Story by Brock Ormond Photo: OJHL Images The Wellington Dukes’ new look proved to be a good luck charm on Friday night. Sporting new red jerseys, the Dukes came out on fire and never slowed down en route to an 11-3 shellacking of the Toronto Patriots – gaining a couple of milestones in the process. The Dukes […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Ed McPherson/OJHL Images A difficult loss against a divisional rival for the Wellington Dukes on Saturday. David Campbell and Luke Lapalm scored in the third period, but the Dukes couldn’t overcome a stingy Haliburton County Huskies defence in a 4-2 loss. Wellington carried the play a bit in a tight-checking […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Wellington Dukes The Wellington Dukes earned a milestone win on Friday night at Lehigh Arena. Jacob Osborne’s 26 saves and Ryan Smith’s third-period game winning goal was part of a whole team effort to lift the Dukes to a 3-2 victory over the St. Michael’s Buzzers. That was their 1,000th […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Tim Bates/OJHL Images There were chances aplenty for the Wellington Dukes on Wednesday, just not many results. A late-first period goal from Luke Lapalm was all the Dukes could manage on 43 shots against St. Michael’s Buzzers goalie Jacob Gorinsky in a 3-1 loss at the OJHL Governor’s Showcase in […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: OJHL Images/Wellington Dukes Captain Jacob Vreugdenhil potted his first three goals of the season to lift the Wellington Dukes to a 7-1 win at the Governor’s Showcase in Cobourg over the Caledon Admirals. Vreugdenhil added two assists for a five-point game, Ryan Smith contributed three points and David Campbell added two […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Devin Doucette/OJHL Images A local player was a hero of sorts for the Wellington Dukes on Friday. Madoc’s Connor Hunt squeaked a shot across the goal line with 10-and-a-half minutes remaining in the third period, and it counted largely as the game-winner in a 4-3 Dukes victory over the Aurora […]
Photo: Edward Moskowitz notched a hat trick, including two powerplay goals and a shorthanded marker to put the Dukes in the win column, 7-4 over the Lindsay Muskies on Friday night. Photo Credit: Wellington Dukes/Facebook A hugely productive first game from a new player helped the Wellington Dukes win their home and season opener Friday […]
Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Wellington Dukes/OJHL Images The second half of back to back games wasn’t kind to the Wellington Dukes. Although Wellington had a 2-1 lead at one point in Saturday’s game in Georgetown, the Raiders rattled off four straight goals to sink the Dukes 5-2. Noah Cochrane scored through a screen just […]
Story by Brock Ormond The Wellington Dukes are looking to reach the top of the Ontario Junior Hockey League again in 2022-23. After the club won its 11th division title since it joined the OJHL in 1998, Wellington hit a roadblock in the shortened 2022 Buckland Cup playoffs, falling in two games to the Cobourg […]
Story by Brock Ormond Another preseason has come and gone, as the Wellington Dukes prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 OJHL season. The defending East Division champions picked up a few wins as they cycled in potential candidates for the roster in a competitive five games, Below are brief breakdowns of each game. Mon, August 22 […]
