Joey Payeur Pity the foe who takes these Muskies lightly for they are intent on proving last season was an aberration. Fort High carries the No. 11 seed into the 16-team field for the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ girls’ hockey championship that begins next Wednesday (March 22) in Stratford. And that suits […]
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Dan Ventrudo/The Chronicle-Journal Jack Bernie was one step ahead of Ryan Walsh of the Thunder Bay North Stars as he tried to get into scoring position during the Lakers’ 8-5 win in SIJHL action last Thursday night in Thunder Bay.
Submitted Canadian figure skating legend Elvis Stojko made the day of Greta Fedoruk and many other Border Skating Club members during his appearance at the Thunder Bay Open earlier this month.
Joey Payeur It will be three-straight appearances for Katie Sinclair of Fort Frances at the ACHA Division 2 women’s hockey championships, but her first as a member of the Lakehead Thunderwolves.
Joey Payeur Brent Jourdain, right, was more than glad to take the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey championship trophy off captain Mike Drouin’s hands after the Muskies captured their 10th-straight title last Tuesday in Kenora with a 4-1 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints to sweep the best-of-three series.
Submitted There was no mistaking Hudson Mann’s good mood after the Fort Frances native won his weight class at the MN USA Kids-Schoolboy/girl State Folkstyle Tournament on Saturday in Rochester, Mn.
Joey Payeur It was the most awkward of injuries and the most frightening of moments. Katie Sinclair initially thought her hockey season was over. Now that it’s not, she has every intention of making her second chance count. The Fort Frances native will be back in the Lakehead Thunderwolves’ lineup […]
Joey Payeur It’s hard for a team to win consistently if it plays soft with the game on the line. Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan wasn’t enamoured with his squad’s grit quotient–missing a chance at a two-game sweep by giving up two goals in 1:40 […]
Joey Payeur The Border Skating Club participants stepped gracefully, soared mightily, and won plenty. And those weren’t even the biggest highlights of the event for them. The 14-member contingent garnered 40 medals during the Thunder Bay Open on March 3-5, which was their last competition of the season. But the […]
Joey Payeur The kid from the Fort is now the king of Minnesota. Hudson Mann, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in International Falls, where he fights out of the Mighty Mustang Wrestling club, avenged an earlier loss this season by beating Tate Hermes (Medford) 7-6 in […]
Staff It’s good to be king. Three different versions of the Thunder Bay Kings ruled their hockey kingdoms with iron fists over the weekend, cleaning up on their opponents to capture the Hockey Northwestern Ontario ‘AAA’ branch championships–and not even losing a game in the process. In the Bantam ‘AAA’ […]
Joey Payeur It’s been lurking in the shadows all season. Now it’s time to step into the glare of the spotlight. The fact Fort Frances is hosting the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey championship beginning Tuesday and running through Thursday has been comparable to waiting for Christmas morning to arrive for […]
