The Next Level Girls Hockey School will be in Chatham-Kent next month. From August 8-11, a girls only hockey camp will be offered at the Dresden Arena. Girls aged 8-13 can register to attend. The...
https://cksn.ca/2023/07/girls-hockey-school-coming-to-dresden/
By Wyatt Williams One constant in the PJHL was you could always count on a Dresden Kings/ vs. Blenheim Blades game to be worth the price of admission. The rivalry between these two has gone on fo...
https://cksn.ca/2022/12/blades-dominate-kings-in-weekend-matchup/
The Kent Bridge Huskies finished off their undefeated season in the playoffs by winning 4-0 in a rain-shortened championship game. The winning pitcher was Sarah Ytsma who allowed two hits and str...
https://cksn.ca/2022/08/huskies-complete-incredible-undefeated-season/
Brett Brochu was named to Canada’s World Junior Championship roster for the upcoming tournament in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. Brochu was the OHL Goaltender of the Year this season after a ...
https://cksn.ca/2022/08/brett-brochu-named-to-world-junior-roster/
The Dresden Kings signed their first four players of the offseason this week, including three local products. The rookies include Ben Church, Tyler June, and Caleb Tryon. Dresden also signed over...
Dresden’s Beau Depencier is heading east to play Junior A hockey in Nova Scotia for the Truro Bearcats. Depencier, 17, spent last season with the USPHL’s Atlanta MadHatter, his rookie Junior ...
https://cksn.ca/2022/07/depencier-to-player-junior-a-in-nova-scotia/
Chatham-Kent’s sporting history runs deep. Whether it is the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, Fergie Jenkins, Bob Izumi, Ed Pinnance, Vicky Sunohara, Mel and Herb Wakabayashi, or Boomer Harding, rac...
https://cksn.ca/2022/05/new-book-about-chatham-kent-discusses-racism-in-sport/
For the first time ever, local Junior C hockey will continue beyond the traditional playoffs with a new “Tier 2” playoff round. Locally, the Blenheim Blades and Dresden Kings chose to partici...
Chatham-Kent writer Ian Kennedy is set to release his first book this May titled On Account o Darkness: Shining Light on Race and Sport. The book, which will be published by British Columbia’s ...
https://cksn.ca/2022/03/book-featuring-local-sport-available-for-pre-order/
Without Wendell Smith, the history of sport may look completely different. He challenged ideas, racism, and exclusion in sport one word at a time. It’s a history that started in Chatham-Kent, O...