The Borderland Thunder head to Dryden tomorrow night for what will be their last game before a 10-day break. The Thunder currently sit in second place in the SIJHL with a 24-6-3 record, behind the front-running Fort William First Nation North Stars, while the Ice Dogs are in third with […]
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There’s nothing like a Friday night in Eveleth, Mn. to restore your shooting eye, ambush your coach with snowballs, and send a local restaurant into a frenzy. The Muskie girls’ hockey team delivered a scintillating performance Friday night at the Eveleth Hippodrome, firing 50 shots on goal en route to […]
Entering their series against the Fort William First Nation North Stars here over the weekend, the Borderland Thunder were looking to put some doubt in the minds of the SIJHL’s top team. And after a 0-0 overtime tie on Friday night, the Thunder accomplished just that. “If we get past […]
The Lorne Jackson rink of Fort Frances failed to advance to the provincial playdowns after finishing with a 2-3 record at the Northwestern Ontario men’s showdown in Terrace Bay last week. Jackson’s rink, which included Don DeBenedet, Derek Jackson, and Mike Kjerulf, began play Thursday with an 11-3 loss to […]
Once again it was a junior team that prevented the Muskies from being swept. This time, the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team came away with a 49-26 victory over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here yesterday afternoon, boosting their record to 2-4 with only two games left before the […]
The Lorne Jackson rink of Fort Frances faced a must-win situation in their draw which started at noon (EST) today in order to stay alive at the Northwestern Ontario men’s curling playdowns in Terrace Bay. They were up against Wayne Hampson of Red Lake (the outcome wasn’t known by press […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team was not able to close the gap with the first-place Dryden Eagles, falling by a 2-1 score there last night. Brian White had the lone goal for the black-and-gold, which came unassisted on the power play in the third period. “It wasn’t such a bad […]
It wasn’t just cold, it was freakin’ cold. Forgive the language, but if you attended the 25th-annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” at Rainy River Community College in International Falls on Saturday afternoon, then you probably would have been using language much cruder than that. “Why? It’s probably the same […]
Coulda-woulda-shouda. These three words may have been used to distinguish a popular “Sex in the City” episode, but they also can describe the Borderland Thunder’s performance in Thunder Bay last weekend. Sure, they won two of the three games, but against inferior competition they coulda-woulda-shouda played much better. And, of […]
After all the games had been played (68), all the entry fees taken from the 36 rinks (around $6,480), and a number of drinks poured and consumed (yet to be determined), Glen Edwards and his crew walked away from the 11th-annual “Icebox Days” bonspiel with the ‘A’ title in tow. […]
It will be a busy day for Muskie athletes against their Kenora counterparts. All four court teams are in Kenora this afternoon for their fifth game of the NorWOSSA season. The junior girls’ volleyball team sports the best record going into action today, sitting at 2-2. The junior boys’ basketball […]
If the proverbial brass monkey had been left outside Friday night in Cochenour, he surely would have had his tail frozen off. The temperature outside fell to minus-52, but inside the Cochenour arena, the Muskie boys’ hockey team heated up the scoreboard in their best performance of the season so […]
