After all the work they had put in, the Atikokan Flyers decided to finish with a flourish. Three third-period goals vaulted the Flyers to a 5-2 win over the Emo Stars at the Ice for Kids Arena here Sunday afternoon in the final of a 12-team Bantam ‘A’ hockey tournament. […]
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Whether it was relating to their own game or someone else’s, the Muskie boys’ hockey team didn’t have much to smile about. The black-and-gold came within an open net of advancing to the championship final of the Winnipeg High School Hockey League Tournament of Champions, but had to settle for […]
Blowing a three-goal lead usually would devastating. But for the Borderland Thunder, it turned out to be invigorating. The Thunder let a 3-0 margin slip away en route to a 4-3 loss in overtime to the host Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs on Friday night, but battled back to take a […]
Talk about an ideal start to the New Year. The Muskie court teams squads began 2004 in winning fashion as all four defeated their Kenora Bronco counterparts in Nor- WOSSA action here yesterday afternoon. The quartet of victories was the first Muskie sweep of the 2003-04 school year. The most […]
The final score took a back seat to real life yesterday at the Winnipeg High School Hockey League’s Tournament of Champions. The Muskie boys’ hockey team, in their second game of the tournament, were trailing the St. John’s- Ravenscourt Eagles 1-0 after two periods. Then without warning, the Eagles forfeited […]
It was do or die for Lorne Jackson, and he wasn’t going to wait to launch the fatal volley. With the final berth at the northwestern playdowns on the line, Jackson hunkered down to hammer fellow Fort Frances skip Kevin Busch 10-1 in six ends to win the ‘C’ event […]
The Borderland Thunder went into the holiday break feeling good about themselves—and came out of it the same way. The true self-confidence test, though, comes this weekend. The Thunder head east to tackle the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs this Friday and Saturday in a rematch of last weekend’s two-game set […]
The beginning was promising, but when the offence faded away, so did the victories. The Muskie girls’ hockey team posted a 1-2 record to finish fourth overall at the Schwan Cup tournament in Minneapolis, which incorporated the field from the former Minnesota Holiday Cup Classic. Fort High edged Rosemount 2-1 […]
The path of Bryan Trottier’s hockey life has come full circle. The Hall of Fame centre who was the glue that held together the N.Y. Islanders during a run of four Stanley Cups in the early 1980s came from humble beginnings—plying his craft as a young boy on a creek […]
It was a late push, but it was enough to push the Eagles over the cliff. Brock Benjamin set up Brian White for the game-winner, then added an insurance marker all within the last five minutes of the third period, as the Muskie boys’ hockey team (11-1-1) pulled out a […]
There’s no place like home, but Kenora’s not a shabby alternative. That’s the feeling of the six district-based players who make up almost a third of the roster of the Kenora Stars Midget ‘AAA’ hockey team, which earned a 2-1 exhibition victory over the Thunder Bay ‘AAA’ Kings at the […]
Bone-chilling temperatures failed to stop 15 young people from coming out to the Fort Frances Children’s Complex on Saturday to sign up for a new recreational program being offered by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club. The “Jack Rabbit” program is now up and running here to teach youngsters aged […]
