Category: Hockey
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Keystone Cup 2019 preview: Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye
Every hockey season has its ups and downs and 2018-19 was no exception for the Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye. It sat atop of the Lakehead Junior Hockey League standings for much of the first half of the season only to be past by late by their rival Northern Hawks who finished three points in front…
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Peguis Juniors win fourth straight KJHL title
Trailing 3-1 in the best-of seven series meant little to the Peguis Juniors who had won the last three KJHL titles. Saturday night in Cross Lake the Juniors made it a four-peat completing the comeback with an 8-5 victory in Game 7 against the regular seaon winner Cross Lake Islanders. After a up-and-down regular season…
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Keystone Cup 2019 preview: Thunder Bay Northern Hawks
Thunder Bay Northern Hawks captured their 11th league title on April 2 when they defeated their city rival Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye in five games. They are the defending Keystone Cup ‘Border Battle’ champion defeating Peguis Juniors in the 2018 gold medal game. Led by coach Frank Felice, the Northern Hawks are a veteran squad…
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KJHL Finals begin Friday
Three-time defending KJHL champion Peguis Juniors are back in the finals ready to defend that title. They face the regular season winner Cross Lake Islanders in a best-of seven series starting Monday. It was a up-and-down regular season for Peguis Juniors (12-15-0-1) which included three forfeit losses over a weekend where it could not put…
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Cross Lake wrap up KJHL regular season title
With two games remaining in the regular season Cross Lake Islanders (21-4-0-1) have wrapped up the regular season title and top seed for the upcoming KJHL playoffs. All four league teams met over the weekend in Peguis for the last installment of the KJHL Showcase Series. Cross Lake took five of a possible six points…
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HTJHL Playoffs preview
Playoffs are scheduled to begin this week after a 24-game regular season in the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League. For a third straight season Red River Mudbugs (21-2-0-1) won the regular season title. The Mudbugs, who are the defending league champions, will have a first round bye. Red River will be a favorite to repeat…
