The 2021-22 season was supposed to be the opportunity for the Central Canada Hockey League season to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but as the calendar turned […]

Pembroke Lumber Kings General Manager Art Bogart was expecting big things from his hockey club as the season approached.  Like the rest of the country, Bogart was paying attention to […]

New players, a new team captain, new assistant coach and a new season.  Pembroke Lumber Kings hockey returns this weekend with a lot of new faces playing in the oldest […]

Morris Snider was busy.  As the first manager of the new Pembroke Memorial Centre he was expected to turn the new arena into a profitable enterprise, especially after the town […]

The Pembroke Peach had waited four years to receive his Hall of Fame scroll.  The Hall had called Frank Nighbor’s name in 1947, more than 15 years after he had […]

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 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 was the most energy the Lumber Kings had experienced in their home rink all season long.  On Sunday, March 9, 2020 the Kings completed their 2019-20 regular season with […]

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 […]