The Nipawin Hawks are making moves both on and off the ice ahead of the 2026/27 SJHL season.The club recently secured a commitment from forward TJ Terpsma, while also beginning the search for a new assistant coach following the departure of Derek Hutton.Terpsma, 17, joins the Hawks after developing through the Leduc Oi...

A total of three northeast hockey players were selected in Thursday's WHL Prospects Draft.Of the three, two will stay in the province and remain teammates, while the other will look to make the jump to Alberta.Nipawin's own Parker Bleich was the highest selection of the three going in the fourth round, 72nd overall, to...

The Melfort Mustangs have added another future piece to their organization, and one who has played in the Western Hockey League.Carson Deichert is the newest member of the Blue and Green organization. The 17-year-old was a 2024 draft pick of the Mustangs and a 2023 draft pick of the Moose Jaw Warriors.A Moose Jaw nativ...

For the first time since 2019, the Prince Albert Raiders are Eastern Conference Champions.They punched their ticket to the WHL finals Sunday night with a 7-6 win in Game 6 against the Medicine Hat Tigers.Riley Boychuk scored two goals on the night including the game winner, while Aiden Oiring, Braeden Cootes, Daxon Rud...

The Nipawin Hawks have locked down their bench boss for an additional two years.Head Coach and General Manager Tad Kozun has signed a two-year contract extension with the organization."I'm definitely really excited to be able to continue on what we've done here. It hasn't been easy sledding, obviously; we went thr...

Another former Melfort Mustang has decided to take his talents to Northern Michigan University (NMU).Reilley Kotai has joined the NCAA Division One program for the 2026/27 season, after spending a year with the University of British Columbia (UBC)."I'm obviously super excited, it's been a long-time dream of mine t...

Changes are coming to the Canadian Football League (CFL), beginning next year with season starting at the earliest date in its history.The newly-announced changes include updates to the season schedule and changes to the league's playoff format.In 2027, the season will begin on Victoria Day Weekend, "anchoring the...

The Sandy Lake Chiefs were the last team standing at the 2026 Senators Cup over the weekend. The high-level Indigenous tournament, hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), saw the Chiefs claim top spot in the championship's 10th annual instalment, where the team claimed the Senators Cup and the $30,000 grand p...

The Melfort Mustangs continue to add pieces for their future, marking their sixth commitment in the past month.Daniel Skalicky, an 18-year-old defenceman from Stony Plain, Alta., is the newest member of the organization.A Western Hockey League draft pick of the Seattle Thunderbirds in 2023, Skalicky has had an impressi...

What is the holy grail of hockey? For some, that question might seem pretty simple, but it may not be as clear-cut as one would think.Every kid dreams of winning the Stanley Cup one day, at least that seems to be the case in Canada, but there may be something out there even more desirable.To get to the bottom of that q...

A four-person panel made up of current and former professional hockey players, one being a Stanley Cup champion, helped kick off Senators Cup weekend in Prince Albert.Festivities for the 10th annual installment of the Indigenous tournament, hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), got underway on Thursday afte...

Completing a four game sweep on the road against the Yorkton Terriers, the Flin Flon Bombers have broken a curse that has lasted for 33 years. This was the fourth appearance in the SJHL Finals for the Bombers in the last five years, and finally they broke the streak with a 2-0 win on the road and their second Canterra ...

A native of Air Ronge, Sask., has had quite the successful first season of post-secondary hockey.Former La Ronge Ice Wolves forward and current member of the Niagara University Purple Eagles, Jacob Cossette, has been named to the ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) M1 All-Independent Rookie Team."The rec...

Two northeast locals are set to be inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame this fall.The 2026 class will see seven different inductees, with a pair coming from Humboldt and Melfort, respectively.First is Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt, in the athlete category. A bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics, she h...

The Kinistino Sports Complex will now be called the CLAAS Centre. CLAAS, an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Harsewinkel, Germany, has connections to the area and is one of the main suppliers for Ag Authority. It was announced on Monday that the facility will bear their name thanks to a five-year $75,000 in...

A Humboldt native is currently living one of his dreams, donning the Canadian jersey on the international stage.Newly minted Red Deer Rebels captain, Beckett Hamilton, is in Slovakia right now as a member of Canada's Pre-Tournament Camp Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship."It's been a pretty surreal week p...

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...