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Mintos drastically improve after slow start, 3rd in SMAAAHL

Submitted on December 4, 2013 - 4:31pm

By Jeff D’Andrea paNOW Staff

Remember when the Prince Albert Mintos began the year with one win in their first six games with a 1-3-2 record?

Well, that slow start out of the gates is now in the distant past, as the Mintos have gone 12-3-2 since and have moved up to third in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League.

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Hobson with familiar coach in WHL Bantam Draft year

Submitted on December 3, 2013 - 7:06am

By Jeff D’Andrea paNOW Staff

From just about as long as he can remember, Jake Hobson has had his father Doug as his hockey coach.

As Jake tries to impress WHL scouts in his second year of Bantam AA hockey with the Prince Albert Venice House Raiders, Doug takes his familiar spot behind the bench guiding his son like he always has.

“We don’t know anything different,” said Doug. “I’ve coached him since he was little, so that’s not an issue.

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Carlton places 4th at Invitational Basketball Tournament

Submitted on December 2, 2013 - 1:33pm

paNOW Staff

Carlton Invitational Basketball Tournament finished up over the weekend.

Here are the standings

7th Place Game: Birch Hills vs. 70 Warman 55

Consolation Final: Legacy Christian Academy 64 vs. Carpenter 55

3rd Place: Melfort 62 vs. Carlton 49

Final: St. Mary 81 vs. Weyburn 76

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Prince Albert Zone Girls Bowling Team takes home bronze

Submitted on December 2, 2013 - 1:26pm

paNOW Staff

Prince Albert Zone Girls Bowling Team took home a bronze medal at the Saskatchewan Youth Challenge tournament in Saskatoon on Sunday.

Amy Pilon captured a gold medal bowling a 1,349 for five games averaging 269.8 per game. Amy will be part of Team Saskatchewan going to Hamilton, Ont. at the end of March.

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Monday's scoreboard

Submitted on December 2, 2013 - 6:25am

WHL

Portland 6 Saskatoon 5

Calgary 4 Medicine Hat 1

Edmonton 3 Lethbridge 2

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Sunday's Scoreboard

Submitted on December 1, 2013 - 9:31am

PJHL

West Central Rage 2 Fort Knox 6

Saskatoon Westleys 3 Delisle Chiefs 9

Traveland RV Storm 3 Tri-Town Thunder 4

Extreme Hockey Regina Capitals 1 Saskatoon Quakers 2

Saskatoon Royals 5 Souther Rebels 1

MID BOYS AAA

Prince Albert Mintos 3 Yorkton Terriers 2

Tisdale Trojans 3 Regina Pat Canadians 4

Moose Jaw Generals 2 Battlefords Stars 1

Saskatoon Blazers 1 Notre Dame Argos 4

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Carlton hosts Invitational Basketball Tournament

Submitted on November 30, 2013 - 9:51am

paNOW Staff

Results from Friday's Prince Albert Carlton's Invitational Basketball Tournament

Carlton 98 Warman 64

Weyburn 72 Legacy Christian Academy (Saskatoon) 60

St. Mary 105 Birch Hills 59

Melfort 62 Carpenter (Meadow Lake) 46

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Saturday's Scoreboard

Submitted on November 30, 2013 - 9:28am

By paNOW Staff

PJHL

Prince Albert Icehawks 2 Traveland RV Storm 3 (shootout)

SJHL

La Ronge 6 Estevan 4

Melville 5 Nipawin 0

Melfort 1 Notre Dame 4

Yorkton 2 Weyburn 3

WHL

Prince Albert 7 Regina 6 (overtime)

Brandon 8 Moose Jaw 4

Victoria 3 Tri-City 1

Calgary 3 Swift Current 1

Edmonton 2 Lethbridge 1

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Icehawks lose in shootout

Submitted on November 30, 2013 - 7:53am

paNOW Staff

The Prince Albert Icehawks played host to the Traveland RV Storm Friday night night at the Kinsmen Arena, losing 3-2 to the visiting team in overtime.

Taylor Ernst of the Storm would open the scoring at 11:51 with Denin Boesch and Garret Legare getting the assists.

