The Cape Breton Eagles are looking to ride the wave of a historic victory and tie their first round best of seven series with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar tonight in hostile territory the Eagles are in Baie-Comeau for game six tonight hoping to force a game seven tomorrow night after defeating the Drakkar 3-2 in the fifth overtime on Friday night at Centre 200 Angelo Fullerton scored the winning goal after 141:42 minutes of hockey and the longest in the history of either franchise with three goals being disallowed from video review one in each of the second through fourth overtimes replay was used twice in the first period- resulting in a four minute high sticking minor given to Baie-Comeau’s Evan Bellamy and a five minute major for a checking to the head to Cape Breton’s Joey Henneberry.) Lucas Beckman was sensational in the Baie-Comeau net stopping 54 of 57 shots… only to be outdone by a superhuman effort from Cape Breton’s Jakub Milota who stopped 84 shots for the second most saves ever by a QMJHL goaltender in a game It was an exhuasting evening for the star players on both sides- all of Cape Breton’s top four defensemen logged more than one hour of ice time while Baie-Comeau captain Anthony Lavoie played a staggering 78:07 almost nine minutes more than any other player The Eagles are looking to snap a losing streak in Baie-Comeau having dropped five playoff games and two regular season games in the last two seasons Another player who was key in forcing the game six was defenseman Xavier Daigle who scored and added an assist in regulation Here’s what else you need to know ahead of tonight’s big game Radio Coverage: 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/31791/ BAIE-COMEAU, QC, Dec. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - The BMI Group has acquired the former paper mill property in Baie-Comeau, Quebec—a 2,800-acre site that will be transformed into the Norderra Multimodal Industrial Hub—to advance regional industrial development and strengthen Canada's resource supply chains In collaboration with the Port of Baie-Comeau This transformative project links the Atlantic gateway to BMI's award-winning Bioveld Multimodal Enterprise Park at Niagara Ports—operated in partnership with HOPA (Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority)—and extends to BMI's development of the northernmost port on Lake Superior in Red Rock "Norderra will play a pivotal role in Canada's Critical Mineral Corridor (CMC) linking the resource-rich regions of Ontario and Quebec to the Great Lakes-Atlantic Seaway and global markets," said Paul Veldman "By building on significant investments made by previous owners and the community of Baie-Comeau we are creating a premier industrial platform that couples robust infrastructure with comprehensive multimodal logistics." The project has received strong support from regional stakeholders BMI and the Port committed to form a strategic partnership to maximize the site's full potential "Our partnership on the Norderra project will enhance the port's capabilities and bolster Baie-Comeau's industrial base positioning it as a key hub for new economic development in Quebec and Canada," said Karine Otis BMI embraces its role in contributing to the future of Baie-Comeau "The paper mill was here from the beginning We are at a turning point and we must think about our future The sustainability of the infrastructure requires a revitalization of the site and a transition to a dynamic and visionary developer BMI Group dreams big for Baie-Comeau and we are delighted to welcome them to our city," celebrated Michel Desbiens This premier industrial site offers 784,000 square feet of indoor space and 82 acres of outdoor leasable land that can scale for future growth Built on established infrastructure with robust power supply Norderra delivers compelling advantages for diverse industrial and logistics operations For more information about Norderra, visit norderra.com BMI Group is leading high-impact developments across industrial Our portfolio features notable achievements including the Bioveld Multimodal Enterprise Park at Niagara Ports the successful attraction of Asahi Kasei's $1.56B Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Plant to Port Colborne Ontario and the transformation of Fort Frances' paper mill site into a district-scale waterfront development we ready-state existing infrastructure and real-estate to accelerate economic growth Our multi-sector collaborative approach brings together communities The Baie-Comeau Port Management Corporation (the Port) is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to develop the port to its full potential making it a lever for regional development that contributes to the prosperity and prominence of the community The Port of Baie-Comeau is a key player in the development of logistics capacities thus helping to increase the resilience and efficiency of Quebec and Canadian supply chains Mitch Lepage BMI Group, Director of Operations [email protected] 807-632-0246 Karine Otis CEO Port of Baie-Comeau [email protected] 418-293-3601 Do not sell or share my personal information: Sitting at the podium minutes after his junior career had come to an end Jacob Newcombe expressed his gratitude to his teammates and a Cape Breton Eagles organization that welcomed him two-and-a-half years ago “I couldn’t be happier,” said Newcombe of his time in Cape Breton “I met lots of great people over these two years and lots of memories that I’ll cherish forever and to finish it with the group of guys we have here this year Subscribe now to access this story and more: Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience The 20-year-old captain never hoped to be answering end of year questions this early in April especially during a season that started with championship ambitions for the Sydney-based franchise Unfortunately for Newcombe and his teammates the road to the Eagles’ first-ever league championship came to a dead end on Monday night losing 6-1 to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 6 of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League opening round playoff series at Centre Sportif Alcoa in Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau wins the best-of-seven series 4-2 eliminating Cape Breton from the league playoffs for the second time in as many years The Drakkar also beat the Eagles in five games in the semifinal last spring Cape Breton trailed Monday’s game 2-1 going into the third period before Baie-Comeau poured on the offence in the final stanza scoring four times to clinch the series in front of 2,372 loud fans at home Louis-Charles Plourde scored twice while Justin Gendron Matyas Melovsky and Oliver Samson added single markers for the Drakkar who will now face the Moncton Wildcats in the second round of the playoffs Aiden McCullough scored the lone goal in the game for the Eagles who were last eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 2023 by the Halifax Mooseheads in four games Cape Breton’s Jakub Milota turned aside 34 of 39 shots Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille said he thought his club moved the puck slow in the first period but the club’s penalty kill in the second period gave them a chance “We believed all the way to the end,” he said I thought we had legs early on and they scored that third goal and that was game.” One noticeable bright spot for the Eagles in the series was the team’s penalty kill which killed off 22 of the Drakkar’s 24 attempts over six games the team’s power play went 4-for-25 with its most success coming in Game 3 in Sydney where the club went 2-for-5 with the man-advantage “All year long our PK has been really good both PKs coming into the series were two and three in the league,” said Robitaille blocking shots… both our goalies all year have been our best PK guys so credit to Matt Anthony (assistant coach) and his PK unit The storyline throughout the series was the play of Drakkar netminder Lucas Beckman The 17-year-old played outstanding throughout even in the games the club lost in Cape Breton 17 years old to play the way he did … he made big saves at the right time and that’s what he did all series long,” said Robitaille Baie-Comeau opened the scoring early in the game with Plourde scoring his second goal of the playoffs at 4:32 of the first period but the Eagles responded just past the five-minute mark of the second period with McCullough scoring his first career QMJHL goal to tie the game which would last less than three minutes when Michaud regained the lead with his first of the playoffs The Drakkar continued to roll in the third period with Gendron notching his fourth of the playoffs at the 4:03 mark to give the hometown club a 3-1 lead His goal was followed by markers from Plourde Melovsky into an empty net and Samson on the power play as part of a four-goal final stanza Baie-Comeau outshot Cape Breton 40-21 while going 1-for-6 on the power play The Eagles were 0-for-3 with the man-advantage Cape Breton has appeared in 14 series that featured the league’s two-three-two format the team that started on home ice has won all 14 series including this year’s Drakkar club the Cape Breton Post asked Robitaille to talk about some of the positives the club has going into the 2025-26 season “We’re 20 minutes after our loss here where our season finished,” said Robitaille “The young guys lived playoffs in a really tough building where it’s extremely loud but we’ll be able to focus on next year later on.” who wrapped up his overage season with fellow 20-year-olds Brayden Schmitt and Joseph Henneberry “I couldn’t be more proud of the boys,” said Newcombe who had 36 goals and 73 points in 63 games during the regular season “We had lots of ups and downs this season and throughout the series as well but we battled every game and laid it all out there confirmed he will be attending the University of New Hampshire next season and will play NCAA hockey for the Wildcats men’s program MONDAY NIGHT GAME NOTES: Nathan Plouffe (injured) Carson Griffin (healthy) and Loic Mburanumwe (healthy) were not dressed for Cape Breton.; Justin Poirier (injured) Drew Allison (injured) and Mattias Gilbert (injured) were not in the lineup for Baie-Comeau.; Drakkar affiliate player Aiden Kirkwood made his QMJHL playoff debut in the game He was on the team’s fourth line for the contest.; Three Stars: Plourde (1st) FINAL SERIES NUMBERS:  Cape Breton: – Record: 2-4-0-0 – Goals For: 12 – Goals Against: 21 – Power Play: 16% – Penalty Kill: 91.7% – Penalty Minutes: 85 – Top Three Scorers: Andrew Brown (2G,2A 3 PTS)– Goaltenders: Jakub Milota (Record: 2-2-0-0 2.06 goals-against-average and .940 save percentage) and Alexis Cournoyer (Record: 0-2-0-0 3.62 goals-against-average and 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy New BrunswickNewsQMJHL playoffs: Wildcats advance to semi-finalsBy The Canadian PressPublished: April 19, 2025 at 8:37AM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved BAIE-COMEAU - Louis-Charles Plourde scored twice as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar toppled the Cape Breton Eagles 6-1 on Monday to advance into the second round of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs Alexis Michaud and Oliver Samson provided the rest of the offence for Baie-Comeau Aiden McCullough had the lone goal for Cape Breton Gendron kick-started a run of four unanswered goals in the frame with his marker at 4:03 Baie-Comeau then scored three times in under two minutes with Samson's power-play goal at 17:22 closing the show - Sam Oliver and Jesse Allecia each scored two goals as the Drummondville Voltigeurs crushed the Halifax Mooseheads 6-0 to stave off elimination Simon-Pier Brunet and Adam Cavallin added the others for Drummondville Louis-Félix Charrois earned a 23-save shutout Jacob Steinman stopped 24 of 29 shots as the starter for Halifax before coming out of the game 5:53 into the third period Nicolas Gillham-Cirka turned away 10 of 11 shots in relief This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7 What started at 7:04 p.m. on Friday, April 3, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, came to a close at 1:22 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, as Angelo Fullerton entered Cape Breton lore by tallying the game-winning goal in the fifth overtime frame in Game 5 of the Eagles’ first-round playoff series against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar The instant classic and OT winner not only extended the series to a sixth game and kept Cape Breton’s postseason ambitions alive – it also entered the history books of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Friday’s Game 5 contest between the Baie-Comeau Drakkar and Cape Breton Eagles was the third-longest postseason game in CHL history and it ranks second among QMJHL playoffs contests (see complete list below) 🍎Lavoie pic.twitter.com/6kRx0OuP0I — Cape Breton Eagles (@CBEHockey) April 5, 2025 both teams experienced moments when they thought they had ended the night there were three disallowed goals in overtime with Baie-Comeau getting goals called back in both the second (goaltender interference) and fourth (puck was ruled out of play prior to the goal) extra frames while Cape Breton had a goal overturned in the third overtime period (goaltender interference) who made 86 stops in his team’s 3-2 loss to the Hull Olympiques during the 1999 QMJHL Playoffs Given that Therrien lost that memorable start in 1999 no goalie in the QMJHL has ever registered more saves in a victory than Milota following his 86-save performance and win in Game 5 On the other side of the ice, 2025 NHL Draft prospect and Baie-Comeau goaltender Lucas Beckman was excellent for the Drakkar Meanwhile, no skater at Centre 200 saw more ice-time in Game 5 than Baie-Comeau Drakkar captain and defenceman Anthony Lavoie, who played a total of 78:07. Trailing the 20-year-old rearguard Lavoie on the Drakkar were blueliner Evan Bellamy (69:20) and forward Matyas Melovsky (60:31) who both totaled more than a hour’s worth of ice-time during Baie-Comeau’s defeat Cape Breton Eagles forward Angelo Fullerton celebrates upon seeing the puck behind Baie-Comeau Drakkar goalie Lucas Beckman for what was the game-winner in the fifth overtime of the Eagles’ Game 5 victory over the Drakkar Game 6 between Cape Breton and Baie-Comeau can be seen live on CHL TV tonight Tonight, leading the series 3-2, the Drakkar will aim to rebound from that difficult loss and endeavour to once again punch their ticket to the second round of the QMJHL Playoffs when they take on the Eagles for Game 6 at the Centre sportif Alcoa in Baie-Comeau. Fans looking to watch Cape Breton and Baie-Comeau face off for Game 6 can see all the action live on CHL TV tonight Additionally, if the Eagles were to score a win and extend the series tonight, they would force a Game 7 tomorrow (April 8) in Baie-Comeau at 7 p.m. ET (which, if necessary, can also be seen live on CHL TV)         A tough second period was the difference in the Cape Breton Eagles loss to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 2 of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League opening round playoff series in Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau scored three times in a 12-minute span including shorthanded and power play markers on their way to a 5-2 victory over the Eagles at Centre Sportif Alcoa Cape Breton hasn’t won a game in Baie-Comeau since the fall of 2022 The Drakkar lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 Cape Breton allowed four breakaways in the contest Samuel Boisvert and Anthony Lavoie netted goals for the Drakkar Andrew Brown had both goals for the Eagles Cape Breton’s Alexis Cournoyer stopped 26 of 30 shots Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille liked his team’s start but the turning point ultimately came in the middle stanza “I thought in the first period we were really good we had some good looks and got the lead,” said Robitaille “I think it was an eight-minute period where we really struggled We reset in the third and we had some looks With Shawn Pearson in the box for roughing Brown took advantage of a Matyas Melovsky turnover and wired a shot over the blocker of Beckman for his first career QMJHL playoff goal to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead on the power play at 7:49 of the first period Cape Breton would find themselves down two men with Tomas Lavoie and Luke Patterson in the box but the visitors would kill off the 5-on-3 power play The Drakkar tied the game early in the second period with Gendron scoring his first of the playoffs on a shorthanded breakaway to make the score 1-1 before Plourde tapped home a Raoul Boilard rebound for his first of the playoffs to give Baie-Comeau a 2-1 lead on the power play Cape Breton would dodge a bullet later in the frame with Brown taking Gendron down on a breakaway for a penalty shot Gendron would not score on the opportunity Baie-Comeau extended its lead minutes later with Schrott’s shot handcuffing Cournoyer to make the score 3-1 but the Eagles responded with Brown’s innocent shot finding the back of the net to cut the Drakkar lead to one going into the third period The Drakkar regained the two-goal lead at 8:22 of the third period with Boisvert breaking through the Eagles defence and beating Cournoyer for his first goal of the playoffs Anthony Lavoie sealed the deal with an empty net goal for his first of the playoffs in the final minute of regulation time The Eagles had several offensive-zone faceoffs and chances during the third period but were unable to solve Beckman “Their best player was their goalie once again,” said Robitaille who joined the Eagles from the British Columbia Hockey League after the Christmas break said he believes the club is dominating the majority of the play in the series but I still believe in this group,” said Brown just cleaning up mistakes that they’re capitalizing on Brown acknowledged his play both offensively and defensively in Game 2 but was more focused on the team aspect “It doesn’t really matter because we lost the game,” said Brown I feel like my offensive abilities are really showing but it doesn’t really matter if we don’t get the win.” Cape Breton outshot Baie-Comeau 34-31 while going 1-for-5 on the power play The Drakkar was also 1-for-5 with the man-advantage The 17-year-old was outstanding for the Drakkar stopping 37 of 38 shots to lead his club to a 3-1 victory over the Eagles in Game 1 Schrott scored twice while Evan Courtois netted a single marker for the Drakkar Angelo Fullerton recorded the lone goal for the Eagles Cape Breton’s Cournoyer stopped 18 of 21 shots in his first career QMJHL playoff start The Eagles outshot the Drakkar 38-21 while going 0-for-3 on the power play Baie-Comeau was 0-for-1 with the man-advantage The series will now shift to Cape Breton for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday night SATURDAY GAME NOTES: Lucas Romeo (injured) Carson Griffin (healthy) and Logan Quinn (healthy) were not in the lineup for Cape Breton.; Justin Poirier (injured) Drew Allison (injured) and Elliot Wright (healthy) were not dressed for Baie-Comeau.; Attendance for the game was 2,293 BATHURST – The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are starting to show fans and opponents alike what they are made of following a blow-out win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar this afternoon at home tonight we really showed who we are and what we can do and I think it’s going to continue,” said rookie forward Joseph Henneberry Henneberry scored a pair of goals in the home teams 8-3 victory over the Drakkar at the K.C with the other four goals coming from Ben Allison 13 players hit the scoresheet for the Titan Lapierre and Bellamy finished with three point each while Henneberry Acadie-Bathurst netted the bulk of their goals in the first period to pull away with a 6-1 lead over the Drakkar Allison opened scoring at 6:36 to edge the visiting Baie-Comeau 1-0 but Benjamin Corbeil tied the game at 8:24 to bring the game 1-1 At 10:10 on the power play Huckins scored to take the 2-1 lead which was quickly followed with goals from Melanson (12:06 on the power play) Henneberry (16:12) and Melanson’s second and final goal of the night at 17:31 on the power play Henneberry netted his second goal quickly into the second period at 2:44 Shortly after Baie-Comeau’s Alexandre Lamarre scored at 2:57 Lapierre would go on to score Acadie-Bathurst’s eighth and final goal of the night at 8:04 in the second frame to extend the lead Jacob Gaucher scored Baie -Comeau’s third goal of the night at 11:22 in the final frame The Titan capped-off the night going three-for-three on the powerplay and outshot the Drakkar 43-19 They also swept the stars of the night as Henneberry was named the first star of the game while Bellamy was the second and Allison the third Asked what it meant to be named the first star Sunday said it feels “pretty great” but he quickly shifted the attention to his team “I think my individual performance was pretty good but more importantly the team was ready to go at the start,” said Henneberry “We had a really good first period and that’s the reason why we were successful in tonight’s game.” The Titan will host the Cape Breton Eagles in a pair of home games Thursday and Friday at the K.C When the Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar met in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series last spring it had been 22 years since their only playoff meeting in 2002 The teams are set to meet in the league playoffs for the second time in as many years when their opening-round series begins Friday in Baie-Comeau you won’t find a closer matchup in the first round of the playoffs than Cape Breton and Baie-Comeau Only two points separated the fourth-place Drakkar (36-23-4-1) and fifth-place Eagles (34-23-4-3) in the Eastern Conference and both teams expect the series to be just as close on the ice “It’s two really good teams,” said Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille “Look at the record of both teams since Christmas they’re similar; Both teams have really solid players.” 