The Borderland Thunder staved off elimination last night with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs to force Game 6 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series here tomorrow night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Should the Thunder win that game, the […]
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The fourth-ranked Muskies erased a three-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with the 13th-seeded Orangeville Bears this morning to open play at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship in London. Despite outshooting the Bears 7-5 in the first period, the black-and-gold found themselves trailing 2-0 at intermission. Orangeville then added […]
While the 2004 user fee schedule went through first and second readings last night, with the likelihood council will pass it March 31, an amendment will mean local swim clubs won’t be seeing the 100 percent hike they thought they were. Council decided to make the amendment last night after […]
The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their bestof- seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best […]
The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their best-of-seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best game […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
The Scott Gobeil rink, representing Manitoba, lost 9-8 in an extra end to Newfoundland this morning to fall to 4-5 at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton. Gobeil wrapped up round-robin play this afternoon against Nova Scotia (the outcome was not known by press time) because Manitoba has the […]
It was sensory overload on Sand Bay last weekend as 64 racers descended on Fort Frances for the fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championship. Gas was flowing, the engines were roaring, and six snowmobiles at a time blurred past spectators in an event that gets larger every year. “It was the […]
It’s now a best-of-five series. The Borderland Thunder split the first two games of their semi-final showdown in Dryden last weekend and now will be looking to gain a stranglehold over the Ice Dogs with a pair of wins here this Friday and Saturday night. The puck drops at 7:30 […]
The Thunder Bay Queens, featuring local player Sarah Barton, earned a silver medal in women’s hockey at the Ontario Winter Games in London last weekend. The Queens, who played two exhibition games here last month, represented Northwestern Ontario at the Games. “Sarah did good,” said her dad, Clint, who went […]
The Scott Gobeil rink was 3-3 heading into play today at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton. The rink, representing Manitoba, was scheduled to play British Columbia this morning and then New Brunswick this afternoon. The bonspiel started Sunday and will wrap up Saturday. Gobeil, a local OPP […]
