Everything they’ve touched has turned to gold, but the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team will treasure this victory more than most. Matt DePiero’s empty-net goal with 50 seconds to play Sunday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena went from being an afterthought to a […]
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Youth was served at the annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” during “Icebox Days” in International Falls on Saturday morning. Emo’s Andrew Friesen and fellow 13-year-old Timo Brielmann from Pinewood posted the best results of any local runners with their showings in the five-km event. Friesen covered the distances in […]
Lorne Jackson was banking on his team rebounding from a trying season to make it to back to the provincial playdowns. But by the time he threw his final stone at the northwesterns last week in Thunder Bay, it was abundantly clear he wasn’t even going to be around to […]
Curtis Boivin was beset by some mechanical bugs, but still made a statement that he belongs up there with some of the best young snowmobile racers in the world. The 11-year-old Fort Frances rider zoomed his way to a pair of fifth-place finishes at the world snowmobile championships in Eagle […]
Lorne Jackson set a personal precedent at the Northwestern Ontario playdowns in Thunder Bay last week—one the Fort Frances skip could have done without. Jackson and his team of third Don DeBenedet, second Derek Jackson, and lead Wayne Beacham failed to reach the double-knockout portion of the playdowns for the […]
The Borderland Thunder have feasted on the K&A Variety Golden Hawks all season up until now, but their next serving of fowl may be tougher to swallow. The defending SIJHL champion Thunder (12-13-1-1) head east to battle the Hawks (2-28-3-1) tonight and tomorrow night, with the local side looking to […]
Lorne Jackson will have to take the scenic route if he wants to get back to the Northern Ontario playdowns. The Fort Frances rink had their backs to the wall at press time today, needing to beat Ken Blackwood (Terrace Bay) in the noon (EST) draw to stay alive at […]
The Baudette Bears decided to spread the wealth around here Tuesday night—and the Muskie boys’ hockey team was the poorer for it. Ryan McInerny had three points to lead the attack as the Lake of the Woods Bears (Baudette) downed the black-and-gold 6-1 in exhibition action at the Ice for […]
A difficult season has made for lower expectations for the Borderland Thunder. Coming off of last year’s SIJHL championship, the Thunder were hoping to repeat as regular-season champs in their quest for a second-straight title. But at 12-13-1-2 through their first 28 games, Borderland finds itself more than 20 points […]
In the spirit of the tournament sponsor, T.J. Pocock concluded a wonderful weekend by feeding a great big doughnut to the Volunteer Pool Bearcats (Thunder Bay). Pocock took every thing the Bearcats could throw at him—and more—as he backstopped the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ team to […]
There was no shortage of local teams at the Robin’s Donuts Minor Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend as nine tested themselves against Northwestern Ontario’s best at the 108-team extravaganza. While the Fort Frances K of C PeeWee Knights were the only team to bring home gold, some others […]
Sandi Elliott could have been promoted to head of the “service” department after turning the Kenora Broncos’ hope of an upset on its ear. Elliott erased a 20-14 deficit in the fourth set with nine-straight points from behind the service line, including a pair of aces, to clinch a 25-22 […]