28 and the start of the season half of the season while Baie-Comeau had a 20-10-3-0 record over that same timeframe we learned a lot in the first half of the season and now it’s the third part of the season and the most important one of the year – the playoffs.” Despite having 20 wins in the final 33 games of the season Drakkar head coach and general manager Jean-François Grégoire said the second half of the campaign didn’t necessarily go as planned for the Quebec-based club so we never played with our full lineup after Christmas,” he said but we weren’t able to use our plan because we never played with a full lineup since Christmas time they kept playing and we didn’t use it as an excuse The guys kept working hard and being in the team concept so I’m expecting the same for the playoffs.” players across the league are dealing with the bumps and bruises of the long campaign and while the Eagles are relatively healthy going into the postseason Forward Justin Poirier and defenceman Alexis Bernier missing the remaining games of the regular season Grégoire confirmed both NHL draft picks will not play in the series led the team in goals (43) and was second in points (80) in 58 games while Bernier had 14 goals and 46 points in 59 games “It’s not about feeling sorry for ourselves; the guys finished the season the right way,” said Grégoire of his team which finished the regular season having won five of their last six games it’s going to be team offence and team defence to replace those guys – everybody is going to have to chip in more.” Although the Drakkar will be without those impact players Robitaille acknowledged Baie-Comeau’s offensive depth “We watched a lot of film on them like they did on us and it’s a team that we respect their identity,” said Robitaille “They went to the final last year and lost They bought a lot of guys and a lot of key pieces and we believe in our team and that’s what’s going to make this series a great one.” The last meeting in the playoffs between the two clubs saw the Drakkar eliminate the Eagles in five games to advance to the championship series which Baie-Comeau would lose in four games to Drummondville Robitaille said one of the benefits for his club will be the playoff experience his players gained last year during that run to the semifinal “We went to the final four with most of this group One thing the Eagles learned from last year’s playoff meeting with the Drakkar was the atmosphere inside Centre Sportif Alcoa with Baie-Comeau’s passionate fans with horns it’s a population that’s really proud of the Drakkar and it goes back even to when I played it was the same atmosphere,” said Robitaille it’s going to benefit us… noise or no noise In the first-ever playoff meeting between Cape Breton and Baie-Comeau in 2002 Baie-Comeau won the season series with Cape Breton 2-0 Cape Breton enters the playoffs led by the club’s top line of Cam Squires a line which has been one of the best offensively in the league during the second half of the season leads the way with 24 goals and 75 points in 58 games recorded a team-leading 36 goals along with 73 points in 63 games Henneberry had 29 goals and 60 points in 60 games Squires recorded 19 points in 10 games during the month of March which earned him the league’s forward of the month honour “They’re playing really good hockey,” said Robitaille I can’t praise Jacob enough… Joseph completed Cam and Jacob and I think all three have a really good connection.” “We have to stick with the plan and match the Eagles’ intensity,” said Grégoire “We have to use our speed and defend well because they have a pretty good first line and they have depth that can score goals too.” powers the offence for the Drakkar with 26 goals and 83 points in 57 games followed by Poirier and Louis-Charles Plourde with 34 goals and 64 points in 64 games “I think it’s collective defence and playing to our identity,” said Robitaille of shutting down the Drakkar’s attack and we play to our strength and we’re physical we’re tough to play against whoever is on the ice We respect everyone from their first line to their fourth line we need to pay special attention to their top guys like they will on our first line – that’s hockey.” the Eagles are working at 21.8 per cent while the Drakkar is 27.6 per cent with the man-advantage Both the Eagles and Drakkar have experience on the blueline Cape Breton’s defence core consists of Tomas Lavoie Lavoie finished second among defencemen in the league in goals (15) and fourth overall in points (55) Daigle had six goals and 28 points in 64 games while Schmitt recorded six goals and 27 points in 46 games Robitaille acknowledged the progression Schmitt has made since returning to the club’s lineup following an injury suffered in a car accident last September “He’s playing back to the way we’re used to him playing,” said Robitaille “He’s playing his best hockey of the year right now.” Mattias Gilbert and Alexis Mathieu as well as rookies Drew Allison and Maxime Lapointe Cape Breton is working at 82.1 per cent while Baie-Comeau has an 84 per cent average shorthanded While the Drakkar are set in the crease with Lucas Beckman a prospect ranked third among North American goaltenders for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft there are still decisions to be made between the pipes for Cape Breton who joined the team following the Christmas break Milota appeared in 38 games and had an 18-13-3-2 record along with a 3.22 goals-against-average and a .903 save percentage while Cournoyer impressed in the second half posting a 13-6-0-1 record with a 1.82 goals-against-average and a .942 save percentage in 21 games Robitaille didn’t confirm his starting goaltender for the series “I think we’re going to see how it goes through practice,” said Robitaille Both are ready and we want both of them ready he had a 31-18-2-0 record along with a 2.65 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage in 52 games the series will follow the two-three-two format with Cape Breton starting the best-of-seven series on the road Games 1 and 2 will be played on Friday at 8 p.m. before the series shifts to Sydney for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday the Halifax Mooseheads will face the defending champion Drummondville Voltigeurs while the Jean-Rougeau Trophy-winning Moncton Wildcats will battle the Quebec Remparts The Charlottetown Islanders will challenge the Memorial Cup-host Rimouski Océanic while the Acadie-Bathurst Titan will take on the Chicoutimi Saguenéens The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will have the Gatineau Olympiques in the opening round while the Shawinigan Cataractes face the Val-d’Or Foreurs and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada meet the Sherbrooke Phoenix Blainville-Boisbriand and Sherbrooke began their series on Thursday night in Boisbriand but the score result was not available at publication time The Ontario Hockey League playoffs were expected to begin on Thursday while the Western Hockey League playoffs are set to start on Friday Note: All Cape Breton home games will be played at Centre 200 while all Baie-Comeau home games are set for Centre Sportif Alcoa It’s do or die in the 2025 playoffs tonight for the Cape Breton Eagles It’s game five of the best of seven series and it’s the final game scheduled in Sydney with Baie-Comeau leading the series 3-1 the series would shift to Baie-Comeau for game six After a pair of tight games in Baie-Comeau the two sides have traded more convincing wins in Cape Breton while Wednesday the Drakkar countered with a 4-0 win after a late empty net goal Justin Gendron found the back of the net twice for the visitors while Lucas Beckman continues to star in the Baie-Comeau goal having stopped 117 of 125 shots throughout the series While the Eagles have had trouble finding the back of the net they have received strong goaltending at home as well with Jakub Milota stopping 55 of 59 shots in the last two games Here’s what else you need to know ahead of tonight’s game 50/50: https://rafflebox.ca/raffle/cbeagles Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/31789/ The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League has announced a change to Game 3 of the Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar series instead of the originally scheduled 7 p.m. came Tuesday afternoon after the Drakkar had travel issues to Sydney due to weather conditions The Drakkar landed in Sydney early Tuesday afternoon which led to the decision to move the game to 8 p.m Cape Breton Island experienced heavy rain and high winds on Monday evening and through parts of the early morning hours of Tuesday The entire island is currently under a rainfall warning which is expected to be lifted late Tuesday afternoon Baie-Comeau leads the best-of-seven series 2-0 – Lucas Beckman stopped 37 of 38 shots in the win while Alexis Cournoyer stopped 18 of 21 shots in the loss – The Eagles had a would be tying goal late in the second called off after a video review deemed Beckman was interfered with by Fullerton who was recalled by the Eagles late in the regular season Goaltender Jake Poirier has also been recalled to serve as the club’s third goaltender The Eagles had a flurry of chances in the opening minute but it was Baie-Comeau striking first when Shawn Pearson fed a pass to Evan Courtois who deked around Cournoyer for the opening goal just 99 seconds into the game The Eagles outshot Baie-Comeau14-5 in the opening period and the presure eventually paid off with the tying goal After an innocent shot from the neutral zone by Andrew Brown Fullerton raced in and ripped the rebound over Beckman’s shoulder It was a tie game near the end of the first period when Mattias Gilbert was given a delay of game penalty (the game’s first penalty) for putting the puck over the glass and used the momentum for another early period goal and the rebound came back to him and he beat Cournoyer to give his team the lead again It was late in the second period when Joey Henneberry thought he had tied the game Another review went against the Eagles early in the third period when a would be penalty to Evan Bellamy was waived off Schrott had his second goal of the evening Courtois won a battle behind the net with the Eagles goalkeeper and sent the puck to Schrott in the slot and he was able to find the open goal Cournoyer was lifted for an extra attacker The Eagles pushed but were unable to get any closer and the home team captured the first game of the series The Eagles will look to tie the series up as game two of this first round playoff series goes tomorrow The game is available for purchase on https://shorturl.at/0Uj0T and you can also hear all the action on 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Scratches For Cape Breton: Lucas Romeo (injury) Scratches For Baie-Comeau: Alexis Bernier (injury) Final Shots On Goal: 38-21 in favour of Cape Breton The Cape Breton Eagles are on the brink on elimination from the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs Less than 24 hours after the Eagles posted a convincing 5-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 3 on Tuesday Cape Breton was unable to find the back of the net on Wednesday The Drakkar leads the best-of-seven opening round playoff series 3-1 with a chance to advance to the second round with a victory on Friday night inconsistency has been a trend with the team throughout the 2024-25 season and it again became a factor in the playoffs not being able to carry the momentum over from a victory the previous night Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille didn’t mince words of his team’s play after the game “I thought we played our worst period in a while in the first period,” said Robitaille The game was only 1-0 but we start playing with frustration because it was not going the way we wanted it.” Justin Gendron scored twice while Raoul Boilard and Samuel Boisvert added single markers for the Drakkar Baie-Comeau’s Lucas Beckman made 30 saves for his first career QMJHL playoff shutout Cape Breton’s Jakub Milota stopped 32 of 35 shots Robitaille said for his team it’s about being ready to play the game “It’s about understanding and applying the game plan and understanding what we are as a group,” he said It’s tough to always be physical and to always grind the game especially in the playoffs and they showed that to us tonight.” Baie-Comeau opened the scoring at the 15:41 mark of the first period with Boilard sneaking a shot past Milota for his first goal of the playoffs The Drakkar added to their lead early in the second period with Gendron tapping home an Oliver Samson rebound for his second goal of the playoffs at the 4:18 mark The visitors continued to press early in the third period with Boisvert banging home a loose puck in the crease for his second goal of the playoffs Gendron scored his second goal of the game into an empty net on a breakaway at 18:06 of the final stanza Drakkar head coach Jean-François Grégoire was pleased with how his team responded in Game 4 I think we managed the puck a little bit better and we were more engaged in our battles,” said Grégoire so in our situation everybody has to chip in.” Despite the Drakkar having a chance to close out the series on Friday Grégoire said the team isn’t getting too excited just yet We need to keep our focus and get ourselves ready for Friday.” One player for the Eagles who was involved in the play every time he stepped on the ice on Wednesday forward Lewis Gendron The 19-year-old was roughed up several times in the game and sported cuts on his face in the post-game press conference Gendron acknowledged the Eagles frustration not being able to score in the contest “It was a lot more frustrating since we know we’re able to we saw that we were able to put our chances in,” said Gendron noting the team can’t think about that anymore and needs to shift its attention to a must-win Game 5 not always on our side and (we) didn’t manage to put it in the net.” Baie-Comeau outshot Cape Breton 35-30 while going 0-for-4 on the power play The Eagles were 0-for-5 with the man-advantage Game 5 of the series will take place on Friday at 7 p.m. will be played on Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Atlantic time at Centre Sportif Alcoa in Baie-Comeau WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAME NOTES: Logan Quinn (healthy) Nathan Plouffe (injured) Drew Allison (injured) and Mattis Gilbert (injured/sick) were not in the lineup for Baie-Comeau.; Attendance for the game was 3,894 The Cape Breton Eagles will begin the 2025 playoffs in the same place they ended the 2024 playoffs- in Baie-Comeau Last year Baie-Comeau defeated Cape Breton in five games in the QMJHL semi-final series culminating in a 2-1 overtime victory in an instant classic for Baie-Comeau in the series clincher Although both teams have made many changes since that series a strong rivalry remains and this series will likely be just as competitive as the final game back in May Only two points separated the Eagles & the Drakkar this year in the standings this season with Baie-Comeau claiming home ice advantage after both teams won both games on the final weekend and Joey Henneberry have all produced at a point per game or greater as one of the top lines in the league the top pick in the 2022 QMJHL draft Tomas Lavoie has emerged as an elite two way defenseman in the QMJHL and will see plenty of ice time this series The Eagles goaltending will be a story to watch- Nashville draft pick Jakub Milota has been pushed by second half acquisition Alexis Cournoyer who posted an impressive 942 save percentage through 21 games Either Milota or Cournoyer would be getting their first taste of starting in the playoffs and it’s the same situation for 17 year old Lucas Beckman,who posted the league’s third best save percentage (914) among starting goaltenders as team leading goal scorer Justin Poirier and stud defenseman Alexis Bernier will miss the series due to injury Up front the Drakkar will rely on leading point getter Matyas Melovsky and 34 goal man Louis-Charles Plourde rugged captain Anthony Lavoie will play a big role The Drakkar will to continue to thrive on special teams ranking second in both power play and penalty kill in the regular season this year’s first round series will be conducted in a 2-3-2 format The Drakkar will host games 1 & 2 on Friday Saturday before the series shifts to Sydney for games 3 Games 6* & 7* are scheduled in Baie-Comeau on Monday & Tuesday (*If necessary.) The Eagles will be looking to break new ground- no team has won a 2-3-2 series after starting on the road in a series involving the Cape Breton Eagles Here’s what else you need to know ahead of tonight’s game Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/31786/ All it took was a change of scenery to ignite the offence for the Cape Breton Eagles on Tuesday night After having trouble beating Baie-Comeau Drakkar netminder Lucas Beckman in Games 1 and 2 in Quebec beating the Drakkar 5-1 in Game 3 of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff series at Centre 200 in Sydney Cape Breton had 12 players with points in the game including four goal scorers with captain Jacob Newcombe leading the way with his first two goals of the playoffs Baie-Comeau held a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven opening round series Game 4 of the series was scheduled for Wednesday at Centre 200 that score was not available prior to publication time Romain Litalien and Lucas Romeo added single markers for the Eagles who also beat the Drakkar in Game 3 of the league semifinal series in Sydney last spring Matyas Melovsky had the lone goal for the Drakkar Baie-Comeau’s Beckman stopped 18 of 23 shots Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille said he thought his team had energy throughout the game crediting the 3,699 fans in attendance for helping with it and I found the second period we cashed in I thought by playing our identity we wore them down,” said the bench boss we have to learn that at 4-1 we cannot open the play and try to force things we need to manage the puck a little bit better Cape Breton opened the scoring on the power play with Burbidge firing home his first of the playoffs at 13:21 of the first period The Eagles added to their lead early in the second period with Litalien’s shot from the slot beating Beckman for his first career QMJHL playoff goal before Romeo tipped home a Will Murphy point shot for his first goal of the playoffs at 