The La Ronge Ice Wolves have made a trade for a goalie. La Ronge is acquiring 2006-born netminder Keagin Kelln from the Northern Manitoba Blizzard of the MJHL (Manitoba Junior Hockey League) in exchange for a player development fee.Kelln has two full years of Junior A experience, split between the Blizzard and the Gran...

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has released its schedule for the 2026/27 preseason. Teams will play between three and six exhibition games to gear up for the regular season campaign, doing so against fellow SJHL squads, as well as MJHL and AJHL clubs. The Ice Wolves will start their pre-season at home with a gam...

Matthew Sexton only needed one lane to change the game.In his first game as Saskatchewan's primary returner, Sexton fielded a punt near his own goal line and took it 101 yards the other way for a touchdown, helping the Roughriders hold off the Ottawa Redblacks 27-22 Friday night at TD Place Stadium.The special teams sc...

Canada's resounding World Cup win over Qatar doesn't just put the team in the driver's seat to advance in the tournament for the first time - it raises the prospect of even more Team Canada action in Vancouver.If Canada wins or draws against Switzerland at BC Place next Wednesday, it means the stadium will also host a ...

"Hockey Night in Canada," a program that has been part of the national fabric for nearly 75 years on CBC television, will not return to the public broadcaster next season.A sub-licensing agreement between Rogers Communications and the CBC that allowed HNIC to air on the network expired at the end of the Stanl...

The 2026 SJHL Draft has come to an end, and the La Ronge Ice Wolves have now added another eight names to the organization, including the first overall pick in the draft. Meadow Lake born forward Kacy Turberfield was selected first overall. This past season, Turberfield played 22 games with the North West Stars U15 AA ...

OTTAWA - Abby Roque scored twice to lead the Montreal Victoire to their first Walter Cup trophy Wednesday night with a 4-0 victory over the Ottawa Charge in Game 4.The championship game featured two former players from Prince Albert, Sask. on opposing teams - Northern Bear alumni Kaitlin Willoughby with the Victoire ve...

Legendary SJHL head coach and general manager Bob Beatty will be staying with the La Ronge Ice Wolves.Beatty, who coached in the SJHL for nearly 20 years, winning three league titles, two of which came in La Ronge, is now the club's full-time general manager."I've always had a soft spot for La Ronge, and they trea...

For the first time since 2019, the Prince Albert Raiders are Eastern Conference Champions.They punched their ticket to the WHL finals Sunday night with a 7-6 win in Game 6 against the Medicine Hat Tigers.Riley Boychuk scored two goals on the night including the game winner, while Aiden Oiring, Braeden Cootes, Daxon Rud...

Changes are coming to the Canadian Football League (CFL), beginning next year with season starting at the earliest date in its history.The newly-announced changes include updates to the season schedule and changes to the league's playoff format.In 2027, the season will begin on Victoria Day Weekend, "anchoring the...

La Ronge Ice Wolves' defenceman, Ryder McKinnon, has been named the 2026 RBC Community Ambassador for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.McKinnon, who had a $1,000 donation made in his name for being a finalist, now has an additional $2,500 to go to Pre-Cambrian School in La Ronge, courtesy of RBC. He works part-tim...

A four-person panel made up of current and former professional hockey players, one being a Stanley Cup champion, helped kick off Senators Cup weekend in Prince Albert.Festivities for the 10th annual installment of the Indigenous tournament, hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), got underway on Thursday afte...

Completing a four game sweep on the road against the Yorkton Terriers, the Flin Flon Bombers have broken a curse that has lasted for 33 years. This was the fourth appearance in the SJHL Finals for the Bombers in the last five years, and finally they broke the streak with a 2-0 win on the road and their second Canterra ...

A native of Air Ronge, Sask., has had quite the successful first season of post-secondary hockey.Former La Ronge Ice Wolves forward and current member of the Niagara University Purple Eagles, Jacob Cossette, has been named to the ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) M1 All-Independent Rookie Team."The rec...

The Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) Scouts have written themselves into the history books. The Junior A hockey club claimed the first-ever Alberta Division title within the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) Premier after downing the Calgary Bandits 6-3 in Game 3 of the best-of-three finals on Tuesday in Calgary...

Carlton and St. Mary's boys and girls basketball teams are hitting the road this weekend as they look to punch their tickets to provincials in the 5A regional tournaments. The boys are highlighted by both Prince Albert high schools as Carlton ranks first and St. Mary ranks second. Heading down to Swift Current, the sch...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to put an end this week to breakdowns their special teams have been grappling with.Saskatchewan has allowed big return touchdowns in back-to-back weeks. Calgary Stampeders returner Tyreik McAllister returned a missed field goal 120 yards just before halftime, in what ended as a 40...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders could have an almost entirely new receiver group for Friday's showdown against the Ottawa Redblacks.When the team returned to practice on Monday after its 40-34 loss to the Toronto Argonauts, only one starting receiver from Week 1 - KeeSean Johnson - was a participant. Sam Emilus (ankle), J...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to continue their hot start during the Prairie Blizzard game.Saskatchewan is 2-0, and will take on the 1-1 Toronto Argonauts at Mosaic Stadium on Friday. The Riders will be in their white Prairie Blizzard jerseys, as they are technically the away team in the game. This will count ...

Defensive coordinator Josh Bell will take on some familiar faces as his Saskatchewan Roughriders meet the Toronto Argonauts on Friday.Bell was on the Corey Mace defensive staff in Toronto from 2022-23. Those teams featured current starting quarterback Chad Kelly and current head coach Mike Miller, who was the quarterba...

It was another thriller in the 2026 CFL season as the Saskatchewan Roughriders left Calgary with a 40-37 win over the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Saturday.The Riders led 23-7 at one point but with only 34 seconds left in the game, Calgary's quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. connected with Tevin Jones for a touchdown to...

A family sharing the loss of their son, a principal describing the excitement of a Rider player walking into a classroom, and a teenage football player explaining how he stayed in the game.Those were some of the stories at the centre of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation's annual impact report Thursday, which moved...

REGINA - After Trevor Harris led the Saskatchewan Roughriders to an impressive victory Friday, head coach Corey Mace wasn't about to let his veteran quarterback slide a career milestone into the background. Harris completed 30 of 38 passes for 401 yard...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kevin Gausman was happy that his first start with the Chicago Cubs did not come against his former team. The Kansas City Royals sure wish it had. Gausman, who was acquired from the Blue Jays in a trade last weekend, could have b...

EDMONTON - Canada scored twice early in the third period to snap a 2-2 deadlock and then held on to beat Finland 6-3 on Friday to advance to the championship final at the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Canada's Under-18 men's team will play the United States...

MONTREAL - Midfielder Julia Benati scored late in the first half, goalkeeper Anika Toth made four saves, and the visiting Halifax Tides edged the Montreal Roses 1-0 in Northern Super League action on Friday at Stade Boreale. Benati, of Dorchester, Ont....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Beau Hossler made an 11-foot birdie putt on his final hole Friday for a 3-under 67 that gave him a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship, which might have been the least consequential development in the final event of the ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Friday that it is unlikely that quarterback Patrick Mahomes will play in their pre-season opener against the Rams next week, and it's possible that the two-time MVP skips the three-game exhibition slat...