Saturday Sports Results

In the Maritime Hockey League:
Miramichi edged Yarmouth 5-4

In the Q’
The Moncton Wildcats ended a painful 25 game losing streak yesterday with a 5-4 win over Sherbrooke.
Charlottetown won 5-2 over Quebec.

In AUS basketball;
Acadia’s women won 83-72 over Memorial on Saturday while the Axemen lost to Memorial by ten.

In the NHL;
The Habs downed the Leafs 3-2 in overtime;
Elsewhere; the Rangers edged the Devils 4-3 in OT;
Nashville upset Washington 5-2;
Pittsburgh won 4-2 over the FLyers in an outdoor tilt;
and the Sharks downed the Canucks by a score of 4-1.

Maple Syrup

ACOA has been investing in New Brunswick’s maple syrup industry.

The federal agency announced yesterday it has provided close to seven hundred thousand dollars between two new maple syrup operations, South Ridge Maple and Maple View Sugar in Maple View.

The investments also include at total of about 750-thousand dollars for R-D-B Sugary and M-C-C Maple, both located in Johnville, as well as North Side Maple Grove in Drummond.

The operations are adding new taps, tubing and electrical systems.