Advertisement Make sure you bookmark The Hockey News' AHL Page for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more. Photo Credit: © Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mooseheads bench boss departs for head coaching post with AHL team
The Halifax Mooseheads will have a new face behind the bench for the third time in as many seasons when they open the 2025-26 campaign. The QMJHL team announced Friday that head coach Andrew Lord is leaving after one season at the helm to become the new bench boss of the AHL's Ontario Reign. Associate coach Brad MacKenzie is being promoted to take his place. "We want to thank Andrew Lord for his contributions to the Mooseheads and wish him nothing but the best in the future," the team's owner, Sam Simon, said in a news release. Lord coached the Mooseheads to a 19-35-10 record in 2024-25. The team finished 16th overall in the regular season but upset the defending champion Drummondville Voltigeurs in seven games in the first round of the playoffs before being swept by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the second round. "It's tough to leave Halifax," Lord said in the release. "I love the city and the fans, and I love what we started to build this past season as a team." Lord, 40, said his ultimate goal is to coach in the NHL and said the move brings him "one step closer." The Reign, based in Ontario, Calif., are the top affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Lord has previously worked for the Kings organization as head coach of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, the team's ECHL affiliate. MacKenzie, 32, has been with the Mooseheads for four seasons. Originally from Charlottetown, he joined the team as an assistant coach in 2021 and was promoted to the role of associate coach last year. "Brad was instrumental in shaping the culture, compete, and strong foundation that defined the Mooseheads team this past season," Simon said in the release. "We look forward to seeing Brad build on that." MacKenzie becomes the 15th head coach in franchise history. He's the team's seventh coach since Dominique Ducharme departed following the 2015-16 season after five years behind the bench. Lord replaced Jim Midgley, who coached the Mooseheads in 2023-24 in his second stint behind the bench for the team. MORE TOP STORIES
