The Yarmouth Mariners play the Truro Bearcats on Sunday, September 5th at 7pm at the Kentville Arena.

The Yarmouth Mariners started strong, but fell to the Lumberjacks 6-3.

The Yarmouth Mariners have added a well-known hockey figure to the bench for the 2010-11 season and his name is John Murphy.

Yarmouth Mariner's captain and only overage player, Carl Hayes of Canning, NS has committed to Ottawa University 2010-2011 hockey and academic year.

Several Mariners players and recruits are at QMJHL camps this week and the Mariners organization wishes them the best.

The 2010 Training camp schedule, including exhibition action, has been determined. Camp begins on August 26th  - read on for more details.

The Yarmouth Mariners attenede the 2010 Draft in Bridgewater on Saturday, June 12th and made lots of trades and picked up some great young talent. Read on for the full rundown of this year's picks.

We now have our Mariners Prospects Camp dates set and we are still open for registrations until May 14th. Spots are still available in all divisions so REGISTER NOW! Read more for the complete scchedule and more registration details.

When it comes to up and coming young players, the future looks bright for the Yarmouth Mariners. Defenseman Rodney Mahoney and Alex Powell recently won Bronze at the National Midget Championship, the Telus Cup. This is the third highest finish ever for an Atlantic Canadian club at the Championships. Rodney Mahoney, brother of current Mariner Kenny Mahoney, lead the league in scoring for a defenseman with 30 points in 22 games while collecting 78 pims, second on his club. Mahoney was picked up in a mid-season trade with the Bridgewater Lumberjacks. Powell, who had a very strong training camp in 2009 with the Mariners had 16 points in 21 games to go along with 30 plus pims.

The Yarmouth Mariners have sent Defenseman Dakota Johnson to the Miramichi Timberwolves in exchange for gritty centreman Sterling Bear.  Bear, a 5' 11", 195lbs Centre who forwards from Martensville, Saskatchewan, played in 37 games last season for the Timberwolves. During that time, Bear recorded an imnpressive 38 points and 197 PIM's.

Yarmouth Mariners Summer hockey is on for 2010 and you have a limited amount of time to sign up! Prospects Camp, Off-Ice Conditioning and Hockey School are scheduled beginning in April. Click here for the two page information brochure and registration. Continue reading for program details as well.

The Yarmouth Mariners would like to send out a sincere thanks once again to all of their fans, sponsors and friends for another great year of incredible support. Year after year, the team is humbled by the outstanding show of appreciation received from all of you. We look forward to providing you with a great season in 2010-2011.

Just one regular season game left and only one thing to do. MAKE LOTS OF NOISE! As the Mariners close out the regular season against Halifax on Saturday night, we're calling all fans to bring in their noismakers and make it a memorable one. Non-perishable noisemakers (e.g. Kraft Dinner, pasta, etc.) are most welcome and will be donated to the Yarmouth Food Bank following the game. Please folks - come prepared to make noise on Saturday!

With a 7-5 loss in Bridgewater on Thursday night, the Mariners will need to bring their best at home on Friday night as they host the Weeks Crushers. With just two games left, the Mariners will pull out all the stops to stay ahead of Amherst. The Crushers come to town having won on Thursday night against Dieppe, 4-2. The Crushers currently have a playoff berth and a lock on second spot in the Bent, but will til present a formidable challenge to the Mariners. Game time is 7:30pm - get out and support your team!

The Mariners Fan of the Week is young puckbanger Dominic Higby. Dominic is a regular behind the glass and has been trained well by his Dad John to make as much noise as possible. The Mariners need your puck banging now more than ever Dominic so keep up the good work!

The Reebok CCM Player of the week is Carl Hayes, Captain of the Yarmouth Mariners.

Just when they needed the points the most, the Mariners did what some might have thought unthinkable. They went to Woodstock and are headed back to Nova Scotia with 2 much needed points after defeating the first overall Slammers 5-4 on Wednesday night.

They arrived and they produced as hoped. Along with usual suspects Denny and Nickerson, new arrivals Marco Desveaux and Justin Chiasson were stand-outs on Friday in a 6-5 overtime win over the Halifax Wolverines.

The Yarmouth Jr. A Mariners will have new owners. Team President Mr. Raymond Jacquard announced today that Yarmouth's Mitch Bonnar and Keith Condon of Tri-Star Industries have inked a deal to purchase the franchise. After a series of meetings, a deal has been reached that will see the team placed into the hands of the Yarmouth businessmen effective January 1st 2010.

