Staff To those ready to bury the Fort Frances Lakers this season, it may be time to put the shovels away. The three-time defending SIJHL champs extended their season-high winning streak to five games with a pair of road victories over the weekend. The Lakers earned a wild 6-5 overtime […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Atom Black Panthers captured their division at the “November Chill” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend, defeating the Thunder Bay Ice Cycles 3-0 in the final. Madison Bliss earned the shutout while Kiera Fairnington had the game-winning goal (the other goal scorers weren’t provided). The […]
Joey Payeur Two days, three games, 25 goals scores, none allowed. The bad news? That belongs to the rest of NorWOSSA because both Muskie hockey squads say they can play much better. The girls’ squad dumped the Kenora Broncos 8-0 in their regular-season home-opener Tuesday night at the Ice For […]
Staff The action was fast and furious, both here and away, the last couple of weeks for teams in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. On Tuesday, the Fort Frances Atom Competitive Leafs blanked the Fort Frances PeeWee Fusion 4-0. Fairnington, Piper Miller, Courtney McCoy, and Julia Guertin all scored […]
Joey Payeur Erin Shikowsky professes to liking challenges—and she isn’t shying away from the big one that now faces her. Shikowsky recently was hired as the head coach for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team, replacing Jeff Wickstrom, who stepped down due to serious health issues involving […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team began its march towards a possible fourth-straight NorWOSSA title with a two-game sweep of the host Sioux Lookout Warriors last week. After opening the regular season with a 12-1 thrashing on Thursday night, Fort High capped the road trip with a 7-1 win […]
Joey Payeur It’s a little over 7,000 km from where it all began for Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick to where they’re heading next fall. Getting the chance to experience the trip together is something they wouldn’t have any other way. The brother-and-sister skip-third combination, who were born and raised […]
Staff The Sioux Lookout Warriors were viewed as an up-and-coming team in the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey during the pre-season. It seems as though they still have a way to go before meeting those expectations. The three-time defending league champion Muskies made it business as usual against the host Warriors late […]
Staff Small town teamed up with big city and went on to rule the country. Next up: the world. Stratton native Trevor Bonot skipped his Northern Ontario rink to the 2017 Canadian mixed curling championship in Yarmouth, N.S. with a 5-2 win over Manitoba in Saturday’ final. The team also […]
Staff Northern Ontario didn’t so much make life difficult for itself as its cross-provincial rival made it difficult for them. Wayne Tuck and his Ontario rink blasted Northern Ontario’s team of Stratton siblings Trevor Bonot at skip and Jackie McCormick at third along with Thunder Bay’s Kory and Megan Carr […]
Staff It took longer than usual for her but Katie Sinclair finally got to hear name called first on a goal announcement. The former Muskie tallied her first goal of the season and added an assist in a 4-1 win for the Lakehead University Thunderwolves over the Assiniboine Community College […]
SubmittedConrad Dueck Sam Soderman and his RRFN team continued their early-season dominance in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League on Tuesday night at Fort High. Soderman’s 28 points almost accounted for half of the total in RRFN’s 57-35 victory over BDO. Liam Metke had a great first half for BDO, […]
