The teams may have been new but the scores were as familiar as ever as the Muskie boys’ hockey team won a pair of exhibition matches in Minnesota in their usual blowout fashion. The black-and-gold beat the Lafayette Eagles 7-1 in Red Lake Falls on Friday, followed by a 5-0 […]
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FORT FRANCES—With two cancellations already this year, the Fort Frances Curling Club is hoping the third time will be a charm for their bonspiel season. With only a couple of teams signing up for the Hallowe’en Early-Bird Mixed bonspiel in late October and the Grey Cup Skins Game late last […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will sport a new look as they host the Schreiber Diesels this weekend, with forwards Steven Sus and Chris Sinclair joining the team from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Both were traded for future considerations shortly before the roster deadline last Saturday night. The Sabres […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres came away from their Dec. 1 roster deadline with forward Steven Sus joining the team from the Beausejour Blades. Sus was acquired in exchange for future considerations from the MJHL team, where the 20-year-old former Muskie and Borderland Thunder player compiled two goals and five […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team headed north while the boys headed south, but both teams came away with a pair of wins on the weekend. The boys took a pair of exhibition games—7-1 over the Lafayette Eagles in Red Lake Falls, Mn. on Friday and 5-0 over the Kittson Central […]
The Fort Frances Canadians settled for bronze as hosts of the Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ tournament after falling to the eventual champion Current River Comets on Saturday night. The loss tied them with Current River in the standings, but kept the Canadians out of the final on Sunday. Instead, […]
Things started in fine fashion for the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s weekend in Dryden with an 8-1 victory over the Eagles in NorWOSSA play last night. Lauren Pierce opened the scoring just after the 10-minute mark of the first period, followed by Kailey Curtis’ tally three minutes later. Dryden closed […]
With winter clearly on its way, the town is getting local outdoor rinks ready for local children to use for hockey and skating. Community Services manager George Bell told council Monday that the Parks department staff has completed upgrading the east end outdoor rink on Fifth Street, which is now […]
Things finally look to be clicking for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres, who split their weekend series with the mighty Fort William North Stars, winning 3-1 on Friday before falling 5-3 on Saturday night. The North Stars (14-7-0-0), one of the league’s perennial powerhouses, have slumped as of late, losing […]
The Muskie scoring avalanche roared over the weekend here as the boys’ hockey team trounced the Dryden Eagles by a sizable 8-2 margin. Fort High (4-0) already is on a roll this season, winning every game by at least five goals, including their first of the campaign against Dryden (1-1). […]
A weekend trip to Altona, MB was one the Muskie girls hockey team would like to forget, after the club lost three straight at the W.C. Miller Aces Girls High School Hockey Tournament. The Muskies won a blowout to kick off the tournament but were at least doubled up in […]
Things finally look to be clicking for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres, who split their weekend series with the mighty Fort William North Stars, winning 3-1 on Friday before falling 5-3 on Saturday night. The North Stars (14-7-0-0), one of the league’s perennial powerhouses, have slumped as of late, losing […]
