Tag: Thunder Bay North Stars

Norskies, Iron Rangers looking to move up in 2017-18 — SIJHL Season Preview

The Minnesota Iron Rangers and Thief River Falls Norskies will both be looking to make a move up in the Superior International Junior Hockey League in the 2017-18 season. The 2016-17 season was not friendly to the Minnesota Iron Rangers who managed just seven regulation wins in 56 games in the SIJHL – a Canadian

Norskies buried under Miners’ first period barrage.

Thief River Falls Norskies, one of two Minnesota-based teams in the Superior International Junior Hockey League based primarily in northwestern Ontario, found itself buried quickly, trailing the English River Miners 4-0 before the game was 16 minutes old on Friday (Oct. 28) at the Ralph Engelestad Arena. Keaton Huot, 20, from Thief River Falls, pulled

Here we go — Puck drops on 2016-17 regular seasons — Tier 2

Among the three Tier II junior leagues that include Midwest based teams, two begin regular season play this weekend (Sept. 9-11) with the other beginning pre-season play. Following is a quick rundown on how things are going heading into the 2016-17 regular season. NAHL The lone all-American Tier II League, the North American Hockey League

Iron Rangers edge North Stars in SIJHL home opener shootout

Nick Stockert finally brought an end to the 2015-16 Superior International Junior Hockey League home opener for the Minnesota Iron Rangers with his goal in the seventh round of a shootout at the Hoyt Lakes Arena Friday (Sept. 25) night. The goal lifted the host Iron Rangers to a 3-2 edge against the visiting Thunder