The Fort Frances Muskies will represent NorWOSSA at the All-Ontario Boys High School Hockey Finals.
The Muskies erupted for three late goals in a 6-3 home win Tuesday against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints.
Fort Frances won two consecutive games after dropping the opening contest.
The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints are in the drivers seat at the NorWOSSA High School Hockey Finals.
The Saints won both their games on the road Wednesday in Fort Frances.
The Boys started things with a 5-4 win over the Muskies.
St. Thomas Aquinas scored four power-play goals in the win, including a 5-3 goal in the final minutes to secure the win.
The Saints Girls ended the day with a convincing 5-2 win over Fort Frances.
The Dryden Eagles High School Boys Hockey team looks to keep their season going tonight. (Friday)
The Eagles are home to face the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints.
The Saints took the opener 3-0.
Game time is 6:30pm at the Memorial Arena.
If you can’t make the game, CKDR will have the call.
The Boys High School Hockey Semi-Final begins tonight (Wednesday) for the Dryden Eagles.
The third ranked Eagles face the second seed St. Thomas Aquinas Saints.
Puck-drop is 6:30pm at the Kenora Rec. Centre.
CKDR will have the call.
Game 2 of the Best-of-3 Playoff is Friday at the Memorial Arena.
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The Sioux North Warriors almost pulled off the major upset in Girls High School Hockey.
The Warriors fell short in Game 1 of the Best-of-3 Semi-Final Tuesday falling to the top ranked Fort Frances Muskies 3-2 in overtime.
Sioux Lookout looks to even the series at home on Thursday.
Meantime, the Fort Frances Boys stormed out of the gate in their Semi-Final with Red Lake.
The Muskies blanked the Rams 7-0 Tuesday night.
Game 2 is also tomorrow.
The Girls High School Hockey playoffs open today (Monday) in Kenora.
The third ranked Dryden Eagles face the second seed St. Thomas Aquinas Saints.
Game 1 of the Best-of-3 Series is at 4:30pm.
CKDR will have the call.
Game 2 is in Dryden on Thursday.
The schedule is set for the High School Hockey playoffs involving Dryden and the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints.
The two teams will square-off in Semi-Final play on the Girls and Boys side.
The Girls open play on Monday at 4:30pm in Kenora, while the Boys hit the ice for Game 1 on Wednesday in Kenora.
Here is the complete schedule:
Girls
Game #1: Dryden Eagles at St. Thomas Aquinas Saints Monday, February 24th 4:30pm
Game #2 St. Thomas Saints at Dryden Eagles Thursday, February 27th 6:30pm
Game #3 *IF NECESSARY: Dryden Eagles at St. Thomas Aquinas Saints Sunday, March 1st TBA
Boys
Game #1: Dryden Eagles at St. Thomas Aquinas Saints Wednesday, February 26th 6:30pm
Game #2 St. Thomas Saints at Dryden Eagles Friday, February 28th 6:30pm
Game #3 *IF NECESSARY: Dryden Eagles at St. Thomas Aquinas Saints TBA
It was a marathon day Tuesday to end the regular season in high school hockey.
The Dryden Eagles and Fort Frances Muskies faced off in a twin-bill in Girls play, with both games going the distance.
The Muskies took game one with a come from behind 2-1 win thanks to a Jill Calder goal with six seconds left in overtime.
The Eagles bounced back in the second contest and rallied from a two goal deficit to once again force extra time.
Brynn Montgomery was outstanding stopping 11 shots in the five minute overtime and the game went to a shootout.
The Muskies would score the lone goal to record a 3-2 victory.
In Boys play, Fort Frances stormed out of the gate with three quick goals and went on to a 6-2 win over Dryden.
The Eagles finished third in both divisions and will play the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in the Semi-Final starting next week.
In Kenora, the Sioux North Warriors dropped their last two games of the season.
The Girls fell to the Beaver Brae Broncos 5-4 in overtime, while the Sioux North Boys lost 5-2.
The curtain closes on the high school hockey regular season today. (Tuesday)
The Dryden Eagles host the Fort Frances Muskies.
The Girls will play a double header at 1:00pm and 6:30pm.
CKDR will have the call of the evening game.
The Boys game starts at 7:00pm at the Chris Pronger rink.
The Sioux North Warriors end the season on the road in Kenora against the Beaver Brae Broncos in both Boys and Girls action.
The Dryden Eagles Boys High School Hockey team did just enough to pull out a road win Sunday in Cochenour.
The Eagles blew a 3-0 lead but rebounded for a 5-4 shootout win over Red Lake.
Jade Windego led Dryden with three goals, including the only goal in the shootout.
The Eagles did have a late 4-3 lead before Landon Okell beat Aidan Butts with 1:19 remaining in regulation.
Dylan Marino, Axel Johnson and Bradford Renner also scored for the Rams.
Tanner Henderson and Aidan Bullock replied for Dryden.
Red Lake outshot the Eagles 42-37.
