Dukes notch three big wins We know we are the best team in the league,” said Wellington Dukes Captain Simon Bessette, “now we just have to prove it.” The captain’s comments came off a gruelling weekend in which the team came away with three wins in three days—extending the Dukes’ current winning streak to six [...]
An old face returns to the Dukes Fifty-nine minutes into the game on Sunday, the Wellington Dukes had never played with the lead—had not tasted it. Playing tough against the leagueleading Trenton Golden Hawks the Dukes either trailed or were tied on the scoresheet— 0-0, 1-1, 2-2. But never did their confidence flag. “Even when [...]
Darcy Murphy leads Dukes to another pair of wins These are good days for the Wellington Dukes. The team, winner of seven of its last eight games, is bit by bit working its way up through the standings of what is arguably the toughest division in Junior ‘A’ hockey. The team is healthy, chemistry seems [...]
Dukes mount five-game winning streak Likely few, beyond the players on the ice, understood the historic significance of the victory in Trenton on Friday as the Dukes took on the Golden Hawks. It turns out that even Marty Abrams was unaware as the buzzer sounded on the Dukes’ 5-4 win that it was his 500th [...]
Dukes winners in five of last six games Peterborough was an important test. Vaughan was an even bigger one. When this season is done fans may well look back at the second-last weekend in October as the point the Dukes really began to forge a winning team. The Stars are mired in last place in [...]
Close but no cigar They say good teams win close games; therefore, by this measure, the current edition of the Wellington Dukes is not good…not yet. The Dukes have now lost seven games this year with six of them being decided by just a goal. Earlier in the week the Voyageurs picked up a new [...]
A pair of wins moves the Dukes in the right direction The Wellington Dukes are a difficult team to understand this season. Just when they appear to have pulled their act together, they do something that causes their fans to shake their heads. Up 3-0 on Sunday night, on goals from Jeff Stanton, Braden Kavaratzis [...]
Wellington Dukes struggling to find consistency Slowly but surely the Wellington Dukes seemed to be shaping into the competitive form many had expected from this team from the drop of the puck of the first game of the season. The form that propelled them to the top ranks of junior hockey last season. But just [...]
Dukes playing better than record indicates No reason to panic. Not yet. By the time you open this newspaper on Wednesday the the Wellington Dukes will sit no better than middle of the pack—sporting a modest record of .500 hockey over six games—at best. This is a level of adequacy not experienced in the opening [...]
Dukes recover from poor opening game Not since 2005 have the Wellington Dukes endured defeat in their season opener at home. It was not the start this team wanted. If was the first season opener in the new arena. The banners trumpeting the team’s successful season—including the Dudley Hewitt Cup—were revealed by team owner Michael [...]