5:19 of the second frame Baie-Comeau cut the Eagles lead to two with Melovsky scoring his first goal of the playoffs on a shorthanded breakaway the then fifth breakaway Cape Breton allowed in the last two games Cape Breton responded with a pair of goals from Newcombe to give the hometown club a 5-1 lead going into the third period and that was all the team needed to win Drakkar head coach and general manager Jean-François Grégoire said his club expected the Eagles to come out strong but we ended up with no shots on net and you cannot score goals when you don’t shoot pucks.” The game was delayed an hour with an 8 p.m. after the Drakkar were forced to fly to Cape Breton on Tuesday morning The team was scheduled to land in Sydney on Monday but weather conditions prevented that from happening Grégoire didn’t use travel as a reason for his team’s loss they were hungry more than us,” said Grégoire who returned to the Eagles lineup after missing five games with a lower-body injury said he felt good in the game and was happy to help contribute to his team’s success both offensively and physically “It was really hard watching my buddies play there (in Baie-Comeau) “It was awesome to get back and help the guys out there so it was just getting my feet wet a bit and I thought being physical was going to do that I just went out there and threw some hits and got into the game quick.” Romeo also acknowledged the performance from Newcombe in the game he plays hard every night and he’s just a guy that you can follow and two big goals set the tone for us tonight.” The Drakkar outshot the Eagles 24-23 while going 0-for-5 on the power play The Eagles were 2/5 with the man-advantage TUESDAY NIGHT GAME NOTES: Carson Griffin (healthy) Nathan Plouffe (injured) and Loic Mburanumwe (healthy) were not dressed for Cape Breton.; Alexis Michaud (injured) Justin Poirier (injured) and Alexis Bernier (injured) were out of the lineup for Baie-Comeau.; Three Stars: Newcombe (1st) – Joey Henneberry scored twice in the opening period for the Eagles with later goals coming from Andrew Brown & Cole Burbidge Cam Squires notched three assists while Jacob Newcombe collected two helpers – The Eagles had an extended seven minute power play in the third period after a sequence that saw a fight between Brown & Jules Boilard following Boilard taking a major match penalty for a high stick on Brayden Schmitt Boilard was also given the instigator penalty for the fight stopping 11 of 13 shots in relief in the final two periods Jakub Milota stopped 12 of 16 shots in the opening period The opening ten minutes didn’t give a huge indication of a high scoring game- while both teams had their chances the only early goal came on a Henneberry breakaway at the 2:10 mark The second half of the period was more eventual Both teams cashed in on their first power play of the game- first Michaud pushing in a loose puck at the side of the net and then the Eagles reclaiming their lead when Henneberry redirected a Lavoie point shot (It was initially called no-goal on the ice but was deemed a good goal after a video review.) Baie-Comeau turned the game in their favour in the final three minutes of the opening period The Eagles hadn’t yet cleared the zone after a penalty kill when Justin Gendron sent the puck back to the blueline to Evan Bellamy Justin Poirier moved up the left wing and found Samuel Brunet in front of the goal as he gave the Drakkar their first lead of the game Baie-Comeau scored their third goal in a 1:42 span when a Michaud centring pass went off Eagles skates and over the goal line Cournoyer started the second period in goal for the Eagles but didn’t see immediate action as the Eagles took control of the play-outshooting Baie-Comeau 20-8 Burbidge was given a delay of game of penalty for putting the puck over the glass late in the period- while the Eagles killed off the 11 second five on three the Drakkar added to their lead on a point shot by Alexis Bernier The Eagles countered though in the final after sustained pressure with a point shot from Andrew Brown beating Beckman Matyas Melovsky re-established Baie-Comeau’s three goal lead when he scored from a sharp angle on the goal line the Eagles were given the extended power play after Boilard was sent off Baie-Comeau didn’t allow many scoring chances in the opening minutes of the power play With under three minutes left in the man advantage Burbidge provided the breakthrough and made it a 6-4 game The Eagles could get no closer and trailed by two goals heading into the final six minutes In the final three minutes Cournoyer was lifted for an extra attacker The Eagles were unable to get any closer as Michaud completed his hat trick with 30 seconds to play The Eagles finish up their road trip tomorrow in Chicoutimi against the Saguenéens The game is available for purchase on https://shorturl.at/k7rEC and you can also hear all the action on 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Scratches For Cape Breton: Will Murphy (injury) Nathan Plouffe (injury) Scratches For Baie-Comeau: Shawn Pearson (suspension) Final Shots On Goal: 45-30 in favour of Cape Breton Baie-Comeau Drakkar (2025-02-07) | Presented by Sunly Ft Director of Communications for the Charlottetown Islanders QMJHL hockey team SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs hosted the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Saturday evening for their first matchup of the season As part of the Real Atlantic Superstore #CHLJerseyDesign Contest the Sea Dogs wore special jerseys for the game designed by the contest winner Eldyn Barrett Saint John showed offensive flashes at times but ultimately gave up four unanswered goals to drop this one 5-4 Justin Poirier and Samuel Boisvert each recorded two goals for Baie-Comeau while Louis-Charles Plourde netted the game-winner Baie-Comeau’s Justin Poirier opened the scoring 12:28 into the first period blasting a one-timer past Justin Robinson on a feed from Alexis Bernier Sea Dogs captain Nate Tivey sent Zach Morin down the ice with a long pass allowing him to showcase his offensive skills as he worked around a Drakkar defender and roofed it over Mathys Routhier’s shoulder to tie the game 1-1 Nicolas Bilodeau gave Saint John a 2-1 lead just 33 seconds into the second period with a sharp-angle snipe The goal was reviewed but ultimately stood as Routhier was deemed to have intentionally knocked the net off Benjamin Amyot picked the top left corner on a setup from Dylan Rozzi and Elliot Dubé shutting the door on Shawn Pearson’s breakaway attempt to preserve the Sea Dogs two-goal advantage Dubé fired a wrist shot on net that was tipped past Routhier by Reid Calder Baie-Comeau responded just before intermission as Samuel Boisvert roofed a backhand shot over Robinson with 13 seconds remaining Box Score February 15th at TD Station against the Shawinigan Cataractes at 3:00 pm or follow the team on Facebook (Facebook.com/sjseadogs) GAME TICKETS › SCHEDULE › TEAM STORE › SEA DOGS AUCTIONS › 50/50 TICKETS › ROSTER › PLAYER STATS › who both totaled more than a hour’s worth of ice-time during the Baie-Comeau’s defeat which of these skaters has had the best playoffs so far nous utilisons des technologies telles que les cookies pour stocker et/ou accéder aux informations sur l'appareil Le consentement à ces technologies nous permettra de traiter des données telles que le comportement de navigation ou des identifiants uniques sur ce site Le fait de ne pas consentir ou de retirer son consentement peut affecter négativement certaines caractéristiques et fonctions The Cape Breton Eagles fired everything but the kitchen sink towards the Baie-Comeau Drakkar net but ran into a hot goaltender on Friday night Cape Breton recorded 38 shots on goal but were only able to beat Lucas Beckman once falling 3-1 to the Drakkar in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League opening round playoff series at Centre Sportif Alcoa in Baie-Comeau who’s ranked among the top North American goaltenders for this year’s NHL Entry Draft made several key saves early in the game and in the middle of the third period with Cape Breton pressing Skogen Schrott scored twice while Evan Courtois netted a single marker for the Drakkar who have won six of their last seven games dating back to the regular season Angelo Fullerton had the lone goal for the Eagles Cape Breton’s Alexis Cournoyer stopped 18 of 21 shots in his first career QMJHL playoff start Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille said he thought his team played well really well for them and kept them in the game,” he said but we did a lot of good things that we need to replicate tomorrow and there’s some areas we need to be better we control our emotions and the way we play and that’s what we did tonight and all the way to the end with one minute left we competed.” The Drakkar opened the scoring early in the game with Courtois finishing off a two-on-one with Shawn Pearson for his first goal of the playoffs at 1:39 of the opening period Cape Breton responded before the end of the first frame with Fullerton netting a rebound off a dump in by Andrew Brown for his first goal of the postseason at 16:18 of the period Baie-Comeau regained the lead early into the second period with Schrott scoring his first of the playoffs seconds after killing off a penalty to Matthis Gilbert for delay of game late in the opening frame Cape Breton thought they had scored with Joseph Henneberry banging home a loose puck in the crease it was determined that Fullerton had made contact with Beckman and the goal was overturned Robitaille acknowledged the play but didn’t believe it was a game-changer for his club Fully was going to the net and I know he made contact Was he pushed or was (Anthony) Lavoie cutting his ice they make the call and reviewed it for two minutes the Drakkar added an insurance goal at the 4:23 mark after Cournoyer came out of the net to play the puck who found Schrott in front and beat the sprawling Eagles netminder for his second goal of the game the Eagles had several chances with Cournoyer on the bench for the extra attacker who finished the regular season leading the league in victories (31) in 52 games Eagles forward Luke Patterson recognized the strong play of the Drakkar netminder but doesn’t think his club should change too much in their play because of it “It will be tough for him to make 37 saves every game of this series,” said Patterson “I think it’s putting pucks to the net and keep on testing him and we’ll find the back of the net some more.” Cape Breton outshot Baie-Comeau 38-21 while going 0-for-3 on the power play The Drakkar was 0-for-1 with the man-advantage The series will shift to Cape Breton for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday FRIDAY GAME NOTES: Carson Griffin (healthy) Nathan Plouffe (injured) and Logan Quinn were not in the lineup for Cape Breton Forward Lucas Romeo (injured) did take the warmup but was a late scratch by the Eagles.; Justin Poirier (injured) Alexis Michaud (injured) and Drew Allison (injured) were not in the lineup for Baie-Comeau.; Attendance for the game was 2,294 - Matyas Melovsky put away the game-winning goal at 14:38 of the third period as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar edged the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2-1 on Friday in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Raoul Boilard had the other goal for Baie-Comeau (28-19-4) as goaltender Lucas Beckman made 38 saves Samuel Rousseau scored for Rouyn-Noranda (28-14-8) — Philippe Veilleux and Noah Reinhart had two goals apiece as Val-d'Or routed the Tigres Nathan Brisson and Hemrick Carbonneau rounded out the attack for the Foreurs (21-25-5) Thomas Gagnon and Thomas Paquet replied for Victoriaville (12-35-4) — Dawson Sharkey had a hat trick as the Titan sank Shawinigan Colby Huggan and Emile Perron chipped in for Acadie-Bathurst (26-22-2) Kody Dupuis and Brogan McNeil scored for the Cataractes (28-18-5) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb The Cape Breton Eagles are not in an ideal spot when it comes to their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff series with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar A loss in Game 5 on Friday would ultimately eliminate the Sydney-based franchise from championship contention in the first round despite the high expectations the club had for the 2024-25 season the Eagles can only blame themselves for the situation they’re in after the club posted a 4-0 loss to the Drakkar in Game 4 on Wednesday night at Centre 200 in Sydney and trail the best-of-seven series 3-1 The loss came less than 24 hours after the Eagles played their best game of the playoffs to date controlling the play and beating the Drakkar 5-1 in Game 3 on Tuesday to get back in the series Inconsistency has been a trend for Cape Breton throughout the 2024-25 campaign especially in the first half of the campaign the Eagles will have to respond in a positive way to keep the series alive One piece of good news for the Eagles is they have a chance to keep the series going at home as Game 5 will be played in the comforts of Centre 200 on Friday Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille hasn’t lost faith in his club “It’s far from over,” said Robitaille following Game 4 Cape Breton’s special teams have been night and day compared to each other The team’s power play is 3-for-18 through the first four games of the series while the club’s penalty kill has been outstanding with the Drakkar going 1-for-16 with the man advantage The Eagles’ power play was 2-for-5 in their 5-1 victory on Tuesday night which is something Robitaille hopes the team can improve on after going 0-for-5 on Wednesday you need to execute,” said Robitaille of his power play in Game 4 “I don’t know how many shots we got; we had five power plays and had six or seven shots out of that Consistency with that and consistency with the way we play Cape Breton has outshot Baie-Comeau 125-112 in the series having only been able to beat 17-year-old Lucas Beckman eight times this from a team that scored 212 goals during the 64-game regular season if the club wants to extend the series they will need to get offence from its top players while Cam Squires and Joseph Henneberry have yet to find the back of the net Squires and Henneberry combined for 53 goals in the regular season the club was able to build some momentum in the third period Robitaille said being ready to play will be key for his team on Friday “It’s about understanding and applying the game plan and understanding what we are as a group,” said Robitaille After losing the first two games in Baie-Comeau Robitaille and the Eagles elected to make a change in net for Nashville Predators prospect Milota for Games 3 and 4 The Czechia native played stellar in Game 3 He turned aside 32 of 35 shots in Game 4 and couldn’t be blamed for the loss It’s expected he’ll get the start in goal on Friday night “He played well,” said Robitaille after Game 4 he had that momentum and (I’m) really pleased with how he played.” Although the Drakkar are missing two of their top five players in once 50-goal scorer Justin Poirier and defenceman Alexis Bernier the Quebec club has found ways to find the back of the net with secondary scoring Gendron and Schrott Skogen lead the team in goals with three in four games while Samuel Boisvert has found the back of the net twice the club’s offensive guys in Louis-Charles Plourde Matyas Melovsky and Raoul Boilard have combined to score only three goals in the series to date Drakkar head coach and general manager Jean-François Grégoire acknowledged his team’s play in Game 4 and the club’s depth in scoring Grégoire said his team doesn’t want to get too excited just yet as winning the final game of any series is the toughest We need to keep our focus and get ourselves ready on Friday.” Cape Breton has appeared in 13 series that featured the league’s two-three-two format the Eagles are on the wrong side of history right now as the team that started those series on home ice has won all 13 to date Cape Breton will have to break that trend in order to move on in this year’s playoffs said the team is still confident in themselves “All the guys are going to be ready,” said the 19-year-old “We all know the fourth game is the toughest game to win and all the pressure is going to be on them We have to come here like we did in Game 3 and put all the stress aside and just play our game.” If Cape Breton can force a Game 6 it will be played on Monday at 8 p.m. Game 5 for all the remaining series will take place on Friday in Bathurst – Goaltenders: Jakub Milota (Record: 1-1-0-0 2.03 goals-against-average and .932 save percentage) and Alexis Cournoyer (0-2-0-0 3.62 goals-against-average and a .863 save percentage) – Goaltenders: Lucas Beckman (Record: 3-1-0-0 2.00 goals-against-average and .936 save percentage) Note: All Cape Breton home games will be played at Centre 200 in Sydney while the Baie-Comeau home games are played at the Centre Sportif Alcoa The Cape Breton Post will have full coverage of the Cape Breton Eagles and Baie-Comeau Drakkar series in both print and online at capebretonpost.com Follow sports reporter Jeremy Fraser on X (formerly Twitter) at twitter.com/CBPost_Jeremy Full post-game stories will be available after each game at capebretonpost.com The most important game of the regular season to date takes place for the Cape Breton Eagles as they visit the Baie-Comeau Drakkar Having recently passed Baie-Comeau for fourth place in the Eastern Conference- the final home ice position- the Eagles are looking to establish a five point gap between the two sides in their second and final meeting of the season The teams come into this afternoon’s game going in opposite directions- and differing results in the same building on the road earlier this week The Eagles pushed their current winning streak to four games in the opening game of their three road trip with a 2-1 victory in overtime over Quebec on Thursday. scoring the winner on a setup from Joey Henneberry- returning the favour from earlier in the evening when Lavoie set up a Henneberry goal the Eagles will get a further boost tonight when captain Jacob Newcombe returns to the lineup after serving a one game suspension Baie-Comeau’s Shawn Pearson will miss his third consecutive game due to a suspension.) Baie-Comeau find themselves on a losing streak after some early second half success having solidified the middle of their lineup with a number of additions No team added more players through the NCAA rule change than Baie-Comeau highlighted by University of Connecticut commit Samuel Boisvert who has 28 points in 32 games Forward Alexis Michaud (Charlottetown) and Justin Gendron (Victoriaville) were brought in via trade Carolina draft pick Justin Poirier continues to light the lamp following up his 51 goal season last year with 43 goals thus far this year New Jersey prospect Matyas Melovsky has produced well over a point per game while Rangers draft pick Raoul Boilard rounds out a trio of NHL drafted forwards 18 year old Alexis Bernier is a draft choice of the Seattle Kraken.) Here’s what else you need to know ahead of this evening’s game Radio Coverage:1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/31392/ Matyas Melovsky had three goals and four assists in pacing the Baie-Comeau Drakkar to a 14-0 drubbing of the Saint John Sea Dogs on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Justin Poirier and Samuel Brunet each scored twice Louis-Charles Plourde and Alexis Michaud provided the rest of the offence for Baie-Comeau (30-19-3-1) Lucas Beckman kicked out all 30 shots he faced as the Drakkar won their fourth in a row Eric Young stopped 28-of-40 shots for Saint John (19-34-0) The Drakkar went 2 for 5 on the power play and scored 11 times in the first two periods Maddox Labre knocked in the game-winning goal at 10:56 of the third period as the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Cape Breton Eagles 2-1 Enzo Lottin netted the game-tying goal 10:05 of the middle frame for Victoriaville (14-35-1-3) Brayden Schmitt opened the scoring 1:46 into the first period for Cape Breton (27-18-4-3) Maxim Massé scored twice and Raphael Précourt made 45 saves as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens downed the Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-2 