The players,coaches and staff of the Yarmouth Mariners would like to take a moment to wish you all the happiest of holiday seasons, and all the best of the new year, and the new decade! And remember, drive sober this holiday season.

We'll be back in the new year; January 2nd and 3rd we're home against Summerside for two. See you there!

The Yarmouth Mariners have picked up the rights to G 1991 Alex Newman, F 1991 Justin Chaisson, F 1991 Jorey Uhlman and future considerations for G 1990 Justin Collier. Justin Chaisson is currently with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL, Chaisson a former Major Midget star lead in NSMMHL is scoring by over 30 points. Jorey Uhlman, having a great year at PREP School in the States and has had talks and offers from University's south of the border but needs a couple of years junior to get phyiscally stronger before the university ranks. Newman, 18, is a former team Atlantic goaltender and draft pick of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles currently sports a 7-3-0 record with a 2.39 GAA good for third in the league and a .931 sv% good for second in the league.

The Mariners have acquired former OHL Forward Brennan Wright. Wright,18, 6'4 190 played for both the Owen Sound Attack and the Sarnia Sting in the OHL. Brennan played in the OHL as a 16 and 17 year old.    "Wright is a big, strong north and south type player, who will bring a physical presence to our club. He has the ability to play both Forward and Defence", said Mariners GM Timothy Garden-cole. He has played the last year and a half for the Fort Williams North Stars of the SIJHL where he has 24 pims and 4 points in 12 games this season. He got off to a slow start to the season coming off an injury, but has 4 points in his last five games.

The Mariners have completed a trade with the Halifax Lions for the rights to Defenceman  Kalin Paul (19), of Baie Comeau in the QMJHL. Paul has played the last four years in the QMJHL where he has collected 18 points and 308 PIMS. " Kalin is an extremely tough and physical defenceman, who has a better offensive upside then people realize" says Garden-Cole " Many teams have expressed interest in him and we were be able to grab him, he has been playing Major Junior since 16 so he is very seasoned". The Mariners gave up 2th, 4th round draft picks and future considerations, stating, "We still have 14 draft picks in including our territorial's so the picks wern't a huge concern". Stayed tuned for more moves.

The Mariners have two new faces in town. Defenceman (19), Phill Jennrich, 6'3 190 from Lake Forrest has been acquired from the Yellowstone Quakes of the NorPac Junior League. Phill had 4 goals and 13 points in 16 games with Yellowstone and is looking forward to coming to Yarmouth. "The Mariners come highly recommended and I am very excited for this opportunity" said Jennrich, who hopes to be in the line up this weekend.
  Also making his way east is Winger (19) James O'Reilly, who started the season with the Nepean Raiders of the CJHL where he collected 5 points in 12 games. " James became available, we had seen him in the summer and decided to offer to give him a conditional try out " says Timothy Garden-Cole.

The Yarmouth Mariners have made a dream come true for one lucky fan. Long time fan Randy Muise, a member the the Mariner's Icy Knights program has been hired as Assistant Equipment Manager. " Randy is a great young man and a huge fan" said Garden-Cole, " I don't think anyone deserves this more then Randy. Every game Randy brings tremendous support for our club, he is always hanging around the boys and helping out so it just made perfect sense".
   The Mariner's obtain Randy's services through Exclusive Employment Services which is a great program which helps people with special needs find employment.

 The Yarmouth Mariners have traded F Davey Shea and a 7th round draft pick to the Bridgewater Lumberjacks for D Rodney Mahoney and a conditional 5th round pick. " Davey is a good kid and we wish him the best, things just weren't quite where we wanted them to be with him" said Timothy Garden-Cole.
  Mahoney, brother of Mariners current leading scorer Kenny Mahoney is playing for the MAAA St.John's Fog Devils where he currently has 10 points in as many games to go along with 46 pims." He is a kid we had looked to draft but Bridgewater grabbed him", said Garden-Cole, " He is a player we have in our system for years to come, he will finish up his high school and midget, get a little stronger and more confident and be over next year. Overall we are pleased".

It's in - all new Mariners merchandise and it can be picked up at Cleve's at the Yarmouth Mall. Get your gear and get out and cheer as the Mariners kick off the 08/09 season!