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Opening Nights are Special
When Lionel Barber was 20 years old he was the youngest player on the Pembroke Senior Lumber Kings roster when he took the ice at the brand new Pembroke Memorial Centre. It was November 14, 1951 and the fresh smell of paint was all through the arena as the players skated in front of a...Continue reading→
Honouring the Life and Legacy of Denise Kossatz
We are saddened by the recent loss of Denise Kossatz, a treasured volunteer and friend of the Pembroke Lumber Kings. Denise spent many years volunteering alongside her beloved husband Greg, coordinating both canteens and providing a wonderful home to many hockey billets. Denise devoted much of her time supporting the PLK by volunteering countless hours...Continue reading→
Jamie Bramburger Fall Classic at the Pembroke Memorial Centre
This special charity hockey game is being held in memory of Jamie Bramburger, whose love of hockey, teamwork, and community touched so many lives. On Saturday, October 25 at 7:00 pm at the Pembroke Memorial Centre, the Pembroke Lumber Kings Alumni will take on the Algonquin College Teachers & Staff in the first-ever Jamie Bramburger...Continue reading→
Meet our lovely 50/50 ladies Lindsay & Katelyn
If you’ve snagged a 50/50 at a PLK game this season, you’ve likely met Lindsay and Katelyn. They’re the smiling duo working the ends, cheering loud, and keeping the energy high from warm-up to the final buzzer. Whether it’s answering questions, selling tickets, or snapping a rink-side photo with fans, these two help make game...Continue reading→
Former Pembroke Lumber King Tye Felhaber Makes it to the NHL
Tye Felhaber sat on the visitors bench at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and soaked up the moment that he had been dreaming of from the time he was a young boy playing minor hockey in Pembroke. It was still a couple of hours before game time, but he knew he had made it to the...Continue reading→
Lumber Kings Reach Mid-Way Point of Season In Good Shape
Goaltending is the backbone of a good hockey club. For much of the first half of their season, the Pembroke Lumber Kings had trouble protecting their backend, but the arrival of Michael Modelski in late October has turned the tide for the Kings who went into the holiday break as one of the hottest teams...Continue reading→
Legendary Lumber Kings Coach Mac MacLean Passes Away at 90 Years of Age
Mac MacLean was seething. It was game three of the 1973 Centennial Cup national championship series in Brandon, Manitoba and his Pembroke Lumber Kings had just had the last six minutes of their game with the Portage La Prairie Terriers wiped out by referee Bill Chapple. MacLean had felt his team had been getting the...Continue reading→
Always a Lumber King-Robb Wilson Keeps Coming Back to Pembroke
For the past 25 years, Robb Wilson has been finding his way back to Pembroke to participate in the Pembroke Lumber Kings alumni golf tournament. He’s never missed the event, an annual celebration of his playing days in the city that he has adopted as his second home. Playing with the Lumber Kings in the...Continue reading→
A Classy Parting Message to Leafs Nation by Former Lumber King Sheldon Keefe
Sheldon Keefe knew it was coming. He said as much at his season ending media conference, two days after his Toronto Maple Leafs suffered another excruciating first round playoff loss in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But news that Keefe had been let go by the Leafs still had to hit hard for the former Pembroke...Continue reading→
Celebrating the Pembroke Peach-100 Years After Frank Nighbor Won the Hart Trophy
100 years ago Pembroke’s most famous hockey player was at the peak of his National Hockey League career. Frank Nighbor was into his seventh season with the Ottawa Senators, a team that he would help win four Stanley Cups during an illustrious career that included five championship seasons, four with Ottawa and one with the...Continue reading→
Maverick and Chris Hayes-All in the Lumber Kings Family
Chris Hayes was a goal scorer when he played for the Pembroke Ironmen. That was in the early 1960’s when the traditional Lumber Kings name was abandoned for a few years by new owners, the Izen family who operated a steel business in what was still the town of Pembroke. It was also at a...Continue reading→