Emmanuel Vermette and Émile Ricard also chipped in goals for Chicoutimi (30-13-3-7) Ethan Gauthier and Teo Toubans Besnier replied for Drummondville (34-13-3-3) - Félix Hamel earned a 42-save shutout in leading the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a 1-0 win over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Vincent Desjardins scored a power-play goal 11:46 into the first period for Blainville-Boisbriand (31-17-3-1) Samuel Meloche turned away 29 shots for Rouyn-Noranda (28-16-3-5) When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines Should you violate our submissions guidelines we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time Jakub Milota made a jaw-dropping 84 saves in the second-longest playoff game in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League history to keep the Cape Breton Eagles' season alive Friday Angelo Fullerton scored 1:42 into the fifth overtime period as the Eagles edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 in a marathon Game 5 of their first-round series at Centre 200 The win also cut Baie-Comeau's lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven matchup The then-called Hull Olympiques beat the Victoriaville Tigers 3-2 on March 19 Milota's 84 saves were two shy of the QMJHL record set by Tigres netminder Pierre-Luc Therrien on that date in 1999 Xavier Daigle had a goal and an assist while Lucas Romeo also scored for Cape Breton on Friday Lucas Beckman made 54 saves for Baie-Comeau Raoul Boilard — with an assist — and Matyas Melovsky had goals for the visitors Fullerton scored the winner on a partial breakaway deking around Beckman after a stretch pass from Tomas Lavoie sent him in alone SAGUENÉENS 5 TITAN 1(Saguenéens win best-of-seven series 4-1) BATHURST, N.B. — Emmanuel Vermette scored twice as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens downed Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5-1 to advance to the second round. The loss marked an end in the QMJHL for the Titan. After 27 seasons in Bathurst, the franchise is moving to St. John's as the Newfoundland Regiment. Maxim Massé had a goal and three assists while Thomas Desruisseaux added a goal and two assists for Chicoutimi. Alex Huang also scored and Saguenéens goaltender Raphaël Précourt saved 24 of 25 shots at K.C. Irving Regional Centre. Alexandre Lallier replied for Acadie-Bathurst. Titan netminder Joshua Fleming kicked out 27 of 32 shots. HUSKIES 8 OLYMPIQUES 4(Huskies win best-of-seven series 4-1) ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Antonin Verreault had two goals and two assists as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies thumped the Gatineau Olympiques to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Verreault's second goal gave the Huskies a 6-1 lead eight minutes into the second period of Game 5 at Aréna Glencore. Bill Zonnon, Ty Higgins and Lars Steiner each had a goal and two assists while Benjamin Brunelle, Samuel Beauchemin and Samuel Rousseau also scored for Rouyn-Noranda. Huskies netminder Samuel Meloche saved 14 of 18 shots before Zach Pelletier replaced him in goal with 6:35 remaining. Pelletier saved 4 of 4 shots. Jan Golicic, William-Alexis Tremblay, Nicholas Petrut and Maxim Dubé replied with goals for Gatineau. Olympiques netminder Iain Wintle stopped only 6 of 11 shots before getting the hook 1:57 into the second period. Xavier Delisle saved 20 of 23 in relief.CATARACTES 5 FOREURS 2(Cataractes win best-of-seven series 4-1) VAL-D'OR, Que. — Matvei Gridin scored twice as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Val-d'Or Foreurs to win their first-round series. Chad Lygitsakos, Kody Dupuis and Yoan Loshing also scored for Shawinigan. Cataractes goaltender Mathys Fernandez saved 35 of 37 shots. Philippe Veilleux and Noah Reinhart replied for Val-d'Or. Foreurs goaltender Émile Beaunoyer saved 27 of 31 shots. PHOENIX 2 ARMADA 1(Phoenix win best-of-seven series 4-1) BOISBRIAND, Que. — Hugo Primeau scored the winner at 6:42 in overtime to help the Sherbrooke Phoenix win their first-round series against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Hugo Primeau and Mavrick Lachance also scored for Sherbrooke. Phoenix netminder Linards Feldbergs stopped 33 of 34 shots. Mateo Nobert replied for Blainville-Boisbriand. Armada goaltender Vincent Gladu stopped 25 of 27 shots. MOOSEHEADS 4 VOLTIGEURS 2(Mooseheads lead best-of-seven series 3-2) HALIFAX — Brady Schultz had a goal and two assists as the Halifax Mooseheads topped the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Lincoln Waugh, Braeden MacPhee and Liam Kilfoil also scored for Halifax. Mooseheads goaltender Jacob Steinman stopped 29 of 31 shots. Ethan Gauthier and Yoan Tassé replied for Drummondville. Voltigeurs netminder Louis-Félix Charrois stopped 18 of 21 shots. Scout’s Analysis: Ranking the top 64 prospects for the 2025 NHL DraftSportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: March EditionCOMMENTS OTTAWA, Ontario (OSV News) — With two recent episcopal appointments for Canada made by Pope Francis the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in the province of Alberta is getting a coadjutor archbishop has been named coadjutor archbishop for the Grouard-McLennan Archdiocese and automatically succeed him when the pope accepts his resignation the age at which canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope He has headed the archdiocese in northwest Canada since 2006 the pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais who has headed the Baie-Comeau Diocese since his installation on March 11 The Holy Father appointed as Bishop Blais’ successor Franciscan Father Pierre Charland currently minister provincial of the Franciscan Province of the Holy Spirit The appointment for the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan was made public Feb 14 by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops The conference made the resignation and appointment for the Baie-Comeau Diocese public Feb Archbishop-designate Duval’s episcopal ordination has not yet been announced The date for Bishop-designate Charland’s episcopal ordination and installation also has not been announced That same year he completed a four-year term as provincial superior of the newly unified Redemptorist Province of Canada overseeing the order’s operations across the country Since his ordination in 1993 at Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours in Sherbrooke he has held various leadership and pastoral roles across Canada He has been parish vicar at Notre-Dame-of-Perpétual-Help in Hamilton Ontario (1993-1998); director of the Redemptorist Mission in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec (1998-2000); and pastoral animator for the South Central District School Board in Toronto (2000-2002) He also spent several years as vocations director for the Redemptorists (2002-2008) and led the parish of Marie-Étoile-de-la-Mer Parish in Bathurst he also was a vice rector of the renowned Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (2011-2015) which is in the Côte-de-Beaupré region of Quebec before serving as provincial superior of the Redemptorists’ Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Province (2015-2019) The Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan has 22 diocesan priests 18 priests who are members of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life three permanent deacons and three pastoral ministers serving a Catholic population of 49,424 in 57 parishes and missions In Quebec, the Franciscan friar appointed as the Baie-Comeau Diocese’s new shepherd has held various positions of leadership and service within the church including as a member of the Franciscan Provincial Council since 2001 and as general visitator to the Franciscan provinces of Christ the King (Western Canada) and Blessed John Duns Scotus (France and Belgium) Bishop-designate Charland was pastor of St he was elected minister provincial of the Franciscan Province of St he was appointed the first minister provincial of the newly established Holy Spirit Province in Canada and was reappointed to the same post in 2022 he has been a member of the Administration Council of the Service Intercommunautaire d’Animation Franciscaine Franciscan “animation” is a leadership style that encourages others to live out their values through service He has also been a member of the executive committee of the Canadian Religious Conference since 2018 Bishop-designate Charland made his first profession of vows within the Order of Friars Minor in 1991 The Diocese of Baie-Comeau has 22 diocesan priests eight priests who are members of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life five women who are members of institutes of consecrated life and four lay pastoral ministers serving a Catholic population of 85,189 in 55 parishes and missions Some news reports about Bishop Blais’ resignation claimed the pope had removed him because he is named in a class-action lawsuit filed by sex abuse victims against the Archdiocese of Quebec he is at the normal retirement age for bishops “The nomination of a new bishop … is not linked to the allegations against Bishop Blais,” the Diocese of Baie-Comeau told the Reuters news agency in an emailed statement when his name appeared on a list of alleged abusers released as part of the lawsuit Bishop Blais formally denied any inappropriate conduct and said he would collaborate with the legal proceedings but would not give any interviews or provide comments The incident reportedly occurred between 1973 and 1975 when the alleged victim was 12 “Having been made aware of the allegations concerning me in the class action against the Archdiocese of Quebec and which would have occurred between 1973 and 1975 in Charny I would like to formally deny having made any inappropriate gesture on the presumed victim,” he stated and three disallowed goals overall in extra frames the Cape Breton Eagles will live to see another game scoring at 1:42 of the fifth overtime period to lift the Eagles to a 3-2 victory over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 5 of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League opening round playoff series at Centre 200 in Sydney on Friday Fullerton’s second goal of the playoffs came at 1:22 a.m. local time on Saturday in the second-longest playoff game in QMJHL history (141:42) forcing a Game 6 on Monday night in Baie-Comeau The Drakkar still leads the best-of-seven series 3-2 Tomas Lavoie would find Fullerton behind a Drakkar defenceman for a pass deking Lucas Beckman and finding the back of the net for the game-winner “I stayed behind their players and got a great pass from (Tomas) Lavoie,” described an exhausted Fullerton of the goal after the game “I just blacked out a little bit and went down and made a move and it went in.” Xavier Daigle and Lucas Romeo also netted goals for the Eagles Matyas Melovsky and Raoul Boilard recorded goals for the Drakkar Baie-Comeau’s Beckman stopped 54 of 57 shots Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille said he was extremely proud of his team Cape Breton opened the scoring on the power play with Daigle firing home his first goal of the playoffs at 15:08 of the first period the officials would review a high-stick for a major penalty on Baie-Comeau’s Shawn Pearson but the call would ultimately be a double minor Cape Breton’s Joseph Henneberry would be given a checking to the head penalty which would result in a five-minute major and a game misconduct Baie-Comeau would tie the game shortly after with Melovsky notching his second goal of the playoffs at 19:19 of the opening frame The Drakkar took the lead midway through the second period with Boilard scoring his second goal of the playoffs at the 11:05 mark Cape Breton tied the game just past the five-minute mark of the third period when Romeo’s shot through a screen fooled Beckman for his second goal of the playoffs a goal which would ultimately send the contest to overtime After the first overtime frame solved nothing Baie-Comeau thought they had won the game in double overtime however after video review the goal was overturned due to accidental contact with Milota A visible Robitaille was fired up on the Eagles bench as he spoke to his players following the disallowed goal He was asked about that moment following the game “They made some gesture at us when they thought they beat us so that gave us maybe a little more motivation,” said Robitaille who didn’t get into detail about what the gesture was to his team we had guys crying and I just told them to remember that feeling.” The drama continued in triple overtime when Cape Breton believed they had scored to win the game however again the play would go to video review but again the goal would be overturned due to accidental contact Baie-Comeau again would score in the fourth overtime period but the play would be reviewed again and overturned after it was determined the puck had left the playing surface on a play prior to the goal Cape Breton eventually won the game in the fifth overtime period Robitaille said the players managed their emotion themselves because they wanted to win it’s about will and it’s not about Xs and Os and you wait until they break and that’s how you win championships… the guys on the bench coached themselves.” Several Eagles records were also broken during the game including the longest playoff game in franchise history Milota set an Eagles record for most saves in a playoff game beating Olivier Roy’s record of 65 saves on April 3 The Czechia native also holds the second-most saves in QMJHL playoff history only behind Victoriaville’s Pierre-Luc Therrien Cape Breton also set a franchise record for the most shots against (86) in a playoff game The previous record was set in 2009 when the Eagles allowed 67 shots to the Quebec Remparts in a four-overtime period game While Milota was pleased with his record-setting night it wasn’t the most important thing on his mind but it’s not that important as much as winning this game because it was a win or go home,” said Milota “The most important thing is winning and that’s what I’m focused on now.” Baie-Comeau outshot Cape Breton 86-57 while going 0-for-3 on the power play The Eagles were 1-for-4 with the man-advantage Game 6 of the series is scheduled to take place on Monday at 8 p.m. FRIDAY NIGHT GAME NOTES: Logan Quinn (healthy) Nathan Plouffe (injured) Mattias Gilbert (injured/sick) and Aaron Murphy (healthy) were not in the lineup for Baie-Comeau.; Attendance for the game was 4,249 Copyright © ChemAnalyst - 2020 | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy QUEBEC — Nathan Quinn's goal at 16:32 of the third period snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the Quebec Remparts to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Centre Videotron Mathias Loiselle and Ryan Howard also scored for the Remparts (17-19-1-2) Jayden Rousseau and Peter Valent chipped in with two assists apiece Alexis Mathieu and Matyas Melovsky scored once for the Drakkar (21-15-2-1) who trailed 2-1 after the first period but went into the third tied 3-3 Justin Poirier had two assists for the Drakkar The Drakkar went 2-for-3 on the power play — Jordan Labelle's power-play goal at 5:12 of the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted the Val-d'Or Foreurs edged the visiting Gatineau Olympiques 4-3 Philippe Veilleux and Noah Reinhart also scored for the Foreurs (14-19-3-1) Alix Durocher and Veilleux all chipped in with two assists Isaiah Parent and Jérémie Dumas-Larouche scored for the Olympiques (9-22-5-3) — Lars Steiner scored the game-winning goal with only 1:23 left in the third period as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies edged the visiting Moncton Wildcats 6-5 Bill Zonnon and Steiner all scored twice for the West Division-leading Huskies (22-9-2-5) Juraj Pekarcik scored three goals for the Maritimes Division-leading Wildcats (30-6-2-0) while Markus Vidicek and Vincent Collard netted singles as the Shawinigan Cataractes trimmed the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4-2 Vince Elie and Matvei Gridin also scored for the Cataractes (23-14-0-2) Alex Huang and Peteris Bulans scored for the Sagueneens (21-9-3-5) who trailed 2-1 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third — Jonathan Fauchon and Jacob Mathieu each had a goal and assist as the visiting Rimouski Oceanic rolled over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 6-2 Thomas Belzil and Mael St-Denis (empty-netter) also scored for the East Division-leading Oceanic (26-10-0-2) who led 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third Mathieu Cataford chipped in with three assists Dawson Sharkey and Colby Huggan scored for the Titan (20-15-1-1) — Joseph Henneberry had a goal and two assists and the Cape Breton Eagles charged past the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-2 Andrew Brown and Jacob Newcombe also scored for the Eagles (19-14-4-1) Adam Cavallin and Nathan Baril scored for the Central Division-leading Voltigeurs (27-9-2-2) who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third — Tyler Peddle scored on the power play with 40 seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs to a 4-3 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads Olivier Groulx scored all three regulation-time goals for the Sea Dogs (17-21-0-0) while William Yared chipped in with two helpers Braeden MacPhee and Owen Phillips scored for the Mooseheads (11-21-6-0) * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan – There were three disallowed goals in overtime with Baie-Comeau goals getting called back in the second & fourth overtime and a Cape Breton goal in the third overtime – Xavier Daigle scored and added an assist for the Eagles while Lucas Romeo scored the tying goal in the third period for the Eagles – Jakub Milota stopped 84 of 86 shots the second most saves in QMJHL history in picking up the win Lucas Beckman stopped 54 of 57 shots in the loss – Joey Henneberry was given a game misconduct for checking to the head in the first period Daigle opened the scoring with a power play marker in the left circle with a shot that beat Beckman in the top corner The Eagles had a chance to extend the lead when Evan Bellamy was given a double minor for high sticking late in the period but the power play was wiped out after the Henneberry major Baie-Comeau tied the game when Matyas Melovsky skated up the right wing and ripped a shot by Milota The Drakkar took a 2-1 lead into the third period before the Romeo equalizer scored from a similar location as the Daigle goal And it was the last goal scored for a long time in the game The Drakkar outshot the Eagles in each of the first four overtimes and thought Jules Boilard had won the game in the second overtime when it was ruled he’d interferred with Milota A similar call went against the Eagles in the third overtime the would be winning team poured on the ice in celebration and in the case of the second overtime disallowed goal consoling each other after a would be defeat The review on the would be winner from Justin Gendron in the fourth overtime did not take long- it was ruled that the play should have been stopped earlier in the sequence after the puck had gone out of play After four full overtime periods without a goal it actually wouldn’t take long to get a winner in the eighth(!) period Tomas Lavoie found Fullerton streaking through the middle of the ice and he raced in on a breakaway deking by Beckman to end the marathon to an enthusiastic response to the many remaining fans from a big crowd at Centre 200 The Eagles will look to tie the series in game six when it shifts to Baie-Comeau on Monday night The game is available for purchase on https://shorturl.at/YvFCi and you can also hear all the action on 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com Scratches For Cape Breton: Nathan Plouffe (injury) Final Shots On Goal: 86-57 in favour of Baie-Comeau in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League announced Friday the 38 players who have been invited… Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Captain Morgan Ellis was one of 22 players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League drafted… Sydney – The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles selected defensemen