Just 24 hours after some of the players skated together in the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s all-star game here, the Borderland Thunder and Dryden Ice Dogs last night resumed what they do best: hate each other. The Thunder (23-8-8) won 3-1 up there on a night of rough play […]
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The ‘AA’ Atom tournament here this weekend has been circled on the calendars of the local Sunset Ford Country Mustangs for a long time. “All the parents have worked really hard organizing this,” Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig said. “We want to put on a really good show and want […]
The cream of the Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League crop put in a strong showing at their inaugural all-star game here last night but in the end, it was too much Blizzard—too much of the time. The OCN Blizzard, three-time defending champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, jumped ahead […]
Spectators attending the first-ever Superior International Junior Hockey League all-star game tonight can dig into some free burgers, pop, and hot chocolate beforehand at the Memorial Sports Centre lobby. The local M&M Meat Shops will be holding its second “tailgate” party of the season to help ring in the game. […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team couldn’t stay close for a third-straight game, coming out on the short end of an 8-1 score to the host Kenora Broncos on Friday night. The black-and-gold fell to 1-7-2 on the NorWOSSA season and lost ground on the Sioux Lookout Warriors (2-9-1) for the […]
Three days before the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s inaugural all-star game here, Kevin Webb put on an all-star worthy performance of his own. The Borderland Thunder forward scored four goals to lead his team to a 9-3 dumping of the Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves here yesterday afternoon. The Thunder […]
Last night’s Super Bowl wasn’t the only close finish of the weekend in New Orleans. Muskie Adam McTavish and his Canadian national football team were involved in one of the closest finishes at the Global Junior Cham-pionship VI there. Playing the United States in the final, Canada fought back from […]
Former NHL coach Ted Nolan will be the guest speaker at the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s all-star luncheon at noon Tuesday at the Red Dog Inn. The luncheon, sponsored by DJ Roach Electric and the Fort Frances Chiefs Advisory Services, will kick off all-star game festivities. About 100 tickets, […]
For one day, the Muskie boys’ hockey team will trade in their shoulder pads for a shirt and tie; their skates for dress shoes. It’s all part of the annual February tradition known as the Muskie tea and bake sale, which goes tomorrow from 2-4 p.m. at the Elks Hall. […]
The local Tagg’s ‘AA’ Bantam rep team won its first game at the Robin’s Classic hockey tournament in Thunder Bay this morning, downing the Winnipeg Major Marauders 4-1. Dan McIntyre opened the scoring for Tagg’s late in the first, then they added three more in the third from Jamie Davis, […]
It took the Dryden Ice Dogs 40 minutes to show some bite, but the Borderland Thunder defence hung on for a 3-2 win on the road last night. The win extended the first-place Thunder’s (20-8-8) lead to five points over Dryden (18-10-7) in the Superior International Junior Hockey League standings. […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League will run its inaugural two-round playoff format between March 12 and April 15, the league announced yesterday. As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, it was decided at Monday night’s executive meeting in Thunder Bay that the top four teams from the regular season […]
