Dan Falloon As Christin Thomson prepares to rebound from a disappointing 2009 season, she has looked to an old source to improve. Since late October, the Fort Frances native has been living in West Palm Beach, Fla. working with Pam Cunningham, who was her coach during her collegiate career at […]
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Staff Snowmobiling and cross-country skiing are a couple of classic ways to enjoy the outdoors in wintertime. But the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club has added another way to get around. The club has opened a new snowshoeing trail beginning at the its ski trails at Rocky Inlet. “We have […]
Staff The postman may ring twice, but it turns out that Santa Claus doesn’t. After performing a minor Christmas miracle in stunning the league-leading Fort William North Stars 2-1 here Dec. 18, the Fort Frances Lakers opened the 2010 portion of their SIJHL schedule with a rematch with the North […]
Dan Falloon Looking at the Greenway Raiders’ bench, Saturday night’s match-up with the host Muskies appeared to be a foregone conclusion. And it was. The Raiders brought only 10 skaters and a goalie, who were overmatched by the black-and-gold, who rolled with 16 skaters and two goalies in an 8-0 […]
Dan Falloon Talk about the narrowest of margins. The Muskie boys’ hockey team won all three of its games at the annual Hilltopper Holiday Classic in Duluth, Mn. this week, including twice in a shootout. As of press time, though, coach Shawn Jourdain hadn’t heard if his team had captured […]
Staff Three district hockey players are off to see the bright lights of the big city—and hope to light some lamps while they’re there. Bryce Knapp and Jon Carlson, both of Fort Frances, and Rob Rea of Devlin left for Toronto on Boxing Day to compete in the Marlies Holiday […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be sporting a new look in the New Year. The Lakers received their new jerseys, based on the Carolina Hurricanes’ template, at their board meeting Dec. 22. Dale Fortes, owner of the local Boston Pizza, presented the uniforms. The company also was welcomed as […]
Staff The 2009/10 version of the Muskie girls’ hockey team struck early and often en route to an 8-4 victory over their alumni Sunday afternoon at the ’52 Canadians Arena. A good crowd gathered to watch the third-annual clash, with 24 alumni suiting up to challenge the current squad. Ericka […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ hockey team didn’t have much time to wallow in a wasted 3-0 lead en route to a 4-3 exhibition loss to International Falls here Boxing Day. The black-and-gold were right back at it Monday in Duluth, blanking Proctor, Mn. 5-0 in the opener of the […]
Dan Falloon Not even short benches could wrangle the intensity of the first Fort High-International Falls alumni game held Boxing Day at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Muskie alumni ended up taking the game 10-5. Fort High coach Terry Ogden, who coached the Muskies for 18 seasons before stepping […]
Dan Falloon Jason Kabel’s second Boxing Day Classic crown was tougher to capture than his first. Kabel blanked Anniss Seid 3-0 in the final at the Memorial Sports Centre on Saturday, but that came after he had pulled his groin muscle in the second match of the tournament against Mark […]
Staff The holiday season may have made the Muskie boys’ hockey team a little too accustomed to being kind hosts. The black-and-gold fell 4-3 to the visiting International Falls Broncos in exhibition action Saturday. Dustin Brown tallied the first Fort High goal, assisted by Devin Ball and Brendan Cawston. Matt […]