Raman Hrabarenka (08/24/1992) 36th overall at the 2010 CHL Import Draft… SYDNEY — The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles’ top two picks at the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League entry draft were… The Holy Father Francis has appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in Canada member of our Province of the Holy Spirit in Canada until now Provincial Minister of the same Province since its creation in 2018 He vested the Franciscan habit on August 18 continuing his philosophical-theological studies in Montreal and Strasbourg and was ordained to the priesthood on June 22 he has held various positions in the Province He was also a professor of spirituality at the University of Montreal and provided spiritual accompaniment at the Argenteuil Health and Social Services Center Pierre Charland OFM for his new ministry in service of the people of God The Cape Breton Eagles’ four-game winning streak came to an end in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday The Eagles fell 7-4 to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar at the Centre sportif Alcoa in Baie-Comeau Joey Henneberry scored twice for the Eagles (31-20-4-3) while Andrew Brown and Cole Burbidge each added single markers Alexis Michaud led the Drakkar (32-23-3-1) with a hat trick — including the game-winning empty-netter Alexis Bernier and Matyas Melovsky also scored Starting Eagles goalie Jakub Milota stopped 12 of 16 shots in the first period before being replaced with Alexis Cournoyer who fended off 11 of 13 for the rest of the game Drakkar counterpart Lucas Beckman went the distance making 41 saves The Eagles were slated to wrap up their three-game road trip in Quebec with a Sunday afternoon tilt in Chicoutimi to play against the Saguenéens (33-16-3-7) who finished with a 34-23-4-3 record for 75 points 77 points) will meet in the first round of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League post-season a best-of-seven affair that gets underway in Baie-Comeau on Friday (8 p.m.) with Game 2 set for Saturday (5 p.m.) The next three games are set for Sydney on April 1 the series will wrap up in Baie-Comeau on April 7 and April 8 The Eagles wrapped up the regular season with a weekend sweep over the host Saint John Sea Dogs — 5-3 on Saturday and 4-1 on Friday the Eagles fell behind 2-0 in the first period before roaring back with four unanswered second-period goals Utah Hockey Club draft choice Tomas Lavoie and Cole Burbidge added singles Captain Jacob Newcombe helped out with three assists to finish the season with 73 points one behind Squires for the team scoring lead and Williams Yared replied for the 21-43-0-0 Sea Dogs with the 100th goal of his major junior career Only three other team members – Kevin Asselin Dean Ouelette and Kyle Farrell – have reached the 100-goal milestone in the Eagles 28-year history Alexis Cournoyer made 33 saves for the visitors Matthew Krayer ruined Cournoyer’s shutout bid with 2:20 left in the contest This industrial site reportedly offers 784,000 square feet of indoor space and 82 acres of outdoor leasable land that can scale for future growth BAIE-COMEAU — The BMI Group has acquired the former paper mill property in Baie-Comeau Quebec — a 2,800-acre site that will be transformed into the Norderra Multimodal Industrial Hub — to advance regional industrial development and strengthen Canada’s resource supply chains In collaboration with the Port of Baie-Comeau the project links the Atlantic gateway to BMI’s Bioveld Multimodal Enterprise Park at Niagara Ports — operated in partnership with HOPA (Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority) — and extends to BMI’s development of the northernmost port on Lake Superior in Red Rock “Norderra will play a pivotal role in Canada’s Critical Mineral Corridor (CMC) linking the resource-rich regions of Ontario and Quebec to the Great Lakes-Atlantic Seaway and global markets,” said Paul Veldman “By building on significant investments made by previous owners and the community of Baie-Comeau we are creating a premier industrial platform that couples robust infrastructure with comprehensive multimodal logistics.” “Our partnership on the Norderra project will enhance the port’s capabilities and bolster Baie-Comeau’s industrial base positioning it as a key hub for new economic development in Quebec and Canada,” said Karine Otis “The paper mill was here from the beginning BMI Group dreams big for Baie-Comeau and we are delighted to welcome them to our city,” celebrated Michel Desbiens Canadian Manufacturing is the top source for daily industry-focused news across Canada. We cover the world of manufacturing across all its sectors, sharing stories that impact your business, providing news, in-depth analysis and expert commentary. Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account It does not get much better than the Moncton Wildcats and Baie Comeau Drakkar facing off against each other in the QMJHL playoffs Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to keep reading Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience Don't have an account? Create Account the two Eastern Conference rivals will go head to head beginning Friday at the Avenir Centre in the first game of the best-of-seven second-round series the Wildcats skate into the series as considerable favourites on the heels of their record-setting regular season campaign that netted them 53 wins and 108 points who won the regular season title in 2023-24 and advanced all the way to the league final last spring the teams battled through playoff hockey at its best in a pair of series that went the distance both times – with the Wildcats skating on top each time took Game 6 and Game 7 in Baie-Comeau against the No 2 ranked Drakkar in an upset that seems reflective of what happens almost every year in the loop A clear and concise roundup to start your weekday morning By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Morning Email Telegraph-Journal will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Then two seasons ago, the No. 3 Cats outlasted the No. 6 Drakkar in seven games, including a league record five games that went to overtime. That included Game 7, when Moncton’s Maxim Barbashev raced in alone to net the winner on an overtime breakaway to clinch the epic series. That was a night filled with drama. In the tension packed OT session, the Drakkar thought they had scored, only to have it immediately waved off. A significant time period elapsed in the review that followed, no goal was the ruling and play continued, setting the stage for the winning goal by the Cats. During that off-season, discussion on improvements to video replay continued and changes were in place for the beginning of the 2023-24 season. Since then, they have met four times, with Baie-Comeau winning twice last year and the Wildcats taking both meetings this season – 2-1 at home on Nov. 10 when Juraj Pekarcik broke a tie with 5:09 remaining, and 5-3 in Baie Comeau on Nov. 23 when Pekarcik scored twice and assisted on another. Dieppe’s Justin Gendron scored four goals and added two assists to lead Baie Comeau past Cape Breton in six games in the first round while Evan Bellamy of Saint John added three assists for the Drakkar. That series featured the second longest game in QMJHL history when Angelo Fullerton of Quispamsis scored early in the fifth overtime to give Cape Breton a 3-2 win in Game 5. The Cats have played just those four games since March 22, are rested and as hungry as ever. They will be the heavy favourites to advance to the semifinals. Yet, history with the Drakkar suggested they take nothing for granted. Goaltender Jacob Steinman, who made 32 saves in that Game 7 Cats win over Baie-Comeau in 2023, was at it again, this time with 38 saves in a 2-0 shutout as the Halifax Mooseheads stunned the Drummondville Voltigeurs in Game 7 of that series on Tuesday. Steinman, dealt to the Mooseheads on Jan. 6, posted a .936 save percentage in that massive upset and lifted Halifax into the second round against Rouyn-Noranda. Halifax, which finished ninth in the East, jumped to the West for the playoffs and shocked the defending champion Voltigeurs, who dropped three of four at home in the series. It is the first time in league history a 16th seed has ever won three games, let alone the entire series. Liam Kilfoil of Quispamsis enjoyed a strong series for the Mooseheads. He netted the overtime winner in Game 2 and fired home the clinching goals into an empty net in Game 5 and Game 7. Rouyn-Noranda finished 34 points ahead of Halifax in the standings, but the teams split a pair of tight regular-season games – Rouyn-Noranda won on home ice 4-3 in overtime and Halifax returned the favour at its own arena with a 2-1 shootout win. Elsewhere, Memorial Cup host Rimouski faces Chicoutimi in the East and Sherbrooke takes on Shawinigan in the West. All the second-round series begin on Friday. This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account – Jacob Newcombe scored two goals in the second period while Cam Squires notched two assists it was his first game action since suffering a lower body injury on March 14h against Halifax – Jakub Milota made his first ever playoff appearance After killing off a penalty to Romeo just past the eight minute mark the Eagles got the big Centre 200 crowd on their feet when Burbidge connected for a power play goal between the circles to give the Eagles a lead they would carry into the break The rest of the scoring took place in the second period Litalien surged up the left side of the ice and zapped his first ever playoff goal by Beckman to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead and the lead expanded when Romeo tipped a Will Murphy point shot by Beckman The Eagles had a chance to keep the momentum going when Skogen Schrott was sent to the penalty box less than a minute later Matyas Melovsky took advantage of open ice went in on a breakaway short handed and put the Drakkar on the board But while the Drakkar technically killed off the Cape Breton power play the penalty clock had just hit zero when Newcombe finished a cross crease pass from Andrew Brown Newcombe would score on the power play officially later the period While Baie-Comeau outshot Cape Breton in the third period 11-7 the high end opportunities were limited and the Eagles posted a big victory to get back in the series.The Eagles will look to tie up the series tomorrow night when these two teams do battle at Centre 200 in game four Tickets can be purchased at https://shorturl.at/UVbFy They are also available for purchase in person at the Centre 200 box office and by the phone during box office hours at 902-564-2200 Final Shots On Goal: 24-24 in favour of Baie-Comeau A power play goal proved to be the difference for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Thursday night Louis-Charles Plourde fired home what was the game-winner at 1:44 of the third period to lift the Baie-Comeau Drakkar past the Cape Breton Eagles in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 in Sydney The power play marker came with Eagles defenceman Ales Zielinski in the box for cross-checking Jules Boilard and Justin Poirier also found the back of the net for the Drakkar Dylan Andrews had the lone goal for the Eagles Cape Bretons Jakub Milota stopped 27 of 29 shots The Drakkar opened the scoring late in the first period with Boilard firing home his fifth goal of the season at 17:44 Cape Breton tied the game at 14:44 of the second period with Andrews notching his third goal of the season the lone assist being recorded by mile Ricard Plourde put the Drakkar up 2-1 with his 14th goal of the season before Poirier secured the win with an empty net marker at 18:01 of the third period Baie-Comeau outshot Cape Breton 30-28 while going 1-for-3 on the power play The Eagles were 0-for-1 with the man-advantage The meeting between the Eagles and Drakkar was the first since the teams played in last years league semifinal which saw Baie-Comeau advance to the championship series in five games Cape Breton will return to the ice on Saturday when they host Nicolas Ruccia and the Charlottetown Islanders Game Notes: Cape Bretons Joseph Henneberry missed the game while serving the first of a two-game suspension Cole Burbidge moved to the top line with Jacob Newcombe and Cam Squires with Henneberrys absence.; Brayden Schmitt (injured) Romain Litalien (World Under-17 Hockey Challenge) Logan Quinn (healthy) and Carson Griffin (healthy) were not in the lineup for Cape Breton.; Anthony Morin (injured/sick) Jrmy Leroux (injured/sick) and Pier-Olivier Denis (healthy) were not dressed for Baie-Comeau.; The attendance for the game was 2,358 This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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Best Version Media, LLC. extending their playoff series in the QMJHL making it the third-longest postseason game in CHL history Angelo Fullerton scored the decisive goal in the fifth overtime keeping Cape Breton's playoff hopes alive while reflecting the intense momentum shifts and disallowed goals faced by both teams throughout the match both teams faced challenges with disallowed goals; Baie-Comeau's potential scoring opportunities were nullified twice illustrating the game's tightly contested nature Cape Breton must win Game 6 to force a decisive Game 7 which could significantly change the momentum for both teams moving deeper into the playoffs The intense Game 5 not only showcased the resilience of the Eagles but also highlighted the competitive spirit of QMJHL hockey setting the stage for an exhilarating Game 6 that could redefine the series outcome The summary of the linked article was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence technology from OpenAI We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it OK Privacy policy Cape Breton dropped the first two games of the best-of-seven series to the Drakkar in Baie-Comeau over the weekend and return to the comforts of Centre 200 looking to get back in the series The Eagles opened the series with a 3-1 loss to the Drakkar on Friday night before dropping a 5-2 decision on Saturday afternoon in front of a loud crowd at Centre Sportif Alcoa Eagles head coach Louis Robitaille hasn’t lost confidence in his team “We’re really confident,” said Robitaille following Game 2 We need to realize what happened and why it happened they did their job at home and we’re going to do ours at home “It’s going to be a big crowd at home and we’re going to be confident and comfortable to play in Sydney and then we’ll be back here (in Baie-Comeau) next Monday.” who led the league in victories (31) during the regular season The Eagles have only been able to beat the 17-year-old Beckman three times two of those goals coming off the stick of defenceman Andrew Brown on Saturday Angelo Fullerton had the lone goal in Friday’s contest Generating more offence will be one of the goals for the Eagles heading into Game 3 especially on the power play where the Sydney-based club is currently 1-for-8 “Our power play needs to generate a little bit more,” said Robitaille “I don’t think we’re dangerous enough on the power play we need to play with more poise offensively.” Cape Breton will also look to its top players to generate more offence with a change of scenery There were times in Saturday’s contest when the trio were split up on different lines Stats from Game 2. pic.twitter.com/YWEdqsPP5M many may not have expected the team to have a 2-0 series lead heading to the Maritimes especially with the absence of two of their top five players – Justin Poirier and Alexis Bernier – both of whom have been ruled out of the series with injuries Baie-Comeau had secondary scoring through the first two games from some unlikely sources including 19-year-old Skogen Schrott who joined the team during the season from the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League He already has three playoff goals in two games and has had plenty of opportunity to add to his total the story of the series for the Drakkar has been Beckman A top-ranked North American goaltender for the NHL Entry Draft in June Beckman has stopped 69 of 72 shots and sports a 1.50 goals-against-average and a .958 save percentage “Their best player was their goalie once again,” said Robitaille on Saturday night Chez nous >>#TousÀBord pic.twitter.com/L25NCxmp5v Another challenge for the Eagles early in the series has been the Drakkar’s ability to create odd-man rushes Cape Breton allowed several odd man rushes in the series to date along with four breakaways Brown addressed the concerns following Saturday’s loss “You can’t give up that many breakaways,” said Brown “You can’t expect (Alexis) Cournoyer to make that many key saves – he’s been keeping us in it – so I think we just got to make sure we can’t let guys behind us.” A positive for the team has been its penalty kill The club has killed off five of six Drakkar attempts Cape Breton has also had lots of time in the offensive zone throughout the series to date “I think we’ve been dominating the majority of the play but they’re capitalizing on their chances,” said Brown just cleaning up the mistakes that they’re capitalizing on I feel like if we keep playing the same way and putting a lot of shots on net One player who hasn’t been in the lineup for Cape Breton in the series has been forward Lucas Romeo The 19-year-old has missed the last five games after suffering a lower-body injury on March 14 against Halifax Romeo did take the warmup on Friday but was a late scratch by the team His status for Tuesday’s game was not known at publication time Although the team hasn’t been able to get the results it wanted in the first two games the Eagles are not pressing the panic button yet we need to do our job at home,” he said of the message to the team so we’ll panic when we’re going to lose four.” Game 3 of the series is slated for Tuesday are scheduled for April 7 and 8 in Baie-Comeau All 16 playoff teams will continue their best-of-seven series on Tuesday night Northern Graphite (NGPHF) has received support from the Port of Rotterdam for its planned Battery Anode Material (BAM) facility in Baie-Comeau Europe's largest and a critical raw materials hub views Northern's project as a potential anchor in a new transatlantic graphite supply chain The company is evaluating two sites for the BAM plant: a 300-acre greenfield site and a brownfield site at a former paper mill The project has garnered support from local authorities and the Port of Baie-Comeau while Northern continues seeking power allocation and funding for the feasibility phase the facility would be among the first large-scale BAM facilities outside Asia serving North American and European EV markets before 2030 Northern plans to source feedstock from its LDI mine in Quebec and projects in Namibia and Ontario This development follows Northern's selection for a Strategic Project under the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act and its membership in the European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association Northern Graphite (NGPHF) ha ricevuto il supporto del Porto di Rotterdam per il suo impianto pianificato di Materiale Anodico per Batterie (BAM) a Baie-Comeau il più grande d'Europa e un hub cruciale per le materie prime considera il progetto di Northern un potenziale punto di riferimento in una nuova catena di approvvigionamento transatlantica del grafite L'azienda sta valutando due siti per l'impianto BAM: un'area verde di 300 acri e un sito brownfield presso un'ex cartiera Il progetto ha ottenuto il sostegno delle autorità locali e del Porto di Baie-Comeau mentre Northern continua a cercare l'assegnazione di energia e finanziamenti per la fase di fattibilità l'impianto sarà tra i primi grandi impianti BAM fuori dall'Asia a servire i mercati nordamericani ed europei dei veicoli elettrici entro il 2030 Northern prevede di approvvigionarsi dalla sua miniera LDI in Quebec e da progetti in Namibia e Ontario Questo sviluppo segue la selezione di Northern come Progetto Strategico nell'ambito del Regolamento UE sulle Materie Prime Critiche e la sua adesione all'European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association Northern Graphite (NGPHF) ha recibido el apoyo del Puerto de Rotterdam para su planta planificada