Curling often begins with small moments - a first step onto the ice, learning to slide and balance, finding the rhythm of the sweep, and the precise push of the stone from the hack.For North Battleford's Chloe Semeniuk, those moment came when she was just a toddler."I first stepped on the ice when I was just littl...

The Nipawin Hawks will look to snap a four-game road losing streak Friday in Melfort as the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) fiercest rivalry is renewed at the Northern Lights Palace.Nipawin hasn't played since a 7-2 loss in Yorkton on Feb. 27. The Mustangs are the SJHL's best team right now, winning 12 in a ...

The Melfort Mustangs will welcome the Nipawin Hawks to the Northern Lights Palace on Friday for the final time this season.Nipawin has the edge in the season series so far; however, the Mustangs enter the game on a 12-game win streak and are trying to track down the Hawks in the final weeks."I think it comes down ...

Saskatchewan's decades-long drought at the Montana's Brier will continue at least one more year after a Thursday that curling fans in the province would probably prefer to forget.It was a nightmare evening for Saskatoon's Mike McEwen rink, falling 6-3 to Manitoba's Matt Dunstone rink to end the week with back-to-back l...

The two-time defending SJHL champions will get a chance to make it a three-peat.The Melfort Mustangs officially punched their ticket to the postseason Tuesday night, with a 3-1 road win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The victory marked Melfort's 12th straight."Definitely wasn't pretty. There were times where I thou...

The Melfort Mustangs will look to pick up their 12th win in a row Tuesday night, when they travel to La Ronge for a rescheduled contest with the Ice Wolves.Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the league-best Flin Flon Bombers, which included the Mustangs handing Flin Flon their first home loss of the season."...

Parker Bleich of Nipawin has signed with the Tisdale Trojans and will turn his focus to the U18 AAA hockey ranks next season.Bleich, 15, is a product of the Nipawin Minor Hockey Association and most recently the Northeast Wolfpack U15 AA organization. The Trojans announced last week that the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey...

The Nipawin Hawks and Melfort Mustangs dominated the Players of the Month list in the SJHL for February. The SGEU MVP of the Month is Nipawin's Mason Karakochuk, after an impressive 12 goals and 12 assists in just 12 games. Teammate Eric Hoiness is the Bourgault Forward of the Month for February, with five goals and 15...

The Hawks were swept in their season series versus Yorkton after Friday's 7-2 rout of Nipawin in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) play.The loss was the Hawks fourth in a row away from the Centennial Arena and Nipawin has now dropped to 13 wins and 13 losses this season including two of those at Westland Arena.Y...

The Melfort Mustangs accomplished something on Friday that they hadn't yet been able to do all season.Melfort hosted the league-best Flin Flon Bombers and defeated them, doing so by a 4-3 score."Obviously, a big win, a huge one for the team, and one that we've had marked on our calendars since we last saw them, be...

The best senior curlers in Saskatchewan are in Tisdale this weekend.The Tisdale Curling Club is hosting this year's men's and women's Masters Provincial Championships."It's always exciting to bring in new folks from different clubs and kind of showcase our facility. There are some really good curlers in this field...

The two best teams in the SJHL, at least recently, will faceoff twice this weekend in a home-and-home set.Beginning in Melfort on Friday, the Mustangs will play host to the top-ranked Flin Flon Bombers, before the pair of teams head back to Northern Manitoba on Saturday."It's a big weekend for us, no doubt about i...

It is a must-win matchup for the Hawks Friday in Yorkton as Nipawin tries to catch up to the Terriers.There is just five games left for the Hawks on the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) schedule, and up to the second seed is open for the taking between the Hawks, the Battlefords, Yorkton, and Weyburn, who are a...

This past Saturday, Nipawin Hawks captain Finley Radloff suited up for his hometown team for the 200th time in the regular season.Radloff, 20, becomes just the 12th player in the team's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) history to adorn the Hawks jersey for that many games. He said he's proud of the accomplishme...

