Story by Brock Ormond Three second period goals did damage to the Wellington Dukes in a 4-2 loss to the Aurora Tigers on Friday night. After a goalless first, Aurora got on the board courtesy of Tommy Nitsopoulos, who went upstairs off a perfectly feathered pass from Max Skinner. Skinner then benefited from a hard […]

Tee-Up After 12 days, the Dukes return home for their second of four meetings with the Aurora Tigers on Friday night. Back on October 10, the Tigers edged the Dukes 3-2 in a tight contest at ‘The Jungle’ in Aurora and Wellington will be looking for a big response. Wellington got through the last week […]

Story by Brock Ormond  Five Wellington Dukes up-and-comers are ready to compete at the OJHL Zach Hyman Prospects Series. This week, the OJHL named defencemen Gavin Godick and Presley Kelly, forwards Maclean Chisholm and Austin Ottenhof and goaltender Mason Raycroft to East Conference teams for the event. Raycroft will suit up for Team White, while […]

Story by Brock Ormond It was a milestone Monday night for Mason Raycroft. The 17-year-old goaltender, the son of former Duke and NHLer Andrew Raycroft made 23 saves for his first OJHL shutout in a 6-0 blitzing of the Toronto Warriors. Former Warrior Zach Anderson opened the scoring with his fifth of the season and […]

Story by Brock Ormond Five days after the Wellington Dukes and Markham Royals engaged in a thriller at the Duke Dome, they put up another gem against each other on Friday at Honey and Barry Memorial Arena. This time, the Dukes needed to claw their way out of a four-goal hole to earn a single […]

Story by Brock Ormond The resurgence of the Cobourg Cougars was on full display Monday night. A powerful offence overseen by former Wellington Dukes captain and coach Derek Smith poured a bucketful of pucks into the Wellington net for a 9-4 trouncing in the two teams’ first meeting of the 2026-27 OJHL season. The two […]