Dukes come up short, trail 3-0 in series

The Wellington Dukes 2025-26 season will be on the line Friday night back at Lehigh Arena. In arguably Wellington’s best overall performance of the series so far, the team went right down to the wire but came up short of an equalizer in a 3-2 Game 3 loss on Tuesday. Special teams came up big […]

Close Game 2 goes Panthers way Sunday night

It was a Game 2 full of heart and emotion for the Wellington Dukes, but unfortunately, not a winning one. Matt Indovina slipped home a powerplay goal more than four minutes into the third, which stood as the game-winner in a 3-1 Pickering Panthers victory in front of a buzzing Lehigh Arena crowd. The goal […]

Dukes drop Game 1 in Pickering

Tough penalties taken by the Wellington Dukes burned them in Game 1 versus the Pickering Panthers. The ‘Cats scored twice on the powerplay and withstood the pesky Dukes in a 6-3 victory on Friday night. The evening started out on the right foot for Wellington, as Zack Carrier almost immediately got the Dukes’ heated up […]

Riley brilliant as Dukes silence Panthers

Story by Brock Ormond A strong Wellington Dukes defensive effort was punctuated by a brilliant performance from Dryden Riley. The Trenton-born netminder turned back all 43 Pickering Panthers opportunities for his first shutout as a Duke in a 3-0 blanking on Sunday at Lehigh Arena in a testy affair. The win snapped Pickering’s six-game winning […]

Dukes push hard against top-flight Patriots in home loss

A strong effort was put forward by the Wellington Dukes against the #1 team in the OJHL on Friday night. The Toronto Patriots were simply too strong and too deep for the Dukes, coming away with a 7-4 victory at Lehigh Arena. Wellington stuck close for a long while, getting out of the first period […]

Dukes drop Thursday night matchup with Buzzers

A tough result for the Wellington Dukes as they started the final stretch drive toward their 37th Buckland Cup postseason. The St. Michael’s Buzzers overcame an early goal and rolled to a 4-1 victory on Thursday night, despite Wellington outshooting them 34-22. Sacha Trudel opened the scoring by cleaning up a saved shot off Zack […]

Dukes snap Hawks long winning streak

The Wellington Dukes proved themselves to be giant killers in a rivalry matchup at the Duncan McDonald Community Gardens. In the final installment of the 2025-26 Battle of Quinte season series, the Dukes handed the Trenton Golden Hawks their first loss in exactly a month in a 5-2 decision, snapping Trenton’s 11 game winning streak […]

Dukes storm back to earn well-deserved tie

The Wellington Dukes had to earn a single point the hard way on Saturday in Minden. The Dukes overcame a four-goal deficit after two periods to take a 4-4 tie out of the Haliburton County Huskies. The hosts kicked off the proceedings with a goal from Kieran Raynor more than eight minutes into the opening […]

Miles’ first OJHL goal helps Dukes thump Rangers

Story by Brock Ormond The Wellington Dukes got back on the right track with a 7-1 downing of the North York Rangers on Thursday night. Seven different players lit up Lehigh Arena with goals, including Zack Carrier’s team-leading 32nd of the year and Lorne Miles first in the OJHL. Wellington erased a breakaway goal from […]