The Melfort Mustangs are a perfect 1- 0 to start the season, following a 6-3 statement win over their biggest rivals, the Nipawin Hawks.Friday night marked the second year in a row that Melfort started the season at home against Nipawin, this time coming away with the victory and doing so in fairly dominant fashion.&qu...

For the second Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season Nipawin was in Melfort to kick off the year, but unlike last campaign, the Mustangs took care of business on home ice doubling the Hawks 6-3 Friday.Nipawin had a couple early chances to get ahead on the road, but could not capitalize, Dru Mushumanski scored...

The Melfort Mustangs will open up their regular season tonight when they welcome their biggest rivals to town, the Nipawin Hawks.It marks the second year in a row that the Mustangs have begun their season at home against Nipawin. Last season, Melfort dropped the opening night contest 4-3 and are hoping for a different ...

The high school football campaign continues Friday with several games. In 4A nine-a-side, the Melfort Comets will travel to La Ronge. The Comets opened with a 34-6 victory in Nipawin in week one. The L.P. Miller Bears will travel to Tisdale to face the Tornadoes, who won 66-0 over La Ronge last week.That game will be u...

The Melfort Mustangs' regular season begins Friday, as the club aims to get back to championship form and build on a strong second half from the 2025/26 campaign.Melfort finished in sixth place in the league standings during last year's regular season, before falling in the first round of the playoffs in five games to ...

A former Melfort Mustang is joining the U Sports ranks. Goaltender Kristian Coombs has committed to the Carleton University Ravens.Coombs is coming off his first season with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats in NCAA Division one."I wanted to go somewhere where I'd have a better opportunity to be the starter...

The Melfort Mustangs have one of their young draft picks set to join the team this year, and he's bringing an Ironman toughness with him.Defenceman Eric Grandberg, who was Melfort's 21st overall pick in the 2008-born portion of the 2023 draft, comes to the Mustangs as a Saskatoon Blazers and SMAAAHL legend, having set ...

The Melfort Mustangs have traded away a young defenceman to the Neepawa Titans of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL).Melfort has sent 17-year-old Casey Magarrell to Neepawa in exchange for a player development fee.Magarrell played two preseason games for the Mustangs this past week, in which he registered a pair ...

One year after debuting at her first bodybuilding competition, Prince Albert's Marya Nielsen returned to the stage of the Golden Prairie Cup determined to not only repeat her success but to show she had taken her physique to a whole new level.And she did just that.The 21-year-old finished first in two women's bikini di...

The Melfort Mustangs concluded their preseason schedule this past weekend against the Humboldt Broncos.After going 2-0 earlier in the week in a home-and-home set with the Nipawin Hawks, the Mustangs fell to the other side of the results, dropping both of their contests versus the Broncos.Melfort travelled to Humboldt F...

A new door of opportunity has opened for female hockey players in Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan.It was announced on Saturday that Prince Albert has been awarded an expansion team within the Saskatchewan Junior Female Hockey League (SJFHL), a U22 league similar to that of the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL...

The Humboldt Broncos have their new captain.Following a late-season championship stint with the Flin Flon Bombers, forward Connor Miller has returned to Humboldt to lead the Broncos in his final season of Junior A."We told him when he was getting moved to Flin Flon that he'd be our captain when he returned. He's t...

The high school football season across the northeast kicks off on Friday. In nine-a-side action, the Melfort Comets will travel to Nipawin to face the Nipawin L.P. Miller Bears. The Tisdale Tornadoes also hit the road as they face La Ronge. The Humboldt Mohawks host Delisle at 4 p.m. Humboldt kicked off their season wi...

The Melfort Mustangs are now 2-0 halfway through their preseason schedule. Melfort won their second straight game over the Nipawin Hawks on Tuesday by way of a 2-1 shootout finish.With the victory, the Mustangs earned the sweep over their bitter rivals, despite extremely young and new lineup constructions."I think...

