Hockey leagues across the Peace region still played this past weekend despite freezing temperatures and less than ideal road conditions. AJHL Grande Prairie Storm The Grande Prairie Storm hosted the Devon Xtreme for a pair of weekend games. The first game Friday night the Storm were shutout 3-0, but were able to come b...

StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will host Devon in a pair of games this weekend.Face-off will be 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. The Storm are second in the North Division with 41 points, a point up on Lloydminster and nine points back of Whitecourt, but with three games in hand on both.The expansion Extreme is last i...

Last week saw the trade deadline for all Canadian major Junior and Junior A hockey organizations. The Friday, January 10 deadline saw the Grande Prairie Storm add a trio of players.; The first coming from a trade with the Bonnyville Pontiacs, as they acquired 2004-born forward and Kelowna product Kalius Green for futur...

The Peace Country Ringette Club was in Leduc this past weekend for the Wild Things Tournament and brought home some hardware, and a "wonderful expierence."The Clubs U12C team claimed the top spot in their division and were awarded the gold, while the U14C team had a hard-fought battle to claim bronze. Photo C...

A Grande Prairie Local has taken home the Kootney International Junior Hockey League top goaltender of the week award after masterful back-to-back games. Landon Garbitt started the week off with a 37-save performance in a 3-2 loss to the Fernie Ghostriders on Friday, Jnauary 10, that was followed up by 45 saves in a 5-...

The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection has seen a change in leadership.Marketing and communications coordinator Heather Llewellyn is taking over as acting executive director from former executive director Karna Germsheid, who is taking a job with KidSport Northern Alberta.Germsheid has been with the organization ...

The Evan Van Amsterdam rink has won curling's Crestwood Platinum Anniversary Showdown in Edmonton.The team, which includes Jason Ginter from Dawson Creek and Sterling Middleton from Fort St. John, beat Andrew Dunbar 8-6 in Monday afternoon's final. Both teams are based in EdmontonOn the women's side, Selena Sturmay of ...

Three local leagues hit the ice this past weekend in the Peace Country.Strike Group NWJHL The North West Junior Hockey League saw seven games over the weekend. On Friday,The Sexsmith Vipers beat the Fairview Flyers on the road 5-2.The Fort St. John Huskies won 6-1 at home over the Dawson Creek Kodiaks.On Saturday:The L...

Nitehawk Ski Hill is hosting a provincial competition next month.The Alberta Alpine Ski Association will be bringing its under 12 provincial race to the hill February 1 and 2.As part of the event, eight-time ski champion Allison Forsyth will be speaking on safety and change in the Canadian Sport System.Forsyth will be ...

NWJHLIn the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday, Sexsmith is in Fairview and Dawson Creek in Fort St. John. Saturday, La Crete at the Wheat Kings, Fairview in Peace River and Beaverlodge in Sexsmith. Those games all start at 8 p.m. Sunday, La Crete in Fort St. John starts at 12:30 and Peace River in Sexsmith faces of...

NPHLThere are three games in the North Peace Hockey League on Thursday, January 9.Fort St. John is in Grande Prairie, Valleyview is hosted by High Prairie and Fox Creek visits Dawson Creek. All three games will start at 8:30 p.m. NWJHLThere were two games in the Northwest Junior Hockey League on the evening of Wednesda...

A Grande Prairie local has been awarded the Top Defencemen of the Month award in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. (KIJHL)Trey Stephenson lugged some heavy minutes over the Kimberly Dynamiter's eight-game stretch in December, averaging almost 23 minutes of ice time while mixing in a goal and nine assists...

The Peace Region's hockey teams fired back up again over the first weekend of January following a holiday break at the end of 2024.Grande Prairie StormThe AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm is on the road for three games. The first visited Lloydminster on Friday, where they fell 5-4 to the Bobcats in a shootout. On Saturday, ...

The Grande Prairie Minor Baseball Association has extended its registration deadline. Today (Saturday, January 4) will be the last day to register your child for "competitive" AA and A teams, with no late fees.Anyone wanting to register their child can do so by clicking here. GPMBA did note that late fees wil...

