The Fort Frances Canadians finished third at the third-annual FASA Invitational Jr. Gold hockey tournament over the weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. The Canadians opened play with a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over Grand Forks Gold on Friday afternoon. Tyler Harris led the Canadians offensively with a natural hat trick […]
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The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened a stretch of four games in five nights with a pair of wins—over the Dryden Eagles and then the Red Lake Falls Eagles—on the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. The black-and-gold dominated every facet of the game Friday night en route to […]
The BDO Stars PeeWee girls’ team nipped Fort Frances Esso 5-4 to win the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament yesterday at the Ice for Kids Arena. Unable to break a 4-4 deadlock after five minutes of a three-on-three overtime, the championship game went down to […]
The Fort Frances Canadians began play at the third-annual FASA Invitational Jr. Gold hockey tournament this afternoon in Grand Forks, N.D. against the host squad. The Canadians are part of an eight-team field that includes two other Grand Forks-based teams as well as Duluth, Langdon, Huron, and Fargo. The winner […]
The wonderful thing about charity events is that there often are multiple winners. Such was the case here Friday night when a group of NHL Legends suited up against the local Hopper’s Bruins in front of a packed house at the Ice for Kids Arena in an effort to raise […]
On paper, the ‘A’ final of the Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey tournament had all the makings of a classic match-up Sunday morning at the Ice for Kids Arena here. At one end of the ice, the local Knights of Columbus were looking to cap off what would be […]
It’s the dream of every kid who’s ever laced up a pair of skates, and picked up a hockey stick, to one day skate in the NHL. Five members of the Muskie boys’ hockey—Mitch Green, Joe Basaraba, Mike Jourdain, Cody McCool, and George Halverson—experienced the next best thing to playing […]
No matter the sport, it’s always a good sign when a team’s performance surpasses the expectations of its coach. The Fort Frances Aquanauts accomplished that feat last Thursday night at the Memorial Sports Centre pool, catching first-year head coach Tristan Hutton off-guard with a series of strong performances at the […]
Victory often is sweeter after tasting defeat. By all accounts, the Fort Frances Atom girls’ hockey team got off to a slow start this season. However, the Tigers persevered through their early-season struggles and were rewarded this past weekend when they finished third at an eight-team invitational tournament in Hibbing, […]
The Fort Frances Gymnastics’ Academy had a strong showing at its first artistic gymnastics competition of the season this past weekend in Thunder Bay. Sixteen of the club’s gymnasts, ranging in age from seven-12, competed in a variety of disciplines. “Overall, I was very impressed with the way the kids […]
A week after suffering their first loss of the season, Vianets (7-1) got back into the win column Monday night—albeit under less than ideal circumstances. The class of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League won by default over the Fort High Muskies (3-5), most of whom were studying for exams. […]
The Borderland Soccer Association will hold its annual general meeting next Tuesday (Jan. 30) at 7 p.m. in Room 138 at Fort Frances High School. “We’d like to invite the public to come out and join in what promises to be another exciting and successful year of soccer in Fort […]
