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The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) has suspended the activities of five of its Quebec-based teams, including the Quebec Remparts and the Gatineau Olympiques, which have players who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Hockey Canada announced its roster for the upcoming 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship that will be played in the cities of Frisco and Plano, Texas, from April 26 to May 6.

Canada will play in Pool A along with Sweden, Belarus, Latvia and Switzerland.

The Quebec Remparts ended their 2020-21 regular season with a pair of games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) protected environment in Baie-Comeau.

Quebec played the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on March 31 (score not available at press time) and will end the season on April 1 against the Rimouski Océanic.

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FOOTBALL: Glen Constantin, head coach of the Rouge et Or football program at Université Laval, was hoping to organize a tournament that would have included six of the best teams in the country.

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Snowboarder Laurie Blouin of Stoneham, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, earned a second world title when she won the Big Air event at the 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championship in Aspen, Colo., on March 16.

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The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) Lions sports teams hoped all year long, like their college counterparts throughout the province and Canada, that maybe, just maybe, the pandemic would ease up before the end of the winter sports season and there might be a way to get some games in.

There might be snow on the ground, and the dome may still be in place at Stade Canac, but the Québec Capitales have been very active this past week, signing two key players.

Frank Nigro, a catcher who played his college baseball with the Wilmington University Wildcats in Delaware, will join the Capitales.

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Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, affectionately known as Canada’s Hockey Dad, died peacefully on March 4 at the age of 82 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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The Quebec Remparts might want to burn the videos of their last two games against the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) action.

Photo: Connor Panas via Twitter

The Québec Capitales announced an important signing on Feb. 26: outfielder Connor Panas will be returning to the team in 2021.

Panas, who completed the 2019 season with the Capitales after playing with Team Canada at the Pan-Am Games in Lima, had a batting average of .271 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 24 games.

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The Quebec Remparts are the hottest team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), as they head to Chicoutimi with five straight wins after shutting out the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4-0 on Feb. 18 at the Videotron Centre.

Photo: Jonathan Roy courtesy Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament

Normally, mid-February would have the peewee hockey world in a frenzy. Teams from over 15 countries would be in town for the 62nd annual Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament and the “Pee-Wee! Pee-Wee!” song would echo before each game at the Videotron Centre. This year, the arena is empty, and Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” would be a more appropriate song.

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It was a week to remember for many Quebec City-area athletes.

Long-track speedskater Laurent Dubreuil, 28, won the gold medal in the 500-metre event at the World Championships in Heerenveen, Holland, on Feb. 12. Dubreuil finished the race with a time of 34.39 seconds, 0.14 seconds ahead of Russian skater Pavel Kulizhnikov.

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Former Université Laval Rouge et Or student-athlete Anthony Auclair became the first graduate of the UL football program to win the Super Bowl when his team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, crushed the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in the National Football League’s championship game on Feb. 7.

Photo: Capitales de Québec/Sébastien Dion

The Quebec Capitales made their first signing of 2021 and landed a major prize.

Starting pitcher Nicholas Economos, a 6’6”, 25-year-old right-hander, was courted by many independent baseball teams but finally chose to sign with Quebec.