Staff If this keeps up much longer in 2017, the Fort Frances Lakers will be among the few who actually miss 2016. Derek McPhail and Kristopher Hamlin each had a goal and two assists as the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs beat the Lakers 4-1 on Saturday night to keep […]
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Staff Three days in and it already was an unhappy New Year for the Fort Frances Lakers. Clayton Brown beat Brandon Bodnar to finish an odd-man rush at 2:37 of overtime to give the Minnesota Iron Rangers a 5-4 win in SIJHL action Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids […]
Cameron Penney Despite finishing round-robin play with a 1-3 record and missing the playoffs, local curlers Hailey Beaudry and Erin Tomalty said they were proud of their efforts at the 2017 U21 women’s provincial championship in North Bay last week. “It was a good week,” said Beaudry, who skipped the […]
Joey Payeur Anika Alexander came upon not just one but a series of crossroads in her life all at the same time. She decided it was time to detour from the familiar and rediscover what she really wanted out of life when it came to both her sporting endeavours and […]
Joey Payeur When it comes to evaluating his team so far this season, the letter ‘C’ is a recurring theme for Wayne Strachan. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers would be much happier if his defending three-time SIJHL champs would stumble across another ‘C’—as in […]
Joey Payeur Keith “Huffer” Christiansen wasn’t turning cartwheels upon hearing the news of the honour being bestowed upon him by his alma mater. For one thing, it’s probably slightly hazardous for a 72-year-old to be turning cartwheels. But more likely it was the fact that, like his older brother, revelling […]
Staff Jordan Sinclair probably wished he was a football coach rather than a hockey one yesterday. Then he could have declined the penalties being given to his opposition, who proved much more dangerous one player down than his team was one player up. Sinclair watched helplessly as Aaron Myers notched […]
Joey Payeur It was a bonus “Battle of the Border” for the Muskie girls’ hockey team—and nearly a winning one this time. Fort High led twice but eventually fell 3-2 to the International Falls Broncos yesterday in the bronze-medal game of the Girls’ Bronze High School Division at the Schwan […]
By Joey Payeur Staff writer jpayeur@fortfrances.com The road to the Sunset Country Squash Club’s Boxing Day tournament has gone through Steve Boileau the past two years—a roadblock Jason Kabel has seen more than enough. After being eliminated in the semi-finals of the tournament’s ‘A’ Open division by Boileau last year, […]
Joey Payeur With the addition to her family at home taken care of, Rebecca Himanen now is back with her outdoor family. After taking last year off due to her maternity leave, Himanen and co-coach Ilka Milne have resurrected the Muskie Nordic ski team, which had its inaugural season two […]
Joey Payeur Spencer Murphy didn’t have too much to do for the first two periods Friday night. But when he was needed most, he did his team—and country—proud. The Grade 9 rookie goalie made two mammoth saves early in the third period as the Muskie boys’ hockey team escaped with […]
Joey Payeur Annalise (CC) Hayes had one goal two weeks ago against the Dryden Eagles—and had a narrow miss on a second in the final seconds that could have tied things up. She wasn’t leaving anything to chance on Tuesday. Hayes netted a hat trick and added an assist as […]
