Staff Two now former Fort Frances Lakers will have new hockey homes this fall. The team announced Saturday that Jared Virtanen, last season’s leading scorer, has committed to play for the ACHA Division I Calvin College Knights based out of Grand Rapids, Mich. Virtanen, a 20-year-old forward from Abbotsford, B.C., […]
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Staff Brett Hahkala got one more shot at playing but the Powassan Voodoos needed one more shot from any of its players to go in the net. Instead, the NOJHL champion Voodoos fell 2-1 to the OJHL kingpins, the Georgetown Raiders, in the semi-final of the 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup […]
Staff Ontario had Manitoba on the run but the “Bison Province” showed its horns when it need to. Team Ontario, featuring local defenceman Izzy Smith (Couchiching), were on a third-period roll with three-straight goals to take a 5-4 lead in Saturday’s gold-medal final of the boys’ division at the National […]
Staff They backed in but what matters is they’re in. The NOJHL champion Powassan Voodoos, featuring Fort Frances native Brett Hahkala on its roster, lost their final round-robin game 5-2 to the OJHL champion Georgetown Raiders at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ Championship in Trenton. But the […]
Staff A second-period high-five left Team Ontario in a mood to celebrate. Five goals in a span of 6:22 turned a close game into a blowout yesterday as Ontario, featuring Izzy Smith of Couchiching on defence, dumped Team North 8-2 in the quarter-finals of the male division at the National […]
Staff Muskie Aaron Bujold is down one flight in men’s singles play at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Bujold, the reigning NWOSSAA champ making his third-straight OFSAA appearance, had a bye to the second round yesterday. He then rallied to beat Jeff Zhang (WOSSAA) by scores of 15-21, […]
Staff The fate of Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario no longer is in its own hands. Team HNO, with Fort Frances resident Cooper Witherspoon at forward and Emo-based Luke Judson as an assistant coach, were winless at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener after Day 1. Witherspoon had no points in […]
Staff Brett Hahkala got a little revenge for his hometown team. The Fort Frances native didn’t get a point but still was part of a 4-3 win by the Powassan Voodoos (NOJHL) over the SIJHL champion Dryden GM Ice Dogs yesterday at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ […]
Staff It only can get better from here–or so Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario hopes. Team HNO let 2-0 and 3-2 leads slip away en route to a 5-4 overtime loss to Team Greater Toronto Hockey League Blue in their first game at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener earlier today. […]
Staff It’s time for the playoffs at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C., with the cross-over quarter-finals getting underway today involving both Team Ontario squads, which each feature district players. Annalise (CC) Hayes (Couchiching) and Makenna Henttonen (Onegaming) are part of the girls’ squad that finished 2-1 and […]
Staff A pair of district teens hoped to get off to a smashing start at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Muskie Aaron Bujold and Jackson Arpin of the Rainy River Owls began play in the senior boys’ singles division earlier today at the event, which wraps up Saturday. […]
Staff The wide range of weather yesterday was a microcosm of the fortunes of the Muskie soccer teams on home turf. Like the sunny start to the day, the six-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie boys shone bright in their season-openers with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then […]
