Sport Excellence AwardsThe Sport Excellence Awards will be given out on Friday.The awards are being given out in 14 categories.The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says there are 45 nominees in those 14 categories.The awards cover accomplishments from 2025 in the area from Fox Creek and Slave Lake to the B.C. a...

Grande Prairie Storm forward Zachary Wilson was honoured as the 2025/2026 AJHL Most Dedicated Player and was presented with the Don McNabb Memorial Trophy.This honour is voted on by coaches and general managers from across the league and given to the player most dedicated to his team, with Wilson being a finalist last ...

Round 1 of playoffs belongs to the Grande Prairie Storm after beating the Lloydminster Bobcats in just four games. Wednesday's Game 4 saw the Storm score two power play goals and an empty netter to complete the sweep of the Bobcats with a final score of 5-3. Storm goalie Leland Gill was the Visiting Team Star of the Ga...

The Grande Prairie Storm now have a 3-0 lead in their playoff series with the Lloydminster Bobcats.The Storm won 6-3 Tuesday night (Mar.24) in Lloydminster.Connor Frost had two goals for Grande Prairie. Zachary Wilson scored a goal and had two assists. Colin Doherty had three helpers.The announced attendance was 1,274....

Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...

A Grande Prairie athlete is in the top six in her sport across Canada.Indy Dorscheid finished sixth at the Women's Skeleton Canadian Championships held March 22 in Whistler, B.C.Dorscheid took part in her first-ever competition in late November.One-time world champion Hallie Clarke won the Canadian title. Jane Channell...

A Fairview team won a provincial hockey title on home ice over the weekend. The Falcons captured the U18 Female B title with a 3-0 win over Battle River in the gold medal game played Sunday, Mar. 22 at the Fairview FairPlex. Toni-Anne Welles made 22 saves for the shutout. Kylie Friesen, Kamryn Bissell and Meta Gardecki...

The Manning Comets are the champions of the North Peace Hockey League.The Comets completed a four game sweep of the Campbell Cup final with a 5-0 home ice win Saturday over the Dawson Creek Canucks.Braden Gamble recorded the shutout. Judd Blackwater, Edge Lambert, Josh Peters, Brendan Baumgartner, and Kye Whillans had ...

The Grande Prairie Storm grabbed a 3-2 win over visiting Lloydminster in Game 1 of their Alberta Junior Hockey League playoff series.A goal from Zachary Wilson at 13:18 of the first overtime period clinched the victory.The Bobcats led the game 2-1 until Max Leduc tied the contest with a goal at 18:53 of the third perio...

StormThe Storm host Lloydminster Friday to start the AJHL playoffs. More on the Storm can be found here.NPHLManning has a chance to win the North Peace Hockey League title on home ice Saturday night.The Comets won 6-2 Thursday night in Dawson Creek to take a 3-0 series lead.Game time Saturday will be 8:30 p.m.Provincia...

The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves athletes may not have made podium finishes at the ACAC 2026 Indoor Track Championships, but they did come home with some bragging rights. The Wolves Women's 4x200m relay team, made of Alana Paziuk, Kelly Koop, Carly Frerichs, and Raelle Amboe set a new school record of 1:56.77 on Sat...

The Grande Prairie Storm start round one of the AJHL playoffs on Friday, Mar. 20, at home against the Lloydminster Bobcats. The playoff bracket up north is the exact same as last season, according to Storm Head Coach Chris Schmidt; when the Storm lost the AJHL final to Calgary after sweeping their previous two series a...

The 2026 World Women's Curling Championship is continuing in Calgary.Kerri Einarson's Team Canada is 6-1 heading into a game in the Wednesday evening draw against Scotland.It was 20 years ago, on Mar. 18, that the 2006 World Women's Curling Championship started in Grande Prairie.It was held at what was then called the ...

Storm The Storm closed out the regular season with a pair of wins at home over the weekend. They beat Drayton Valley 4-1 Friday and 8-1 Saturday. The announced attendance was 1777 on Friday and 1979 on Saturday. The Storm will open the playoffs at home against Lloydminster this coming weekend. Game 1 will start Friday ...

