StormAfter dropping a home game to Lloydminster on Tuesday, the Storm will be on the road this weekend, starting Friday night in Camrose. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.Grande Prairie then heads south to Drumheller for games on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's game will face off at 7 p.m., Sunday's at 2 p.mThe Storm are 10 point...

FutsalThe Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves will host the second round of ACAC futsal this weekend. Women's games start times go from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday., 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sunday. The Wolves will play Keyano at 1 p.m. and The Kings University at 8:30 p.m. Friday, then Po...

The Storm lost 4-1 to visiting Lloydminster Tuesday night. Tomas Marinkovic had the lone Storm goal. Second place Grande Prairie is now eight points behind first place Whitecourt with a game in hand. The Storm start a three game road trip Friday in Camrose. Grande Prairie will also visit Drumheller Saturday and Sunday.

February 19 marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie.The South Peace Regional Archives says on its website that the theme for the event was "Capture the Vision."The archives also say it featured over 2500 athletes in 21 sports, more than 600 coaches and 8000 vo...

To ensure every kid in Northern Alberta has the same opportunities in youth sports, the Grande Prairie Regional and Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray) Sports Connection have released two surveys.The survey will ask questions regarding the "financial burdens" that come with participating in youth sports, as families...

StormThe Storm host Lloydminster tonight (Tuesday, February 18). Face-off time will be 7 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre.The second-place Storm are eight points back of first-place Whitecourt with two games in hand. Both teams have clinched a playoff spot.The Storm and Wolverines split a home-and-home series on the ...

Over the past month, multiple students of the Grande Prairie Composite High School have been representing the Phoenix in different sporting tournaments across the province. Rugby The local GP Warriors County Men and Women's U18 teams competed down in Alberta's capital over two weekends for the Alberta Regional Champion...

The U18 Curling Nationals will start Sunday in Saskatoon and a pair of curlers from Sexsmith will be on one of the Alberta men's teams.Jaxon Hiebert and Varyk Doepker are both on the Pete Hlushak rink based in Edmonton.They will play Saskatchewan on Sunday then Ontario and Nova Scotia on Monday. Alberta has two men's a...

StormThe second-place Storm start a home-and-home series Friday night against first-place Whitecourt. Face-off time will be 7 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm is eight points back of the Wolverines with two games in hand. The two will also meet Saturday in Whitecourt. Face-off time for that game will also ...

NPHLIn the North Peace Hockey League playoffs Thursday night, Spirit River is in Grande Prairie. The Rangers lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.Fox Creek in Falher. The Pirates are up 2-0Fort St. John in Dawson Creek. The Canucks lead 2-0Wednesday night, Manning beat Valleyview 7-2 to take a 2-0 lead in that series. Gam...

NWJHLThere are two games In the Northwest Junior Hockey League play-offs Wednesday night.Beaverlodge will visit the Wheat Kings. The Blades lead the best-of-five series 2-0Dawson Creek is in Peace River. They are tied 1-1Face-off time is 8 p.m. for bothNPHLThe North Peace Hockey League playoffs continue Wednesday night...

Grande Prairie rookie Alec Hall has once again been selected as the AJHL's rookie of the week; thanks to a six-point night in the storm's two-touchdown win over the Devon Xtreme. On Friday, February 7, Hall recorded his first career hat trick and added three helpers to push the Storm to a 14-2 win over Devon. However, ...

NPHLThere is one game in the North Peace Hockey League playoffs Monday night. (February 10)Fort St. John will be in Dawson Creek for Game 1 of their series. Game 2 will be played tomorrow night in Fort St. John.Spirit River leads Grande Prairie 2-0 after a 4-3 win on Friday. Game 3 is set for Thursday in Grande Prairie...

Kevin Koe's team will represent Alberta at this year's Brier.The former Grande Prairie resident and his team from Calgary beat the Evan Van Amsterdam rink from Edmonton 9-7 in Sunday's final.The Koe side had deuces in the first, third, fifth and ninth ends. Van Amsterdam's team had deuces in the second, eighth and tent...

UPDATE 1: Sexsmith's Daylen Vavrek will play Calgary's Jamie King in a C Event qualifier Saturday afternoon. Vavrek advanced with a 7-4 win over Johnson Tao Friday evening.The winner there will play the winner of the other C Event qualifier between two Edmonton rinks, Zach Davies and Jacob Libbus, in the 3/4 Page playo...

