Staff If Trevor Bonot and his rink take care of their own business—they’ll be in business for a spot in the semi-finals. The Stratton native, with his sister, Jackie McCormick, at third and Thunder Bay Megan and Kory Carr at lead and second, guided Northern Ontario to second play in […]
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Joey Payeur For his first NorWOSSA regular-season game as a head coach, Jordan Sinclair couldn’t have dreamed up a much better outcome. The Muskie boys’ hockey team got goals from eight different players as Fort High dumped the host Kenora Broncos 8-1 on Tuesday night. “Obviously, it’s good when you […]
Joey Payeur It was a night of long-awaited firsts for Jaden Gustafson and his teammates. The second-year forward netted his first two goals of the season to help the Fort Frances Lakers to a 6-3 win over the expansion Thief River Falls Norskies on Saturday night at the Ice For […]
Joey Payeur When he was making a name for himself as a minor hockey player at the ’52 Canadians Arena here, Duncan Keith never thought about things like seeing his face on a cereal box. “It wasn’t really something on my to-do list,” laughed the Chicago Blackhawks’ defenceman and three-time […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team bench this season is the site of the world’s smallest coaching carousel. Jordan Sinclair has moved up from assistant coach to the head coaching position while filling his role is none other than former bench boss Jamie Davis. After leading the Muskies to […]
Staff Brandon Zajicek’s penchant for play-making cast him in a good light this past week—once he finally got credit for his work. The Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman had five assists in two games to earn the Play It Again Sports player-of-the-week award in the SIJHL, the first Laker to do […]
Staff They didn’t like the feeling of trailing and decided to do something about it in short order. Northern Ontario, featuring the Stratton-raised brother-sister tandem of Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick at skip and third, fell behind for the first time this week earlier today against the Northwest Territories at […]
Staff They scored early and often. Northern Ontario, featuring the Stratton-raised brother-sister tandem of Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick at skip and third, doubled B.C.’s Wes Craig 10-5 yesterday in the opening draw of the 2017 Canadian mixed curling championship in Yarmouth, N.S. With the husband-and-wife combination of Thunder Bay’s […]
Joey Payeur The band may be getting back together—the one that was the SIJHL’s greatest hit-makers the past three seasons. Jaden Gustafson had his first two goals of the season, and his first two-goal game in Junior ‘A,’ as the Fort Frances Lakers doubled the expansion Thief River Falls Norskies […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers finally may have turned a corner that didn’t have a locomotive coming from the other direction. Dylan Kooner made a successful return to the lineup by scoring the game-winning goal in the third period as the Lakers edged the host English River Miners 3-2 in […]
Staff Defending league champion How I Set Your Mother earned the maximum six points last night to surge atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings with 39 in all. Kiss My Pass dropped down to second place (37), followed by No Diggity (36) and Let’s Talk About Sets (29). […]
Staff Action is in full swing in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. Here is a rundown of game results from the past few weeks: The Fort Frances PeeWee Lightning battled the Fort Frances PeeWee Fusion to a 4-4 tie. Savannah McGinnis and Jorja Pope scored for the Lightning while […]
