Brian White scored his third goal of the game with less than a minute left in overtime to lift tagg’s to a 4-3 victory over the Times Tigers on Sunday afternoon in the ‘A’ final of a Tom Thumb tournament here. White opened the scoring in the first but the […]
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Some 48 teams are vying for the top prize this year at the 50th-annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel, which runs tomorrow through Sunday at the local curling club. Mark Haluptzok of Bemidji, Mn. won last year’s bonspiel with a 10-7 victory over Jim Ballard in the ‘A’ final. Here are […]
Even though Michigan State’s Rustyn Dolyny was edged out of the CCHA’s rookie-of-the-year honours by Notre Dame defenceman Mark Eaton at last week’s awards banquet in Detroit, the former Muskie has his sights set on a much bigger prize. And that has national championship written all over it. “I wasn’t […]
Clint Barton was left wishing they were just an inch closer to the button in an extra end of Saturday’s final at the Canadian police curling championship in St. John’s, Nfld. That inch, which put Barton and his Northern Ontario rink on the short end of a 6-5 decision to […]
In an attempt to rebound from a less-than-spectacular season which saw the Thunder Bay Flyers finish out of the USHL playoffs once again, six players from the Muskies have been invited to a rookie camp in Kenora in August. Chuck Arpin, Ryan Armstrong, Aaron Grynol, Frank Redford, Dale Jerry, and […]
Despite outshooting their opponents from Bismarck, N.D. by a 35-13 margin, and carrying the play for most of the game, the local Bantam BoMacs came up short Sunday in the final of the International Invitational Tournament in the Falls. Scoreless through the first two periods, Bismarck got on the board […]
Even though the scores were terribly lopsided at the PeeWee ‘A’ branch playdowns in Emo last weekend, Larry Tucker, executive director of the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association, said what was more important was that Emo hosted the four-team tournament. Longlac dominated the round-robin, finishing with a perfect 3-0 record, […]
The local KC PeeWee hockey rep team shut out DePere (Wis.) 4-0 Sunday afternoon to win the ‘A’ final of the eight-team International Invitational Tournament in International Falls. Nathan Miller, assisted by A.J. Tucker, opened the scoring just 6:45 into the first period. The KCs then dominated play in the […]
Bill Crewson and his Muskie rink are going to their first all-Ontario showdown, which started this morning in Midland, with the optimistic feeling that anything can happen. Muskie coach Rob Roy Donaldson admitted they really don’t know what to expect in terms of the level of competition there. But he […]
Emo minor hockey teams took five of their seven games played last week, including a 5-2 win by the Novice Wings over Food Town (Fort Frances). Leading 3-2 after two periods, the Wings added two more in the third to seal the victory. Tyson Romyn led the way with a […]
When the Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation Women’s Group decided to promote unity and healing within their community, they went about it in no small way. In fact, their Olympic-style celebration has taken on a life of its own this week in the community of 800, located east of Highway […]
The Causeway Cougars edged the MEC Bulldogs, also of Fort Frances, 4-3 on Sunday to claim the Silver division title in the annual International Falls Squirt hockey tournament last weekend at Bronco Arena. Jarod Catholique-Bruyere scored the game-winner, assisted by Shane Belluz, with under a minute to play in regulation […]
