Joey Payeur All the gaudy numbers for the Muskie girls’ hockey team fade away come the NorWOSSA playoffs. No. 1 in the regular season, a 15-1 record, and a league-leading 108 goals in 16 games–all impressive. And yet, now all as useful as a vegan food critic at a steakhouse. […]
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Joey Payeur Five days away from game action probably will feel like five weeks for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. A gruelling schedule of five games in six days last week culminated in a 4-1 loss to the host International Falls Broncos on Saturday in an impromptu Part III to […]
Staff Brett Pickler’s getting a penchant for scoring big goals–and the Fort Frances Lakers are loving it. Pickler doubled his season goal output by scoring a natural hat trick in the third period, including the tying and winning goals, as the Lakers battled back for a 5-3 victory over the […]
Staff Both Muskie court sports teams that could extend their seasons did just that on Friday. The senior girls’ volleyball and senior boys’ basketball squads advanced to the NWOSSAA championships this weekend by winning gold in their respective divisions at the NorWOSSA playoffs hosted by Fort High. The Muskies shook […]
Staff A last-minute change in plans made for a quiet night in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Eight of the 12 teams were left without a place to play when the league got late word that the Fort High gym would not be available last night due to early […]
Joey Payeur With its gas tank on ‘E,’ the Muskie boys’ hockey team finally took an ‘L.’ Playing their fourth game in four nights, the Muskies coughed up a 3-0 lead before falling 4-3 to the visiting Dryden Eagles last night to come up one game short of an unblemished […]
Joey Payeur It was the “Valentine’s Day Massacre” one day late. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams both ran roughshod over the visiting Kenora Broncos with a pair of shutout routs in NorWOSSA play last night. At the Ice For Kids Arena, the girls’ squad barely let the Broncos […]
Staff Maybe being in the national spotlight will reverse the fortunes of the Fort Frances Lakers. The three-time defending SIJHL champs are bound for Kenora on Saturday to play the English River Miners in a game that will be part of Sportsnet’s “Hockey Day in Canada” broadcast. The Lakers only […]
Joey Payeur Team numbers may be dwindling and there’s no promise there will be another one next year. But 50 years after the first edition, the Fort Frances Church Bonspiel will hit the ice yet again this Saturday (Feb. 18) from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. […]
Joey Payeur Before hanging up the phone, Marc Price felt it important to share something with the world that watched him stumble around adorably–if misguidedly–on the TV show that made him famous three decades ago. “‘Skippy’ got a girlfriend–it finally happened,” said Price, whose main claim to fame was playing […]
Staff Perhaps with three Fort Frances Lakers officiating their game, it might have been a bad omen for the Fort Frances Thunder’s chances to do much offensively. With Dylan Kooner and Maverick Lynes handling the refereeing, and Jared Virtanen overseeing the lines, the Thunder mirrored the goal-scoring woes of the […]
Staff Karson Loughrey stopped all three West End Bruins he faced in the shootout, and make Callum McCormick’s goal stand up as the game-winner, in Emo’s 3-2 victory Sunday in the final of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s Atom ‘A’ tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Arena. The Bruins trailed 2-0 […]
