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 […]
Salute
Dukes magnificent in defeat It was just out of reach. By the smallest of measures. A better bounce in game one and a goalpost in game five are all that stood in the way of the Wellington Dukes perhaps leading the NorthEast Conference semifinals. Perhaps. It was that close. Nothing at all about the four […]
In tough
Dukes searching for answers against Cobourg It’s a tough road ahead. But nothing has come easy for the Wellington Dukes this season. This series is no different. Down two games to none against the Cobourg Cougars, hosts of the 2017 RBC Cup, the Dukes are facing a long journey back. No one—not the least of […]
Dukes second-round schedule
Cobourg Cougars @ Wellington Dukes Date: Friday March 17, 7:30 PM Arena: Wellington and District Community Centre Wellington Dukes VS Cobourg Cougars Date: Monday March 20, 7 PM Arena: Cobourg Community Centre Wellington Dukes VS Cobourg Cougars Date: Wednesday, March 22, 7 PM Arena: Cobourg Community Centre Cobourg Cougars @ Wellington Dukes Date: Thursday, March 23, 7:30 […]
Tenacity
Potential upset in the making as Dukes take two-game lead in playoff series with Whitby The Wellington Dukes picked up on Friday where they had left off the night before in Whitby, where they had smothered the Fury with close checking, superb defence and timely scoring. The Dukes came home on Friday sporting a one-game […]