Press Release The Board of Management of the Fort Frances Curling Club has decided that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our season will end effective March 15. There will be no further curling after this date. Our manager (Rick Grenda) will be available at the club during the morning (9-10 […]
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Press Release THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The SIJHL announced today that Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Noah Loveday has been named its Most Improved Player for the 2019-20 season. The 20-year-old Fort Frances native earned the award over fellow nominees Xavier Halterman of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Nick Harder of the […]
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Given the Government of Ontario’s decision Thursday to close all publicly-funded schools for two weeks following the upcoming March Break, and given the widespread health measures imposed due to COVID-19, OFSAA is cancelling the boys’ and girls’ hockey and curling championships. The championships were scheduled for the first week after […]
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The Board of Management of the Fort Frances Curling Club has decided that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our season will end effective March 15. There will be no further curling after today. Our manager (Rick Grenda) will be available at the club during the morning (9-10 a.m.) all week […]
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CALGARY, Alta. –The Canadian Junior Hockey League, in conjunction with its 10 member leagues and Hockey Canada, have officially cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season, due to the ongoing global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. As a result, all hockey-related activities, including respective League Playoffs, the CJHL’s four regional championship events […]
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Update from OFSAA regarding March championships: Given the Government of Ontario’s decision Thursday to close all publicly-funded schools for two weeks following the upcoming March Break, and given the widespread health measures imposed due to COVID-19, OFSAA is cancelling the boys’ and girls’ hockey and curling championships.The championships were scheduled […]
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CALGARY, Alta.–The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that effective Friday, March 13, all games and hockey-related activity involving its member clubs have been cancelled, until further notice, due to the continued threat of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic as well as potential exposure and contamination of its players, team […]
Jamie Mountain
Tuesday was a great night for Fort Frances hockey. While the Muskie boys’ hockey team was busy trying to secure their trip to the all-Ontarios on the other side of the Memorial Sports Centre against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final, the […]
Jamie Mountain
It was a long road trip that was worth its weight in gold. NWOSSAA gold, that is. The Fort Frances-based rink of skip Ashley Payne, third Jillian Cousineau, second Daffni Chabot, lead Lauren Penney and fifth Anna Peters had their nearly week-long journey finally end on Tuesday afternoon with them […]
Jamie Mountain
Back-to-back years of heartbreak was plenty enough for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. For the first time in two years, the Muskies are headed back to the all-Ontarios after doubling the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 6-3 in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the ’52 Canadians […]
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THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The Kam River Fighting Walleye of the SIJHL announced yesterday that Matt Valley has been named the club’s first-ever head coach, leading into the club’s inaugural season, the 2020-21 campaign. Valley comes to the organization with a multitude of coaching and playing experience, including competing on in the […]
Jamie Mountain
They knew nothing was going to come easy and only hard work and sheer determination was going to get them to their goal. That’s how it all played out for the Muskie girls’ hockey team on Monday night as they scratched and clawed and bore down on their chances when […]
