Oh, so close. After clawing back from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Borderland Thunder fell 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 there Saturday night to see their season come to an end. Dryden scored first when Jeff Poshtar (Tyler MacDonald/Tylor […]
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The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifthseeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders last night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2- 1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden tomorrow night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here last night to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifth-seeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders on Thursday night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2-1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
The local Gillons’ Sharks Atom ‘A’ team headed east last weekend to play in the 23rd-annual Neebing Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay—their last tournament of the season. The team went undefeated in the round-robin and then won their quarter-final matchup. But they lost the semi-final as well as the ‘B’ […]
A sure sign spring is right around the corner is the Border Skating Club’s annual ice show. The ice show has become a major attraction in the Fort Frances area and one of the most entertaining spring events. This year’s extravaganza will be no exception. The club has continued its […]
There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. While the individual talent undoubtedly was present, the lack of practice time which creates team unity definitely cost the Northwest Knights PeeWee ‘AAA’ team last weekend in Schreiber. Despite high expectations going in, the Knights—which featured 12 members of the local […]
Three games that went to extra ends were the story of the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton for Scott Gobeil and his Manitoba teammates. “If we’d have won those two extra-end games, we’d have made the playoffs,” Gobeil said of Manitoba’s 7-4 loss to Alberta and 9-8 setback […]