The North East AA Wolfpack season has wrapped up with a victory. They defeated the Humboldt Broncos 7-6 in an overtime thriller at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort. Humboldt led 2-0 after one period, but Ethan Janzen and Hayle Dennis scored to tie the game. The Broncos closed out the second period with a 4-2 lead ...

The Hawks pushed the pace against the Bombers over two periods Tuesday, unfortunately for Nipawin they spotted Flin Flon a 3-0 lead and never recovered falling for the 14th straight game at the Whitney Forum.Hunting their first win in Manitoba since Feb. 15, 2022, the Hawks gave up three first period goals and headed t...

The Hawks are riding a three game winning streak into Flin Flon Tuesday, where the Bombers haven't lost all season.Nipawin won all three games the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club played last week on home ice to stay knotted with the Yorkton Terriers at third overall in the SJHL standings. Head Coach Tad K...

The Melfort Mustangs continue to roll. The Mustangs bumped their winning streak to nine games with a 4-2 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace Tuesday night. Tristin Ziola opened the scoring for the Mustangs just under five minutes into the first period before Weyburn responded to tie the gam...

The Melfort Mustangs look to make it nine wins in a row tonight as they host the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace. The Mustangs are now 24-20-2-2, and have stormed back into sixth place in the SJHL. Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, winning 6-1 at home on Friday and a 5-3 ...

Nipawin Hawks and Melfort Mustangs are all over this week's Player of the Week list in the SJHL. The SGEU MVP of the Week is Mason Karakochuk, with three goals and four assists in three games last week. He has 20 points in his last 10 contests. Teammate Eric Hoiness is the Canterra Seeds Saskatchewan Player of the Week...

The Melfort Mustangs picked up their eighth win in a row Saturday night in La Ronge, narrowly defeating the host Ice Wolves 5-3.Melfort gave up the first goal in the opening frame, before responding with two in the second to make it 2-1.The start of the third was then hectic, to say the least, as three goals were score...

As the final cheers echoed through the arena and the ceremonial flame was extinguished Saturday, Meadow Lake gold medalists Grant Fillion and Denzara Crawford stood among hundreds of competitors reflecting on a week that felt both overwhelming and unforgettable.Competing on home soil for Team Rivers West, the two teena...

The Melfort Mustangs are now in sixth place in the SJHL standings following their dominant win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Friday night.Melfort has won seven games in a row to get to this point, as they jumped from ninth to sixth, paired with losses from a handful of other teams.The Mustangs were shot out of a cann...

The Melfort Mustangs will look to continue their hot streak Friday night as they welcome the visiting La Ronge Ice Wolves.Melfort enters this evening's contest on a six-game win streak, as they've brought themselves right back in the thick of things."I think we just got to play the same way we've been playing, and...

A crucial weekend for the Tisdale Trojans as they try to grab a playoff spot in the Saskatchewan Male AAA Hockey League (SMAAAHL). The Trojans are in Estevan Friday and Saturday night, with puck drop at 7:30 for both games. Tisdale has 36 points with three games remaining - the two against Estevan and a makeup game at ...

As athletes step onto the podium at the 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games, the medals placed around their necks carry more than victories.They carry a piece of Meadow Lake, designed by a local woman whose artwork is now part of the province's sporting history.Sara Cydejko, a teacher at Jonas Samson Middle School, created ...

Red Pheasant Cree Nation's Chief is highlighting a job well done after a weekend of sporting events. For three days, athletes gathered at the First Nation to participate in the fourth annual Winterfest. During the tournament, 16 hockey teams, 20 volleyball teams, and 20 basketball teams from First Nations in western Ca...

In less than a week, Brittany Hudak will pack her bags and board a plane for Italy.Raised in Prince Albert but living in Canmore since 2015, the 32-year-old is competing at the Paralympic Winter Games and has been named one of the co-captains of Canada's team. Given the fact how well she knows and gets along with every...