Jeremy Fraser

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Advertisement 1  •  Article contentEDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the sixth in a seven-part series featuring this year’s Cape Breton Sport Hall of Fame inductees. Bob MacKenzie and his Riverview High School coaching staff knew what they were going to have when they returned to the ice in the fall of 1971.

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Advertisement 1  •  Article contentBeing able to represent Canada and wear the nation’s colours is something many athletes dream of doing, but not everyone has that opportunity. You have to be one of the best athletes in the country to get that chance and for one Cape Breton man, he’s in the United States to experience it. Liam Gallagher, originally of Glace Bay, is one of 23 players on this year’s Team Canada club in the World Ball Hockey Championship in Buffalo, N.Y., starting on Thursday.

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Jeremy Fraser

Advertisement 1EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the fifth in a seven-part series featuring this year’s Cape Breton Sport Hall of Fame inductees.  •  Article contentIt’s hard to keep a dynasty together in hockey, especially at the high school level where players graduate and move on from the program each year. In the early 1970s, one could argue that Riverview High School had the fortune of being a rarity in terms of having a core group of players compete for a provincial title every year.

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Advertisement 1EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the fourth in a seven-part series featuring this year’s Cape Breton Sport Hall of Fame inductees  •  Article contentFor more than two decades, Dave LeBlanc was a voice Cape Breton news enthusiasts trusted to provide them with their sports coverage across the island.

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Jeremy Fraser

Advertisement 1EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the third in a seven-part series featuring this year’s Cape Breton Sports Hall of Fame inductees.  •  Article contentIt didn’t matter what season it was or what game he was playing, Steve Hogan was a natural for finding success in sports in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Glace Bay and raised in Passchendaele, Hogan excelled in many sports, but he was a star athlete in baseball and hockey.