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Plan covers next four years

A tremendously successful season on the ice has translated into a scholarship for Nipawin Hawks goaltender Kristian Stead as he accepted an offer to play for NCAA Division-I hockey next season at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

The Nipawin Hawks picked up a huge 3-2 overtime victory over the Humboldt Broncos in a family day matinee in Humboldt on Feb. 20 as a win pulled them back into a Sherwood division first place tie with Flin Flon.

With the outright lead for first place on the line, the Nipawin Hawks did not play their best hockey and it cost them as they fell 4-0 in a critical first place showdown with the Flin Flon Bombers on home ice Feb. 18.

With a share of first place in the Sherwood Division on the line the Nipawin Hawks picked up a huge 4-1 win over the Humboldt Broncos in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action in Nipawin on Feb. 17.

The Nipawin Hawks came out flying in an important game against the Flin Flon Bombers exploding for five first period goals en route to a 7-3 win in Flin Flon on Feb. 14 in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action.

McDonald’s is coming to Melfort. A City of Melfort press release dated Feb. 21 from John Burton of Avatex Development Corp.

The Melfort Mustangs have been looking for a more consistent defensive effort for most of the season and they got just that in a 2-1 loss to the Battlefords North Stars. The Feb.

Long before spectators’ trucks lined up around the oval, vintage ice racers were tuning, checking and working on their machines. Vintage ice oval races returned to a slough south of Codette on Feb.

North Battleford Fire has responded to a call about a possible oxygen tank on fire on the 1300 block of 96th Street on Friday.