The Pictou County Weeks Jr A Crushers would like to announce that Glen Campbell has accepted the role of Governor for the Hockey Club and will be the team’s representative on the MHL Board of Governors.

—

Alexis Lafreniere of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Rimouski Oceanic has been named the Canadian Hockey League player of the year for the 2019-20 season.

Lafreniere had 35 goals and 77 assists in just 52 games for the Oceanic, leading the CHL with a point-per-game rate of 2.15.

—

A statue of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was accused in 2017 of making sexually suggestive comments to women and a racial slur directed at a black team scout, was lifted from its pedestal outside the team’s stadium and taken away Wednesday. The team says it will not return.