The Associated PressJonah Bronstein BUFFALO, N.Y.—The Montreal Canadiens took advantage of fortunate bounces to bounce back from a two-game losing streak. Two of Montreal’s goals went in off the stick of a Buffalo defender, including Paul Byron’s winner at 3:15 of overtime, as the Canadiens nipped the Sabres 3-2 last […]
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Joey Payeur Jackie McCormick will get to play for a national championship again—and this time she gets to take her brother along. The Stratton native played third for skip Trevor Bonot, who now lives in Thunder Bay, as the rink captured the mixed provincial crown yesterday at the Fort Frances […]
Joey Payeur Chris Silver’s crew wasn’t completely satisfied with how they etched their name in Muskie curling lore. But they weren’t wallowing in tears of disappointment, either, despite falling just one point short of becoming the most accomplished Fort High rink ever. Silver and his team of third Daniel Vandenbrand, […]
Joey Payeur Shilo Beck said she felt like a kid on Christmas Eve the night before the biggest game of her hockey career. Then Santa Claus showed up in the form of Katherine Johnson—leaving a most unwanted lump of coal in the stocking of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs […]
Joey Payeur In Jamie Davis’ mind, there was never a doubt. “They always seem to find a way to do it,” said the head coach of the newly-crowned OFSAA ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey champion Muskies after they captured the program’s fourth provincial title with a 5-3 win over the Silverthorn Spartans […]
Joey Payeur The man who’s been referred to as “the Wayne Gretzky of fastball” will be bringing his immeasurable wealth of pitching wisdom to share with players here in Rainy River District. International Softball Congress Hall of Fame inductee Darren Zack, originally from Garden River First Nation east of Sault […]
Cameron Penney OTTAWA—Although no one knew it at the time, the game between the fifth-ranked Muskie boys’ hockey team and the No. 18 Frontenac Falcons (Kingston) on the opening morning of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Ottawa last week proved to be a battle of juggernauts. The Falcons seemingly upset […]
Staff Christian Ripley’s latest work has the top of the SIJHL point production board starting to look like a roll call for the Fort Frances Lakers. The 20-year-old forward from Duluth collected eight points in three games to be named the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions Corp. player-of-the-week yesterday. Ripley’s efforts, […]
Staff Those who like their SIJHL hockey with a healthy dash of suspense mixed in got their fill when it came to the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. First, affiliate player Matthew Glomba scored with 12 seconds left in regulation time to give the Lakers a 3-2 victory over […]
Staff One false move and it was over. Katherine Johnson netted the decisive goal at 9:43 of double-overtime to lift the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs to a 2-1 win yesterday over the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs in the final of the ACHA Division 2 national women’s hockey championship in […]
Joey Payeur Jackie McCormick will get to play for a national championship again—and this time she gets to take her brother along. The Stratton native played third for skip Trevor Bonot, who now lives in Thunder Bay, as the rink captured the mixed provincial crown yesterday at the Fort Frances […]
Staff Kristofer Cochrane’s timing was impeccable. Cochrane scored what reportedly were his first two goals of the season in his team’s last tournament game to lead the Fort Frances Wu Warriors to a 4-1 victory over the Fort Frances Holmlund Leafs in the fifth-place final of the Fort Frances Minor […]
