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). […]
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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 […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres split their weekend series with the Fort William North Stars, winning 3-1 on Friday night before falling 5-3 on Saturday. The North Stars, one of the SIJHL’s perennial powerhouses, have slumped as of late—losing four of their last eight games and slipping to third place […]
Altona’s high school girls’ hockey tournament was decidedly unkind to the visiting Muskies over the weekend as the black-and-gold lost three-straight games after opening with a win. Things started well enough in Manitoba for the Muskies with a whopping 10-0 win over Garden Valley Collegiate. Taylor Meyers and Lauren Krukoski […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams hosted the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action Tuesday night, with the home team winning both games. The girls trailed 2-0 at the end of the second period, but battled back with three goals in the third to pull out the victory. Kailey Curtis […]
FORT FRANCES—It was understandable that Jamie Busch would be hesitant to let Logan McDonell move in. The father of two took a chance bringing McDonell, an 18-year-old from Atikokan and current leader in penalty minutes on the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres, into his home, but that’s how the world of […]
In a weekend in which neither team scored less than six goals per game, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres got a win and a tie to take their second-ever series and leapfrog the Marathon Renegades in the SIJHL standings. The Sabres never trailed against Marathon on Friday night, but still […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey opened the NorWOSSA regular season on the right foot over the weekend—earning 5-0 and 10-1 wins over the host Red Lake Rams. “It went quite well,” head coach Shane Bliss said. “We didn’t play solid all the way throughout, but . . . I think overall, […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team got its NorWOSSA season underway last week with a shootout win over the Dryden Eagles here on Tuesday followed by a loss to the host Kenora Broncos on Thursday. “Both games, we felt that we carried the play to the other team, we just didn’t […]
Although the Muskie football team’s season ended almost a month ago, things are just heating up for the Touchdown Club’s off-season fundraising schedule, highlighted by the need for more parents to get on board. “We want more involvement from the parents of football players. We also want continuous involvement . […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres fought throughout a pair of games with the Marathon Renegades here over the weekend to win just their second-ever series. The Sabres kept pace with Marathon on Friday night, never trailing but needing an overtime frame to seal their 7-6 victory. However, it was a […]
Another chapter of the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ rivalry with the Dryden Ice Dogs ended in the usual way last night, with the Dogs thrashing the visiting Sabres 6-3. The Sabres (4-11-2-3) actually had a 3-1 lead halfway through the second period on goals by JP Boucha, Brendan Baumgardtner, and […]
