Dave Kinsella helped the Muskies to a silver medal at the all-Ontarios in London in 1984 as a defenceman with the team. This year, he was behind the bench of the St. Thomas Aquinas Cardinals–the team that knocked the black-and-gold out of further contention at the provincial showdown in Dryden. […]
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In just his third season as a Kitty Cat racer, and his first full one, Curtis Boivin certainly burned up the tracks on the Minnesota KC Pro racing circuit. Boivin, six, of Fort Frances, is part of the Lil’ Twister racing team that includes his father, Alan, and mother, Carol. […]
As the Muskies cleaned out their lockers at Memorial Arena on Monday afternoon, they did so knowing it was their third-period collapses that cost them a playoff berth–and possibly a shot at a medal–at the all-Ontarios in Dryden last week. Outscored 7-3 in the final frame in their four pool […]
The Canoe Canada Canadians (Atikokan) blanked the Times Tigers 3-0 on Sunday afternoon in the ‘A’-side final of a 15-team Tom Thumb tournament here. The Canadians opened the scoring in the first on a goal by Matthew St. Pierre, then made it 2-0 in the second when Michael Kostynuk tallied. […]
The Skates & Blades/International Floor Coverings girls’ hockey team finished third at an Atom tournament in Dryden last weekend after earning a pair of ties against two losses in four double round-robin games. They opened action Saturday morning with a 2-2 tie versus the Dryden GM Blazers after trailing 2-0 […]
The local Sunset Ford Mustangs “AA” Atom hockey team was unable to hold on to a three-goal, second-period lead and wound up on the short end of a 6-4 score to the Brandon Wheat Kings at a tournament in Portage La Prairie, Man. last weekend. The loss eliminated them from […]
When Carrie Selin laces up her skates this weekend for the annual ice show, it will be for the very last time as a member of the Border Figure Skating Club. It will mark an end to a 16-year stint that has seen the personable young skater excite crowds year […]
Heading into their first-ever playoff series, Dave Allison, head coach of the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ squad, felt getting out to a fast start was the key to success at the branch playdowns last weekend in Atikokan. The Canadians certainly did get out to that all-important quick start against […]
When the Fort Frances girls’ hockey program first took to the ice three years ago, the coaches were content on breaking down the game into the most simple steps. But that program is starting to take much bigger steps, as evident by D&A Construction’s victory at a seven-team Bantam tournament […]
While many people–especially Muskie fans–see having three of the team’s four games at 8 a.m. as a negative, head coach Glen Edwards has a much different outlook on their schedule. In fact, he likes it. “From our point of view, we’re very happy with it,” he noted yesterday morning before […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Novice tangled with their Emo counterparts in a free-wheeling game at the Emo arena recently, with the visitors skating away with a 9-1 win. The Fort led 2-0 after the first period and 6-0 through two. Justin Scott led the visitors with two goals, with singles […]
The Emo Figure Skating Club’s annual ice show Sunday afternoon once again was a carnival centrepiece, with the skaters taking the audience on a world tour of transportation. The show lived up to its name, presenting a rainbow of colours from the opening number to the last item on the […]
