Long Pond Classic 2025
We’re excited to announce the return of the Long Pond Classic! It’s happening on Saturday January 25th, 2025. Contact Krista Lloy or Steve Walton for details. Here are a few photos from previous Long Pond Classics: . . . . .
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Golf Fore! Hockey 2024
The annual charity golf tournament Golf Fore! Hockey will be held on Friday September 6th, 2024 at Avon Valley Golf and Country Club in Falmouth, NS. This year’s special guest will be Montreal Canadians star, and Stanley Cup winner Brian Skrudland. Proceeds are in support of Birthplace of Hockey Museum, and Scholarship Fund. Contact Krista […]
High School Alumni Hockey Game 2024
Coming up on Saturday, March 2, 2024 is the annual High School Alumni hockey Game between the former Windsor Warlords and the Hants West Flames. Game time is 2:00 pm at the John Paris Rink at the West Hants Sports Complex. The game is being sponsored by the Windsor Hockey Heritage Society and the […]
Dangling The Caruck Stick
“The Caruk Stick, made c 1896, weaves seamlessly with hockey’s DNA and Mi’kmaw roots, making it a local, inter-provincial–Nova Scotia-Ontario–and national treasure.” –David Foster Carter, Hockey Holmes Hockey Heritage sleuth David Foster Carter, also known as Hockey Holmes Heritage Detective, will share an interpretive presentation in Windsor, Nova Scotia. The talk will pivot on […]
Golf Fore! Hockey 2023
Sign up now for the Golf Fore! Hockey tournament on Friday, September 22, 2023, at Avon Valley. Hockey legend Chris “Knuckles” Nilan will be on hand and it promises to be a fun event! Proceeds are in support of Birthplace of Hockey Museum and Avon View High School boys’ and girls’ hockey teams and […]
Citizen’s Cup Challenge
The Citizen’s Cup challenge between the alumni of The Windsor Warlords and Hants West Flames will take place Saturday March 12, 2022 at 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the West Hants Sports Complex. The old-timers are sure to please! Anyone interested in playing for the Warlords, please contact Stan Kochanoff, and for the Flames contact […]
John Paris Jr. – the first Black coach and general manager in pro hockey
Windsor, NS, native John Paris Jr. was the first Black coach and general manager in pro hockey. Paris was the first Black person to coach a pro hockey team, when he coached the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League. The following season, he was named coach and general manager of the Central Hockey League […]
Birthplace of Hockey displays at West Hants Sports Complex in Windsor, Nova Scotia
The Birthplace of Hockey Museum, located in the historic Haliburton House Museum, is closed for the season. It is slated to reopen in June 2022. Until then, you can check out our Birthplace of Hockey displays at the newly built West Hants Sports Complex for a dose of hockey history. It is located on Centennial […]
Kings College School Hockey Champions in 1966
The Kings College School hockey team won the Nova Scotia Headmaster A Hockey Championship in March 1966. This team featured some of the very best players to come out of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Joe Robertson had a six year pro career in the AHL and WHA. Dave Andrews played four years of pro hockey in […]
Murray “Moe” Smith – a Windsor NS hockey legend
Murray “Moe” Smith was a legend in Windsor hockey. He was a member of the Nova Scotia champion Windsor Academy Juvenile team of 1942, and is best known for his decades long coaching tenure. Smith died in 2014 at the age of 87. John Paris Jr. writes in his book They Called Me Chocolate […]
Windsor, Nova Scotia – Home of the Hockeyists
The Collishaw Cup (1926) was presented to the Windsor Hockey League by E. Collishaw. It was awarded to the club member who “plays the game” cleanest, both as a hockyist and a citizen. The cup was won by W.L. Singer – decided by public vote. The Collishaw Cup seems similar to today’s Lady Byng […]