Kevin Ready just wanted to win a championship with the Pembroke Lumber Kings, but four years after he took over as the team’s general manager, he stepped aside. After calling […]

They have been coming together for more than two decades. Long after their junior hockey careers ended, players who have worn the Pembroke Lumber Kings jersey have gathered for an […]

Hockey is Canada’s national game and like many communities across the nation, Pembroke has a special relationship with the sport. From Pembroke’s first official game in 1893 to its most […]

It was time to play a game at Pembroke’s new hockey arena.  On Saturday, October 27, 1951 as last-minute construction continued on the Pembroke Memorial Centre, the Pembroke Senior Lumber […]

It didn’t take long for former Pembroke Lumber King Mason McTavish to score his first National Hockey League goal.  The third overall pick in last summer’s NHL entry draft found […]

It has been seven decades since the Pembroke Memorial Centre opened its doors.  The official opening was led by Ontario’s Governor General, Ray Lawson, on November 11, 1951 when close […]

It will have been 565 days since the Pembroke Lumber Kings played a meaningful hockey game when the team returns to the ice to start its 2021-22 Central Canada Hockey […]

It has been more than nine months since a meaningful game was played in the Central Canada Hockey League and still the league has no timeline on when it might […]

Hockey Night in Canada’s Twitter feed had some fun with hockey fans recently when it tweeted, “Name your favourite small-town hockey rink to play in and why?” The tweet generated […]

Kevin Abrams has been involved at all levels of hockey for most of his life.  That includes more than 30 years as a scout, coach, general manager, administrator and junior […]