Two high school football players from Grande Prairie have been selected to represent Team North in the 2025 Alberta Senior Bowl. Celtic's receiver Dylan Morin and Corner Thomas Lee were chosen for the squad, along with fellow St. Joe's running back and Whitecourt native Alex Hiemstra. All three seniors will now suit up...

The Grande Prairie Storm have wrapped up play for 2024 with great success on the season so far.So far the Storm are 18-9-1-1 and second in the north division, which has led them to be in the CJHL top 20 rankings every week for the first time.The success is attributed to a more "old school, professional" play ...

Ice action for local hockey teams will be halted for nearly two weeks for Christmas and New Year's break. GP StormThe AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm went on a three game road trip for their last games of 2024. They kicked off in Calgary Friday, losing 3-1 to the Canucks. The Storm went to Canmore on Saturday and lost to t...

StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will finish the 2024 portion of their schedule with a three game road trip down south.The Storm will visit Calgary Friday, Canmore Saturday, and Calgary again on Sunday. The first two games start at 7 p.m. The Sunday game will start at 2 p.m. The Storm go into the weekend in second place i...

Grande Prairie product Gracyn Sawchyn is the Western Hockey League's Player of the Week.The Edmonton Oil Kings forward recorded four goals and five assists.Sawchyn recorded a pair of four-point games during the week in wins over Swift Current last Saturday and Kamloops Sunday and an assist in a loss to Prince George on...

NPHLThere are two games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday.Dawson Creek will be in Spirit River and Falher in Fox Creek. Face-off time for both will be 8:30 p.m.SkiingSunday will be the opening day at Fairview Ski Hill. Hours will be 11-5.Nitehawk is open Thursday night from 5:30 to 9:30. The Tube Zone will be c...

Many local leagues were in action on the ice this weekend. The Grande Prairie Storm lost both home games, but players that were away faired better...Bringing home bronzeTwo Grande Prairie Storm players were in Camrose this weekend for the 2024 Junior A World Challenge.Matthew Gillard and Max Algajer were selected for T...

The Storm dropped their final home game of the 2024 part of their schedule Friday night, losing 4-2 to Canmore.Logan Cunningham and Tomis Marinkovic had the Storm goals. The announced attendance was 1604.The loss also dropped the Storm into second place in the North Division, as Whitecourt beat the Thunder 5-2 in Drayt...

A 16-year-old Grande Prairie Piranhas swimmer has recorded a very respectable showing at the World Short Course Swimming Championships taking place in Budapest, Hungary.Oliver Dawson finished eighth in his 200-metre breaststroke heat, putting him 21st overall. Dawson's time of 2:07.62 left him 4.55 seconds back of the ...

StormStorm are home to Canmore Friday. Face-off will be at 7 p.m. The Storm are still tied with Whitecourt for first place in the North Division. Both teams have 38 points, but Grande Prairie has one game in hand.The Wolverines will visit Drayton Valley Friday and host Canmore on Saturday.Junior A ChallengeStorm player...

A Grande Prairie speed skater will be in his first long track national competition this weekend in Fort St. John. Derian Boechler will be among those taking part in the 2024 Canadian Neo-Junior and Junior Long Track Championships. The competition starts today and will run through Sunday.It is for athletes aged 14 to 17...

The 2025 Alberta roster for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship in Kamloops has been released. Grady Clarkson will be the lone player representing the Peace region; He currently plays for the Grande Prairie U18 AAA Storm and has four points this season.Each province and territory will send a team to Kamloops fr...

NPHLThere are three games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday night.Grande Prairie will be in Dawson Creek, High Prairie in Falher and Spirit River in Fort St. John. All three games start at 8:30 p.m.World Junior A ChallengeThe round-robin concludes Thursday at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in Camrose.Canad...

Thanks to a pair of game-winning goals this past weekend, Grande Prairie Storm rookie Chayse Laurie has been awarded the AJHL's Player of the Week award.Over the two-game homestand with Drayton Valley, Laurie totalled seven points, including three goals, and was the late-game third-period hero both nights as teh Storm ...