Tag: Winter Sports

Bailey Rupp, Team USA win gold at U18 Women's World Championship

Jan. 18—BEMIDJI — Bailey Rupp will return to Bemidji in gold-medal fashion. The Bemidji High School girls hockey standout junior forward won the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship on Sunday in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The Americans beat Canada 2-0 in the gold-medal game. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Rupp played in four games, recording a goal […]

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Beavers break bread with Lumberjacks ahead of first home game in 41 days

Jan. 16—BEMIDJI — Nestled into a banquet hall, sheltered from another winter storm rolling through Bemidji, a group of hockey players shared a unique pregame meal. The Bemidji State women’s hockey team and the Bemidji High School girls hockey team are gearing up for the second Sanford Center Showcase this weekend. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In […]

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Rochester teams are ready for their Hockey Day Minnesota moment

Jan. 16—HASTINGS, Minn. — Hockey Day Minnesota is no longer just a day-long celebration of hockey in the State of Hockey. Over the course of its 18 years, Hockey Day Minnesota has evolved into a week-long event. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement This year, that event will be held in the southeastern Twin Cities suburbs, specifically at […]

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Newly branded CCHA Reporter's Corner begins with Spengler Cup recap from Minnesota State goalie Alex Tracy

Jan. 12—This week marks episode No. 44 of the CCHA Reporter’s Corner, as well as a refreshing rebrand for the listening audience. Since the start of the 2024-25 season, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer have been talking with players and coaches from around the CCHA, but the start of the new year has brought […]

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Beavers ready for second-half sprint in 'tight' race for MacNaughton Cup

Jan. 9—BEMIDJI — It’s been 33 days since the Bemidji State men’s hockey team has played in a game that counts. Save for an exhibition on Jan. 2 — a 3-3 tie against the University of Minnesota at the Sanford Center — the Beavers have been off since Dec. 7. BSU didn’t get its first […]

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Jacks give coaching staff a blast from the past in low-scoring, comeback win over EGF

Jan. 9—BEMIDJI — Ben Kinne heard an all too familiar phrase ringing through his head in the third period. Trailing 2-1 against East Grand Forks, the defending Class A state champs, the Bemidji High School boys hockey could almost discern Tom Serratore’s cadence from over a decade ago. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “I heard it for […]

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Blue Jay boys hockey blows by Williston Saturday

Jan. 3—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown High School boys hockey team had Williston’s number on Saturday night.. The Blue Jays kicked off the 2026 portion of their season with a 7-2 victory over the Coyotes. The win pushes the Jays’ record to 5-2-0. Jamestown will be back in action on Monday evening hosting Bismarck Century. The […]

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Steve 'Killer' Miller, the winningest coach in U.S. WJC history, looks back on a lifetime in hockey

Jan. 1—ST. PAUL — Steve Miller nearly became a wrestler. Before his 39 seasons of coaching in college hockey and before his nine stints with Team USA in the IIHF World Junior Championships, the Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, native was given a heck of a recruiting pitch to compete in the wrestling room. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement […]

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Lumberjacks claim first in New Hope tournament after win over Park of Cottage Grove

Dec. 31—NEW HOPE — The Bemidji High School girls hockey team have been playing their best hockey throughout the Holiday Classic Tournament in New Hope, and they proved it once again Wednesday afternoon. The Lumberjacks defeated Park of Cottage Grove 4-1 in the Holiday Classic Tournament championship. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Millie Knott scored the opening […]

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Lily Lauer gets shutout, assist in victory over St. Paul/Two Rivers

Dec. 30—NEW HOPE — In the past two games, Lily Lauer has faced 23 shots. She’s stopped each one. Lauer earned another shutout Tuesday as the Bemidji High School girls hockey team won 6-0 over St. Paul/Two Rivers in the Holiday Classic Tournament in New Hope. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Bailey Rupp earned another hat trick, […]

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2025 in A-K Valley sports: WPIAL, PIAA champions highlight calendar year

