Joey Payeur With only one game to occupy their week, the Fort Frances Lakers decided two points were better than none. Mason Meyer had a goal and two assists, and Devin Tappenden made 16 saves, as the Lakers (41-6-2-2) doubled the Dryden Ice Dogs (20-27-5) by a 4-2 margin last […]
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Joey Payeur Two teams, two more wins each, two missions accomplished. The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams both advanced to the NorWOSSA finals yesterday by sweeping their respective best-of-three semi-final series with a pair of home victories. Shilo Beck netted a hat trick to pace the Muskie girls to […]
Staff It’s unusual to lose one’s last game in a playoff round but still get to play again for a bigger prize. But that was the case for both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ curling teams, who were stymied in their respective bids for NorWOSSA gold yesterday in Sioux Lookout. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are not letting competitive differences get in the way of helping a member of one of their SIJHL rivals get through a most difficult time. The Wisconsin Wilderness visit the Ice For Kids Arena tonight for a 7:30 p.m. match-up with the Lakers minus their […]
Joey Payeur One team did what was expected. The other went through a whole day of the unexpected. But both came through to get the early edge in their respective playoff clashes. The Muskie boys’ hockey team cut like a knife through the buttery defence of the host Dryden Eagles—rolling […]
Staff Hopefully, the Muskie girls’ and boys’ curling teams have a healthy collection of travelling tunes to keep them occupied next month. Both rinks were undefeated with one draw to go at the NorWOSSA championships in Sioux Lookout, which began yesterday and wrap up today. The girls’ rink of skip […]
Staff Old Man Winter 2-NorWOSSA 0. For the second-straight day, the start of the Muskie hockey playoffs has been put on hold due to the weather. Game 1 of the best-of-three semi-final series between the Fort High girls’ squad and Kenora Broncos, which was scheduled to open tonight at the […]
Staff Jaymee Fiset keeps on scoring—and the Main Street Mayhem keep on winning. Fiset netted a pair of goals to pace the Mayhem (4-0) to a 5-3 victory over the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes (0-3-1) in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League last night at Fort High. The tallies gave Fiset a […]
Staff If somebody else wants the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey title, they are going to have to beat the Muskies twice in three games. Considering nobody in the league could achieve that feat even once in 15 games makes that a tall order. The Muskies capped a spotless regular season by […]
Staff Ryan Faragher has bolstered his claim to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. The Fort Frances native and starting netminder for the St. Cloud State Huskies was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s goalie-of-the-week for Feb. 10-16. It marks the third time this season he’s garnered the honour. Faragher, who […]
Joey Payeur Mason Meyer knew he was going to have a tough time repeating his most recent achievement, but he gave it his best shot. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward and reigning Pizza Hut Player-of-the-Week had a goal and two assists last night to lead the Lakers (41-6-2-2) to a […]
Joey Payeur Enough of the dress rehearsals. Let’s get on with the big show. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams are anxious to begin what they hope will be championship runs as the NorWOSSA playoffs get underway this week. On the girls’ side, the black-and-gold capped their regular season […]
