Atlantic Sports Wire

The Atlantic Sports Wire chats with Alex Bechard from Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia Alex tells us about playing lacrosse in Prague, Czech Republic for Lakros Zbraslav of the NBLL and what it's like to live in the city of Prague.

Acadia Axewomen rugby head coach Matt Durant spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about the team's regular-season performance and the preparations ahead of hosting the Atlantic University Sport Rugby Championship on October 26th.

Sean Freeman is in his second year with the Saint Mary's Huskies men's soccer team. Sean sat down with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk soccer, hockey, height and lasagna. Photo - SMU Huskies

Coach Darren Burns is in his 23rd season coaching the Acadia Axemen Hockey Club. Coach Burns spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about the 2022-23 edition of the Axemen and what keeps him motivated.

On October 1st, the Weeks U18 Majors hockey club got their first win in Halifax since 2012. Weeks Head Coach Kyle Mclennan stopped by the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about breaking the 10 year streak.

Marty King is Head Coach of the Dartmouth Steele Subaru U18 Major Hockey Club. Coach King spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about the team's leadership group and the outlook for the 2022/23 season.

Head coach Tim Boyce of the Halifax Macs U18 Major Hockey Club joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about what championship culture means to the Macs organization.

Jason Mason is the skateboarding instructor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Jason stopped by the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about the skateboarding program, which may be the only one of its kind in the World.

Chris Larade is going into his 12th year coaching the Saint Mary's Huskies women's hockey team. Chris spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about this year's edition of the Huskies.

Jeff Cummins is in his 3rd decade of coaching with the Acadia Axemen football program. Coach Cummins spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to chat about his coaching journey.

Tim Kendrick is President of the Eastern Canadian Basketball League and he spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to chat about the league and share some exciting franchise news.

Gary Waterman has been part of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men for 16 years; as a defensive co-ordinator and head coach. Gary joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about his time with the storied University program.

Steve Sumarah is back. 11 years after last coaching the Saint Mary's Huskies football team, Sumarah is back roaming the sidelines as head coach. Coach Sumarah spent some time with the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about returning to coach in his hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Photo submitted by Saint Mary's University)

Tim Boyce is head coach of the Halifax Macs U18 Major Hockey Club, and he stopped by the Atlantic Sports Wire to chat about the 2022/23 edition of the Macs.

Jalynn Skeir has played basketball in the AUS and the MWBA. Now she's the head coach of the U17 girl's team for Basketball Nova Scotia. The team just got back from the Canada Basketball Nationals in Sherbrooke, Quebec and Jalynn is here to talk about the team's time at nationals.

Gabby Morash talks about her experience at the Canada Basketball Nationals, where she captured a Silver medal with Team Nova Scotia U15 Girls.

The 2022 Canada Games in Niagara are underway and Team Nova Scotia played it's first two basketball games today. Basketball Nova Scotia Technical Director Colter Simmonds is here to talk about day one of competition.

Griffin McDonough plays for Basketball Nova Scotia's provincial U15 team. He's in Edmonton, Alberta for the Canada Basketball Nationals and he's here to talk about the tournament.

Rowan Sears loves softball. He played as a kid and now he's just days away from playing in the Canada Games for Team Nova Scotia. Rowan joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about his love of the game, playing for Team Nova Scotia and of course, Chucker Ball.

Cape Breton Eagle play by play voice Patrick McNeil joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about the new head coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club. Photo - Jeremy Fraser

SaltWire's Jason Malloy drops by to talk about the experience of the CFL's "Touchdown Atlantic" and how the residents of Wolfville received the weekend event.

Jack Dulong of the Sackville Wolves Junior Lacrosse Club chats about his love of the game and why he has to clean the pool at his house.

Dan Estey loves baseball and he joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk about his roots in the game and how he's trying to grow the game.

Defenceman Alex Bechard of the Sackville Wolves Junior Lacrosse club joins the Atlantic Sports Wire to talk East Coast Junior Lacrosse League playoffs and his journey through the game. Photo Submitted

Emma DeLory is the Rugby Development Officer for Rugby Nova Scotia and she spoke with the Atlantic Sports Wire about her role with RNS and the game in Nova Scotia. Emma also shares some exciting news about a fixture in August.