Staff The odds are fairly good local minor hockey fans will have plenty of chances to cheer this weekend. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association hosts its Bantam ‘A’ tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre, getting underway this morning and wrapping up Sunday. The 10-team event will feature squads split […]
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Staff Come Monday, the Fort Frances Lakers just might be staring down at the rest of the SIJHL. The second-place Lakers (23-11-3) head into a pair of home games this weekend only two points behind the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness (24-6-3), who will have to fight fatigue as they face three […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team originally thought it was going to have a pack a suitcase for this weekend. Instead, they will assume the role of host but, preferably for them, not one of the welcoming variety. The black-and-gold will entertain the Red Lake Rams in a pair of […]
Staff Another night, another win, another jump in the standings. The Fort Frances Lakers continued their sizzling play to start 2011 with a 4-2 road win last night against the Sioux Lookout Flyers. The Lakers are on a roll which has seen them move from fourth place to second in […]
The Muskies beat Taggs 84-76 in local men’s basketball league action last night. Justin Anderson led the black-and-gold with 27 points while Todd Richards had 25 for Taggs. The late game saw Boston Pizza dump the Rendez-Vous 83-68. Adrian Chapman had 26 points for the victors while Jeff Campbell had […]
Joey Payeur It was like someone getting the gift they really wanted for their birthday—then finding out the person who gave it to them had shoplifted the item. Duane Roen wasn’t about to turn down the first win of the NorWOSSA season for his Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team (1-3)—a […]
Joey Payeur Mel Langtry saw his team play seven minutes of lights-out hockey—then watched them fall asleep for much of the rest of the game. The transition from cruising to snoozing led to the Muskie girls’ hockey team blowing a 3-0 lead and wind up on the short end of […]
Joey Payeur Christmas is over, so it wasn’t holiday pleasantries the Fort Frances Thunderhawks and Kenora Thistles were exchanging near the end of their game Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Emotions boiled over late in the third period of the Thunderhawks’ 10-5 pounding of the Thistles in […]
the SIJHL The SIJHL announced Monday that Sioux Lookout Flyers’ goalie Jesse Wilkins has been named Pizza Hut player-of-the-week for the period ending Jan. 9. In two games last week, Wilkins stopped 77 of 80 shots he faced in nearly 125 minutes of action, helping his squad pick up three […]
Press Release The North American Hockey League has announced that Ryan Faragher of the Bismarck Bobcats has been named the SBK Hockey goalie-of-the-month for December. Faragher, a 20-year-old from Fort Frances, posted a perfect 5-0 record during the month, including a 23-save shutout performance in a 5-0 victory over the […]
Joey Payeur Living a double life suited the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team well. With 16 players on the roster, head coach Jason Cain decided his team would benefit the most by splitting into two groups for the Kenora Broncos’ annual home tournament over the weekend. His plan bore fruit […]
Joey Payeur Junior squad still looking for first win Offence, defence, hustle. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team scored high in all three categories in a 59-30 rout of the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action there last Thursday. “Everything pretty much went according to plan,” said Muskie head coach Paul […]
