The Keystone Junior Hockey League playoffs begin this Saturday, the Cross Lake Islanders will play the PBCN Selects, and the Norway house north stars will play the NCN Flames in a play-in round to a best of three.

Whoever wins between the selects and islanders will play the OCN storm in a best-of-5 series starting march 12^th, more details can be found on the OCN Storm Facebook page.

The OCN Blizzard is on the ice tonight in another vital MJHL Game, Tonight they host the Waywayseecappo Wolverines who are 5 points behind the blizzard and are 4^th in the MGEU West Division. 5 more regular season games are left for the blizzard, 4 of which are at home, the game starts at 7 and tonight’s game will not be broadcasted on CJAR.

The Deadline to enter for the Ladies Bonspiel is fast approaching.

Ladies can come curl under the big top with The Pas Curling Club, Enjoy a banquet, costume contest and more March 3rd to 5th.

The cost to register for the event is $180, those interested should contact Janis at 204-620-3765 before the deadline on March 1st.

The Margaret Barbour Spartans came out on top in two Junior Varsity Tournaments late last week.

The Margaret Barbour Spartans beat out Mikisew Mikisew 32-28 for first place in the Zone 11- JV Girls tournament.

While the boys team beat the Frontier Raiders  65-45 for first place in the Zone 11, A/AA Junior Varsity Zone Championship.

The OCN Blizzard had another successful win against the Winnipeg Freeze over the weekend. With 2 goals from Matt Langdon, a goal from Sam Zagari, Riley Zimmerman Alex Bernauer and Darik Feasey the blizzard earned another 2 points at home.

Every point earned is more and more crucial by the day as only 5 points separate the first place Blizzard with the 4th place Waywayseecappo Wolverines. The Blizzard host the Wolverines tomorrow at 7pm at the GLMC.

The OCN Blizzard sadly fell to the Swan Valley Stampeders yesterday evening to a score of 5 to 7, The Blizzard is still first in the MGEU West Division but is fourth in the league overall, the Blizzard will be back home this Friday against the Winkler Flyers at 7, this game will not be broadcasted.

more details can be found here

The OCN Storm is now on a ten-game winning streak beating the PBCN Selects 6 to 3 after falling 3 to 1 in the second intermission, The Storm is still first in the KJHL with 49 points and will play The final regular season game against NCN Flames Sunday at the GLMC.

more details can be found at OCNstorm.ca 

The OCN Storm head to Flin Flon today to face the PBCN Selects at the Whitney Forum.

The Storm are tied with the Peguis Juniors for first in the Keystone Jr Hockey League at 47 points while the Selects are in third at 40 points this season.

A win tonight could also tie the Storm's series against the selects at 3 wins each. Puck Drop is at 7:30 PM Central time.

The Oscar Lathlin Wolverines and Margaret Barbour Spartans are heading north to Flin Flon for the Zone 11-JV Girls Tournament this weekend.

The tournament will be played in a double knockout format and on Friday the wolverines will face off against Mikisew Mikisew followed by the Margaret Barbour Spartans facing the winner in the second round.

The host Hapnot Kopper Queens will face the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre Huskies.

The OCN Blizzard are on their way to Swan River today to face off against the Swan Valley Stampeders.

The MGEU West Division has been locked in a tight battle for payoff spots with only four points between the first place OCN Blizzard at 61 points and 4th place Dauphin kings at 57 points while the Swan Valley Stampeders sit in between at 58 points this season.

The MJHL regular season is getting ready to come to a close for the Blizzard with only 8 games left including tonight's. Puck drops at 7PM and the game will not be broadcasted by CJAR.

The OCN Storm had a huge win over the PBCN Selects on Saturday.

Ezekiel Kirkness earned a hat trick with 3 goals, Damon Constant and Keilan Holland each scored two, with other goals scored by Drew Peters, Harlan Jacobson, Hutton Hurst-Foster and Milan Constant to lead the storm to a 11-4 victory over the OCN Storm.

The team is currently tied with the Peguis Juniors at 47 points however the Storm have a game in hand, sitting them on the top of the KJHL standings. They face the PBCN Selects again Wednesday at 7PM at the Whitney Forum.