NWJHL playoffsThere are two games in the Northwest Junior Hockey League playoffs Friday.Beaverlodge is at the Wheat Kings for Game 1 of their series. It starts at 8 p.m. Fort St. John in Fairview starts at 8:15. The home side trails 1-0 after a 3-1 loss in Fort St. John on Wednesday.On Saturday, Fairview in Fort St. Jo...

Four local athletes are hitting the track this weekend in both Canada and overseas in Europe.International competitionFort St. John speed skater Matthew Mitchell is set to compete Saturday, February 8, 2025, in Collabo, Italy at the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships.Mitchell competed from February 1-3 in lon...

NPHLThe North Peace Hockey League playoffs continue Thursday night.Grande Prairie will be in Spirit River for Game 1 of their best-of-seven West Division series. The Rangers finished the regular season with 30 points, the Athletics with 18.Valleyview is in High Prairie for Game 2 of their best-of-three East Division pl...

The City of Lethbridge will host this year's rendition of the Senior AA Men's Provincials.On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Hockey Alberta announced that the Senior AA Men's Provincial Championships will be held again after a year off in 2024.Along with that announcement, they also revealed that Lethbridge will be the ho...

StormThe Storm will host Bonnyville Friday and Saturday. Face-off is set for 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday.The Storm head into the weekend in second place in the AJHL's North Division, seven points behind Whitecourt but with three games in hand.The Wolverines host Camrose Friday and Bonnyville on Sunday.NWJHLThis i...

Grande Prairie Storm netminder Nicholas Jones has been named the AJHL's Defensive Player of the Week after getting wins in his last three starts. Over the course of the week, (January 20-26) Jones had a 5-1 win over Bonnyville and followed that up by posting a shutout in a 3-0 win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons the ...

Peace Region women, Nampa's Kayla and Ashton Skrlik, are set to represent the province once again at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts next month. Team Skrlik went 4-4 in their first Hearts appearance in 2023.Team Skrlik, out of Garrison Curling Centre in Calgary, edged Edmonton's Thistle Curling Club's Nicky Kaufman 6...

NWJHLIn the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday, Sexsmith in Beaverlodge, Peace River in Dawson Creek and Fairview in Fort St. John. On Saturday, Dawson Creek will be in Fairview. Those games will start at 8 p.m. Also Saturday, Wheat Kings in La Crete will start at 7 p.m. Sunday, Wheat Kings in La Crete starts at 1:3...

StormThe Grande Prairie Storm swept a two-game, mid-week road trip. Grande Prairie beat Fort McMurray 3-0 Wednesday.Nicholas Jones made 31 saves for the shutout. Tomas Marinkovic, Zachary Wilson and Max Leduc had the Storm goals. Grande Prairie also won 5-1 in Bonnyville on Tuesday.The Storm will next play January 31 a...

StormThe Storm continue their road trip in Fort McMurray Wednesday night. Puck drop is at 7:30.Grande Prairie started the two game road swing with a 5-1 win Tuesday night in Bonnyville.Brandon de Haas, Zachary Wilson, Will Harris, Tomas Marinkovic and Owen Hutzul had the Storm goals. Nicholas Jones made 25 saves.Grande...

The Curling Alberta Women's Provincial Championship starts today (Wednesday, January 22) in Rimby and several teams and players from the Peace are taking part.The Janais DeJong team from Grande Prairie and the Robyn Silvernagle rink from Sexsmith are both among the dozen teams taking part.DeJong's team includes third S...

The Grande Prairie Storm still have a lot left to accomplish this season, however, they are already preparing for the future. The Storm have signed local forward Max Fogle from the U18 Grande Peace Storm, who will be ready to suit up in the 2025/2026 season. In the release, General Manager Mike Bomerback said "Max...

The Storm are in Bonnyville tonight (Tuesday, January 21). Face-off time is at 7 p.m. The Storm are in second place in the North Division, nine points back of Whitecourt but with three games in hand Grande Prairie will finish the road swing Wednesday night in Fort McMurray. That game will start at 7:30 p.m.