Staff Like father, like son–and the rest of the team was pretty likable, too. Steve Gushulak, with his dad, Bill, at lead, claimed the ‘A’-event title at the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel with a 7-6, extra-end victory over fellow Fort skip Mark Broman in Sunday’s final. The Gushulaks, along […]
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Staff Izzy Smith will get to carve up some ice on a national stage. The local defenceman was selected this past week to Team Ontario for the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship. The event will take place May 1-6 in Lake Cowichan, B.C. • • • The date is now […]
Joey Payeur Ron Silver went looking for ways he could expand his coaching repertoire. He most certainly found it in the form of a Canadian curling legend and one of the country’s best female curlers, both with Northwestern Ontario roots. Silver, the Muskie boys’ coach and mixed co-coach, as well […]
Joey Payeur Jordan Sinclair dismissed the seedings before the start of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey championship as irrelevant. His belief was–sadly for the home team–proven to be rife with wisdom. The defending champion Muskies carried the No. 1 seed into the tournament last week, but were carried out on […]
Staff The top players in the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association were rewarded for their fine efforts at its year-end banquet Saturday at the Emo-La Vallee Arena. Here is the list of honourees who received presentations: •Novice–Darius Smith (most improved), Malcolm Smith (most dedicated), and Parker Wiersema (most sportsmanship); •Novice girls-Maya […]
Staff The SIJHL has released the schedule for the best-of-seven semi-final series between the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs. The battle begins tomorrow night in Dryden, with Game 2 going there Thursday. The series then switches to Fort Frances, with Game 3 set for Saturday at 7:30 […]
Staff One down and the Fort Frances Canadians already are down one. The Canadians fell 6-1 to the North Bay Trappers yesterday in their first game in the Bantam ‘AAA’ division at the Ontario Hockey Federation Championships in Thunder Bay. North Bay led 2-0 after the first period on tallies […]
Joey Payeur Welcome back, Jack. See you later, Norskies. Jack Bernie scored just 32 seconds into his first game since returning from injury, then Dylan Kooner added another 22 seconds later. Goalie Brandon Bodnar and the rest of the Fort Frances Lakers took it from there in a 3-2 victory […]
Staff Northern Ontario’s fate was in its own hands until Nova Scotia rapped its knuckles with a 2×4. With Fort Frances resident Lisa Penner playing third, the rink skipped by Kenora’s Peggy Taylor was dumped 11-3 in six ends Friday in the final game of the championship pool at the […]
Staff Lisa Penner has at least one more game to play. That’s the only certainty after this morning’s draw at the 2017 Canadian senior women’s curling championship in Fredericton, N.B. The Fort Frances resident plays third for the Northern Ontario rink skipped by Peggy Taylor of Kenora, which rebounded from […]
Staff Five ties and seemingly 500 changes in momentum. But in the end, it took just one shot to bring a painful end to another successful Muskie girls’ hockey season. The eighth-ranked All Saints Titans (Whitby) topped the 11th-seeded Muskies 6-5 yesterday afternoon in the quarter-finals at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ […]
Staff The second season is calling and the defending champions can’t wait. How I Set Your Mother finished the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League’s regular season with a flourish last night, grabbing the maximum six points to finish in first place overall with 109 points. No Diggity, which spent most […]
