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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. -- The Thief River Falls Jr. A Hockey Team of the Superior International Junior Hockey League is excited to announce the franchise's first-ever head coach of the program has been hired.

THUNDER BAY – The Superior International Junior Hockey League’s Bill Salonen Cup championship final, between the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs, begins Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. CT at Ice for Kids Arena.

THUNDER BAY -- Kenny Turner may still have his North Stars uniform on.

Dryden Ice Dogs forward Derek McPhail is suspended two games for a boarding incident in Game 5 that caused an injury to a Thunder Bay player.

REGINA -- Northern Ontario’s Doug Dean came up a little short in his bid to bring home a Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. The Northern Ontario skip fell 5-2 on Sunday in the championship game.

DRYDEN -- Kristopher Hamlin scored twice on Sunday to keep the Thunder Bay North Stars playoff hopes alive.

THUNDER BAY -- Women’s basketball has come a long way in the past dozen or so years.

THUNDER BAY -- Zach Grzelewski and Connor Sills say Flint Firebirds owner Rolf Nilsen probably got what he deserved.

REGINA -- Northern Ontario’s Doug Dean has skipped his squad into Sunday’s final at the 2016 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship.

Bill (Goldie) Goldthorpe’s doesn’t worry too much about what might have been. The inspiration for the Ogie Ogilthorpe character in the iconic hockey film Slap Shot , the Hornepayne, Ont.