There is one game in the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs Wednesday night.Dawson Creek travels to Peace River. The Navigators lead the best-of-five series 2-0.Last night, Fort St. John beat visiting Fairview 7-3 to take a 2-1 series lead. Game 4 Friday in Fairview.In the North Peace Hockey League last night, Fal...

NWJHLThe Wheat Kings are the first team to advance to the second round of the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs.A 5-4 Sunday in Beaverlodge completed a three-game sweep for the Wheat Kings.The NWJHL playoffs resume Tuesday with Fairview in Fort St. John. They are tied 1-1.Wednesday, Dawson Creek in Peace River. T...

The Grande Prairie Storm are on a four game win streak following a double-defeat of Calgary this weekend at Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm hosted the Canucks on Saturday and Sunday. Grande Prairie swept the series with scores of 4-2 and 4-3, respectively.GP now sits second in the AJHL North Division and league with ...

StormThe Storm hosts Calgary Saturday night at 6 in the Alumni Game and Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Billet Appreciation Game.Grande Prairie is in second place in the AJHL's North Division, three points behind first-place Whitecourt.The Wolverines have two games in hand.NWJHL The rundown of NWJHL games this weekend ca...

The Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League has started the first round of playoffs. The County of Grande Prairie Wheat Kings kicked off their series against the Beaverlodge Blades with a 5-3 win Wednesday (Feb. 4) night. The Wheat Kings are 1-0 in the series heading into weekend play. Other series have the North ...

NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs started Wednesday night.The Wheat Kings won 5-3 in Beaverlodge. Game 2 will be played Saturday at the County Sportsplex.The Fairview-Fort St. John and Dawson Creek-Peace River series both start Friday. Sexsmith and La Crete starts Saturday.StormThe Storm won 3-2 in overt...

The North Peace Hockey League's Grande Prairie Athletics are set to kickoff the first round of playoffs tonight (Thursday, Feb. 5) against the Falher Pirates. The A's will host the first matchup at the Design Works Centre. Puck drop is set for 8:30 p.m.The rest of the schedule is as follows:Game 2 - Feb. 10 - Falher Me...

Hockey Alberta and the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Committee announced Wednesday the class of 2026.The class will be inducted Saturday, July 18 at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer, which is the new home of the Hall."Each year brings a new chance to honour the people who have shaped hockey in Albe...

NWJHLThe NWJHL playoffs start Wednesday night when the Wheat Kings travel to Beaverlodge.Face-off time will be 8 p.m.Game 2 will take place Saturday at the County Sportsplex.Two other series will start on Friday, with Fairview in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek in Peace River.Saturday, Fort St. John will be in Fairview ...

The Grande Prairie Storm climbed three spots in this week's Canadian Junior Hockey League top 20 power rankings.They jumped ahead three spots from last week, now sitting at 17th, as one of only two AJHL teams included in the list; the Whitecourt Wolverines sit at 9th, up from 14th the week prior.They now look to contin...

January 31 will mark Curling Day in Canada.Curling rinks across the country are hosting events.There are also a bunch of curling stories being shared on the Curling Day in Canada website.One of those is about a women's recreational team from Grande Prairie called the Road Trip Team.The team started going to bonspiels a...

The Grande Prairie Storm split their home series with the Camrose Kodiaks this past weekend.Friday night's match-up (Jan. 30) treated fans to some free hockey as overtime and then a shootout were required to crown a winner, as the Kodiaks took that game 4-3.The next night (Saturday, Jan. 31), the Storm came out with ve...

StormThe Storm host Camrose Friday night at 7 and Saturday night at 6. This will be the team's Parent Weekend.The Storm are in second place in the AJHL's North Division with 53 points, four points behind first-place Whitecourt and one point ahead of third-place Fort McMurray.Grande Prairie has two games in hand on the ...

Kayla Skrlik's team has been eliminated from playoff contention at the Scotties in a draw that saw the three playoff teams from Pool B decided. Skrlik lost 8-4 to Manitoba on Wednesday. Manitoba is 6-0 and will make the playoffs.Selena Sturmay's Alberta champions will also advance. They are now 5-1 after an 11-6 win o...

