Big news for four year local product Joey Lies of the Flin Flon Bombers.

Lies will be joining his brother Justin at Mount Royal University for the up coming season.

Joey is fresh off his best year in Junior Hockey where he led his team in scoring with 54 points in 48 games including 27 goals, 14 of those scored on the powerplay. 

Lies suited up for 176 regular season games in his career and an additional 43 games in the playoffs which included an SJHL Championship in his final season and a Centennial Cup appearance in Summerside PEI.

Joey represented the Bombers well both on and off the ice,  as he was very involved as a mentor in the school's, helped with Minor Hockey and refereed Old Timers Hockey.

He was also nominated as the Flin Flon Bombers RBC Community Ambassador on two different occasions.

Good luck to Joey as embarks on the next stage of his hockey career.

Hapnot Collegiate had 21 students participate at track zones this year in The Pas.

Fifteen  athletes qualified for provincials down in Winnipeg June 12th to the 14th. Here is a list of the Hapnot athletes that have qualified.

Ellis Pearson - 100m, long jump, triple jump , Chloe Koczka - 400m, Maelynn Tetlock- 800m, 1500m, 3000 , Lydia Alexander - shot put,  Ari Bellisle - shot put and discus,  Ethan Pawlachuk- 100m, long jump, triple jump.

Mikey Pawlachuk - triple jump,  Walter Lansbury- javelin and discus, Ava Etienne- 200m, 400m, 800m, Ashlyn Peever - 800m, 1500m, 3000 , Cynthia Lu - 3000 Jocelyn Kozar - high jump and triple jump,  Isabella Dauk-high jump Gracie McIntosh - shot put, discus, javelin Brody Harkin - shot put and javelin.

Hapnot finished third in the competition with a total of 308 points. The Pas finished first with 438 total points.

Tri Community Baseball is hosting a Hardball Tournament in The Pas June the 19th to the 21st.

It is for players between the ages of 11 and 15 and Flin Flon is looking to put a team together.

If tou are interested in signing the kids up you can reach out to ffcrminorbaseball@gmail.com

If they get enough interest they will hold a try out.

Entre fee is $125.00 per team and you will be guaranteed 4 games.

The 2026 SJHL Draft is scheduled for next Tuesday June the 9th.

The draft will feature two rounds of selections of 2011-born players, followed by six rounds of 2010-born players, with choices made in reverse order of the 2025-26 regular season standings.

The Laronge Ice Wolves will receive the first overall pick and the Flin Flon Bombers will get the  12th pick  overall. 

Flin Flon also won't get a pick in the first round for 2010's but will pick 12th in Round 2, 3 and 4 and will pick 4th in the fifth round and miss in the 6th round due to trades with other clubs.

The draft will be streamed live on SJHL.ca, on SJHL’s YouTube Channel, and across the league’s social media networks from IKS Media’s Regina studio.

The Laronge Ice Wolves continue to make changes as they try to rebuild their organization and try to get back to a winning culture in Northern Saskatchewan.

The Wolves were a very steady successful team in the mid 2000's and they are trying to be a factor in the SJHL once again.

Laronge went back to their roots and brought back Legendary Coach and GM Bob Beatty who coached the Wolves to back to back league  titles in 2009 and 2010. Beatty has agreed to become the team's new GM.

Today the Wolves announced that they have hired a  new Head Coach and Assistant General Manager Taylor Harnett. Taylor has quite the resume.

For the past decade Taylor has Coached in the BCHL, NAHL, MJHL and most recently in the AJHL.

Most of his time was spent as Head Coach and GM of the Waywayseecappo Wolverines and was nominated for MJHL coach of the year during his time there.

Taylor is a proud member of Carry the Kettle First Nation and has also Coached at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.

Harnett along with Beatty will start the rebuild process immediately and will be a very tough team to play against this season.

Come out and kick off the local golf season with the first big event of the year.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club will be holding their opening day tournament on Saturday June the 13th.

Tee times will start at 1pm and it is $50.00 for members and $100.00 for non members.

Your fees cover 18 holes of golf, supper and prizes.

You can register at the Pro Shop by calling 306-688-5555.

Big news for Flin Flon Bombers three year defenseman Pierce Yakimchuk who has committed to the University of Alberta Golden Bears for the 2026-27 season.

Yakimchuk is coming off a season to remember for the Flin Flon Bombers where he was able to lead the historic club to their first league championship in 33 years.

Yakimchuk suited up for 123 regular season games and picked up 47 career points with 30 of those points  coming in his 20 year old season. Pierce also delivered 6 points in 35 career playoff games.

Pierce will join his older brother Aiden on the Golden Bear blue line this up coming season. Aiden joined the Golden Bears this past season after spending 2 years at Lindenwood University of the NCAA.

It was a very good weekend for a number of Flin Flon Soccer teams from the Phantom Lake Soccer Club who were in Saskatoon for the Avalon Harder Classic.

The U-9 Storm went 2-1-1

U-11 Blizzard 2-2

U-13 Lightning 3-1

U-15 Cyclones went 3-1-1 with their only loss coming in the final to Valley Unity Soccer,  a team from the Martensville area by a score of 3 to 1 to claim the Silver Medal.

Congratulations to all the players, coach's and parents who represented Flin Flon and area very well over the weekend.

Hapnot Collegiate will be honoring all their athletes, coach's and officials with their year end Athletic  Awards Banquet on Wednesday June the 17th.

Awards to be presented include the JV and SV Male and Female Athletes Of The Year plus athletes will be recognized in all the team sports including Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Badminton and Track and Field.

Coach's, officials and volunteers will also be honored.

Tickets will be available this week and it will take place in the Hapnot Gym starting at 6pm and dinner will be provided.

It is a semi formal event.