de Material Anódico para Baterías (BAM) en Baie-Comeau el más grande de Europa y un centro clave de materias primas considera el proyecto de Northern como un posible pilar en una nueva cadena de suministro transatlántica de grafito La empresa está evaluando dos sitios para la planta BAM: un terreno virgen de 300 acres y un sitio brownfield en una antigua fábrica de papel El proyecto ha recibido el respaldo de las autoridades locales y del Puerto de Baie-Comeau mientras Northern continúa buscando la asignación de energía y financiamiento para la fase de viabilidad la planta sería una de las primeras instalaciones BAM a gran escala fuera de Asia que atenderá a los mercados de vehículos eléctricos de Norteamérica y Europa antes de 2030 Northern planea abastecerse de su mina LDI en Quebec y de proyectos en Namibia y Ontario Este desarrollo sigue a la selección de Northern como Proyecto Estratégico bajo la Ley de Materias Primas Críticas de la UE y su membresía en la Asociación Europea de Materiales Avanzados de Carbono y Grafito Northern Graphite (NGPHF)는 퀘벡주 베이-코모에에 계획 중인 배터리 음극재(BAM) 시설에 대해 로테르담 항구의 지원을 받았습니다 유럽 최대이자 중요한 원자재 허브인 이 항구는 Northern의 프로젝트를 새로운 대서양 횡단 흑연 공급망의 핵심 거점으로 보고 있습니다 회사는 BAM 공장 부지로 300에이커 규모의 신규 부지와 구 제지 공장 부지인 브라운필드 두 곳을 검토 중입니다 Northern은 계속해서 전력 할당과 타당성 조사 자금 확보를 추진하고 있습니다 운영이 시작되면 이 시설은 2030년 이전에 북미 및 유럽 전기차 시장에 서비스를 제공하는 아시아 외 대규모 BAM 시설 중 하나가 될 것입니다 Northern은 퀘벡의 LDI 광산과 나미비아 및 온타리오 프로젝트에서 원료를 조달할 계획입니다 이번 개발은 EU의 핵심 원자재법에 따른 전략적 프로젝트 선정과 유럽 첨단 탄소 및 흑연 소재 협회 회원 자격 획득에 따른 것입니다 Northern Graphite (NGPHF) a reçu le soutien du port de Rotterdam pour son projet d'installation de matériau d'anode de batterie (BAM) à Baie-Comeau le plus grand d'Europe et un centre clé pour les matières premières considère le projet de Northern comme un pilier potentiel dans une nouvelle chaîne d'approvisionnement transatlantique de graphite L'entreprise évalue deux sites pour l'usine BAM : un terrain vierge de 300 acres et un site brownfield sur l'emplacement d'une ancienne usine de papier Le projet bénéficie du soutien des autorités locales et du port de Baie-Comeau tandis que Northern continue de rechercher l'allocation d'énergie et le financement pour la phase d'étude de faisabilité l'installation serait parmi les premières grandes usines BAM hors d'Asie à desservir les marchés nord-américains et européens des véhicules électriques avant 2030 Northern prévoit de s'approvisionner en matières premières auprès de sa mine LDI au Québec ainsi que de projets en Namibie et en Ontario Ce développement fait suite à la sélection de Northern en tant que projet stratégique dans le cadre de la loi européenne sur les matières premières critiques et à son adhésion à l'Association européenne des matériaux avancés en carbone et graphite Northern Graphite (NGPHF) hat Unterstützung vom Hafen Rotterdam für seine geplante Batterie-Anodenmaterial (BAM)-Anlage in Baie-Comeau Europas größter und ein wichtiger Rohstoff-Hub sieht Northerns Projekt als potenziellen Anker in einer neuen transatlantischen Graphit-Lieferkette Das Unternehmen prüft zwei Standorte für die BAM-Anlage: ein 300 Hektar großes Greenfield-Gelände und ein Brownfield-Gelände auf dem Gelände einer ehemaligen Papierfabrik Das Projekt erhält Unterstützung von lokalen Behörden und dem Hafen von Baie-Comeau während Northern weiterhin nach Stromzuteilungen und Finanzierung für die Machbarkeitsphase sucht Nach Inbetriebnahme wäre die Anlage eine der ersten großmaßstäblichen BAM-Anlagen außerhalb Asiens die vor 2030 die nordamerikanischen und europäischen Märkte für Elektrofahrzeuge bedienen würde Rohstoffe aus seiner LDI-Mine in Quebec sowie aus Projekten in Namibia und Ontario zu beziehen Diese Entwicklung folgt auf die Auswahl von Northern als strategisches Projekt im Rahmen des EU-Kritische-Rohstoffe-Gesetzes und dessen Mitgliedschaft in der European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association 2025) - Northern Graphite Corporation (TSXV: NGC) (OTCQB: NGPHF) (FSE: 0NG) (XSTU: 0NG) ("Northern" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a letter of support from the Port of Rotterdam Europe's largest port and a strategic hub for critical raw materials for a planned Battery Anode Material ("BAM") facility in Baie-Comeau The Port of Rotterdam is a central player in the Netherlands' Critical Raw Materials ("CRM") program and is preparing its industrial zones to receive It has identified Northern's BAM plans in Baie-Comeau as a potential anchor development in a new transatlantic graphite supply chain that aligns with an agreement between the Dutch and Quebec governments to cooperate on critical raw materials "Northern's project will make significant strides in advancing not only the critical minerals sector in Canada (Ontario and Québec) but also the country's ambitions for becoming a major supplier of batteries for the EV and other industries," the Port of Rotterdam said in its letter "We look forward to the successful realization of the project's objectives and the broader impact it will have on Canada's and Europe's journeys towards a sustainable and resilient future." Northern is considering two alternative sites for its Baie-Comeau BAM plant a 300-acre greenfield site owned by the city and a brownfield site with established infrastructure at a former paper mill that is being developed by The BMI Group as the Norderra multimodal industrial hub Northern's plan to build a BAM processing facility in the Industrial Port Zone has the support of local authorities The Port of Rotterdam is already working closely with the Port and City of Baie-Comeau to help prepare infrastructure while Northern continues to seek a power allotment in Quebec and to secure funding commitments for the project's feasibility phase "We are excited to have the support of the Port of Rotterdam as we pursue our vision to supply the global battery market with clean responsibly sourced graphite," said Northern Chief Executive Officer Hugues Jacquemin "The port is a natural partner given its leadership role in the EU's critical raw materials strategy and its longstanding relationship with Baie-Comeau and the Province of Quebec." Northern's planned Baie-Comeau BAM facility would make it one of the first large-scale facilities outside of Asia to deliver graphite anode material to both North American and European EV markets before 2030 The Company plans to source feedstock from its LDI mine in Quebec and development projects in Namibia and Ontario and ship finished product to North American and European automotive manufacturers with Rotterdam positioned as the main point of entry This latest endorsement follows Northern's recent success in Europe where its proposal to construct a BAM plant in France was selected as one of 47 Strategic Projects under the European Union's Critical Raw Materials Act That facility will process graphite from the Company's Okanjande mine in Namibia It also follows closely on the heels of becoming a member of the European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association ("ECGA") Membership will allow Northern Graphite to contribute directly to the advancement of Europe's energy transition and to work alongside key stakeholders in the battery and clean technology value chain ECGA membership also complements the Company's work with the North American Graphite Alliance ("NAGA") which represents North American and Canadian producers of natural and synthetic battery-grade graphite the only flake graphite producing company in North America TSX Venture Exchange listed company that is focused on becoming a world leader in producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high-value products critical to the green economy including anode material for lithium-ion batteries/EVs as well as advanced industrial technologies The Company's mine-to-battery strategy is spearheaded by its Battery Materials Division state-of-the-art laboratory in Frankfurt and is focused on developing advanced anode materials to improve the cycle life and increase the charging rate of lithium ion batteries and on marketing Northern's patented Porocarb® product Northern's graphite assets include the producing Lac des Iles mine in Quebec where the Company plans to increase production to meet growing demand from industrial customers and coming demand from North American battery makers advanced stage Bissett Creek project in Ontario the Mousseau Project in Quebec and the fully permitted Okanjande graphite mine in Namibia that is currently on care and maintenance All projects have "battery quality" graphite and are located close to infrastructure in politically stable jurisdictions For media inquiries contactPav Jordan, VP of CommunicationsEmail: pjordan@northerngraphite.com Please visit the Company's website at https://www.northerngraphite.com/home/, the Company's profile on www.sedarplus.ca our Social Channels listed below or contact the Company at (613) 271-2124 LinkedInYouTubeTwitterFacebookCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws Forward-looking statements and information are frequently characterized by words such as "plan" or statements that certain events or conditions "may" Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the Company's proposal to produce and sell BAM and development plans with respect to the LDI All such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by management based on their experience and perception of historical trends current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors they believe are appropriate in the circumstances these statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected including or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of other parties to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; unexpected failure or inadequacy of infrastructure and the failure of ongoing and contemplated studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued studies development or operations and the inability to raise required financing Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based on what management believes are reasonable assumptions the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with them These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this news release Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/249379 Already have an account? Login AtlanticNewsFive Maritime Q-League teams begin first round of playoffs FridayBy Ryan MacDonaldPublished: March 28, 2025 at 4:37PM EDT The CBC Arts guide to Canada’s hidden gems and secret spots Drive northwest along Route 138 on the north shore of the St Lawrence River and you’ll reach Baie-Comeau home to one of the most remarkable murals by Guido Nincheri often referred to as the “Michelangelo of Montreal.” Nincheri (1885-1973) was an Italian-born painter and designer who emigrated to Quebec in 1914 after studying art in Florence. Best known for his stained glass and fresco paintings, he produced works in over 100 churches in Canada and the United States. While many of his most-recognized works are in Montreal it is in the far reaches of Quebec where you’ll find one of his most iconic pieces Although the exterior of Sainte-Amélie Church resembles many of the imposing granite buildings built by the Catholic Church in Quebec during the 20th century the fresco Nincheri painted between 1940 and 1945 is one of the largest of its kind in North America nearly covering the church’s entire ceiling His use of brightly coloured mineral pigments on fresh plaster creates an ethereal effect in the paintings adding a transcendent quality to the already spiritual architecture Infamously, Nincheri’s work on the mural was interrupted in 1940 when he was arrested by the RCMP and interned for three months at Petawawa, Ont., along with other Italian Canadians who were considered a threat during the Second World War Today, the finished fresco stands as a monument in this small Québécois village, rivalling the great church paintings of European masters like Titian and Raphael. Tours are available during the summer months but must be booked ahead on the church’s website Alberta is famous for its roadside attractions of unusual size from UFO landing pads and Easter eggs to the world’s largest perogy It’s also home to Calgary’s Dale Hodges Park one of the biggest public artworks in North America — and a project that’ll completely flip how you think about the form Public art isn’t always an Instagrammable “thing,” much as we’re accustomed to sculptures big and small the artwork — per the project’s official description — “is embodied by the water’s movement and flow.” The park opened in 2019 and occupies 40 hectares along the banks of the Bow River. This urban oasis, once the site of a gravel pit, now offers trails and scenic views to enjoy. (For a closer look, check out this story from CBC News.) Notably the park also functions as a natural stormwater treatment system filtering rainfall and melted snow from eight city neighbourhoods it’s “destination art” the city can be proud of “It’s a walk in the park you don’t want to miss and one you should return to throughout the year as each passing season brings a new view and journey,” she tells CBC Arts Indigenous Art Park: ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ and you’ll be hit with a vista that includes some of the city’s greatest hits: the curve of the North Saskatchewan River the crisp arch of the Walterdale Bridge and a cluster of skyscrapers rising from the horizon you’ll find something even more affirming: an incredible sense of history and place ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ is a sort of outdoor gallery within Queen Elizabeth Park and it’s a relatively recent addition to the city’s public art collection a site first settled by Métis landowner Joseph McDonald the park features permanent sculptures and installations that reflect on the story of the land and the Indigenous people who’ve called it home the word for “fire”) painted in ice-cream colours The name of the park itself — ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) — makes the Cree language strikingly visible within the city Some of the best art experiences happen when you get lost in the work And getting lost in the work is practically guaranteed at the BernArt Maze in Blockhouse a 15-minute drive from Lunenburg and its famous tall ships The family-friendly open-air gallery bills itself as “Canada’s very first art maze,” with nearly a kilometre of labyrinthine pathways that hide larger-than-life sculptures mosaics and murals created by artists from around the world The maze is the project of Nicole and Bernd Krebes artists who emigrated from Germany in 2002 and began a local ceramic tiling business “I’m going to build the maze now.” Constructed predominantly from found and recycled materials the BernArt Maze features underwater creatures psychedelic scenery and countless other opportunities to get lost in the art The maze is typically open from late June through Thanksgiving Monday. Check the website for hours And if you ask the folks at the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF) headquarters is home to the largest art installation in the entire Canadian North but a Canadian facility that is home to a Natural Resources Canada antenna as well as three others from space agencies in France the ISSF unveiled a series of five original artworks — decals that wrap the 13-metre-wide antennas and a radome (a structure you might mistake for a gargantuan golf ball) It’s a splash of colour and culture that’s visible to anyone arriving in Inuvik via the Dempster Highway or the local airport The ISSF took inspiration from a similar project in Australia and collaborated with Indigenous groups in the region Artist Sheree McLeod created one of the first antenna artworks for the site a traditional practice that doubles as a high-flying sport a circle of people hold a trampoline made of hide a lone jumper is frozen in a searching pose It’s an image that references the antenna itself — and its connection to satellites that fly thousands of kilometres beyond our view — while depicting a tradition from the artist’s Inuvialuit culture Anick Jenks and students from the East Three Secondary School art club CC Image by Jeremy Burgin Tucked away in the far southeastern corner of Toronto lies Guild Park and Gardens a place that looks like something from another time The park is filled with a treasure trove of Greek columns and classical statues and visiting feels like stepping into a storybook It’s a place that leaves you scratching your head and saying And how did all these ancient Greek ruins wind up in a city park next to Lake Ontario?” They’re fragments of neoclassical architecture from the 19th and early 20th century because some very determined and wealthy architecture enthusiasts wanted to save them The park’s main building, the Guild Inn, was originally built in 1914 as the estate of Brig.-Gen. Harold Child Bickford. In 1932, it was bought by businesswoman Rosa Hewetson. She and her husband, Spencer Clark, turned it into a co-operative artists’ centre called the Guild of All Arts. As people came to see the artists and their work, the building became an inn to house art-curious tourists. (The Guild Inn still exists as an event space Toronto was in the middle of a great building boom tearing down many of its iconic Victorian and Edwardian structures passionate about preserving these neoclassical beauties engineers and a stonemason to relocate them to the Guild Inn’s grounds remnants from more than 60 buildings are part of the park the best known of which is the Greek Theatre constructed from the columns of the former Bank of Toronto building Guild Park and Gardens offers a one-of-a-kind glimpse into Toronto’s architectural past Filled with statues and remnants of old buildings Guild Park has attracted artists like Drake and Mil-Spec NAISA’s home on Highway 124, which opened just last year, is also the broadcast centre for NAISA Radio — an internet radio station that streams sound art around the clock (and was named one of The Wire’s 100 essential online stations) And if world-class sonic experimentation isn’t enough to get you to pull over the media centre’s in-house café offers a $7 artist’s special — so you can “have lunch on an artist’s budget,” as the menu states The media centre and café are open Thursday through Monday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check NAISA’s website for programming details Thanks to the unique microclimate created by the meeting of the St many plant species that grow at Reford Gardens can’t be found anywhere else in Canada who was celebrated for his landscape and outdoor space design Those with a green thumb might also enjoy the Museum of Tools that are as inspiring as they are beautiful Lawrence River in Quebec’s Gaspésie region the Centre d’Art Marcel Gagnon is a bunch of tourist attractions rolled into one It has art galleries showcasing work by several generations of the Gagnon family prepare for a truly eerie wake-up call — a scene you might just mistake for a zombie invasion artist Marcel Gagnon has arranged more than 100 concrete sculptures: grey limbless sentinels carved with rough-hewn faces It’s called Le Grand Rassemblement (“The Big Gathering”) Figures in wooden rafts appear to set sail while others are swallowed by the river — some with their heads peeking above the waves If you’re not looking closely enough, you might easily mistake the exhibits for things that are simply growing in the forest. “The artworks use naturally sourced materials, harvested from the land,” Silverfox explains, and in Olson’s course at the Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) students learn to forage for their art supplies The willow branches they collect might be broken down into fibres processed to make pulp for paper or woven into sculptures And the art that springs from the class may eventually find a home in the Willow Gallery The gallery’s 2024 exhibition debuted in February as part of Dawson City’s (S)hiver Winter Arts Festival though the art looks substantially different than it would have in winter The work is meant to be “curated back by the land,” according to Aubyn O’Grady Northwest of Grande Prairie, Alta., less than a 10-minute drive from the B.C. border, lies the community of Demmitt. Just outside the tiny hamlet, on his family ranch, multidisciplinary