Danielle O’Sullivan is mad. She’s furious. Flabbergasted. Livid. Irate. Infuriated even. The 17-year-old is upset not with her present state as a member of the Muskie girls’ hockey team (with that she couldn’t be happier), but that she started playing hockey so late. “I’m really mad that I didn’t start […]
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Considering they had practised as a team only once before they headed to Thunder Bay for the junior men’s Northwestern Ontario playdowns last week, the local rink of Adam Bolen exceeded all expectations they had. “That was the first time we had ever played together as a team so we’re […]
Canadian coach Brent Sutter should keep playing his hunches. Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and added an assist while linemate Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists last night to lead Canada to a 6-0 victory over Finland in a tune-up for the world junior championship. Sutter had a […]
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 […]
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 […]
