Charlottetown Islanders general manager and head coach Jim Hulton explains a drill during a recent practice at Eastlink Centre with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team. - Jason Simmonds/SaltWire
This is not a rebuild club – this is a team far, far better than last season. It may be another Hulton masterpiece. Owen Conrad, the Islanders’ 2023 first-round pick, is a 16-year-old defenceman at six-foot-two, 210 pounds. If Hulton has him out there, he’s special.Conrad had four points in two games, including two goals. He’s from Nova Scotia, and the last big boy from that area the Islanders drafted was Ryan Graves, now with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Alexis Michaud, 17, was an Islanders’ first-round pick in 2022, and he impressed last year with 12 goals in 52 games.
Toronto is hitting .190 in September and had yet to clinch a playoff position entering the weekend. The Jays finish the regular season with a three-game home series versus Tampa Bay. A sweep by the visiting Rays could put Toronto’s playoff spot in jeopardy. ... Jeremy Stevenson won the Stanhope men’s championship last week giving the Charlottetown golfer his third Stanhope club title, having won in 2022 and in 2016.
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