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The Northstars played two games Jan. 11-12, fighting hard and losing both contests to the Winnipeg Wild.

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) Flames moved into first place in the Keystone Junior Hockey League with a pair of blowout road wins against the Norway House North Stars Jan. 11-12.

The Norman Northstars started off 2020 they way they finished 2019 – with three road losses in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League. The Northstars kicked off the new year with a 9-4 loss to the Central Plains Capitals Jan.

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) Flames cut the Keystone Junior Hockey League leading Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) Storm's points advantage in the standings from five down to one with a pair of home wins in Nelson House and Thompson Jan. 3-4.

R.D. Parker Collegiate’s senior girls’ basketball team began their season with three straight wins and a tournament title at the Bill McDonald Memorial Basketball Tournament in The Pas Dec. 12-14.

After ending a 25-game losing streak by earning their fist win of the season Dec. 8, the Norman Northstars headed out on the road Dec. 13-15, finishing 2019 with a three-game losing streak to the Yellowhead Chiefs and Brandon Wheat Kings.

A trio of female hockey players from Pimicikamak Cree Nation at Cross Lake were featured Dec. 8 in an NHL.com story by William Douglas, who writes about players of colour for the league’s website.

Jordan Pfoh of the Norman Northstars was named the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League’s player of the week Dec. 10 after scoring seven points in two games against the Kenora Thistles Dec. 7-8. A 6’1” defenceman from Flin Flon.

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) Flames shrank the gap between themselves and the first-place Opaskwayak, Cree Nation (OCN) Storm in the Keystone Junior Hockey League standings with a pair of lopsided road wins against the last-place Norway Hous