Staff Former Muskie Joe Basaraba and the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs have punched their ticket to this year’s NCAA “Frozen Four” tournament. UMD advanced with a 5-3 victory over the Yale Bulldogs in the East Regional final Saturday night in Bridgeport, Conn. A four-goal outburst in the second period sent […]
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Staff The local men’s basketball league wrapped its regular season Wednesday night at Fort High, and in the process set the stage for next week’s semi-final match-ups. In the early game, Boston Pizza clinched the top seed for the playoffs with a convincing 83-53 win over the Muskies, giving them […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers’ season hangs in the balance heading into Game 5 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series with the Dryden Ice Dogs tonight at the Ice For Kids Arena here. Dryden grabbed a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 5-3 victory on home ice last night—and […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ curling rink is moving on. Fort High clinched a quarter-final berth at the OFSAA championship in Thunder Bay thanks to a 7-2 win over London Central yesterday afternoon at the Port Arthur Curling Club. Sitting at 2-1 heading into play today, the black-and-gold will advance whether […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach Wayne Strachan will be looking for the same effort from his players tonight in Dryden when they try to even their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Ice Dogs. After losing the first two games on home ice on the weekend, the Lakers got […]
Gordon Anderson The Muskies came a long way to learn a few hard lessons about hockey in the rest of the province. The black-and-gold, seeded 13th in the 20-team field, finished with an 0-4 record after losing 5-1 to the 20th-ranked Holy Cross Crusaders (Kingston) this morning to wrap up […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ curling rink began its quest for OFSAA gold with mixed results. After opening with a 5-4 win over Ridgetown yesterday, the black-and-gold fell to 1-1 thanks to a 5-3 loss to Sir Winston Churchill this morning at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. The […]
Staff Saturday night’s exhibition game between the Fort Frances Thunderhawks and Kenora Thistles has been cancelled due to a lack of players for both sides. “Both teams just ran into trouble getting players,” Thunderhawks’ manager Dean Bruyere said. “Kenora just couldn’t field a decent team to come down here and […]
Staff For four Fort Frances players, today’s round-robin clash with the Soo Greyhounds at the provincial Bantam ‘AAA’ championships in Thunder Bay will mark their last chance to come home with a win. The regional all-star squad, which includes goalie Brandon Bodnar, defenceman Carter Brown, and forwards Rory Keith and […]
Gordon Anderson Following yesterday’s 7-4 loss to Mount Carmel, Muskie head coach Shawn Jourdain gave Scott Parsons the start in favour of Devin Stromness against the St. Thomas of Villanova Wildcats this morning. Parson was solid in the net, but he alone wasn’t enough as the black-and-gold fell 4-1 to […]
Gordon Anderson It was just a case of too much St. Mary’s Monarchs and not enough Fort Frances Muskies. The top-ranked team in the province looked every bit the favourite in a 6-1 dismantling of the Muskies in Pool ‘A’ action at the OFSAA ‘AAA/AAAA’ earlier this afternoon in Toronto, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are back into their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Dryden Ice Dogs after earning a 3-2 road win in Game 3 last night. All the scoring came in the first period, with Cody Hasbargen, Henry Gutierrez, and Byron Katapaytuk tallying for the Lakers. Luke Kasteel […]
