The Melfort Mustangs picked up their first win at this year's Centennial Cup on Saturday.Melfort native Zac Somers had a hat trick to lift the Mustangs over the Edmundston Blizzard by a score of 5-3."Gotta give credit to Edmundston, they played with a lot of pace and jam, and we didn't have a good first period. In...

Some local athletes are returning home with some shiny hardware following the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association's (SHSAA) badminton provincial championships. Student athletes from around Saskatchewan were in Estevan for the tournament on Saturday, which included local schools like St. Mary in Prince Albert...

Horse ankle bones, lawn chairs, and laughter might sound like an odd mix - but in Meadow Lake, they're part of a growing tradition that's bringing generations together through an old-fashioned sport called bunnock."We always forget how absurd it is. When you're explaining it to a newcomer, some of the reactions yo...

The Melfort Mustangs are back in action today for their second of four round-robin games at this year's Centennial Cup.Melfort dropped their opening game against the host Calgary Canucks on Thursday by a score of 3-1.Now, they'll face the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) champion Edmundston Blizzard, with puck drop ...

The 2025 Centennial Cup is being hosted in a pretty ideal spot for a handful of Mustangs players; for some, Calgary is closer to home, while for others Calgary is home.For Kaleb Binner and Kristian Coombs in particular, Calgary is their home town which means they're playing a national championship right where their lov...

Over the course of the last two days, the Prince Albert Raiders added 11 new players through their regular draft, along with two players from the U.S. Priority Draft. To find the stats and see the draft order, you can check Thursday's article here.READ MORE: Raiders select 11 players during WHL Draft, two during U.S. P...

A trio of players with the Prince Albert Mintos organization heard their names during Day 2 of the WHL Prospects Draft. On Thursday, the team waited and watched as they saw forwards Linden Abercrombie, Beau Anholt, and defenceman Jakob Schmidt get taken in the Draft. Schmidt was the only player from Prince Albert to be...

A pair of La Ronge Ice Wolves will be heading to college next season to play in the NCAA. The Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) team announced this week that forward Jacob Cossette and left winger Hudson Cameron have put pen to paper with separate programs, where they will both start playing in the fall. Cossette, a lo...

Three more local players were selected in the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Prospect Draft. Kohen Ruedig of the U15 AA Humboldt Broncos was chosen in the fourth round, 81st overall, by the Portland Winterhawks. The defenseman had 19 goals and 21 assists in 29 games last season. The Moose Jaw Warriors picked defenseman ...

The Melfort Mustangs dropped their opening game at this year's Centennial Cup on Thursday night.Melfort fell 3-1 to the host Calgary Canucks, despite scoring just over three minutes into the game."I'll tell you what, you can't win a game when you play half a game, that's just a fact. The drive, the want and the co...

The Melfort Mustangs are back at the Centennial Cup, which means their eight 2004-born players only have two weeks left in their junior hockey careers.The hope is that it will be their best and most memorable times of their lives.In the case of forward Zac Somers, you could argue the last four years have been the best ...

Two years ago, current Melfort Mustangs defenceman Cole Unger was a member of the Calgary Canucks.It was where the Medicine Hat, Alta. native began his Junior A hockey career as a 17-year-old.Now a 19-year-old, soon to be 20 (his birthday is May 11) and two-time SJHL Champion, Unger will face his former squad in the ba...

The Melfort Mustangs are back at the Centennial Cup, which means their eight 2004-born players only have two weeks left in their junior hockey careers.The hope is that it will be their best and most memorable times of their lives.In the case of defenceman Nolan Roberts, even when things aren't going well, he always has...

May 18, 2024, the Melfort Mustangs defeated the Calgary Canucks 2-1 in the national semi-final game at the 2024 Centennial Cup in Oakville, Ont.Fast forward to May 8, 2025, and the Mustangs are now in Calgary for the 2025 Centennial Cup, where they will begin their tournament at 7:30 p.m. Thursday against those same Ca...

