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 […]
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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 […]
The Muskie cheerleaders won’t be participating in the provincial championship next month in Mississauga after all. Since placing first in the large (20+ members) all-girl event at the regional showdown in Thunder Bay late last month, the black-and-gold have lost three team members, making it to difficult to redesign their […]
Local players Megan Canfield, 18, and Steven Boileau, 14, helped Northwestern Ontario finish seventh in the squash competition at the Ontario Winter Games in London last weekend. The team had been ranked sixth out of eight heading into the Games, where scores were based on all eight-team members (i.e., one […]
There still was some Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association action at the Emo Arena this past week. In the PeeWee division, the Thunderbolts did not fare well, losing three of four games. The Emo Cobras got three first-period tallies and one more in the second en route to a 4-1 win […]
A dozen members of the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ squad have joined three players from Kenora and another two from Red Lake to compete in the regional playoffs this weekend in Schreiber. The team, which also includes Knights coach Don McCool on its coaching staff, will […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is spending their March Break preparing for battle. The squad leaves Sunday for London, where they will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening action at the all-Ontarios next Wednesday at 7:30 (CST) versus the Orangeville Bears. The black-and-gold—seeded fourth overall—will play in Pool ‘D.’ After […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team have been seeded fourth at the all- Ontarios next week in London. The black-and-gold will open action next Wednesday (March 24) at 8:30 a.m. against the Orangeville Bears. “It’s a pretty good draw,” said Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “These are the top 20 teams […]
The Borderland Thunder wrestled home-ice advantage from the Dryden Ice Dogs after splitting the first two games of their best-ofseven semi-final series up there over the weekend. The Thunder rebounded from a 2-0 loss Friday night with a 7-3 victory in Game 2 on Saturday. Borderland now will host the […]
The Borderland Thunder wrestled home-ice advantage from the Dryden Ice Dogs after splitting the first two games of their best-of-seven semi-final series up there over the weekend. The Thunder rebounded from a 2-0 loss Friday night with a 7-3 victory in Game 2 on Saturday. Borderland now will host the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team have been seeded fourth at the all-Ontarios next week in London. The black-and-gold will open action next Wednesday (March 24) at 8:30 a.m. against the Orangeville Bears. “It’s a pretty good draw,” said Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “These are the top 20 teams in […]
