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Gore Bay Bruins are the 2025 U9 Manitoulin Minor Hockey champions

GORE BAY—The Gore Bay Bruins are the 2025 U9 Manitoulin Minor Hockey Association (MMHA) champions! 

T.J. McDermid, president of the MMHA explained, “the U9 tournament was hosted by Mindemoya Minor Hockey over the weekend (February 22-23) in Mindemoya. We had six teams take part, Mindemoya Thunder, M’Chigeeng Thunderbirds, Gore Bay Bruins, Little Current Flyers, Manitowaning Wolves, Wikwemikong Hawks.”

Gore Bay Bruins won the MMHA Island championship A final with a 7-2 victory over the Little Current Flyers. 

Kurtis Noble, assistant coach of the Gore Bay Bruins, pointed out that the Bruins finished first in their division in the regular season, dropping just one game all regular season.

The Bruins team includes head coach Kevin Mills, assistant coaches Kurtis Noble and Jeff Crawford, and players Aubrey Robinson, Archie Noble, Adam Honess, Ace Hardy, Alec Mills, Millie Lane, May Lee Wheale, Tim Aube, Nora Crawford, Laken Gravelle, Taylor McLean.

The Wikwemkoong Hawks defeated the Manitowaning Wolves 2-1 to capture the B final.

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Tom Sasvari
Tom Sasvarihttps://www.manitoulin.com
Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor for The Expositor. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, and now the Manitoulin Expositor, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.