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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the National Hockey League season on pause as the world deals with the COVID-19 virus pandemic, television networks have been scrambling to fill hours of programming time normally consumed […]
