Former Eagle scores six goals in France Cup game: Cape Breton Sports in Brief for Oct. 23, 2026

An ex-Cape Breton Eagles player had himself quite the night in Europe on Wednesday night.

Forward Tyler Hinam found the back of the net six times in Amiens 17-1 win over Dijon to advance to the third round of the France Cup. He also added two assists for eight points in the contest.

The 27-year-old Hinam is in his sixth professional season and first campaign in France after joining Amiens following three seasons with the Manchester Storm in England.

The Cole Harbour, N.S., product played a half season with the Eagles during the 2019-20 season. He had four goals and 20 points in 21 games in Sydney.

For the second time in three years, a Cape Breton rugby player is an Atlantic University Sport champion.

Brielynn Murrant of Port Caledonia was part of the Acadia Axewomen roster that defeated the St. Francis Xavier X-Women 71-12 in the AUS women’s rugby championship game at Raymond Field in Wolfville on Wednesday night.

Murrant, a fourth-year back row/hooker, also won an AUS championship with Acadia in 2024.

With the Birks Memorial Trophy secured, Acadia will now represent the AUS at the U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship, scheduled for Nov. 4-8 in Guelph, Ont.

A former Cape Breton Eagles player had a big night at the university level on Oct. 14.

Forward Angelo Fullerton scored four times, including his first career goal in Atlantic University Sport, helping lead the New Brunswick Reds to a 5-2 win over Moncton in Moncton. He was named the first star of the game.

The 21-year-old Fullerton played three full seasons with the Eagles from 2022 to 2025 before being traded to the Saint John Sea Dogs, where he finished his Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League career last season.

In two games with the Reds this season, Fullerton has five goals and seven points along with a +5 rating.

The Sydney Mitsubishi Rush will host a benefit game in support of the team’s former general manager this weekend.

The team will raise money in support of Walter Rutherford, who has been in intensive care in Ottawa since Sept. 8, following a sudden and unexpected medical crisis.

When the Rush host the Valley Wildcats in Nova Scotia Under-18 Major Hockey League action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Saturday, admission to the game will be by donation, while all 50/50 sales, donations and any other proceeds will go directly to Walter and his family.

Puck drop for the game is set for 5 p.m.

A Cape Breton Capers soccer player was recognized for her play on the field earlier this week.

Midfielder Grace Hannaford of the women’s soccer team was named the co-female athlete of the week in the Atlantic University Sport for the week ending Oct. 18.

Hannaford scored all three goals for the Capers last weekend in contests against Moncton and New Brunswick at Ness Timmons Field in Sydney.

The fifth-year product of Enfield, N.S. had her best game of the weekend last Sunday, scoring twice in Cape Breton’s 2-0 win over the Moncton Aigles Bleues.

Hannaford shared the female athlete of the week with Grace Bender of the St. Francis Xavier X-Women’s rugby team.

Cape Breton (7-1-2) has secured a spot in the AUS championship tournament. The team is three points behind the Dalhousie Tigers (8-1-2) for first place in the league standings.

The Capers were scheduled to play Acadia on Friday before finishing the regular season on Saturday against Mount Allison in Sackville, N.B.

Grace Hannaford and Yohann Hebert were named the Cape Breton University athletes of the week for the period ending Oct. 18.

Hannaford was named the women’s athlete of the week after scoring all three of the Capers’ goals last weekend against New Brunswick and Moncton at Ness Timmons Field in Sydney.

Hannaford is in her fifth-and-final season with the Capers program.

Hebert was named the men’s athlete of the week after he played all 90 minutes against Moncton last Sunday, while picking up an assist on the opening goal of the game for the Capers in their 2-0 win over New Brunswick last Saturday.

Hebert, a forward, is in his second season with the Capers program.

A former Cape Breton Eagles prospect will miss several weeks with an upper-body injury.

Defenceman William Dubé of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with the injury, the team announced on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old was originally scheduled to play in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League prospects game next Wednesday at Slush Puppie Centre in Gatineau, Que. He will miss the contest.

Dubé, who was a third-round pick of the Eagles in 2025 and traded to Chicoutimi during the offseason, has three goals and 10 points in nine games with the Saguenéens this season.

In other Saguenéens news, the team announced that Damir Apitkashev will missed eight to 10 weeks with an upper-body injury.