Staff A weekend sweep has bumped the Fort Frances Lakers back into the CJHL’s top 20 teams in Canada. The Lakers (19-8-1) won 6-3 over host Sioux Lookout (5-20-3) on Friday night before earning a 6-2 victory against Thunder Bay (17-11-1) here Saturday to re-join the list at #19. The […]
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Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team made hay in the Wheat City over the weekend, capturing the consolation final of a tournament in Brandon, Man. Fort High wrapped up the title by bouncing Neepawa 5-1 yesterday. Nick Kaun, Nik Jourdain, Chris Bobczynski, Brett McMahon, and game MVP Tyler Mosbeck all […]
Staff It’s been a pretty consistent script for the Muskie girls’ hockey team on home ice so far this season. Fall behind early, then attempt to mount a valiant comeback—only to fall short by a goal in the end. That was the case here Friday night as Fort High (1-4) […]
Staff The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs have had a fine start to their season, bursting out to a 7-1-1 record in American Collegiate Hockey Association action so far this season. RRCC extended that with a pair if blowout wins over host North Dakota State University Bisons over the weekend, […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team got off to a fine start at a tournament in Brandon, Man. last night. Tyson McLean led the way with two goals as the black-and-gold dumped the Morden Thunder 8-2. Nolan Ross, Brendan Cawston, Nick Kaun. Jeff Gustafson, Davis Ross, and game MVP Colton […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and GM Wayne Strachan was busy off the ice yesterday, making three transactions. First, the local Junior ‘A’ club dealt forward Mike Jourdain to the expansion Duluth Clydesdales in exchange for forward Dan Smith. The 20-year-old Smith, a Duluth native, is a former […]
Staff There certainly was a medal rush going on for Border Skating Club skaters in Winnipeg this past weekend. Six locals combined for a total of 12 medals at the SuperSkate Competition, led by Jayde Wright, who took home hardware in all three of her events. Wright finished first in […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie football team announced winners for four awards last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Lineman Chris Bobczynski, fresh off being named to the Currie Division’s all-conference team, captured MVP honours while Britton Green was named defensive player of the year. Ian Grant captured the outstanding […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie girls’ hockey team has seen its share of struggles to start the NorWOSSA season. A fair portion of the tough times can be attributed to a short bench hit by the injury bug, but head coach Mel Langtry also isn’t satisfied with the effort he’s getting […]
Staff The Dynamic Homes Hurricanes beat a warpath through Warroad on the weekend, but there was a brief detour on their journey to gold and they had to settle for silver instead. The local Atom girls’ competitive team opened play with a 13-0 romp over the host Warriors on Friday […]
Dan Falloon After a dominating past few years for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team, the squad is entering this season with question marks as it rebuilds. The black-and-gold is coming off another NorWOSSA championship, having dominated Dryden 71-34 in last year’s final. But with the Grade 10 leadership of […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was a strong one last year, falling just a single point short of winning the NWOSSAA crown and advancing to the all-Ontarios. With much of the crew returning this year, along a strong contingent moving up from the junior ranks, the black-and-gold […]
