Christmas arrived early for the Borderland Thunder, who headed into a three-week break on a high note with a weekend sweep of the KC Bulldogs here. The SIJHL’s last-place team did make the Thunder work Friday night, sending the game to overtime before Riley Dudar, assisted by Andrew Dault and […]
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The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, failed to advance after finishing 3-4 at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay over the weekend. And the Amy Nielson rink also fell short of the provincials, finishing the four-team Northwestern Ontario junior women’s playdowns in […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club), is winless through three draws to start the Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay. The rink, which includes David Kaun, Chris Jodoin, and Michael McKay, dropped to 0-3 with a narrow 9-8 loss to Taylor Kallos (Fort William […]
It was a bad day for the four Muskie court teams in Dryden yesterday. The senior boys’ basketball squad was dumped 51-33 by the host Eagles to fall to 0-2 in NorWOSSA play. Anwar Cheblaoui led the black-and-gold with 20 points. Mark Buist was the next leading scorer with four. […]
The Northwestern Ontario junior playdowns began today with the men in Thunder Bay and the ladies in Dryden. Representing Zone 7 in ladies’ action is the rink of Amy Nielson, which also includes Jenna Enge, Kate Bondett, and Courtney Beadle. Their coach is Dave Bondett. Adam Bolen, whose rink includes […]
The annual “Teddy Bear Toss” will take place during the Borderland Thunder’s game Saturday at 5 p.m. against the KC Bulldogs at the Ice for Kids Arena. Fans are asked to bring a new stuffed animal to the game and then toss it onto the ice when the Thunder score […]
When he was just a wee lad back in kindergarten, Kurt Hogard had just finished another day of school, came back home, and then proceeded to ask his father, Carl, the one question any hockey enthusiast would want to hear out of their child’s mouth. “Dad, what’s hockey?” “And his […]
It took Shane Bliss “about 20 minutes” to write his coach’s comments for the latest edition of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s newsletter. “We have shown signs of improvement since we started, although we are still having trouble playing three full periods from game to game,” Bliss wrote. “Once we […]
The Borderland Thunder raised their record to 19-4-1 after a pair of weekend wins over the KC Bulldogs in Thunder Bay. Tyler Gordon earned his league-leading fifth shutout as the Thunder cruised to a 4-0 victory Friday night. Scott Bridgeman (Derek Fisher/Aaron Boyer) opened the scoring in the first period […]
Both Muskie hockey teams made it a clean sweep against the Red Lake Rams here over the weekend. The Muskie boys overtook the second-place Rams in the NorWOSSA standings with a 3-1 victory on Friday night, followed by a 5-0 shutout Saturday afternoon. On the girls’ side, the black-and-gold beat […]
It wasn’t a good start to the NorWOSSA season for the four Muskie court teams here yesterday afternoon against the Kenora Broncos. Only the junior girls’ volleyball team was able to earn a victory—and even that was by the slimmest of margins. After losing the first two sets to Kenora […]
The last time they played the Fort William First Nation North Stars, Thunder goalie Tyler Gordon allowed 13 goals over a span of four periods—and the product of Hudson, Ont. was taking things personally. “Before the game, I have this little ritual where I hang up my jersey in front […]
