Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team finished second at its home tournament—the fourth-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial—over the weekend. The Canadians recorded a solid 2-0-1 record in round-robin play, outscoring their opponents 17-8, before falling 8-1 in Sunday’s final against the Wayzata Junior Gold. Fort Frances opened play […]
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Press Release The Fort Frances Lakers, currently competing for first place in the SIJHL, also are winners off the ice. The Lakers are the pioneer team in the SIJHL to initiate, organize, and participate in an “adopt-a-school” program. The architect of this program is retired school teacher Larry Patrick, who […]
Dan Falloon It had to come eventually. The Muskie boys’ hockey team suffered its first loss of the 2010-11 season, dropping a 6-2 decision to the East Ridge Raptors of Woodbury, Mn. at the Detroit Lakes Lakers’ tournament over the weekend. The loss dropped Fort High to the bronze-medal game, […]
Staff A handful of local bowlers competed in the zone round of the annual pins over average (P.O.A.) tournament in Kenora over the weekend. Times’ editor Mike Behan came closest to snagging a berth to the provincial roll-offs in March in Thunder Bay, coming up 37 pins short for the […]
Dan Falloon Some time on the East Coast was welcomed by the Raymond Roy rink. Roy, along with third Dave Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick Briere, enjoyed their time at the Dominion Club Curling Championship held in Charlottetown, P.E.I. last week. “It was absolutely fantastic,” enthused Roy. “The […]
Dan Falloon It’s a tight situation at the top of the SIJHL—and the Fort Frances Lakers are right in the thick of things. The Lakers (17-8-1) sat atop the standings with 35 points, one point up on second-place Dryden. Those two teams were slated to clash here last night but […]
Dan Falloon Tirzah Keffer’s rink had a good start to the weekend, and a good ending to it, but what was in between wasn’t so kind. Keffer and her rink of third Samantha Mueller, second Taylor Hartlin, and lead Carley Busch ended up with a 2-3 record at the junior […]
Dan Falloon Just miss berth to provincials Isaac Keffer’s junior men’s rink fell just short in its bid for a berth at the NOCA Junior Provincials in North Bay in January. The rink was tied for first after the round-robin portion of the regional playdowns in Thunder Bay with a […]
Staff Byron Katapaytuk did his share of helping last week, and the Superior International Junior Hockey League recognized him for it. The Fort Frances Lakers’ centre had a pair of big games, setting up three goals in the squad’s 5-4 comeback win over Sioux Lookout here Friday before assisting on […]
Staff With games against the SIJHL’s two bottom-feeders over the weekend, the Fort Frances Lakers had a great opportunity to reclaim top spot in the league. And the Lakers (17-8-1) did just that—earning a 5-4 comeback win over the Sioux Lookout Flyers here Friday before holding off host Duluth last […]
Staff It wasn’t wild horses that kept Raymond Roy’s rink out of the playoff round at the Dominion Club Curling Championship in Charlottetown. Rather, wild roses did the trick over Roy and his team of third Dave Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick Briere. Two of Roy’s three losses […]
Staff In order to play for a national title, Raymond Roy’s rink is going to need some help from fellow teams. The Fort Frances rink, which includes third Dave Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick Briere sat at 2-2 after losing 7-3 to Manitoba yesterday before downing the Northwest […]