Dec. 29—This year was the setting for many memorable moments where Alle-Kiski Valley athletes and teams shined with championship performances and accomplishments in all arenas of competition. Here’s a look back at a number of the top stories of the year in the A-K Valley. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 10. Burrell hockey wins Challenger Cup Burrell […]

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Manchester Kings goalie Roberge adding to family hockey legacy

MANCHESTER — When Cam Roberge started playing hockey, he never wanted to leave the ice. If he had to come off, he cried, his grandfather, Kenny Roberge, remembers. “Just leading the team out, being the first one on the ice and the one that never leaves the ice,” Cam said of what drew him to […]

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Bemidji's big second period leads to statement win over Class A's No. 3 Sartell

Dec. 13—BEMIDJI — Taevon Welle scores in bunches. On Dec. 2, the Bemidji High School boys hockey senior captain scored five times in a 6-5 road win against Thief River Falls. Eleven days later, he was at it again when the Lumberjacks hosted Class A’s third-ranked team at Bemidji Community Arena. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Welle […]

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NH's Harvey balances starring roles with Wisconsin, Team USA women's hockey teams

Caroline “KK” Harvey compared the balancing act to alternating between hats. The New Hampshire native is a star defenseman for both the defending NCAA Division I champion University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team and the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The No. 1 ranked Badgers are in the middle of a two-game […]

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Taevon Welle nets five goals in Bemidji's win over Prowlers

Dec. 4—THIEF RIVER FALLS — It was Taevon Welle’s night on Tuesday. The Bemidji High School boys hockey senior forward scored five goals in the Lumberjacks’ 6-5 road win over Thief River Falls. Welle scored twice in the first and third periods and once in the second. Joel Prokop broke the 5-5 tie seven and […]

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Cut from North Dakota cloth, Beavers' Maxon Vig eager to return to the Ralph as an opponent

Nov. 26—In the basement of a secluded lake cabin in North Dakota, Maxon Vig sat on the edge of the couch as the 2025 NHL Draft wound down. It was mid-afternoon on Saturday, June 28. Maxon was with a gaggle of friends he made growing up through Bismarck Century High School. His younger brother, Charlie, […]

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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Berkly Catton sticks with Kraken; power outage on power play

Monday was NHL roster cut-down day, and with that came the news that 19-year-old Berkly Catton made the opening night roster of the Seattle Kraken. The move carries ramifications for both the Kraken and the Spokane Chiefs. As a 19-year-old, Catton is eligible to play up to nine games in the NHL before his entry-level […]

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Panthers-Lightning preseason brawls: ‘That was over the top’

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers faced off with their biggest rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in their final two preseason games, and there was a lot of bad blood remaining from last season, when Florida eliminated Tampa Bay from the playoffs. The two games had nearly 500 combined penalty minutes and resulted in multiple fines […]

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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Goalie Carter Esler off to hot start; Mathis Preston pacing division-leading offense

The Spokane Chiefs 2025-26 season is underway and they are already exhibiting some of the traits that many expect to carry them back into the Western Hockey League playoffs and challenge to be one of the best teams in the league. The Chiefs (2-1-0-0) were ranked No. 3 in all of the Canadian Hockey League […]

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Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk to be featured as cover star of EA Sports’ NHL 26

Matthew Tkachuk’s year just keeps on getting better. As if his second Stanley Cup wasn’t enough, on Wednesday, video game giant EA Sports revealed that none other than the Panthers’ star winger will grace the cover of their latest hockey title, NHL 26, which will be released on Sept 12, 2025. Tkachuk will be the lone […]

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Chicago Blackhawks development camp: 5 things we learned, including which prospect is forgoing college

The Chicago Blackhawks wrapped up development camp on Thursday, but at least a few of the players are headed toward the holiday weekend still thinking about competition. As in a four-team volleyball tournament. “We have volleyball today which should be pretty fun,” said Hawks forward prospect Martin Misiak, whose Team Gray consists of “five Europeans […]

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