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ARNPRIOR – The West Carleton Rivermen’s first Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) regular season game since the COVID shutdown was a 5-2 statement win against the hottest team in the league.

ARNPRIOR – The West Carleton Rivermen will re-start their march to the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) playoffs Saturday, Feb. 5 in their home barn, in a now slightly shortened regular season.

WEST CARLETON – When you’re dealing with the unpredictability of winter weather, add in the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic, while organizing an outdoor hockey league requires pivots as fast as the ones used by the players on the ice.

DUNROBIN – A brother and sister team who grew up in West Carleton are on their way to the Winter Olympic games in Beijing this February.

ARNPRIOR – The West Carleton and the 11 other Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) are working on a plan that will allow them to finish a season just past the halfway mark when the latest COVID-19 provincially mandated lockdown hit.

HAMILTON – Carp hockey talent Mason McTavish is on the move again following a 2021 where he already racked up the air miles after the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Hamilton Bulldogs acquired the forward in a blockbuster trade yesterday (Jan. 9)

CARP – The Huntley Curling Club’s Team LIKE, in only two seasons of competition, will be playing in its first U18 provincial championship early in the new year.

ARNPRIOR – Before they even stepped on the ice Saturday (Dec. 18) night, the Rivermen had already won the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) regular season game due to the Bytown Royals dressing ineligible players.

CALGARY – Carp’s Mason McTavish will be getting a Team Canada jersey for Christmas this year, named to the team yesterday (Dec. 12), for the world junior championship in Edmonton later this month.