With The Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival ending over the weekend, Humans weren't the only mammals hard at work. Dog Sled Races took place each day and here are your final results.

In the World and Manitoba Championship Sled Dog Race Anny Malo came first with a total time of 6:22:37.73. Dave Hochman came in first for Manitoba with a time of 6:41:50.22.

In the Joe LeClerc 4 dog race Annie Malo came first with a time of 20:1.38.

In the Junior 5 Dog Race Liam Conner came first with a time of 46:14.

And in the Jack McPhail Memorial 6 Dog Race Marco Rivest ranked first with a time of 1:29:37.21.

The OCN Blizzard had a successful trip to southern Manitoba over the weekend!

Friday

On Friday the team headed far south to face the Niverville Nighthawks, starting the night with a goal by Michael Hlady at the 12:36 mark in the first period to begin the night. The Nighthawks came back in the second period, putting pressure on the Blizzard throughout as Evan Bortis and Josh Paulhus pulled ahead to a 2-1 lead against the Blizzard. Michael Hlady tied things up early into the third period and the pressure was on for either team to pull ahead and win the night. Ethan Kelly later had enough of the OCN Blizzard and picked a fight, earning him 2 minutes in the box and allowing the Blizzard to advance on the net until Alex Bernauer to score, wrapping up the night 3-2 for the Blizzard

SATURDAY

Saturdays game was an absolute nail biter from start to finish. Michael Hlady opened up scoring at the 12:28 mark before Carter Cormier and Jacob Ziegler pushed ahead for the Steelers 2-1 at the end of the first period. The teams traded goals, with Eduard Wruck scoring his first goal as an OCN Blizzard and Cormier scoring his second of the game. After Ryan Monias scored a goal to pull into a 3-3 game it seemed Cormier had his eyes on the prize, earning a hat trick and forcing a tough decision. I may have only been with the Blizzard for two full seasons, but something I've never believed in was pulling the goalie as I've never once seen it work in person in any league or level. Nine out of ten times it doesn't work... well Saturday was the one of ten times as Ryan Monias scored with only 45 seconds to go and an empty Blizzard net. Drayden Kurbatoff and Ashton Paul scored two in a shootout to win the night 5-4 against the Steelers.

SUNDAY

Sunday's game couldn't have ended the weekend any better for the OCN Blizzard. Despite being on the third game of a 3 game road trip the Blizzard kept the pressure on  the Winnipeg Freeze the entire night.  Goals by Kieran Cooke and Ashton Paul in the first period and Ashton Cuvelier and Sam Zagari in the third ended the game 4-0 for the Blizzard.

They Face the Swan Valley Stampeders Wednesday at 7PM in Swan River.

The OCN Blizzard kicks off the weekend with a 3 - day road trip.

tonight at 7:30, they will play against the Niverville Night Hawks, next, they will travel to Selkirk on Saturday to face the Steelers at 7:30, Finally, on Sunday they will travel to Winnipeg to play The Winnipeg Freeze at 6:00 PM.

All three games will be broadcasted, more details check out

OCNBLIZZARD.com

Yesterday evening the OCN Storm unveiled their very own MMIW-inspired hockey jerseys that were designed to be worn by the OCN Storm to bring bigger awareness to the ugly epidemic.

The Jerseys will be auctioned off this Saturday when the storm plays against the PBCN Selects at the GLMC, each jersey will start at $150.00 and the closing bids will be on March 1, 2023.

"We hope in the future that other organizations will follow suit and keep raising money to help and support the MMIW. We thank you in advance for the help and support you show for our team. Ekosi"

A statement made by The OCN Storm.

More details can be found at OCN.com

The OCN Blizzard had a huge win at home last night when they hosted the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.

Ashton Paul and Michael Hlady both earned hat tricks and Keenan McNeil scored one while Chase Hamm kept the puck out of the net to end the night with a 7-0 victory at the Roy H Johnston Arena.

Last nights win propelled the OCN Blizzard back into a 3 way tie with the Virden Oil Capitals and Dauphin Kings at 55 points.