artist Peter von Tiesenhausen makes all kinds of art But he sees the land itself as his most important canvas trails and land works marking the von Tiesenhausen property perhaps most notable is a fence the artist has been building slowly over the last 35 years The artwork known as Lifeline began in 1990 with a single eight-foot segment of pickets He’s vowed to continue the work in this manner every year until his death Lifeline now stretches nearly as long as an NFL football field Von Tiesenhausen considers the project a commitment to the land he stewards he has cited it in copyright claims to protect the land and his work there from encroaching gas companies Lifeline is a significant example of Canadian land art Peter von Tiesenhausen calls the slow-growing row of white pickets his ‘most profound’ work of art the Municipality of Whistler built a suspension bridge connecting the Train Wreck to the Sea to Sky Trail a hike that takes you over the roaring Cheakamus River to this much-Instagrammed ruin in the forest CC Image by Pburka Fun fact: one of Canada’s most impressive graffiti spots isn’t a wall in Montreal or Toronto but an abandoned radar station in Newfoundland amid fears of a Soviet missile attack or invasion the Red Cliff Radar Station was established on the far northeastern tip of the continent The station was part of a system that would provide an early warning if any unidentified aircraft crossed the Atlantic allowing fighter jets stationed at nearby Torbay Air Force Base to intercept it leaving nothing but concrete structures and some old jeeps behind you catch more graffiti writers with large the site has become an ever-evolving canvas for spray-can art Red Cliff Radar Station is a haunting ruin and a graffiti hotspot in one parking is available in a lot off nearby Cobbler Crescent Almaguin Highlands’s version of Burning Man But keep in mind that Midlothian Castle is technically a private residence Camani lives in the fortress — a farmhouse he’s tricked out with gargoyles and turrets — so while the house is off-limits you can still peek at its inventive features through the spiderweb gates and you could spend hours tramping through its 125 hectares and encountering eerie and enormous sculptures The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride through the hills and the “Primeval Forest” — Camani’s name for a collection of shrieking concrete trees — is one of the more recent additions the foreboding characters this DIY art park is known for standing approximately six metres tall and weighing as much as 27 tonnes It’s been said that Camani has arranged the heads in the shape of a dragon But the sculptures are plenty impressive from the ground In some of the more awe-inspiring sections of the property they appear to burst through the earth’s surface wailing as they reach their hands to the sky Midlothian Castle is the home to both a DIY sculpture park and an annual four-day rave far enough apart that they could barely see one another occasionally having to move one way or another to avoid obstacles The resulting route became the basis of Shift Shift consists of six narrow concrete panels each standing roughly 1.5 metres high and 20 centimetres wide the sculpture has been weathered by the elements Its location in the exurbs of Toronto means it’s also had to survive threats from developers The property was sold to a land development firm in 1974 and subdivisions have come closer and closer to Shift over the years it was designated a protected cultural landscape under the Ontario Heritage Act That said, it’s not exactly open to the public. The best way to get a look at Shift for now is to watch this video You can’t believe everything you read online, but if you’re planning a trip to the Tree Museum you have to climb up rocks.” And they’re not fooling (Be prepared to tramp through mud and overgrown fields but the Tree Museum is not a museum of birches and pines it’s an outdoor gallery — one where the art has been built right into the landscape an 80-hectare slice of wilderness on the southern edge of the Canadian Shield a literal outhouse cloaked in mirrors (though not a functional one the Tree Museum is open to the public between June and October each year the Tree Museum is a day trip like no other hearkening to the scrappy DIY spirit that makes artists want to do stuff with their friends and community,” they write we’re left wondering what potential we’re overlooking in our own living space who doesn’t want interactive sculptures in their yard Doris is something of an open secret among Peace Country residents in the know the chief curator at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie who sent CBC Arts a tip about this contemporary art space — a gallery “unsuspectingly located” in Beaverlodge a town of roughly 2,500 souls just west of Grande Prairie Doris has been hosting regular exhibitions in a tiny room at the Beaverlodge Art and Culture Centre The centre is a former hospital building off Highway 43 just across the street from “Justin Beaver,” the polyurethane and foam rodent that serves as the town’s chief roadside attraction Cars and trucks blow past the centre every day but there’s no sign outside advertising Doris — and you could probably spend an afternoon poking around the building’s other galleries and anyone and everyone is welcome to attend Doris exhibitions and opening parties Founded by local art collector Murray Quinn, art handler Maggie Tiesenhausen and the acclaimed artist Peter von Tiesenhausen, Doris has kept a low profile. News about its programming spreads through word of mouth and a cryptic Instagram profile the project has built an amazing community in a short time “Visiting Doris inspires my love of grassroots exhibitions and DIY esthetic something that is often lacking from typical/formalized arts organizations,” she says but the contemporary art space might be the best-kept secret in town “We always wanted to have a place where we could permanently show our work," Miller told CBC Arts shortly after the Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse (CMAW) opened in the summer of 2023 The North Okanagan venue has become exactly that: a home for their many creations including multimedia installations that have rarely — if ever — been shown in Canada due to their enormous scale CMAW’s exhibitions have been pulled from the artists’ personal archive an eerie fairy-tale scenario involving robotic marionettes and a life-sized “sleeping beauty” (modelled after Cardiff) Whether you plan to make the trip by car or inflatable pineapple (the museum is located near a popular spot for river tubing) be sure to check the website for up-to-date info on hours and admission The Chatfield Gallery is like a triumph of artistic maximalism the Chatfield is like a kaleidoscope of sculptural collage “This place is like landing on another planet an environment of a colourful mind,” says artist Kami Goertz “Seeing this space has inspired me to see what can be possible in terms of what a room can become and how objects can be used to create environment.” On the lower level of Yellowknife’s Centre Square shopping mall inside the visitor centre where tourists seek advice on catching the northern lights you’ll find the city’s only non-commercial contemporary art gallery it has become vital to the local creative community providing a much-needed space in N.W.T.’s capital city for sharing and discussing art Far from the trends of larger cosmopolitan art scenes programming at the visitor centre gallery is eclectic and inclusive An exhibition by a Sobey Award winner might be followed by a show featuring the art of high school students Curator Sarah Swan interviews artists at openings using a hairbrush as a microphone a playful gesture that dispels any whiff of pretension the road to having a dedicated space has been long and bumpy and some had to drive the cause quite literally converted a cargo trailer into a mobile gallery which they hauled around the city and to nearby communities They cheekily — and perhaps a bit wishfully — named their museum on wheels the Art Gallery of N.W.T with its small-but-mighty exhibition space tucked inside the visitor centre (open daily year-round) giving a community that had to claw out space for itself a true home bumpy road to a dedicated exhibition space in Yellowknife the artist couple of Viktor and Judith Tinkl have transformed their family home located an hour and a half northeast of Toronto into a fantasyland unparalleled in Canadian art It began in 1965 when Viktor bought a 100-year-old schoolhouse in need of some TLC He made the first gargoyle with cement left over from repair work and mounted it atop one of the building’s buttresses so more creatures came to live on the exterior of the building the couple’s residence and 1.2-hectare property have become home to an incredible menagerie of stone animals The grounds are lush with concrete trees and crisscrossed by sculptural aqueducts feeding cisterns for the Tinkls’ extensive gardens Tinkls’ Gallery is a testament to what is possible when you serve the muse of creativity with passion and dedication The Tinkls are an artist couple who live inside their sprawling masterpiece Some museums collect art; some are works of art themselves. And there are few better examples than the Museum of Fear and Wonder. Founded in 2017 by sculptor Jude Griebel and his brother Brendan Griebel it’s a unique addition to Alberta’s superlative bounty of tiny museums (The collection is located at the Donalda & District Museum in Alberta — consider it a bonus example of “destination art.”) For those who dream of visiting IRL, the trip requires some planning, making it a true pilgrimage for seasoned Prairie road trippers. Located on a country road off Alberta’s Cowboy Trail, about 100 kilometres northwest of Calgary, the museum occupies an unassuming building that was once an army barracks. Admission is free, but visitors must reserve their spot in advance (which you can do here) Bookings for the 2024 season are already closed but the museum is typically open between June 1 and Aug As of the 2021 census, Torrington, Alta., had a population of 306. That’s 105 more residents than it had in 2016, the year CBC aired this short documentary about the World Famous Gopher Hole Museum when you live in a place that small — Torrington is a sleepy community between Red Deer and Calgary — it’s easy to imagine how human residents could feel wildly outnumbered by a certain local species the hearty Richardson’s ground squirrel (also called a gopher) and how they might develop a dark sense of humour about it The museum is home to 77 taxidermied specimens arranged in 44 dioramas — jokey scenes that depict life in the hamlet circa 1996 the year this candidate for Canada’s quirkiest attraction opened its doors shoot pool at the Torrington Hotel and sling puns at the local diner (“Oh boy am I ever stuffed,” reads a speech balloon) And they’re all nestled in a one-room schoolhouse stacked in identical display cases that glow in the dark like old tube TVs an Edmonton-based artist who’s devoted years of her practice to creating dioramic exhibitions of miniature sculpture describes it as a “weird and wondrous” place that’s directly inspired her work “There’s real passion and tenderness crafted into each intricately detailed diorama,” she tells CBC Arts “There’s also a strange fragility about them romanticized and removed from our contemporary lives It reminds me of visiting my farm families and growing up on the Prairies.” Jim Shockey has a CV that would make Ron Swanson jealous Called “modern hunting’s most influential celebrity” by Outdoor Life magazine antique dealer and long-time reality TV host Shockey added museum founder to his resumé filling a former elementary school on Vancouver Island with a lifetime of unusual stuff a title meant to reflect the nature of the items found within all gathered or conceived through human intervention In a video tour posted on the attraction’s website every surface of the 15,000-square-foot space appears to be lined with souvenirs from Shockey’s world travels a signed copy of High Adventure by Sir Edmund Hillary including a complete woolly mammoth surrounded by antlers of mysterious origin “I guess you could call me a hoarder,” Shockey told one travel journalist describing the endeavour as his “OCD on display.” Rather than keep the trove to himself he opted to share it with anyone curious enough to visit and it’s open to the public 365 days a year taxidermist and educator Sam Waller retired from teaching in 1958 he purchased two bunkhouses from the local lumber company in The Pas joined them together and opened his Little Northern Museum inside the makeshift gallery Waller jokingly referred to his showcase of artifacts oddities and other items related to the region’s history as the “cluttertorium.” In the Victorian tradition of cabinets of curiosities his collection also included quirkier holdings — more tenuously connected to the region’s history — such as a two-headed calf or five pairs of fleas dressed in tiny outfits he gifted his museum — a hit with both locals and visitors — to the Town of The Pas the Sam Waller Museum was opened in a purpose-designed climate-controlled space in the town’s old courthouse the museum has expanded its founder’s incredible collection to over 70,000 objects with a focus on the natural and human history of northern Manitoba demonstrating how both the ordinary and the extraordinary help tell our stories A Remington typewriter with Cree syllabics The tailbone of a giant aquatic reptile from the late Cretaceous period when Manitoba was covered by an inland sea You can find it all at the Sam Waller Museum open daily (except holidays) from 1 to 5 p.m This might be the only place in Canada where you can find one of Cher’s Bob Mackie getups, a wedding dress from the 1880s and a pair of the prime minister’s old socks those items won’t necessarily all be displayed at the same time which presents regular exhibitions inside a decommissioned post office boasts a collection of about 9,000 garments and accessories a trove that started as the personal archive of the Fashion History Museum’s co-founder Walford was the original curator at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum and though the FHM has been staging travelling exhibitions in Ontario and abroad for more than a decade it didn’t officially open its current brick-and-mortar home until 2016 The museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays the main exhibit is a 300-year survey of Western fashion (Also appearing is a show paying tribute to an essential summertime accessory with a title that’s too cheeky not to mention: Only Fans.) That’s not all you’ll find at the Fashion History Museum Check out these treasures from its sprawling collection of clothing and accessories Communication Studies and Journalism Building In 2016, Concordia University professor Matt Soar spoke with CBC News about a vintage sign he’d recently rescued from the Silver Dragon Chinese restaurant in Montreal its green dragon breathing neon fire at the intersection of De L'Église and Laurendeau streets he discovered the sign was “full of dead pigeons and birds’ nests and broken neon and peeling paint.” Still it would make a valuable addition to the Montreal Signs Project The MEM now displays those signs in its lobby and the installation — which includes a CBC sign from the pre-Maison de Radio-Canada era — is visible from the street especially at night when all the bulbs are aglow Immortalized in the Canadian cult comedy Waydowntown Calgary’s Plus 15 is a 16-kilometre network of elevated bridges and pathways roughly 15 feet above street level connecting some 130 buildings in the city’s downtown core The busiest sections of the network are used by more than 20,000 people a day; it’s a great way to duck out of rain or winter weather when travelling between points A and B downtown But few who use the world’s most extensive pedestrian skywalk system would likely recognize that it also doubles as a giant With corporate collections decorating lobby spaces and a robust municipal public art program, Plus 15 visitors with a keen eye will find a wealth of artistic treasures. The network showcases galleries of community artwork, paintings by famous Canadian talents like Jean-Paul Riopelle, Jack Bush and Marcelle Ferron, and pieces by international superstars such as glassmaker Dale Chihuly Another highlight is American conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim’s aptly named sculpture Pathways to Everywhere which snakes across the ceiling of Jamieson Place’s lobby and bursts right out the door Calgary-based artist Julya Hajnoczky, who recommended Plus 15 to CBC Arts, says you can easily spend a whole day “lobby-hopping” in search of great art. “You can do quite a big tour without ever having to go outside.” Hours vary so it’s best to check the website The Plus 15 pedestrian skyway is an intersection of city life and public art If you’re familiar with the art of Brendan Tang, you’ll get why he stans for Toy Traders. The Vancouver-based artist (and judge on The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down) creates sci-fi ceramic forms that riff on manga and anime — and could have sprung from an episode of Robotech “Most folks know I am pretty nerdy,” says Tang who gave us this fantastically offbeat tip for Destination: Art — a 17,000-square-foot toy store in Burnaby But Toy Traders doesn’t use all that space for selling Funko Pops The shop is stuffed with hundreds of displays including sprawling original dioramas dedicated to Star Wars Joe and a multi-universe “Superhero City,” scenes that Tang simply describes as “amazing.” Toy Traders is decidedly more of an obscure pick but a visit won’t cost you a thing — though you probably won’t leave empty-handed The downtown Winnipeg intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street has been called the Crossroads of Canada as it’s close to the country’s longitudinal centre It was the city’s first commercial hub and Thanks to a 1979 deal between the city and a land developer — who agreed to redevelop the then-down-at-the-heels corner on the condition that pedestrians would be funnelled to an underground mall — it is illegal for pedestrians to cross Portage and Main at street level you have to use a circular underground concourse known as the Portage and Main Circus While the decision to close the intersection upset urbanists The inner circle is covered in a concrete relief by Winnipeg artist Bruce Head Winnipeg city council voted to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians starting next summer throwing the future of the concourse — and the relief — into question CC Image by Shhewitt Bishop John Thomas Mullock noted in his diary the arrival of The Veiled Virgin from Rome to St calling it “a perfect gem of art.” This marble sculpture crafted by the renowned Italian artist Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875) depicts the Virgin Mary with an intricately carved veil that looks almost translucent draped over the delicate features of her face The sculpture was housed in the Episcopal Palace beside the Roman Catholic cathedral in St when Mullock presented it to Mother Mary Magdalene O’Shaughnessy The Veiled Virgin is a striking example of mid-19th-century Italian artistry from the braids of Mary’s hair to the soft Similar works by Strazza and his contemporaries can be found in the Vatican Museum and throughout Italy so to have an opportunity to view such a masterpiece in Newfoundland is a rare treat that’s well worth the trip whether you’re an art history lover or not The bust can be viewed by the public Monday to Sunday sprawling across 5,000 square feet of the Cambridge is said to be the world’s largest “living” architecture sculpture Suspended from the vaulted ceiling of this former foundry building Meander looks like a cavern dripping with crystals The entity is both beautiful and mysterious Meander is imagined as a sort of artificial ecosystem The sculpture incorporates roughly 100 embedded motion sensors that detect the presence and movement of visitors motion and sound across the environment in response is an internationally renowned architect and a professor at the University of Waterloo rather than being the idea of something that’s