An athlete from the Peace Country has travelled a long way to pursue a professional career in her sport.Wanham's Quinn Pelland is in her second season with a team called CV Haris, part of the top women's volleyball league in Spain, the Liga Iberdrola or Spanish Women's Volleyball Super League.The team is located in the...

Two weekend road wins means the Grande Prairie Storm have pushed their winning streak to eight games.The weekend started with a 5-1 win in Lloydminster Friday night. Five different players scored goals, with Will Harris recording a goal and an assist.Grande Prairie then won 3-2 in Bonnyville Saturday night. The Storm g...

StormThe Storm visit Lloydminster Friday and Bonnyville Saturday. Both games start at 7 p.m.Grande Prairie goes into the weekend in third place in the North Division with 49 points, one back of second-place Fort McMurray and with two games in hand.The Oil Barons are in Whitecourt Saturday and Sunday. The first-place Wo...

Ahead of the trade deadline, the Grande Prairie Storm made one last move to tighten up its defensive unit before playoffs.The Storm moved 2006-forward Brandon de Haas to Camrose for 2007-defenceman Reily Pickford.Grande Prairie Storm Head Coach Chris Schmidt alluded to this move during his year-end interview with EGP, ...

The first draw at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts will start today at 5 p.m. Alberta time in Mississauga, Ontario.The opening set of games will see Kerri Einarson's Team Canada play Yukon. Einarson's rink is Team Canada because two-time defending champion Rachel Homan will represent Canada at the Olympics next month....

UPDATE: It will be the Lowell Peterman rink from Red Deer and the Kurt Balderston rink from the Grande Prairie Curling Centre advancing to Master Men provincials after the qualifier in Grande Prairie played Thursday and Friday. Peterman beat Grande Prairie's Colin Griffith 8-6 in the first qualifier game. Balderston ...

StormAn Ethan Kronewitt goal at the 3:01 mark of the first overtime period gave the Storm a 5-4 win over Drayton Valley at the AJHL Showcase in Edmonton.Braeden Veldhuizen and Connor Frost each had a goal and two assists for the Storm. Colin Doherty had a goal and an assist.The Thunder held a 3-1 lead at one point in t...

The Storm swept two home games versus Drumheller over the weekend.They beat the Dragons 3-2 Saturday night before winning 5-3 on Saturday afternoon.Grande Prairie is third in the North Division, a point back of Fort McMurray , with two games in handThe Storm play Drayton Valley Wednesday at the AJHL Showcase in Edmonto...

The Northwestern Polytechnic men's volleyball team is on a winning streak.The Wolves have now six in a row, including two wins over visiting NAIT, winning 3-1 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday.They are now 8-5 and are in second place in the north behind Keyano College.The women's team lost both its weekend matches with NAI...

Besides the Storm games, Winter Try-It Day and the Winterfest Swim Meet, there are a bunch of other local sports things going this weekend.NWJHLThere is one game in the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday, Fort St. John will be in Dawson Creek.Saturday, Dawson Creek in Sexsmith. This will be the Vipers' Hockey Fights...

The Grande Prairie Storm are back in action at home tomorrow when they host the Drumheller Dragons for a back-to-back.After three consecutive wins over Fort McMurray last weekend, the Storm now sit at fourth in the north, one point behind both Lloydminster and Fort Mac (44), who are tied for second, while Whitecourt (5...

Wapiti Nordic has closed it's cross-coutnry ski trails until further notice due to the recent warm temperatures.They said the warm weather has created unsafe conditions, and they are putting safety first.In the meantime, Wapiti Nordic says snowshoeing is still an option, but does caution residents about icy conditions....

NWJHLThere are two games in the Northwest Junior Hockey League tonight.Sexsmith will visit the County Wheat Kings while Beaverlodge travels to Fairview.Both games start at 8 p.m.Ski HillsNitehawk is open from 5:30 to 9:30 Wednesday night. The Tube Zone is closed.Fairview Ski Hill is open Wednesday night from 6-9 p.m.

Grande Prairie Storm Defencemen Connor Frost is being recognized as Defensive Player of the Week for his play over the Storm's three-game homestand against Fort McMurray.Frost had five points, including a goal, in their three outings and now heads into this weekend's back-to-back with Drumheller on a four-game point st...