Tag: hockey

A Slap Shot in Time: The Wild but True History of the Minnesota Fighting Saints

In the early 1970’s an upstart professional hockey league known as the World Hockey Association was formed to challenge the well-established and long-standing National Hockey League. The WHA set its sights on competing with the NHL for players, fans and dollars. The Minnesota Fighting Saints were one of the WHA’s original franchises, playing their games…
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August 2, 2022 0

Fertile-Beltrami School Board Approves Hockey Co Op with Crookston

Fertile, MN — The Fertile-Beltrami School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night, April 13th. At the meeting the board continued their discussion of a potential hockey co op with either Crookston or Red Lake Falls. Both schools would have made excellent pairings, according to Fertile-Beltrami Superintendent Brian Clarke but because the district…
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April 16, 2021 0

Little Falls Flyers Head Coach Tony Couture joins the Borderland airwaves

By Kris Norton, Kris@ksdmradio.com (3/31/2021) International Falls – After a storied hockey career that began in the Borderland, Tony Couture, a 1985 Falls High School graduate, and his Little Falls Flyers meet Delano in the Class A state quarterfinals. Couture revisited his hockey past in International Falls, his 28-year run as head coach of the…
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March 31, 2021 0

High School Rankings

The latest in the area high school rankings were revealed yesterday. Basketball Rankings from the MN Basketball News:BOYSCLASS 1A1. Mahnomen-Waubun (6) 2. Ashby (6) 3. Nevis (5) 4. St. Clair (2) 5. Cleveland (2) 6. Deer River (7) 7. Cass Lake-Bena (8) 8. Legacy Christian (4) 9. Lac qui Parle Valley (3) 10. Mankato Loyola…
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March 11, 2021 0

Olivia King sees first game action for Gopher Women’s Hockey

Olivia King, former Brainerd/Little Falls Warrior goaltender, plays for the University of Minnesota Women’s Hockey team. We catch up with her about her sophomore season and the excitement of having her first game action. We first asked her to recap her sophomore season. In the final regular season game at Bemidji State, King was inserted…
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March 1, 2021 0

Coins On Ice at the Indus School

By Kris Norton, Kris@ksdmradio.com (2/25/2021) International Falls – Members of the Indus School’s National Honor Society joined The Morning Show to discuss their current fundraiser, “Coins On Ice”. Jenessa and Julianna Holte, Hattie Ulrich, and NHS volunteer Shawn Bowles have formed the fundraiser to benefit the school’s physical education students. Coins On Ice aims to…
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February 25, 2021 0

Fertile-Beltrami School Board Discusses Return to In-Person; Looking into Potential Hockey Co-Op

Fertile, MN — It was a light agenda for the Fertile-Beltrami School Board at their meeting last Tuesday, February 9th. The district recently just switched back to full, in-person learning for all grade levels for the first time since this spring. They also had some staff members join their board meeting in-person for the first…
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February 15, 2021 0

Minnesota Section and North Dakota Tournament Dates

Minnesota Dates Section 6A Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, and Wrestling – Section 6A Girls Basketball – Monday March 15th – Pigtail Games – 7pm Wednesday March 17th – Play-in Games – 7pm Friday March 19th – Quarterfinals – 7pm Tuesday March 23rd – Semifinals – 7pm Thursday March 25th – Section Finals – 7pm Section…
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February 5, 2021 0

Catching Up with Mitch Andres

(BRAINERD, MN) — Mitch Andres, a Brainerd High School graduate and former member of the Warriors’ Boys Hockey team, is currently in his sophomore season with the Boston College Eagles and their Men’s Hockey team. We spoke with him to get an update on his collegiate experience thus far. Mitch started by discussing how COVID…
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December 11, 2020 0