static walls and closed volumes could actually be something that’s alive … and sensitive and contributing to our world.” to boot.) And it’s free to visit in downtown Toronto Turrell’s Straight Flush is a light installation that was commissioned for Toronto’s Bay Adelaide Centre in 2009, and when local artist Carrie Perreault sent us a tip about the piece making the pilgrimage of a whole six blocks to see it up close Straight Flush is comprised of five tall panels that cycle through five vibrant colour sequences If you linger too long while contemplating the light’s subtle pulsation but don’t let their watching eyes faze you no image and no focus,” Turrell has said of his art What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought.” who says she often wanders downtown among the skyscrapers and full of surprises artistically both in the art collections they house in their lobbies and in the design of the structures themselves.” This Turrell in the financial district just happens to be one of her favourites “Picking up a little pastry from Sud Forno down the street and standing there mesmerized by the changing of the lights is one heck of a way to spend 30 minutes!” There’s something great about putting money in a machine and not knowing what you’ll get It’s hard not to love the low-stakes thrill and sense of surprise The Biblio-Mat brings that excitement to the world of literature a store specializing in “20th-century printed matter,” the Biblio-Mat randomly dispenses used books and you’ll hear the machine’s mechanical whirring and then your book — be it a vintage copy of The Edible Woman or a history of the Crimean War — arrives with a satisfying “thunk.” Created by visual artist Craig Small — based on an idea from Monkey’s Paw owner Stephen Fowler — the machine was designed to be in keeping with the store’s vintage esthetic and the metal was salvaged from an old office storage locker and painted in its current green and ivory colours The Biblio-Mat is powered by a microprocessor that selects books from one of three stacks inside The machine, accessible during regular store hours, has been used for at least two marriage proposals and counts author Margaret Atwood among its fans Ernest Cormier Esplanade on René-Lévesque Blvd The Canadian Centre for Architecture’s garden sits across an eight-lane roadway from the museum’s main buildings hemmed in by two highway access ramps and an escarpment you’d be forgiven for missing the remarkable — if a little hidden — sculpture garden The garden features an arcade wall modelled after the facade of the 19th-century mansion that sits across the street you’ll encounter a series of curious monuments These are the Allegorical Columns of artist-architect Melvin Charney which overlook the Ville-Marie Expressway and the neighbourhoods of Saint-Henri and Verdun Charney was the visionary behind the garden as well as all the artworks found there His columns — which remix built forms in a medley of styles and materials — survey the history of architecture and seem to contemplate the nature of city-building itself the sculptures of this strange little oasis invite visitors to see the city’s skyline just beyond as a living Most tourists visit Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood for its hip coffee shops delicious eateries and good people-watching but there’s also a hidden gem that has quietly been a feature of this area for almost 25 years — a secret sculpture garden has transformed scrap metal into lively characters to create his Twilight Sculpture Garden Located just down the street from his workshop this public garden is filled with dozens of sculptures peppered throughout the tall grasses and popping up like magical figures in an urban landscape made out of decommissioned elevator sprockets and other discarded metal bring new life to the post-industrial landscape that characterizes much of Mile End In a city and country where public art often intersects with issues of waste LeMesurier’s approach to recycling feels relevant as you wander through the Twilight Sculpture Garden you might even run into the artist himself who is always willing to chat about his latest creation which had been the home of the town’s annual film festival since 2012 their mandate includes more than building maintenance though they’ve made some recent strides in that area they gave the theatre a refresh by updating the screen and seats — and adding air conditioning “This was an important place for the community,” said the Patricia’s theatre manager, Laura Wilson, speaking with CBC News earlier this year the theatre has a long history of segregation a fact the organization doesn’t shy away from were barred from the Patricia’s main auditorium and relegated to a 25-seat balcony only accessible via a separate entrance The theatre is now reckoning with that history engaging in reconciliation efforts with the Tla'amin Nation who’ve been “generous with their time and information throughout the years,” said Wilson The film society consults with the Tla'amin community on topics including theatre programming “We try to just stay connected and follow the lead of the nation,” she said “This is obviously a place for the community in many ways,” said Wilson we get people stopping in saying they’ve heard of us and some people even say this is why they came to Powell River.” Modernizing the Patricia Theatre in Powell River means building renovations and upgrades galore — but it also means confronting the community's dark past CC Image by Dr Wilson The white and black exterior of Sainte-Cécile Church might seem unremarkable to visitors as they approach the quaint Roman Catholic place of worship in Petite-Rivière-de-l'Ile they’ll be greeted by a whimsical candy-like interior with rows of white pews beneath Romanesque arches and pillars the building was constructed in 1913 by local architect Ludger Duguay The church’s original colour palette matched its traditional Roman-inspired architecture that Reverend Gérard d'Astous took it upon himself to brighten up the space apparently giving himself some artistic liberties with its new design Widely considered the most important modernist room in Canada the Gander International Airport Departures Lounge is an astonishing time capsule of mid-century art and design Built during the early days of commercial aviation the Gander airport was once known as “the crossroads of the world,” having established itself as a crucial refuelling stop for transatlantic flights was part of a nationwide series of airport renovations aimed at showcasing Canada — to people at home and abroad — as a dynamic and cosmopolitan country The room features a bold geometric terrazzo floor furniture by some of the era’s leading designers and a 22-metre mural by renowned Canadian modernist Kenneth Lochhead depicting various interpretations of flight In recent decades, the lounge was mothballed as larger jets with greater fuel capacities diminished Gander’s importance for transatlantic travel. However, it was restored and reopened to the public in 2022 after a community campaign successfully rallied for its preservation and the Broadway hit Come From Away brought waves of international travellers to Gander you can fly back in time — no boarding pass required — and relax once again at the crossroads of the world The lounge is open to the public seven days a week The airport's international departures lounge has been called the 'most important modernist room in Canada.' Artist Peter Cullen has been making sculptures out of metal objects on his property for about a decade He often finds his shiny things at the dump But here’s the fun part: his sculptures aren’t actually held together by anything He is constantly arranging and rearranging his work “Metallurgy fascinates me,” he says “The human species has an amazing ability to manipulate metal into all manner of things An impressive variety of things and shapes are available in metal Putting together my art pieces is like a Meccano set of the imagination.” “I love to visit as the installation is always evolving and reflecting its current state,” says artist Laura Hodgins “[The sculptures are] covered in snow for five to six months of the year and reveal themselves again each April.” is located in a part of Yellowknife’s Old Town known as The Woodyard Artist and former Woodyard resident Alison McCreesh describes it as lots of them connected by a network of boardwalks — it is kind of in a swamp,” and adds that many of the houses have artwork affixed to their exteriors including the “Dragon Shack,” covered in an enormous dragon mosaic Yellowknife throws a month-long party called the Snowking’s Winter Festival really — is an architectural wonder made entirely of snow and ice: a citadel that rises over Yellowknife Bay on the shores of Great Slave Lake who started the tradition nearly 30 years ago by building a deluxe snow fort for his kids It was such a hit that his majesty decreed he would keep doing it every year making his Snow Castle bigger and better until it became one of the most spectacular tourist attractions in the North — if only until it melts and the icy windows are as eye-catching as any cathedral’s was inspired by Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí and included a network of Habitrail-esque tunnels for the kids “Even though it’s a bit bigger every year, I love how it maintains a DIY spirit,” says illustrator Alison McCreesh who’s been living in Yellowknife since 2009 She told CBC Arts that the Snow Castle was an absolute must for this list In an interview with Nuvo magazine, Little Prince owner Leigh Cooney admitted he never meant to own a cinema — he just “got carried away.” Originally Cooney thought it would be cool to have a small screening room in the back of his gift shop But the whole endeavour gradually spiralled out of control and he wound up with a fully-fledged movie theatre dripping with Golden Age of Cinema nostalgia The Little Prince boasts a popcorn machine, tiered seating (by which we mean three rows of four seats) and red velvet curtains — which is pretty impressive for a space that only seats 12 people, making it the official Guinness World Record holder for the world’s smallest purpose-built cinema. The cinema shows short films for free during the day and classic films at night (check movie listings here) Perhaps the most well-known object in the collection of La Pulperie de Chicoutimi — an old pulp mill turned museum dedicated to the culture of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region — is the house of a local barber. In 1994, this modest two-storey home was lifted from its foundation just a few streets away and transported whole to the museum where it now stands as a permanent exhibit Look a bit closer and you’ll understand why it belongs in a museum The Arthur Villeneuve House is no ordinary home — its insides and large parts of its exterior have been covered with the unique paintings of its former owner like a Québécois folk art version of the Sistine Chapel had a revelation during a Sunday mass when the priest quoted a letter from the pope calling on the faithful to make the most of their talents Though he’d never expressed any artistic interests before Villeneuve suddenly became obsessed with making art Watrous-Manitou Beach Heritage Centre/Submitted to CBC On the shore of Saskatchewan’s Little Manitou Lake — known as the “Dead Sea of Canada” for its high salinity, buoyancy and reputed healing powers — stands a colossal ballroom that rises from the ground like a mirage. Its iconic rainbow signage proudly declares the name of this pleasure dome: Danceland the Manitou Beach dance hall has been a hub of fun and merriment for generations The ballroom boasts a 5,000-square-foot dance floor which almost feels like it’s floating underfoot thanks to its famous horsehair spring bed (That’s right: Danceland’s builder brought in several train cars full of horse tail and mane hair to create a cushion beneath the hardwood.) Danceland has been a home to all sorts of music and music lovers — from big band with dances held most Fridays and Saturdays (always preceded by a buffet dinner) and Toonie Tuesday events throughout the summer who can exercise and enjoy a cup of coffee inside the historic hall Danceland was immortalized in a painting by Saskatchewan artist David Thauberger capturing the excitement and magic that the beloved hall represents for so many in this beach town Visit Danceland’s website for the full schedule of events CC Image by Adqproductions but this roadside attraction is nevertheless a wonder like no other this landmark was built to commemorate the Saguenay flood of 1996 a disaster that flattened the town of La Baie (now a borough of Saguenay) where the pyramid now stands and nearly 16,000 residents were displaced But for all the devastation it suffered, Saguenay’s spirit — and sense of humour — couldn’t be squashed. As the community began to rebuild, the idea for an art project was pitched. Local artist Jean-Jules Soucy provided the concept of a towering pyramid covered in yield signs — 3,000 in total the phrase s’aider — to help each other — sounds the same as the word for yield (céder) And the creation of the pyramid became a means of moving through the shared trauma of the summer of 1996 The pyramid is open to visitors during the summer months memorials honour the families affected by the flood and a staircase leads to an observation deck with views of the surrounding river valley This isn’t the only “bottle house” you’ll find in Canada, never mind this list. Back in the day, these attractions — examples of upcycled architecture, if you will — sprang up across North America, from California (Knott’s Berry Farm) to Prince Edward Island (the Bottle Houses of Cap-Egmont) boasts a macabre quirk in its construction one that’s slightly less surprising if you know a bit about its creator Brown was newly retired and determined to build his dream home on Kootenay Lake He’d worked in the funeral business for 35 years long enough to go through an alarming amount of embalming fluid — perhaps enough to fill a three-room house the liquid was packaged in flat-sided bottles that were roughly the same shape as ordinary bricks And those are what he used to realize his vision The Glass House is built from 600,000 empties — bottles from Brown’s personal stash plus contributions he received from colleagues around Western Canada And it’s not just the house that’s made out of translucent trash with its garden riddled with vintage lawn gnomes you’ll also find a bottle bridge and a bottle tower that overlooks the water In 1979, Réjeanne Arsenault sent her father, Édouard, a postcard of a glass castle in Duncan, B.C., made entirely from bottles. His response was the retired fisherman began his own project The first of his magical constructions opened to the public in 1981 and he continued expanding his glass village until his passing in 1984 Using more than 25,000 recycled bottles collected from local restaurants Standing inside these buildings, with sunlight filtering through the glass bricks, visitors experience what has been described as a “symphony of colour and light” and a “kaleidoscopic wonderland.” The enchanting structures have even inspired others, like Hannah’s Bottle Village on the southeastern part of the island While the Duncan castle was demolished in the ’90s for highway expansion, Édouard’s bottle houses — surrounded by elaborate flower gardens — have delighted visitors to P.E.I.’s Evangeline region for more than 40 years. The Bottle Houses and Gardens are open seven days a week during the summer months, but be sure to check the website before your visit CC Image by Dennis Jarvis windowless 14-storey structure that looms at the edge of town It’s not technically a cube — it’s a rectangular prism — but nonetheless like something out of the sci-fi podcast Welcome to Night Vale or a temple from a lost civilization Despite its imposing presence, the Cube’s purpose is actually quite mundane: it’s a silo for frozen berries — though its official name is the still slightly ominous-sounding Atlantic AutoCold But, in a place like Sackville, something as intriguing as the Cube is guaranteed to spark people’s imaginations. And in 2020, when the pandemic put art, and life, as we knew it on hold, the Cube found its true purpose as a giant video projection screen. That August, the town’s arts organizations came together to present the Cube Show video art and live performances projected onto the wall of the massive structure Today, the Cube is still inspiring people: it has its own Instagram tribute page, poems have been written about it and it still looks like the cover of a sci-fi novel a community hub where the project’s young artists create and sell their work that she arranged to have the goddess shipped to Rideau Hall Yukon’s Sign Post Forest might never have existed an American GI named Carl Kenneth Lindley was working on the Alaska Highway — which connects Delta Junction While working on the road’s southern stretch and he was sent to the army’s aid station at Watson Lake such as repairing a signpost that had been damaged by a bulldozer one that pointed in the general direction of his hometown and read “Danville 2,835 miles.” Other GIs started following his lead putting up signs pointing toward their own hometowns people passing through town kept up the tradition “Welcome to” signs and municipal ordinance signs The sheer density and variety of signs is really something to behold If you think you can imagine what that many signs crammed into 8,000 square metres looks like It’s information overload in the best possible way The forest is open to the public 24 hours a day 365 days a year — and it’s still accepting new signs the Canadian subsidiary of global green hydrogen producer Hy2gen to get a block of electricity for a green hydrogen and green ammonia production plant in Baie-Comeau The electricity from the Courant project will be supplied by Hydro-Québec and will be used to power hydrogen and green ammonia production enabling the basic engineering phase to begin If the final investment decision is positive Hy2gen plans to start construction of the green ammonia plant in the second half of 2026 with first green ammonia production scheduled for 2029 depending on Hydro-Québec's connection schedule Hy2gen has been producing green hydrogen at its plant in Werlte is delighted with this achievement: "We are honored by the Quebec government's decision to award a block of energy to our Courant project in Baie-Comeau This recognition is a vote of confidence in our vision and commitment to producing green hydrogen in Quebec This is a giant step forward for Hy2gen Canada and the renewable energy industry enabling us to make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the economy and achieving Quebec's ambitious sustainable development goals." adds: "We are grateful to the Quebec government Hydro-Québec and the people of Baie-Comeau for their help in developing this flagship project We look forward to working with everyone to advance the project and reap the benefits for Quebec." Hy2gen aims to become the largest and most reliable supplier of renewable hydrogen - a powerful gas pedal of green transformation The progress of the Courant project marks a further step on the road to large-scale cost-effective production of renewable energy solutions such as hydrogen and green ammonia and to market leadership with this concept The award of the power supply contract for Courant demonstrates that Hy2gen has the confidence of decision-making institutions and is establishing itself as a serious player in the global renewable energy market builds and operates plants for the production of renewable hydrogen and hydrogen-derived "e-fuels" - green ammonia as evidenced by the 12 GW of electrolysis-based projects under development in Germany Hy2gen benefits from important strategic and financial partnerships These include Swiss commodities trader Trafigura French technology and engineering company TechnipEnergies French sustainable investment manager Mirova and the €2 billion Hy24 infrastructure fund backed by Air Liquide Hy2gen raised €200 million from investors - "the largest private investment focused on green hydrogen to date" - confirming its credibility with global leaders in the hydrogen industry and its financial strength