Lucas Punkari First-year defenceman Owen Stauber may have summed up the mix of emotions best after the Fort Frances Lakers fell 3-2 in double overtime here last night to the Minnesota Wilderness, giving the visitors their third-straight Bill Salonen Cup. “We’re all pretty disappointed right now as we know that […]
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Lucas Punkari When the Fort Frances Lakers take to the ice here tonight for Game 6 of the SIJHL final against the Minnesota Wilderness, they’ll find themselves in somewhat unfamiliar surroundings. The Lakers, who stayed alive in the best-of-seven series with a 3-1 victory Saturday night in Cloquet, will host […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers again trail the Minnesota Wilderness in their best-of-seven SIJHL final after falling 4-1 in Game 3 last night in Cloquet. Having tied the series with a dramatic 2-1 overtime win at the Ice For Kids Arena here Sunday night, the Lakers continued their strong play […]
Staff Muskie Taylor Whitehead continued his impressive season in senior boys’ badminton yesterday, finishing in first place at the NWOSSAA championships in Dryden. Whitehead, who is just in Grade 9 at Fort High, now advances to the all-Ontarios, which will be held May 2-4 in Pain Court and Chatham. The […]
Lucas Punkari If someone went up to Fort Frances native Steve Arpin a few years ago and told him that he would be heading to places in South America and Europe to run a rally car in the Global RallyCross racing series, he would have given that person quite an […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers rallied for a 2-1 overtime win here last night to even their best-of-seven SIJHL final with the Minnesota Wilderness at a game apiece heading into Game 3 on Wednesday night in Cloquet. Defenceman Jon Carlson was the hero last night with a power-play shot that […]
Staff Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher saw his NCAA Division I hockey season come to an end last night in Pittsburgh. The sophomore goalie and the rest of the St. Cloud State Huskies were eliminated in the “Frozen Four” semi-finals by the Quinnipiac Bobcats. The Bobcats, who entered the post-season […]
Lucas Punkari Although the national playdowns aren’t until November, the Kathie Jackson rink already is pumped to be wearing the colours of Northern Ontario at the 2013 edition of The Dominion Curling Club Championships after capturing the women’s provincial title Sunday morning in Sault Ste. Marie. “We’re all extremely excited,” […]
Lucas Punkari With the excitement of last Tuesday’s dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 7 of the SIJHL semi-finals fading, the Fort Frances Lakers have been busy this past week getting ready for the Bill Salonen Cup final against the top-seeded Minnesota Wilderness, which gets […]
Lucas Punkari As St. Cloud State prepares for tomorrow’s “Frozen Four” semi-final in Pittsburgh against the Quinnipiac Bobcats, sophomore goalie and Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher already is sensing the buzz amongst Huskie fans as the team looks to win its first-ever national title. “There is a lot of excitement […]
Lucas Punkari After taking to the ice for the past 14 years, Border Skating Club members Jillian Bobczynski and Chelsea Mosley both are seeing their time with the local club coming to a close. The graduating seniors took part in their final ice show at the Ice For Kids Arena […]
