Lucas Punkari No matter the outcome of their regular-season finale tonight, the Fort Frances Lakers already know what lies ahead of them in the SIJHL playoffs. The Lakers, who enter tonight’s game versus the Thunder Bay North Stars at the Fort William Gardens in second place with a 35-17-1-2 record, […]
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Lucas Punkari Although she already knew who she would be playing for in the Thunder Bay women’s curling ranks next season, Fort Frances native and former Muskie skip Tirzah Keffer had to wait until last Wednesday before she could reveal it was one of the top rinks in the province. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are back on track. The local Junior ‘A’ squad snapped their two-game mini-skid with a 5-3 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars last night at the Fort William Gardens. That victory, which improved the Lakers’ record to 35-17-1-2, also meant the playoff match-ups for […]
Lucas Punkari After watching his team drop a pair of home games to the Thunder Bay North Stars over the weekend, Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan had a message for his players in the dressing room. “The main thing we talked about was to just […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers won their 11th-straight game in dramatic fashion last night in Dryden, rallying to edge the Ice Dogs 4-3 in overtime. Trailing 3-1 early in the third, the Lakers tied things up midway through the period on goals by Merritt Rysavy and Jon Carlson. In a […]
Lucas Punkari Although her graduation from Fort Frances High School is still a few months away, Grade 12 student Jess Caul already is looking forward to the future after agreeing to play soccer at Providence University College in Otterburne, Man. this fall. “I’m pretty excited now so I don’t know […]
Lucas Punkari For fourth-year Muskie and team captain Nick Kaun, the excitement in his face and voice was easy to see. “To finish off my high school career with a win like this is just awesome,” he enthused. That joy was prevalent throughout the locker-room at the Ice For Kids […]
Lucas Punkari With the SIJHL playoffs just around the corner, the Fort Frances Lakers have become the hottest team in the league. Having won 10-straight games heading into tonight’s contest against the host Dryden Ice Dogs, the Lakers (33-15-1-2) have clinched second place in the standings and will enjoy home-ice […]
Heather Latter Volunteering for “Habitat for Humanity” was always something Bernie Schulzki wanted to do. And upon officially retiring as a Fort Frances High School teacher on Jan. 24, he was on a plane the very next day to take part in the organization’s “Global Village” program in New Zealand […]
Lucas Punkari For the first time in its history, the Muskie girls’ hockey team can lay claim to being tops on the NorWOSSA circuit. Following Sunday’s 5-1 win in Kenora, the black-and-gold hoisted the Northland Cup as league champs, taking the two-game, total-goal series over the host Broncos by a […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Jordan Christianson has been named the SIJHL’s player-of-the-week for the second time this season. Christianson, a 20-year-old from International Falls, earned the award yesterday after registering two goals and five assists in the Lakers’ three wins last week. He previously won the award Dec. 24 […]
Staff It wasn’t as tight as their two most recent affairs at the Ice For Kids Arena, but the outcome was the same. The Fort Frances Lakers made it 10-straight wins with a 5-2 triumph over the Dryden Ice Dogs here Saturday night. After giving up a goal late in […]
