It was almost 70 years ago that Lionel Barber arrived in Pembroke.  He came to play hockey and never left. On Sunday, November 8, 2020 he took his final breath […]

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 […]

Lionel Barber was often the last player to leave the dressing room.  His Barrie Flyers had just played in St. Catharines and as the 18-year old left the arena and […]

Jim Montgomery is on his way back to the National Hockey League.  The St. Louis Blues recently hired the former Pembroke Lumber King to be an assistant coach, a reunion […]

The National Hockey league deserves a lot of credit for the way it has handled its return to play by hosting games in two hub cities-Toronto and Edmonton. It has […]

When Sheldon Keefe won his first championship as a coach there were more than 2,400 fans cheering on his team at the Pembroke Memorial Centre.  That was in the spring […]

It has been more than four months since the Central Canada Hockey League shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now the league is planning for an October 1st […]

Jim Farelli watched intently from the press box at the Pembroke Memorial Centre.  The veteran junior A coach was making his final cuts as training camp and the pre-season wrapped […]

Cameron Hough was a toddler when he first put on a pair of skates.  By 3 years old he was playing Tim Bits hockey.  Now as he approaches his 20th […]

To understand how special it is to play for the Pembroke Lumber Kings, one only needs to attend the team’s alumni golf tournament once. Players who wore the red and […]