The Melfort Mustangs have hosted a successful camp and are now into their exhibition schedule as the start of the 2026/27 SJHL regular season quickly approaches. Mustangs Fall Camp ended in a 5-4 win for Team Blue over Team Green in the annual Intersquad Game (Image Credit: Credit/Melfort Mustangs) Roughly 75 players f...

A former Melfort Mustangs captain is now a part of the leadership group for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.Ben Tkachuk captained the Mustangs for two seasons (2021/22 and 2022/23) before joining the Huskie program in the fall of 2023.Tkachuk is entering his fourth year with the U of S and will be doing so as an...

Melfort Mustangs Fall Camp begins Friday, as the club will start to take shape for the 2026/27 campaign.Roughly 75 players are set to descend on the Northern Lights Palace for three days, battling for roughly 30 roster spots for the exhibition schedule to follow."It's gonna be a competitive camp, and it'll be good...

The Melfort Mustangs have added a pair of forwards ahead of this weekend's fall camp. Luke Dekay and Carter Wingert are the two newest members of the organization.Dekay, a 20-year-old native of London, Ont., split last season between a pair of Junior A clubs. To begin the year, Dekay played for the Weyburn Red Wings be...

A Humboldt native is reflecting on what he's considering the best summer of his hockey career so far, as he now refocuses on the task at hand.Beckett Hamilton was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche 74th overall in this year's NHL Entry Draft, before heading to Denver numerous times for development camps and team skates,...

The Tisdale Trojans recently hosted their inaugural summer hockey school, bringing in more than 100 athletes over two weeks.The organization started the school to give Northeast area youth a chance at earlier ice time and development ahead of their minor hockey seasons."It's tough in the Northeast; there's not a l...

A Nipawin local and a member of the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Vancouver Giants became a champion this summer; however, it didn't come out on the ice.Blake Chorney won the 2026 Western Challenge U17 Ball Hockey Championship with the Sask Mavericks."It was really cool; we kind of just went there because, obvious...

The Tisdale Trojans have signed a new goaltender for the upcoming 2026/27 campaign.Karter Hilbig, a 2009-born native of Saskatoon, will be joining the Trojans organization this fall.Hilbig spent the entirety of last season within the SMAAAHL (Saskatchewan Male AAA Hockey League), suiting up for the U18 AAA Notre Dame H...

Melfort Mustangs forward Kaleb Binner announced his commitment to the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings last week.Binner has since spoken with northeastNOW and has said it's a dream come true to continue his hockey career at the post-secondary level."I honestly didn't know if this was gonna be a reality for ...

The Melfort RCMP held their annual charity golf tournament this past weekend to raise funds for a community project.In total, the tournament raised $5k for the Dale Frier Memorial Rink upgrades, being done by the Melfort Kinsmen."We just enjoy giving back to the community, and we try to pick something that we work...

Melfort Minor Hockey (MMHA) has some new faces in leadership positions as the hockey season approaches. Janine Keller is the new General Manager, replacing long-time GM Donna Dressler, who announced her resignation this spring after a three-decade run in the position. The new president in 2026-27 is Jeff Keller, who su...

The Humboldt Broncos have made a pair of trades with the Devon Xtreme of the AJHL (Alberta Junior Hockey League).First, the Broncos acquired 2006-born defenceman Ryan Richardson in exchange for the rights to Jack Birch and a player development fee.Richardson has spent the past two seasons in Devon, where he produced tw...

The Melfort Mustangs held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) Tuesday night, as the club's financials for the past year were reviewed.Overall, the organization remained in the black during the 2025/26 campaign, despite the shorter playoff run."Pretty happy with the way we turned out financially over the past year. ...

A respected veteran, famed boxer and a key member of the organizing committee for Back-to-Batoche will be laid to rest this week.Claude Petit died on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the age of 90. His wake service and funeral are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at the Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation Veterans Memorial Hall...