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The best hockey players in the world under the age of 17 strutted their stuff earlier this month at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Over 1,200 Cree and Algonquin kids were swept up in the excitement of the 28th Annual Minor Broomball Tournament in Val-d’Or October 17-20.
The hockey spotlight continues to shine on Israel Mianscum after the announcement that the Mistissini native will make his international hockey debut as a member of Team Canada at the upcoming World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
Israel Mianscum took another big step on his hockey journey on October 1, hitting the ice at Val-d’Or’s Air Creebec Centre for the first time as a player for the Sherbrooke Phœnix – with a large contingent of supporters from Eeyou Istchee on hand for the contest.
Youth softball tournament cancellations in several Cree communities this summer is prompting recreation officers and team representatives to rethink their approach to youth sports.
Donald Lucas of Flamme Olympique Hockey recently laid claim to the name “First Nations Elites” – the same one adorning the jerseys of Tommy Neeposh’s AAA development teams since Neeposh started organizing Indigenous teams for elite youth tournaments in 2017.
Major junior hockey fans in Eeyou Istchee will have another homegrown hero to cheer for next season.
When Tommy Neeposh was first inspired to put together the First Nation Elites, it was for a simple purpose – to give young Indigenous hockey players the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of scouts, who may not otherwise have the opportunity to see them play.
The month of April came to a bittersweet close for the community of Waswanipi.
The gymnasium was a blur of spinning colours at a recent speedcubing event in Montreal April 6, at which two teens from Eeyou Istchee performed impressively.
