Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have bigger fish to fry now. After two relatively easy wins last Thursday (3-1) and Saturday (5-0) against the winless Sioux Lookout Flyers, the Sabres (15-8-1) will be on the road again this Friday and Saturday for back-to-back games against the Schreiber Diesels—the […]
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Mitch Calvert Joe Basaraba must be enjoying his time at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Faribault, Mn. because he’s likely to be spending several more winters in Minnesota after committing to the University of Minnesota Duluth for his freshman year in 2010. “UMD was a great fit for me—the town, […]
Staff After a tight 3-1 win over the winless Sioux Lookout Flyers last Thursday, the Sabres (15-8-1) elevated their game Saturday en route to a 5-0 shutout and a sweep of their two-game road series. Kalib Thunderchief picked up his first goal—and first fight—for the Sabres while Brendan Baumgartner, Colton […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams took different paths to beating the International Falls Broncos in exhibition action here Friday. The girls led things off with a 8-1 pounding of the visitors, leading from the drop of the puck en route to the one-sided victory. Taylor Meyers led […]
Staff The outcome was the same, but the margin of victory was much closer than expected. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres (14-8-1) got two goals from Colton Kennedy en route to a 3-1 win over the Sioux Lookout Flyers 3-1 last night in the first of a five-game road swing. […]
Staff It was an old-fashioned shootout at the Ice for Kids Arena here Tuesday night—with the Muskie girls’ hockey team still standing at the end. Miranda Kellar scored twice in regulation time, and then added another in the shootout, as the black-and-gold topped the Kenora Broncos 6-5 to improve to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Timbits girls’ hockey team claimed the Lake of the Woods tournament title in Kenora over the weekend. The squad went undefeated through the round-robin, then capped off their crown with a thrilling win over Emo in the final. Timbits had tied the score with just three […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team continued their winning ways with a 7-2 thrashing of the Kenora Broncos here Tuesday night. Mike Jourdain scored twice in the first period, with Zach McCool adding two goals and a pair of assists to send the Broncos packing. The Muskies (5-1) improved their […]
Staff The top 50 finishers from the 2008 Emo Walleye Classic made their Nov. 15 deadline and are registered for next May’s tournament, but six more teams will have their names drawn for positions #50-#56 this Saturday (Dec. 6) during “Holly Daze” in Emo. The draw will be held at […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ forward Mitch Cain, along with Fort William North Stars’ forwards Jordan Davis (from Devlin) and Michael MacDonald, were named to the Team West roster for the upcoming CJHL Top Prospects game Dec. 17 in Summerside, P.E.I. “I’m excited to go down there and hopefully […]
the MNR Two Minnesota men each have been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motor boat. Lee Becker, 64, and Douglas Freitag, 58, both from Angle Inlet, Mn., also have been banned from hunting in Ontario for a year. Their two firearms will be […]
Staff The local Border Skating Club had a strong showing at the Winnipeg SuperSkate on Nov. 28-30. Results were as follows: •Emma Kunkel—Introductory Interpretive ‘C’ (2nd), Pre-Preliminary Elements ‘E’ (1st), Pre-Preliminary Freeskate ‘E’ (1st), and Pre-Preliminary Spins ‘B’ (1st); •Avery Wilson-Hands—Introductory Interpretive ‘A’ (2nd), Preliminary Freeskate ‘B’ (3rd), and Preliminary […]
