Bad boys
Once a hallmark of the Dukes, discipline is slipping away. With it go games that should be won Dukes forward Mitchell Mendonca has amazing offensive skills. He is lightning quick and sees the ice better than most at the Junior A level. He knows where the opportunities are going to arise and knows when to […]
The young and reckless
Dukes battle through mistakes on way to five-game winning streak They’re young. Most Dukes players on the current roster were born in this millennium. They play young. Reckless. Easily confused. Still saddled by the bad habits learned in minor hockey. Yet here they are. Sitting atop the East Division with a widening chasm between them […]
Homeward bound
Dukes return to Wellington in first place in the East The Wellington Dukes return this week from a long month on the road. And when they skate onto the Wellington ice on Friday night, they will do so with the best record in the East Division of the OJHL. Most points. Best winning percentage. They […]
Keeping it close
Long road trip continues with four games this week Taking the long way around. In four regular-season games, so far, the Wellington Dukes have managed only once to finish in the allotted three periods. The three others games required five periods to settle the outcome. Sadly, two of those overtime games, including the home opener […]
Home opener
Dukes host a tailgate party to kickstart a new season It’s a brand new season for the Wellington Dukes. A mostly new team. A new head coach. New general manager and management team. They all have big ambitions. Not just for this season. They want to host the national championship—the RBC Cup— in Wellington in […]
Getting there
Dukes slip, barely visible, into a new season While the OJHL season gets under way on Friday night, and the Dukes see action on Saturday in Burlington, Wellington fans must wait a full 10 days—until September 15—to see the 2017-18 squad for the first time in the regular season at home. Then the team heads […]
Getting to know you
Dukes exhibition action yields a few surprises Exhibition season is a bit like speed dating. Everyone’s a bit nervous—a bit on edge—perhaps leaning in a bit too much. Trying to make an impression. Often it’s not the impression they had in mind. Whether conscious or not, there is the pervasive knowledge that even if it […]
Fresh start
A new era begins in Wellington They come to Wellington from across North America hoping for a break. Occasionally much further. Sixteen and seventeen year olds tear a hole in their summer and that of their parent’s, to make the pilgrimage to hockey meccas like Wellington. They do this because the hockey program developed here […]
A new era begins
Dukes introduce many new faces on and off the ice There are just ten days until the opening of the Dukes’ training camp, just two weeks until the Kingston Voyageurs arrive in Wellington for the first exhibition game. And so it begins again. Well, not quite. While on the surface the firing up of the […]
New leadership
Scott McCrory to be named coach of the Wellington Dukes, Woodward to be named General Manager On Wednesday morning, the Wellington Dukes intend to announce that Scott McCrory, currently Chair of the Board of Governors of the OJHL, has been appointed as the new coach of the OJHL team, at a news conference at the […]