Staff It had been smooth sailing lately for the Fort Frances Lakers, but Dwight Lee turned into a one-man iceberg. Lee had a hat trick and added three assists for a massive six-point night as the host Dryden Ice Dogs emphatically ended the Lakers’ six-game winning streak with an 8-2 […]
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Staff Defensive duels are not the norm in the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey conference, but goals definitely were at a premium here Tuesday night. Ryan Lundy and Tarran Romyn provided the offence, while Scott Parsons stopped all 19 shots he faced, as the Muskies blanked the visiting Dryden Eagles 2-0. Lundy, […]
Joey Payeur A renewed focus on offence saw the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team make their point—several points, actually. The black-and-gold discovered the basket isn’t as small as it seems to them sometimes, landing in third place at the St. Ignatius Invitational tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. “We’ve been […]
Joey Payeur It’s not often a team wins by six goals and is criticized for stretches of poor play. But that’s life for the Muskie boys’ hockey team, for which the bar of expectations is higher due to their tradition of success. The Muskies (5-1) whipped the Red Lake Rams […]
Joey Payeur Randy White’s confidence in his team’s offence is now officially well-founded. The coach of the Fort Frances Thunderhawks has been waiting for his squad to find that extra scoring gear—a wait that ended abruptly last Tuesday night (Jan. 11) as the Thunderhawks dissected the visiting Kenora Thistles 10-5 […]
Joey Payeur If Mel Langtry was looking to get his team’s attention, he knows he achieved his goal. After a lacklustre effort in a 5-4 home loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in their previous game last Tuesday (Jan. 11), the Muskie girls’ hockey team faced the consequences […]
Joey Payeur For many people, the thought of racing five or 10 km is a bit beyond their grasp. To do it in the middle of January, in a place reputed as the coldest spot in the lower 48 states during winter, is way beyond their concept of rational behaviour. […]
Joey Payeur The saying goes that the third time is the charm. Tim Nordin would prefer it to be the fourth time. The Dawson Township resident, curling out of the Stratton Curling Club, is headed back to the Northern Ontario men’s championship for a fourth time after going a perfect […]
Staff Rams were an endangered species over the weekend at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Muskie boys’ hockey team used the Red Lake Rams for target practice in a sweep of their two-game NorWOSSA series, with the hosts winning 7-1 on Friday and then 9-1 on Saturday afternoon. Scoring summaries […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are in one serious groove so far in 2011. The local Junior ‘A’ squad took care of two more challengers over the weekend at the Ice For Kids Arena, nipping the defending SIJHL champion Thunder Bay North Stars 3-2 in overtime Saturday night after doubling […]
Joey Payeur It wasn’t a monkey, or even a gorilla, the Muskie girls’ hockey team got off their backs Friday in Dryden—it was a big, irritating bird. After four unsuccessful tries earlier this season, the Muskies (2-7) finally vanquished their chief NorWOSSA foe with a 3-2 shootout win over the […]
Staff Two out of three ain’t bad, although it wasn’t the result either of the two really wanted. A pair of Fort Frances entries—the Kennedy K-9s and Canadian Tire—wound up with medals in their pockets at the end of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam ‘A’ tournament held […]
