NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. — The P.E.I. Gaudet’s Auto Body Islanders are now part of Prince Edward Island baseball history. The Islanders became only the second ...
, became the first-ever team from the province to win a medal at the national level when they brought home silver from the Canadian senior men’s championship.
“It’s a great honour, and doing it under the New Brunswick flag does not take anything away from what we accomplished for the Island. We are really proud to represent the province and the New Brunswick league as a whole.” Nova Scotia’s Dartmouth Mooseheads defeated the Islanders 5-0 in an early-afternoon semifinal on Aug. 28 to place the New Brunswick representative in the third-place game.
The P.E.I. Gaudet’s Auto Body Islanders captured the bronze medal at the Baseball Canada national senior men's championship at the Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park in Sydney, N.S., on Aug. 28. The Islanders, representing the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League, defeated the Elmwood Giants of Manitoba 5-0 in the game. - Jeremy Fraser/SaltWire Network
“I really could not have asked for a better outing,” said 19-year-old Tanner, the 2021 NBSBL rookie of the year. “That was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Offensively, Ryne MacIsaac led the Islanders against Manitoba after Nova Scotia’s Jeff Reeves limited P.E.I. to three hits in the semifinal game.
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