Brendan Bottcher is returning to the skip position with a new-look rink that will be based in Alberta. He will team up with third Jacob Horgan, second Tanner Horgan and lead Geoff Walker on a squad that boasts a mix of youth and championship pedigree. ...

The La Crete Lumber Barons are this years NWJHL Champions after completing a sweep of the Fort St. John Huskies.The Lumber Barons captured the win Saturday night (March 14) with a score of 6-2 in the fourth game of the final series.With the win, the team finished playoffs with a 11-1 record and became NWJHL Champs for ...

StormThe Storm host Drayton Valley Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 6:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.More on the Storm can be found here.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League final continues this weekend. La Crete will be in Fort St. John Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The Lumber Barons lead the series 2-0.G...

The Grande Prairie Storm led all Alberta Junior A teams in attendance this season, their third season in a row leading the AJHL. With still two home games left in the regular season, the Storm's total attendance sits at 36,376, with an average of 1,455 fans; that is 2,765 more than Lloydminster, which came in second in...

NPHLDawson Creek has advanced to the North Peace Hockey League final.The Canucks beat visiting Spirit River 5-2 Tuesday night to take the series in seven games. It was the first time the home team won a game in the series.Dawson Creek will be home to Manning Saturday in Game 1 of the Campbell Cup final. Face-off at 8:3...

A post on the Team Skrlik social media page says, "our team has decided to go our separate ways." The post says the decision was made "after a lot of reflection." The Skrlik foursome won the Alberta women's title in 2023 and 2025, and also played in this year's Scotties as one of the pre-qualified ...

The Kurt Balderston and Glenys Bakker rinks won the Masters men's and women's provincial championships Sunday, Mar. 8 at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.Bakker defeated Cathy Borys 10-2 in the women's final.Balderston's Grande Prairie rink beat the Mickey Pendergast team from both Calgary and Red Deer 7-6 to take the...

StormIt is the final week of the regular season for the Storm.They are in Devon Monday, Mar. 9 and Tuesday, Mar. 10,.Both games start at 7 p.m.The Storm then host Drayton Valley Friday, Mar. 13 and Saturday, Mar. 14 to close out the regular season.NPHLThe North Peace Hockey League semi-final between Spirit River and Da...

The All-Star teams have been named at the Brier, and a couple of guys with connections to the Peace are on the First Team.The group includes Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe and Team Gushue lead Geoff Walker.Koe is a former resident of Grande Prairie. Walker is from Beaverlodge.The First Team also includes Team Manitoba-Dun...

The Storm lost their second game of the week to the Wolverines Friday night, dropping a 4-2 decision in Whitecourt.Treysen Miller and Will Harris had the Storm goals.Whitecourt won 2-0 in Grande Prairie Tuesday night.The second-place Storm now trail the first-place Wolverines by seven points in the North Division stand...

The Arctic Winter Games will begin on Sunday, Mar. 9, in Whitehorse, Yukon, and run through the end of the week. The games, held every two years, were last hosted by Alaska in 2024, and saw Team Alberta North take third overall with 122 total podium finishes. The team says they now want to take that momentum into 2026....

StormThe Storm are in Whitecourt Friday night. Face-off time is set for 7 p.m.The Wolverines won 2-0 in Grande Prairie Tuesday night and are five points up on the second-place Storm in the North Division.Grande Prairie has a game in hand.NPHLSpirit River won 4-3 in Dawson Creek Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in thei...

Beaverlodge curler Geoff Walker says watching the Milano Cortina Winter Games brought back some memories for him.Walker won a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Games as part of the Brad Gushue rink."When we were just watching it, seeing the rings, there'd be times when I flash back and remember some of the stuff tha...

StormThe Storm lost 2-0 at home to Whitecourt Tuesday night.Second-place Grande Prairie is now five points behind the first-place Wolverines.The announced attendance was 1,187.The Storm next play in Whitecourt Friday night.NPHL In the North Peace Hockey League, Manning has advanced to the league final.The Comets won 5-...