Press Release The Muskie boys’ hockey team will play the International Falls Broncos this coming Monday (Feb. 8) at 6:15 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Our Muskie family of coaches, players, and parents have worked very hard, with a positive pro-action plan, to get this game reinstated for […]
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Staff Annalise Hayes broke the Dryden Eagles’ hearts yet again. Hayes backhanded home her second goal of the night with nine seconds left in regulation time to cap a thrilling 5-4 comeback win for the Muskie girls’ hockey team last night in Dryden. Fort High (10-1) trailed Dryden (9-3-0-1) by […]
Staff A light night of action saw No Diggity put in a heavyweight-calibre performance. With the Fort High gym unavailable due to exam week, St. Michael’s School was the lone venue in play for the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last night. That being the case, only eight teams saw […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers came out firing and didn’t stop until they had another notch in the win column. Dustin Deugau broke a 3-3 tie in the third period to help the Lakers edge the English River Miners in their final game at the annual “SIJHL Showcase” yesterday in […]
Staff This “Border Battle” was pretty much all red, white, and blue. The International Falls Broncos waltzed to an 8-4 victory over the Muskie girls’ hockey team in exhibition action Tuesday night at Bronco Arena. After squeaking out a 4-3 win in last year’s game, the Broncos had a much […]
Staff The Fort Frances Novice Tim Hortons Bruins outgunned the Fort Frances Lions 5-3 in Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association action Sunday. Ophelia Lucas-Engberg, Davilyn Miller, Aelise Lucas-Engberg, Harmony Yerxa, and Addison Chown all scored for the Bruins. Jersey Rose (two) and Marissa Kenny replied for the Lions. Then on […]
Staff For more than 59 minutes, the Fort Frances Lakers were outplaying significantly one of the best teams the NOJHL has to offer. In less than 20 seconds, it didn’t matter much. The Cochrane Crunch scored twice in 17 seconds late in the second period to earn a 2-0 win […]
Joey Payeur Raymond Roy doesn’t believe in pointing fingers at others. Rather, the Fort Frances skip was more than willing to shoulder the blame after a 7-1 loss in four ends Sunday to Gord Williams (Thunder Bay) in the final of the Masters (60-and-over) men’s provincial curling championship in Geraldton. […]
Joey Payeur Nolan Ross has got some superb breakaway skills. He’s not bad at deflections, either, be they pucks or praise. The Fort Frances native scored the only goal of the shootout to give the host Lakers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Saturday night at the […]
Joey Payeur The days of SIJHL opponents being in heavier rotation than a Madonna video on MTV in the 1980s may be starting to reach their end. Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is encouraged with news Friday of a conditional franchise being granted by the […]
Joey Payeur Time can pass so slowly at times, but rarely when one is getting ready to stage an event of this magnitude. It’s still 14 months away but preparations already are underway for Fort Frances to host the 2017 OFSAA ‘A’/’AA’ boys’ hockey championship next March. This will mark […]
Staff They didn’t win the ultimate game but they did win their last one. The Muskie boys’ hockey team earned a third-place finish at the sixth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg with a 4-3 win over the College Jeanne-Sauvé Olympiens in the bronze-medal game yesterday. Graeme […]
