3 d. ago Sport notes: Julia Gosling; London Lightning; Petrolia Flyers

A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene GOSLING ADDED: Londoner Julia Gosling has been added to Canada’s senior women’s national hockey team for the world championships scheduled for April 9-20 in Ceske Buejovice, Czechia. The London Devilettes grad will replace Toronto Sceptres teammate Hanna Miller, who was deemed ineligible […]

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3 d. ago World body puts end to Sceptres forward Hannah Miller’s world championship hopes

Hannah Miller’s world women’s hockey championship experience is over before it even began. The Toronto Sceptres forward and North Vancouver native had petitioned the IIHF for eligibility to re-join the Canadian national team program for the world championship later this month in Czechia after previously representing China at the Beijing Olympics. As a member of […]

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4 d. ago Sceptres come up flat in first chance to punch their playoff ticket

It wasn’t the Toronto Sceptres at their best. In fact, it might have been the Sceptres at their very worst, at least as far as this season goes. In the final game before the PWHL’s 24-day break for the world women’s hockey championship, and with a chance to lock up a playoff spot with anything […]

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7 d. ago Here’s why the Toronto Sceptres have what it takes to win the PWHL’s Walter Cup

Just getting to the playoffs in any sport is hard. But getting there playing your best hockey is that much harder. The Sceptres learned that in Year 1, overcoming a poor start to put together a league-best 11-game winning streak. By the time the playoffs rolled around though, that streak was yesterday’s news and the […]

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1 week ago Back to full health, Toronto Sceptres are a threat to anyone in the PWHL

For the first time in 25 games this season, Toronto Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan had his full roster available to him. His Sceptres responded with a closer-than-it-sounds 2-1 win over the Montreal Victoire. Of course, that’s the league-leading Victoire, a team that even two weeks ago was being talked about as uncatchable in the […]

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2 w. ago Sceptres’ Hannah Miller could be joining Team Canada for upcoming worlds

Leading PWHL scorer Hannah Miller has had plenty of reasons to smile this year, but there may yet be one more coming. Miller’s breakout season has seen the native of North Vancouver, B.C. flourish on the Toronto Sceptres power play. Her heavy shot and pinpoint accuracy have moved the team’s play onto a level none […]

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3 w. ago Sceptres add Kjellbin for defensive depth at PWHL trade deadline

A rather quiet PHWL trade deadline saw only one deal completed. The Toronto Sceptres bolstered their defensive corps by adding Anna Kjellbin from the Montreal Victoire in exchange for forward Kaitlin Willoughby. Kjellbin is a Swedish national team defender who was drafted in the sixth round last season by the Victoire. She had been averaging […]

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3 w. ago Sceptres’ coach hoping Sunday’s lacklustre performance was an outlier

Coming off an uninspired 2-1 overtime loss, Toronto Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan was doing his best not to overreact to one poor outing. And as usual, Ryan was successful in that endeavor but not before dropping enough hints to suggest the upcoming week of practice between games was not going to be a totally […]

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3 w. ago Sceptres fall to Frost in overtime despite another solid game from Campbell

It’s just like old times with the Toronto Sceptres and those Soupy chants that have become synonymous with the Sceptres winning games. Only this time, not even Kristen “Soupy” Campbell’s heroics could save the Sceptres, who fell 2-1 to the Minnesota Frost in overtime. Kendall Coyne-Schofield got the game winner with 2:21 into the overtime […]

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4 w. ago Toronto Sceptres finally break through against the Montreal Victoire

It was a night of firsts for the Toronto Sceptres topped by the home side’s first win this year in five games with the visiting Montreal Victoire. The Victoire had won all four previous games this season between the two teams after Toronto swept the head-to-head battle last season. Toronto got a small measure of […]

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4 w. ago How the Toronto Sceptres turned a PWHL road trip from hell into a season

Pulling back the curtain on a 51-day stretch that could have (but didn't) sink Toronto's second season

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