Mitch Calvert The Muskies returned home from Winnipeg with some hardware Saturday night, but it wasn’t quite the colour they were hoping for. The black-and-gold were nearly flawless at the John Taylor Piper Classic hockey tournament over the weekend but fell short in Saturday night’s final with a 4-2 loss […]
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Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is off to flying start at the annual John Taylor Collegiate Piper hockey tournament in Winnipeg. The black-and-gold advanced to the championship bracket with a 4-1 win over Springfield Collegiate this morning, getting a natural hat-trick from Blake Wepruk to start the game. Matt […]
Staff Whoops. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres suffered a rare home defeat Tuesday night at the Ice for Kids Arena, but even more surprising was the fact it came against the last-place Sioux Lookout Flyers, who earned just their second win of the season. The Flyers (2-32-2) got five points […]
Mitch Calvert It was a disappointing weekend for two local rinks looking to qualify for the men’s provincial curling playdowns being held here Feb. 10-14. Lorne Jackson and his team of Don DeBenedet, Raymond Roy, and Todd Moxham lost twice to Chris Briand (Thunder Bay), including a 8-1 defeat on […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team played a pair of exhibition games last week in preparation for a tournament in Grand Forks this coming weekend. The Canadians opened action last Tuesday against the International Falls Broncos’ junior varsity squad, winning by a 4-3 score. Jeff Cridland […]
Mitch Calvert A fitting theme song for Mike McCaig’s first season in junior hockey has to be Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The 18-year-old Fort High graduate began the year with the MJHL’s Selkirk Steelers, then tried out with the Neepawa Natives, before eventually making the cross-country trek to suit […]
Staff In local men’s basketball league action Monday night, a depleted Muskie team (due to exams) gave a valiant effort in a 77-69 loss to La Place Rendez-Vous. The game featured several lead changes and quality shot-making, but the Vous took over down the stretch and held on for the […]
Press Release Fort Frances native A.J. Tucker was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association’s Player of the Week on Jan. 20. Tucker, who plays for the St. Scholastica Saints out of Duluth, tallied seven points, including a five-point performance (four goals and one assist) in the Saints’ 7-2 win over […]
Mitch Calvert One of the district’s popular fall fishing tournaments will not be a go this year. Dale LaBelle, owner of LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay, said he no longer will be hosting the annual “Fall Bass Classic,” citing negative publicity associated with late fall tournaments. “There’s just […]
Mitch Calvert For government purposes, Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ forward Graham Dyck is known by his given name on his birth certificate. But when he’s on the ice, or joking around with his teammates in the locker-room or away from the rink, he’s addressed with a different handle: “Gidder.” “That’s […]
Staff The 52nd-annual Nestor Falls Open bonspiel was held this past weekend, with 24 teams taking part. Curling went until 10 p.m. on Sunday night before Andy McCormick was crowned the ‘A’ event winner. Travis Showalter’s rink took second place, followed by Amy Nielson in third and Grant Meyers fourth. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Timbits girls’ Novice hockey team took the top prize at the Kathy Sanders Memorial hockey tournament in Dryden with a 6-1 win over the Thunder Bay Canadians in Sunday’s final. Annalise Hayes led the attack with five goals while Maighyn DeGagne added the other one. The […]
