For the first time in the four-year history of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, the PROLINE Legacy Cup is going to New Brunswick. Miramchi Her-Icanes made that history happen with a thrilling, physical and dramatic 78-68 overtime victory over regular season champion Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour. A remarkable game. ‘We battled and there...Read More
The Halifax Thunder finished its season on a winning note, capturing the consolation title at the PRO•LINE Legacy Cup Maritime Women’s Basketball Association championship weekend. Thunder earned a come-from-behind 71-63 win over Fredericton Freeze in the third place game at the Richard J. Currie Center Sunday. Halifax outscored Fredericton 20-13 in a key fourth quarter...Read More
There will be a new Maritime Women’s Basketball Association champion. And whichever team wins Sunday, it will be the first time in team history to collect the hardware. Miramichi Her-Icanes dispatched the two-time reigning champion Halifax Thunder, 77-68 Saturday night in a stirring PRO•LINE Legacy Cup second semifinal at the Richard J. Currie Center in...Read More
One heck of a game. Not surprising considering the Lake City 56ers and Fredericton Freeze locked horns again in another PRO•LINE Legacy Cup semifinal showdown in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. In the end, the regular season champion 56ers used a dominant 23-9 third quarter outburst and would post a 75-69 win over the Freeze,...Read More
The first semifinal for the PRO•LINE Legacy Cup Maritime Women’s Basketball Association championships opens Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Hometown and fourth seed Fredericton Freeze host regular season champion Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour at the Richard J. Currie Center. Lake City defeated by five points back on May 25 in Cole Harbour. The second...Read More
Kevin Daley went shopping this week. Purchased several alarm clocks. Set them for 5 p.m. Saturday. That’s when the hometown Fredericton Freeze hit the court, facing the regular season champion Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour in the lid-lifter of the four team PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s marquee event is...Read More
She’s a game changer. She’s also the Most Valuable Player. MacKenzie Smith from the regular season champion Lake City 56ers has been named the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s MVP after a stellar season with the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour-based squad. She was also named a first team all-star. Smith, out of Shelburne, NS, will bring her skillset...Read More
Kiera Duffie is a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association veteran. After winning a playoff game to get them into this weekend’s PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship, Duffie said her Halifax Thunder was in a different position this year, after dominating with three straight undefeated regular seasons and back-to-back titles. Duffie indicated things were different in Thunder-land this...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is all about teamwork. But as the MWBA prepares for its marquee PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship this weekend in Fredericton, the league announced its first and second all-star teams for the 2025 season. The MWBA will announce its MVP Friday morning. Five players earned first team all-star honours and another...Read More
The Miramich Her-Icanes were an expansion team in 2024. The club certainly made noise last season, both on and off the court, producing the reigning league MVP and capturing the hearts of a rabid fan base along the way. Guess what? It’s still a feel good story on Miramichi, but there’s certainly a lot of...Read More