Lyndon Arcand would even things up for the Icehawks at 2:25, assisted by Brennan Boruch and Tyler Gordon.

But the Storm would take a 2-1 lead heading into the second period.

Darian Clarke scored the only goal in the second period, evening things up for the Icehawks.

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Curling numbers significantly drop this year

Submitted on November 28, 2013 - 4:49pm

By Jeff D’Andrea paNOW Staff

This year’s drop in curling league registrations are being labelled as significant by Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club executives.

Jacqui Weisner, one of three curling coordinators for the club, estimated the club’s registration went down by 17 per cent to around 400, a decrease of around 68 members.

That decrease is noteworthy because it’s forced the club to close some of their leagues.

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Icehawks snap 11-game skid with a ‘W’, beat Chiefs 5-3

Submitted on November 27, 2013 - 10:26pm

By Jeff D’Andrea

paNOW Staff

It’s been 45 days since the Prince Albert Icehawks skated back to their dressing rooms, wildly screaming in the bliss of victory.

The Icehawks beat the Delisle Chiefs 5-3 Wednesday at the Kinsmen, snapping an 11-game losing skid. Their last win was on Oct. 13 in a 7-2 win over the Regina Capitals.

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Monday's Scoreboard

Submitted on November 25, 2013 - 10:26am

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Mintos 5 Swift Current 1

Beardys 5 Notre Dame Hounds 3

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Notre Dame 4 PA A&W Bears 1

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Reid Gardiner’s younger brother Erik scores in Mintos debut

Submitted on November 24, 2013 - 4:57pm

By Jeff D’Andrea

paNOW Staff

One day after seeing his older brother Reid Gardiner score two goals against the Lethbridge Hurricanes in an 8-2 win on Saturday, Erik Gardiner figured he’d better find the back of the net, too.

Erik did manage to score in his first ever period at the Midget AAA level, potting the Mintos’ third goal in a 5-1 win over the Swift Current Legionnaires Sunday at the Art Hauser Centre.

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Scoreboard

Submitted on November 24, 2013 - 9:33am

PJHL

West Central 7 vs Delisle Chiefs 6 Saskatoon Westleys 0 vs Tri Town Thunder 8 Saskatoon Quakers 6 vs Fort Knox 3

WHL

Swift Current 5 vs Moose Jaw 4 Lethbridge 2 vs Prince Albert 8 Everett 1 vs Calgary 0 Brandon 2 vs Kootenay 5 Prince George 1 vs Red Deer 5 Regina 1 vs Medicine Hat 5 Portland 4 vs Seattle 5 Tri-City 3 vs Spokane 4 Kamloops 0 vs Victoria 5

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Prince Albert 4 vs Meadow Lake 3

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Mintos' Ingram with first AAA shutout in 2-0 win over Pat C's

Submitted on November 23, 2013 - 4:03pm

By Jeff D'Andrea

paNOW Staff

The Prince Albert Mintos goaltender Connor Ingram will do anything for his teammates to win, as he showed Saturday with 32 save shutout effort to lead his Mintos to a 2-0 victory over the Regina Pat Canadians.

Midway through the third period, Ingram was struck in the mask from a strong point shot to make the save. Not only did he not miss any action of play, he was actually happy about the fact that he kept the puck out.

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Scoreboard

Submitted on November 23, 2013 - 7:31am

PJHL

Silver Foxes 5 vs Ochapowace Thunder 6 West Central Rage 5 vs Saskatoon Royals 4 Prince Albert Icehawks 4 vs Tri Town Thunder 6

WHL

Prince Albert 1 vs Moose Jaw 5 Lethbridge 2 vs Saskatoon 5 Prince George 8 vs Edmonton 3 Brandon 3 vs Kootenay 7 Regina 4 vs Red Deer 3 Everett 4 vs Medicine Hat 3 Spokane 4 vs Portland 6 Kelowna 4 vs Tri-City 1 Kamloops 1 vs Victoria 6 Seattle 3 vs Vancouver 6

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North Battleford 6 vs Prince Albert 3

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Mintos blow 3-0 lead to tie Stars 3-3; Yaremchuk welcomed back

Submitted on November 21, 2013 - 10:23pm

By Jeff D'Andrea

paNOW Staff

The Prince Albert Mintos took sole possession of third place in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League after Thursday’s game, but they talked about afterwards like it was a loss.