Next up the OCN Blizzard head to Winnipeg this weekend for a trio of games against the Niverville Nighthawks, Selkirk Steelers and Winnipeg Freeze.

The OCN Blizzard are on the ice tonight against the division leading Waywayseecappo Wolverines.

A win tonight could put the Blizzard into another tie with the  Dauphin Kings and Virden Oil Capitals at 55 points. Tonight's game starts at 7PM and will NOT be broadcasted by CJAR.

Beginner Resistance Band Classes are coming to The Pas later this month. Every Monday and Wednesday from 1-2pm.

Classes run from February 27th to March 22nd and will cost a one time fee of $5 for the resistance band.

Those interested in registering can drop into The Pas Primary Health Care Centre or call 204-623-9650 before February 22nd.

The OCN Blizzard had a big victory over the Dauphin Kings on Saturday. Things started off strong with 11 shots on goal in the first period for the Blizzard despite no goals for either team.

The game started to look like their previous match up with no goals for the first half of the second period either. That is until Logan Walker was served a double minor for Kneeing and Jamie Valentino was sent to the box 8 seconds later for unsportsmanlike conduct. This gave Sebastian Hamming and Ryan Monias chances to dump the puck into the net in the 5v3.

The Kings fought back in the third period with a nearly empty net Ethan Williment scored the lone Kings goal. In the final minutes Ashton Paul was sent to the box for hooking and the Kings pulled goaltender Dmytro Kubritsky to force a 4 on 6 against the OCN Blizzard, which the team held their ground against to wrap up the night 2-1 for the Blizzard.

Coming up The OCN Blizzard face the Waywayseecappo  Wolverines on Tuesday.

Over the weekend schools from all over Manitoba were in our community for the MHSAA Curling Provincial Championship hosted by Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute and The Pas Curling Club.

Teams battled for 3 days until a victor was declared for both boys and girls divisions. The MBCI Spartans girls team fell to the River East Kodiaks 12-4 while the MBCI Spartans boys team lost to the Portage Collegiate Trojans 10-3.

The Carman Cougars won the girls division after an 8-4 win over the Carberry Cougars and the Portage Collegiate Trojans came first in the boys division after a 12-7 win over the Dauphin Clippers.

The OCN Blizzard pulled ahead to a 3 way tie for second place in the MGEU West Division over the weekend when they faced the Virden Oil Capitals.

Fridays home game had most of the OCN Blizzards top scorers Including Riley Zimmerman, Ashton Paul, Michael Hlady and Alex Bernauer to wrap up the game 4-1.

On Sunday Riley Zimmerman opened up scoring early in the first period, however Roux Bazin scored in both the second and third period and pulled ahead for the Oil Capitals to wrap up the night 2-1 for Virden.

A big Curling Championship is coming to The Pas this weekend. The MHSAA Provincial Curling Championship hits the ice February 9th to the 11th above the Roy H Johnston Arena.

The Margaret Barbour Spartans along with The Pas Curling Club will be hosting the event that will feature schools from all across the province. The MBCI Spartans will start the tournament facing the Tec Voc Hornets.

The OCN Blizzard are on the ice with a pair of games against the Virden Oil Capitals today and tomorrow. Today they host the Capitals at 7 PM before hitting the road to face them again at 7:30 in Virden.

It's A tight division, where two points could tie the Blizzard up with the Stampeders, Kings and Wolverines for first place. Tonight's game will NOT be broadcasted by CJAR.

Junior Varsity Basketball teams from the community hit the road this weekend. The Oscar Lathlin Wolverines JV girls team head to Winnipeg for the Immanuel Christian School JV Girls Tournament taking place today and Saturday.

While the Margaret Barbour Spartans JV girls team heads to the Neepawa Tigers JV Girls Basketball Tournament and the boys head to the Ste Rose JV Boys Basketball Tournament.

The M30 Goalie tournament of Champions hits the ice in a couple of months. March 30th to April 2nd teams of varied ages from U9 to U15 will compete for top place.

The registration cost is $800 per team with the first half due upon registering and the second due by March 20th.

To register, contact Shawna Stevenson at 204-620-2191.