The Melfort Mustangs continue to bolster their young depth. After three recent commitments to forwards, Melfort has now committed a defenceman to the roster for next season.Regina native Xavier Doane has signed with the organization for the 2026/27 campaign. The 17-year-old is currently a member of his hometown Pat Can...

The Ripley Rumble is back for a second year.The PBR event, which came to Melfort last May, will once again grace the northeast next month."I think there were a lot of questions last year, especially because we put it on in a short period of time, but to see how the community came together was amazing. We had the o...

The Melfort Mustangs have added their third forward in the last week. The Mustangs announced on Monday (April 13) that they've committed Wesley Lizotte for the 2026/27 season.Lizotte, a 17-year-old from Yellowknife, NT, has spent the last three years of his hockey career in Alberta. Most recently, he was a part of the ...

The Humboldt Broncos have committed their second goaltender in the past week. Netminder Reid Wassermann is the club's newest player and will be joining them this fall. A product of Saskatoon, Wassermann has spent the entirety of his minor hockey career in his hometown and, most recently, was a member of the Blazers U18...

The Melfort Mustangs have committed yet another young player for the future. Forward Jaxson Brick is the newest member of the organization.A 17-year-old native of Brandon, Man., has been with his hometown Wheat Kings organization for the past four seasons.During the 2022/23 campaign, Brick played with the U15 AAA Wheat...

Everett Silvertips defenceman, Tarin Smith, has been nominated for a major award.The Porcupine Plain, Sask. native is up for the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy, which goes annually to the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Defenceman of the Year.Smith, the captain of the Silvertips, was an over a point-per-game player this sea...

Two Saskatchewan curling teams are currently competing in Grand Prairie, Alta., in hopes of bringing home a national championship.Team Inglis on the women's side and Team Nikolejsin on the men's earned their way to the Canadian Masters by way of a provincial win, which came last month in Tisdale.Catherine Inglis has wo...

A former player for the Humboldt Broncos will be continuing his hockey career post Junior A.Forward Jacob Strizzi has committed to Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) to become a member of the Bold.Strizzi, a 21-year-old native of Toronto, came to the Broncos in the middle of the 2023/24 campaign after being acquired...

What was once 12 players is now down to three, as the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced its finalists for this year's RBC Community Ambassador award.One of Ryder McKinnon (La Ronge Ice Wolves), Callum Creig (Yorkton Terriers), and/or Connor Miller (Humboldt Broncos representative, but now plays for the Fl...

Across the province and far beyond, people paused today to remember the players, coaches, and staff who never made it home when the Humboldt Broncos bus crash claimed 16 lives and left 13 others injured back in 2018.But in the eight years that have passed, remembrance hasn't been confined to a single day.Those lives ha...

The Melfort Mustangs have committed a new player for the 2026/2027 SJHL season. Forward Nolan Van Waes is the newest member of the organization.Van Waes is an 18-year-old native of Calgary, Alta., spending his entire U15 and U18 career in his hometown. For the past three seasons, the 2008-born forward has been a part o...

The Humboldt Broncos have committed a new player for the upcoming season. Humboldt native Wyatt Fleischacker will join the club for the 2026/27 campaign.Fleischacker, a netminder, has spent the past two seasons with the Tisdale U18 AAA Trojans in the SMAAAHL. In the 2024/25 season, the 18-year-old had a 2.69 goals-agai...

The Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) Scouts have written themselves into the history books. The Junior A hockey club claimed the first-ever Alberta Division title within the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) Premier after downing the Calgary Bandits 6-3 in Game 3 of the best-of-three finals on Tuesday in Calgary...

Carrot River continued its wrestling display throughout the month of March, picking up medals at every age group in both school and club provincials.From March 13-14, five wrestlers from the high school went to provincials in Saskatoon where the girls' team went on to win the provincial championship at the 3A level. Pa...

The Melfort Mustangs hosted their annual Spring Camp this past weekend, with one of the days falling on the club's Game 5 loss in Battlefords.With the organization's first-round exit, as well as eight players graduating (aging out), the focus has now turned to the future."Overall, the camp went very well. It's alw...

The Nipawin Hawks Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season ended on Monday with a 5-2 loss to Weyburn giving the Red Wings a four games to two first round series victory.After trading wins over the first four games, Weyburn won games five and six on route to the final four and eliminating Nipawin. The Hawks demi...

A former member of the Humboldt Broncos has committed to playing post-secondary hockey.Defenceman Oakley McIlwain will play with the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings, coming this fall.McIlwain played parts of three seasons in Humboldt, beginning in the 2023/24 season.To start this year, the 20-year-old was part of the Bronco...

The Hawks are in Weyburn Monday facing elimination from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs for the first time.Nipawin lost game five 6-1 at the Centennial Arena on Saturday night giving the Red Wings a one game lead in the series and a chance to move on at home. Hawks Head Coach Tad Kozun said he is ...

Several local teams are coming home with hardware from Hoopla at Moose Jaw. The St. Brieux Crusaders are 2A Boys champions after a 84-57 victory over Preeceville. The Porcupine Plain Bears won the 1A Boys gold after a 71-63 win over Hafford. (Image Credit: SHSAA/Facebook) Wynyard is the 3A Girls champion after beating...

The Hawks allowed five powerplay goals against and never gave a packed Centennial Arena crowd a chance to get into their game five first round matchup against Weyburn that the Red Wings won 6-1 Saturday.The loss gave the Red Wings a three games to two lead over Nipawin in the best of seven Saskatchewan Junior Hockey Le...

The Melfort Mustangs 2025/26 season has come to an end.Melfort matched up with the Battlefords North Stars in the first round of the SJHL playoffs and fell in five games.Game 5 was held in North Battleford on Saturday and went to double overtime.Unfortunately for the Mustangs, they failed to score in both extra frames,...

The Melfort Mustangs are in North Battleford Saturday night for Game 5 of their first-round series against the North Stars.Melfort won Game 4 at home, back on Wednesday, to extend the series to this point.Now, they'll have to keep their season alive with no margin for error once more, hoping to replicate their 9-4 perf...

The Hawks and Red Wings will clash at the 'Cage' Saturday in game five of their best of seven Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoff series tied at two games each.Nipawin tied the series on Wednesday in Weyburn early in overtime when Konnor Watson scored the game winning goal. Coming home tied was the goal af...

One of the most prominent sports figures in North East Saskatchewan has been recognized by his community.Melfort Mustangs' head coach Trevor Blevins has been honoured by his hometown as Citizen of the Year.The honour comes from the Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce and their Mel-Bex Awards."It definitely ...

A Prince Albert hockey player is honing in on his coaching skills for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs. Although Van Taylor should be suiting up for the Nipawin Hawks in their first-round matchup against the Weyburn Red Wings, he's instead standing on the bench after an injury early in the season f...

The Melfort Mustangs have committed a new forward for the 2026/2027 season.Winnipeg, Man., native Jack Ross is the newest member of the Mustangs organization.Ross has spent the past five seasons with his hometown Wild organization, rising through the U15 AAA, U17 AAA, and now U18 AAA ranks.In a combined 175 regular-sea...

It's down to a best of three series between Nipawin and Weyburn after the Hawks won game four 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday to square the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) at two games each.The Red Wings, looking to take a stranglehold on the series after a 6-3 win in game three Tuesday jumped out to a 2-0 lead i...

For the second time in their first round Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoff series, Nipawin is needing a response.The Hawks are down again in the best of seven series after a 6-3 loss in Weyburn on Tuesday. Nipawin trailed the series 1-0 after the first game but responded with a win in game two. Now down ...