Despite leading 3-0 after the first period, the Mintos were forced to take a 3-3 draw against the Battlefords Stars at the Art Hauser Centre.

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Icehawks’ good start a thing of the past after 10th straight loss

Submitted on November 19, 2013 - 10:32pm

By Jeff D’Andrea

paNOW Staff

After their 3-2 start to the season, the Prince Albert Icehawks have fallen back to the bottom of their division in the Prairie Junior Hockey League.

They lost their 10th straight to drop to 3-12 on the season, a 10-1 defeat to the Saskatoon Royals Tuesday at the Kinsmen.

It’s now been over a month since they last won a game. Their last was a 7-2 win at home Oct. 13 over the Regina Capitals, in a game where Icehawks forward Brett Boyer scored six goals.

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Medals brought home from Provincial High School Volleyball Championships

Submitted on November 18, 2013 - 8:31am

paNOW Staff

5-A Boys Final

Moose Jaw Central 2 St. Mary 0 (Marauders win silver medal)

Consolation final

Carlton 2 Regina Campbell 0

(Crusaders win bronze medal)

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Monday's scoreboard

Submitted on November 18, 2013 - 8:02am

WHL

Calgary 3 Moose Jaw 2

SJHL

Notre Dame 1 Nipawin 0

PJHL

Ochapowace 6 PA Icehawks 2

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: 70 gymnasts move to the same beat in Prince Albert

Submitted on November 17, 2013 - 12:14pm

By Chelsea Laskowski

paNOW Staff

Individually, the 70 Team Saskatchewan Gymnaestrada (TSG) members can impress crowds. Together, they are aiming to impress the world with a 15-minute routine that features all of their skills.

People may be more familiar with the concept of gymnastics, but Gymnaestrada has been around for some time as well.

It’s a non-competitive event that displays every level and discipline of gymnastics through large group performances. Gymnaestrada routines could include anywhere from 50 to 500 people performing at the same time.

Scoreboard

Submitted on November 17, 2013 - 9:25am

PJHL

Saskatoon Quakers 4 vs Southern Rebels 1 Tri Town Thunder 4 vs Traveland RV Storm 8 Prince Albert Icehawks 5 vs Fort Knox 13

WHL

Kootenay 6 vs Saskatoon 1 Swift Current 2 vs Edmonton 4 Red Deer 4 vs Lethbridge 3 Portland 7 vs Kamloops 3 Tri-City 2 vs Vancouver 5 Prince George 3 vs Everett 1 Medicine Hat 3 vs Kelowna 4 Regina 3 vs Spokane 2 Seattle 3 vs Victoria 1

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Three local softballers named to national team camp

Submitted on November 16, 2013 - 12:57pm

paNOW Staff

Three softball players from the area have been invited to Softball Canada’s 2014 Junior Men’s National Team’s selection camp May 22-25 in Brampton, Ont.

Prince Albert’s Josh Elliot, St. Louis’ Justin Boyer and Duck Lake’s Matthew Pilon have all been named to the selection camp, and could all possibly make the team for the ISF Junior Men’s World Championship from July 11-20, 2014 in Whitehorse, YK.

All three played minor ball in Prince Albert.

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Friday's scoreboard

Submitted on November 15, 2013 - 7:42am

WHL

Edmonton 6 Moose Jaw 2

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Battlefords 2 Beardys 1

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Bears and Icehawks Wednesday wrap-up

Submitted on November 14, 2013 - 7:27am

paNOW Staff

Jessica Vance and Brooke Hobson showed why they were selected to go to nationals this year in the Prince Albert A&W Bears’ 1-0 win over the Saskatoon Stars on Wednesday at the Art Hauser Centre.

Vance pitched a 23-save shutout in goal for the Bears, while Hobson had the lone goal of the game in the second period.

Both Vance and Hobson were honoured prior to the game for their participation at the nationals with Team Saskatchewan. Team Sask went 0-4 in the tournament.

It was the first game in nearly two weeks for the Bears.