National Sports

Have no fear, hockey fans! Access7 is teaming up with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL) to broadcast a jam-packed schedule of hockey this season.

A group of sports organizers led by Kamsack business owner Wayne Sas and recreation director Paul Keys today announced its intention to form a senior hockey team that will play the 2012-13 season in the Fishing Lakes Hockey League (FLHL).

The Yorkton Minor Hockey Esso Awards banquet took place last Tuesday. Another year, another whole bunch of awards handed out at the Yorkton Curling Club. They took the ice out to accommodate everything. Each team's coaching staff handed out awards.

It's Hockey Windup Time!! Bredenbury community hall April 21, happy hour at 5 p.m. and supper at 6 p.m. Get your tickets early, contact Andy Lauer at 898-2007. The lions 5th annual Quad Derby will be held Sat., April 21. Registration 10 a.m.

With the Terriers, Harvest done a long, long time ago, and most of the minor hockey teams done, that leaves a whole lot of time on the schedule for other things.

There was plenty of interest in this year's Yorkton Farrell Agencies/Ottenbreit Sanitation Initiation Tournament held over the weekend at both local arenas, said Initiation Program (IP) director Ryan Hoffman.

The Rider Prider Hockey Challenge took place over the weekend at the Kinsman Arena in Yorkton.

The official date set for the 5th annual province-wide Hockey Day in Saskatchewan event was this past Saturday (Jan. 21), and Melville was the host community.

Here's the latest - Yorkton Minor Football is hosting a Rider hockey team as a fundraiser.

The National Hockey League staged what it called its fifth annual Winter Classic on Monday when the Philadelphia Flyers entertained the New York Rangers.