Staff Hello, old friend, glad to see you again. The Emo Misfits welcomed a championship game rematch with the host squad and did the same thing as last year–downing the Chiefs 5-3 in the final of the third-annual Chiefs Invitational Women’s Hockey Tournament on Sunday at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
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Staff Fort Frances now has two home-grown products playing in Ontario’s premier junior hockey league. Brett Hahkala recorded his first career OHL goal Sunday in his fifth game for the North Bay Battalion–a 5-4 shootout loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs. Hahkala tied the game at 1-1 at 10:03 of the […]
Joey Payeur The physical beatdown dished out by a long season has left the Fort Frances Lakers getting beat up on the scoreboard more often than not. A pair of weekend losses have the three-time defending SIJHL champs virtually destined to finish in fifth place and start their first-round “Survivor […]
Joey Payeur On the same day her team skated to a 4-2 win in Game 1 of the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final, Siobhan Mackintosh was unconscious and then hospitalized. Through sheer will, she made sure her voice would be heard loud and clear 72 hours later as part of the […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ curling rink ended up getting silver, after all–just not the one they wanted. A second-place finish at the NWOSSAA championships in Longlac last week left the black-and-gold one spot short of getting a chance to defend their OFSAA silver medal from a year ago. With […]
Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry’s first competitive try at mixed doubles curling nearly wound up with her playing for a national title. The Fort Frances native teamed up with Sudbury’s Nicholas Bissonnette to take part in the NOCA provincial mixed doubles playdowns in Sturgeon Falls over the weekend. “Nicholas and I […]
Staff When one plays like a champion, the results speak for themselves. It was a double-gold weekend for two of the four Fort Frances Canadians ‘AA’ teams competing at the season-ending “Tournament of Champions” hosted by the Thunder Bay Minor Hockey Association. Jacob Grinsell’s goal at 1:26 of the third […]
Staff With every passing minute, the pressure and exhaustion mounted for the Fort Frances Screaming Eagles simultaneously with their heart and desire to overcome adversary. In the game’s deciding moment, the former won out over the latter. Shannon Legacy created her own lasting moment by scoring on a breakaway with […]
Staff It was time to hand out the hardware. The Fort Frances Lakers honoured the cream of this year’s crop at the team’s annual awards banquet Saturday afternoon at La Place Rendez-Vous. To no one’s surprise, forward Jared Virtanen carted home the trophy as most valuable player. Despite being injured […]
Staff When they met on the same stage here last month, the outcome was decisive. This time, it came down to the wire–with the winners needing just a little extra “Patience.” Anna Johnson’s seemingly impossible pass found its way to Patience Morrison, who deposited the puck into the net with […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team will leave Belleville without a win to its name after losing both matches this morning to finish 0-4 and in fifth place in Pool ‘A’ at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship. After losing both their matches yesterday, the 16h-ranked Muskies fell 2-0 (25-14/25-17) to […]
Joey Payeur For the black-and-gold, it just never gets old–whether it’s a repeat winner or a first-time champion. The Muskie girls’ hockey team reaffirmed its standing as the standard bearer of excellence by winning its fourth-straight NorWOSSA title with a convincing 7-2 victory over the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints […]
