Local Sports

Portage College as well as the St. Paul Curling Club hosted the ACAC curling championships this past weekend, with teams coming from NAIT, Augustana, Concordia, Grant Macewan, Lakeland College, Red Deer College, and Olds College.

The 2015-16 Alberta Junior Hockey League awards have a distinct Pontiacs flavour. Centreman Bobby McMann won league MVP, blue liner Brinson Pasichnuk was named top defenceman and head coach Rick Swan was selected at the AJHL coach of the year.

The Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs are headed to the North Central Senior Hockey League (NCHL) final after sweeping the Tofield Satellites in the north division final. A 10-man Tofield squad was outshot 43-17 by Bonnyville, as the Sr.

New lines mates, a mid-season coaching change and playing outdoors are just some of the challenges Justin Fontaine has experienced during his third season in the National Hockey League.

Bobby McMann strengthened his AJHL MVP bid on Friday night notching the game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over the lowly Fort McMurray Oil Barons.

The accolades keep coming for the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs as four members of the organization were nominated for AJHL awards last week.

For the first time in over a decade, the St. Paul Jr. B Canadiens have moved on past the first round in NEAJBHL playoffs, defeating the Vegreville Rangers in dominating fashion in game five, 13-1.

Alberta’s biggest youth sports stage, the Alberta Winter games were hosted in Medicine Hat over the long weekend, with 14 St. Paul and area athletes representing Zone 7.

Winter Festival of Speed organizer Ken Staples has confirmed today that all ice-racing events scheduled to take place on Lac La Biche Lake have been cancelled.

The CAP Arena is a busy place on nearly any given day throughout the regular hockey season.