A local talent took another step closer towards his dream of playing pro hockey. Lanigan-born Kash Elke heard his name called in the first round of the WHL Prospects Draft on Wednesday night, going 18th overall to the Moose Jaw Warriors. The 15-year-old forward spent this past season as the captain of the Humboldt U15 ...

The 2024 Centennial Cup, it was an excellent two-week stretch by last year's Mustangs that finished one win and one goal shy of their ultimate goal.Now, this year provides a shot at redemption for a Melfort team that will return 13 players from a year ago, with everyone hopeful that this time around, they'll be bringin...

Day 2 of the 2025 WHL Draft is officially in the books, signifying the end of the U.S. Priority and Prospects Drafts.To recap Day 1 on Wednesday, the Prince Albert Raiders selected forward Athens Shingoose with the 16th overall pick in the WHL Prospects Draft.Originally from Waywayseecapo, Man., Shingoose put up 31G-29...

Lots of new faces will don the Green and Gold next season as the busy offseason continues for the Prince Albert Mintos. In addition to player signings, the team announced the hiring of Dennis Pott as new general manager following the departure of Kelan Wright. Pott rejoins the Mintos from the Tisdale Trojans where he s...

With the crack of bats and pop of mitts filling the spring air, the North Battleford Beavers are ready to get back on the diamond, preparing for what is hopefully another successful season. Coming off back-to-back North Saskatchewan River Baseball League (NSRBL) championships, the team is now just under a week away fro...

The 2025 WHL Draft is officially here with a total of three separate drafts going on in the next two days. Two of those drafts will go on Wednesday, including the expansion draft for the incoming Penticton Vees and the first round of the WHL Prospects Draft. Thursday will see the rest of the regular draft along with th...

A Melfort man was unsuccessful in his attempt to break the world record for pull-ups in 24 hours, but he's vowing to try again. Joel Erb went for the record over the weekend at The Box gym and workout centre. Erb told northeastNOW he saw the record set a couple of years ago and decided he wanted to give it a shot. &quo...

It's go time! The Melfort Mustangs are officially Calgary-bound as they look to claim the Centennial Cup for the first time in franchise history. The team toured the city, driving down Main Street and by local schools before departing for Calgary. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)Melfort earned their second-straight Canalta Cup c...

The Battlefords North Stars announced the hiring of Connor Logan this morning as the team's new Head Coach and General Manager for the upcoming season. Logan, who played for the North Stars and won a championship with the team during the 2016-17 season said he looks forward to coming back to the community. "I carr...

Melfort Mustangs' Head Coach Trevor Blevins has been named as a finalist for the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Coach of the Year award.Blevins won his second career SJHL Coach of the Year award this season, as he guided the Mustangs to a franchise record 46 regular-season wins, en route to back-to-back SJHL Cham...

While the sport of wrestling often gets overlooked by some of the bigger sports in North America, the athletes that compete are some of the most dedicated you will find. In other countries though, wrestling is a much bigger sport, and that's why 20 wrestlers from the Prince Albert Wrestling Club found it to be such an ...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced who will be heading into the Plaza of Honour in 2025.Offensive lineman Chris Best and long-time assistant coach Alex Smith Sr. are the two new inductees. Running back Steve Molnar was announced for the 2024 plaza and was set to go in posthumously but an illness in the family ...

For the fourth time in the last 10 days, the Melfort Mustangs have announced a commitment of a future player.Their newest commit is forward Asher Watson.Watson, a 2007-born Avonlea, Sask. product, has spent the last five years with Prairie Hockey Academy.This year, the six-foot-three, 174-pound, 17-year-old played with...

The Prince Albert Predators are headed home with a pair of wins following a successful business trip in Southern Saskatchewan. The Preds first knocked off the Weyburn Razorbacks 22-8 on Saturday night, before taking down the Queen City Chaos in Regina 17-4. The triumphs come after the Predators tied the Saskatoon Swat ...