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News.com.au
5 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
AFL stars Mark and Lachie Hunter's family home sets 2025 record
A Williamstown house that was home to Western Bulldogs father and son players Mark and Lachie Hunter has scored a $4.6m sale. Former Footscray footballer turned horse racing form analyst and RSN radio network professional punter Mark and his wife Colleen, who represented Australia in four lacrosse World Cups, bought the property more than 15 years ago. Their three children, including Lachie, lived at the four-bedroom abode but have grown up and flown the nest. Mark played 130 games with Footscray throughout the 1980s and 1990s, while Lachie notched up 173 Bulldogs' games. Aside from playing in the club's 2016 grand final victory against the Swans, Lachie was a Charles Sutton Medallist, a Gary Dempsey Medallist and won a 2015 Rose–Sutton Medal. For five consecutive years, he placed in the top 10 of the Bulldogs best and fairest voting. In 2023-24, Lachie also played 26 games for the Demons before announcing his retirement. The Hunters' recently-sold residence at 74 Morris St features a lift, pool with its own pavilion, home theatre and bay views. Jellis Craig Inner West's Greg Cusack said a variety of buyers had inquired about the house. Among them were families seeking multi-generational living arrangements and St Kilda-based purchaser who wanting to live somewhere with water views for six months of the year. Buyers from Albert Park, Middle Park, Aberfeldie and Essendon also checked out the property but it was snapped up by a family who lived nearby. 'They fell in love with the views, they were looking at extending and renovating their own home but building costs meant it made more sense to buy this one,' Mr Cusack said. The house has recorded Williamstown's priciest residential sale of 2025, surging past the $4.15m sum that a three-bedroom pad at 2/25 The Strand fetched in May. Mr Cusack said that Williamstown, in Melbourne's western suburbs, used to be something of a hidden gem but this had changed in recent years. 'Buyers outside of Williamstown are now looking to buy in Williamstown, it's a changing of the guard,' he added. 'What we are seeing across our network is that buyers are specific on price but not postcode.'
Toronto Star
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Hockey Canada turns to Hunter brothers after back-to-back world junior letdowns
So, perhaps it's no surprise that Hockey Canada has turned to Dale and Mark Hunter, fresh off winning their third Memorial Cup with the London Knights, to take the reins for the next world junior men's hockey championship.
CBC
10-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
London Knights' owner named Team Canada's head coach at 2026 World Juniors championship
The long-time owner of the London Knights has been named head coach of Canada's national junior hockey team for an international championship next year, Hockey Canada announced on Thursday. Dale Hunter will lead the Canadian team to the 2026 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, and his brother Mark Hunter will serve as a member of the team's management group, when it's held in Switzerland in May 2026 "Dale's resume speaks for itself: three Memorial Cups, three OHL Coach of the Year awards and two international gold medals," Alan Millar, general manager of the team's program of excellence, said in a news release. "His passion for this program runs deep, and we feel he is the best candidate to lead us to a gold medal in Minnesota." This is the second time the London Knights' bench boss has been roped as the national team's head coach. He previously served in the role for the 2020 world junior hockey championship in the Czech Republic, where the team won a gold medal. Hunter has won multiple national and provincial coaching honours, and most recently, led the London Knights to their third Memorial Cup victory last month, after beating the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1. Hunter has coached the Knights in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for 24 straight seasons since 2001 and has served in various roles for the franchise. In his role on the management group, Mark will assist the team's executives with all hockey operations-related matters, including supporting player evaluations and the selection process. "Mark led Canada to a World Juniors gold medal in 2020 and has built one of the premier franchises in the Canadian Hockey League, with unparalleled on-ice success and player advancement," said Scott Salmond, senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations. "Alan and Mark provide a stable backbone for our National Junior Team and I'm confident they will build a staff and roster that Canadians can be proud of come December." Team Canada's juniors will start preparing for the 2026 championship at the World Junior summer showcase in Minnesota from July 27 to Aug. 2. They will join Finland, Sweden and the United States.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gold Medallist Dale Hunter To Coach Canada's 2026 World Juniors Team
Three-time Memorial Cup champion Dale Hunter is back to coach Canada's world junior team. Hockey Canada announced Hunter will coach the Canadians at the 2026 World Junior Championship in Minnesota. His brother, Mark Hunter, joins the management group. Advertisement Hockey Canada's new Program of Excellence GM, Alan Miller, selected the Hunters after the 2025 Canadian world junior team lost in the quarterfinal for the second straight year. 'The first order of business for myself and (senior VP of high performance and hockey operations Scott Salmond) was to find the best coach possible to lead our national junior team,' Millar said in a news release. 'Dale's resume speaks for itself: three Memorial Cups, three OHL Coach of the Year awards and two international gold medals. His passion for this program runs deep, and we feel he is the best candidate to lead us to a gold medal in Minnesota.' Dale Hunter has coached the OHL's London Knights since 2001, except for when he replaced Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau midway through the 2011-12 season. This past season, he joined Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Kilrea as the only coaches in CHL history to record 1,000 wins. Mark Hunter has owned the Knights since 2000, serving as the vice-president of hockey operations during that time and GM since 2018. He worked with the Toronto Maple Leafs as director of player personnel, then assistant GM, from the 2014-15 season to 2017-18. Dale Hunter (Vincent Ethier/CHL) The Hunters' Knights won their first Memorial Cup championship since 2016 in May after losing in the 2024 final. They're back-to-back OHL playoff champions as well, winning five in total under Dale Hunter and six under Mark Hunter. Advertisement Hunter was GM of Canada's world junior team in 2020, when they won gold during the summer in Edmonton. Dale Hunter was the coach; it was his second gold medal coaching Canada, with his first coming on the 2014 Hlinka Gretzky Cup U-18 squad. 'Mark led Canada to a World Juniors gold medal in 2020 and has built one of the premier franchises in the Canadian Hockey League, with unparalleled on-ice success and player advancement,' said Salmond. 'Alan and Mark provide a stable backbone for our National Junior Team, and I'm confident they will build a staff and roster that Canadians can be proud of come December.' Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States will play in the World Junior Summer Showcase on July 27 to Aug. 2 in Minneapolis, Minn. Canada will have an intrasquad game on July 29 before facing Finland on July 30. They'll then take on Sweden on Aug. 1 and the Americans on Aug. 2. Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on
CTV News
10-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Knights' head coach to lead Canada at World Junior Hockey Championship
London Knights head coach Dale Hunter participates in press conference following London Knights' 3-1 win over Rimouski Oceanic, in Memorial Cup hockey action, in Rimouski, Que., on Sunday, May 25, 2025. (Source: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) According to TSN, the Hunter brothers will be called up to lead Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in 2026. TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports Hockey Canada is set to name Dale Hunter, head coach of the London Knights, as head coach for Team Canada, and his brother Mark Hunter will have a role in management. More to come. — With files from TSN's Darren Dreger
