Staff There’s no place like home but the Muskie boys’ hockey team decided to make themselves at home in Red Lake last night. Cam Gushulak had a goal and three assists, and 14 different Muskies had at least one point, in a 15-1 romp over the Rams in NorWOSSA action. […]
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Staff The Dryden Eagles swooped into Fort Frances on Tuesday and the Muskie court teams couldn’t see them fly away soon enough. It was the visitors’ day to shine as the Eagles captured three of the four matches to kick off the NorWOSSA regular season. Only the Muskie senior girls’ […]
Conrad Dueck Although they started off with the lead, and kept it close until half-time, BDO’s four-player lineup eventually ran out of gas in falling 71-48 to Revco in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night. Jeff Campbell and Todd Richards provided almost all the offence for BDO, scoring […]
Joey Payeur If nobody else was interested in protecting Brandon Bodnar, Wayne Strachan wasn’t going to leave his goalie out there to absorb a continuous flurry of pucks. But by the time the period was over, Strachan re-enlisted Bodnar’s help after the back-up plan backfired. It’s rare a netminder gets […]
Staff It will be a trip to Sudbury in February for four local bowlers. Jeff Watts and Aaron Yaw teamed up to finish in second place at the zone round of the annual Hi-Low Doubles tournament over the weekend at Plaza Lanes here. The duo wound up at +243 over […]
Joey Payeur It was well worth the wait for Georgia Oltsher. The 11-year-old from Emo got the chance-of-a-lifetime when she was chosen to participate in Sunday’s Scotiabank Girls’ HockeyFest in Winnipeg. She not only got to skate on the home ice of the Winnipeg Jets but also share that ice […]
Joey Payeur Jordan Sinclair believes had he been told before the weekend that his Muskie boys’ hockey team only would give up four goals in five games, and just one of those at even strength, he could have seen his troops hoisting a championship trophy. The Kelvin Clippers (Winnipeg) had […]
Staff Third-period magic only will get a team so far if it doesn’t play up to par during the first two periods. Five unanswered goals in the final frame powered the Fort Frances Lakers to a 6-1 win over the Thief River Falls Norskies here Friday night in the opener […]
Staff The last step turned out to be the toughest. Eric Pitkanen had the lone goal for the Muskie boys’ hockey team yesterday in a 2-1 loss in the final of the championship bracket at the Crocus Plains Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. It was the black-and-gold’s only loss […]
Joey Payeur It was a toss-up whether the “Teddy Bear Toss” ever was going to take place last night. The bears—and the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s offence—finally came out of hibernation, but it turned out to be too late in terms of a win for the black-and-gold. A late surge […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is starting things off right. Six different players lit the lamp as Fort High beat the Neepawa Tigers 6-1 last night in its opening game in Pool #2 at the Crocus Plains Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. Forwards Kaden Nelson, Chase McGuire, and […]
Staff Katie Sinclair is getting back to her old scoring ways. The Fort Frances native had a season-high four points to lead the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a 10-3 shellacking of the Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils on Sunday in ACHA Division 2 women’s action. Sinclair’s second-period goal put the Wolves up 3-1. […]
