PEI Newsmaker – Nov. & Dec. 2025

dec news

Nov. 1 – Karate PEI athletes win 2 Gold, 3 Silver & 5 Bronze at Atlantic Karate Championships

  • Youth KUMITE Male -48 – Sacha Lewis-Parent 3rd
  • Youth KATA Male – Sacha Lewis-Parent 1st
  • Cadet KATA Female – Elsie Chen 2nd
  • Cadet KATA Female – Kithnuli Jayasiri 3rd
  • Junior KATA Female – Nishta Gokul 2nd
  • Junior KATA Female – Rowyn Reed-Jones 3rd
  • U21 KATA Female – Toni Campbell 2nd
  • Senior KATA Female – Toni Campbell 3rd
  • U21 KATA Male – Joshbir Roy 3rd
  • Senior KATA Male – Clark Upton 1st

Nov. 1 – Kristen Cameron named to Northern Lights team, Wheelchair Rugby Canada’s inaugural women’s development team

Nov. 2 – Heidi Mallett named a finalist for Special Olympics Canada’s Athlete Community Excellence Award

Nov. 2 – UPEI Panthers win bronze at U Sports Field Hockey Championships

Nov. 8 – Dr. Ben Cameron earns silver medal serving as Team Physician for Team Canada White at World U17 Hockey Challenge

Nov. 8 – Jenna Larter clinches spot on Canadian World Cup team speedskating, competing in the 500m event

Nov. 9 – Veronica MacLellan wins gold (Jr. Women’s 100m Backstroke) and bronze (Jr. Women’s 50m Freestyle) at Parapan-Am Youth Games in Chile

Nov. 9 – PEI players Megan Mossey, Ellie Mullins, and Abby Dingwell earn silver medal at with Team Atlantic at U18 National Women’s Hockey Championship

Nov. 9 – Megan Mossey named Top Defenceman at the U18 National Women’s Hockey Championship

Nov. 9 – Jeff Ellsworth inducted into Softball Canada Hall of Fame

Nov. 9 – UPEI runner Luc Doucette named to U Sports Cross Country All-Rookie team

Nov. 14 – Joelle Bader commits to play at University of Cincinnati; first PEI soccer player to commit NCAA D1

Nov. 16 – Martin Sobey finishes 16th (Top Canadian) at World Triathlon Cup Florianopolis

Nov. 16 – Devon Lawlor becomes UPEI women’s basketball all-time 3-point leader (122)

Nov. 19 – Brex MacLeod of Holland Hurricanes named Atlantic Football League First-Team All-Star Linebacker

Nov. 21 – Abby Hustler plays in debut game for PWHL’s Minnesota Frost

Nov. 24 – Kacey Gauthier wins Sportsmanship Award and Dennis Watts named Most Valuable Player at the Canadian Curling Club Championships.

Nov. 29 – Brett Gallant wins Olympic Curling Trials as part of Team Jacobs; becomes first Canadian to compete in both mixed doubles and men’s curling at the same Olympic games

Dec. 6 – Billy McGuigan named an associate coach with Team Canada East for the international Junior A showcase

Dec. 10 – Vanessa Keefe enters winter break as top-ranked U Sports women’s 68kg wrestler

Dec. 11 – Megan Mossey named to National U18 Women’s Hockey team to compete at World U18 Championships

Dec. 14 – Tanner Doiron selected to officiate championship game at World Junior A Challenge

Dec. 15 – Mark Arendz wins three gold medals (7.5 km, 15.5 km, and sprint pursuit) at opening World Cup event in Canmore

Dec. 19 – Keegan Crawford named to Canadian Senior Compound Archery team

Dec. 26 – Coach Lacey MacLauchlan and goaltender Marcy Ives attend U21 Field Hockey Canada development camp in California

Dec. 27 – Abby Hustler scores first career PWHL goal with Minnesota Frost