SISEC’s Russian players adjusting to smaller rink
SISEC
Thirteen feet.
Doesn’t sound like much, but in the game of hockey it’s a world of difference.
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Cowboys wrestle for medals at Edmonton meet
Rebecca Netzband
The Cochrane Cowboys wrestling team came away with medals at the Paperweight Invitational wrestling tournament in Edmonton over the weekend.
Brendan McKeage, Aidan McKeage, Connor McNeice, Daniel Coles and Christoff Coles all earned gold at the Jan. 28 invitational tourney featuring more than 500 wrestlers.
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Generals double up
Chris Hugo
The Cochrane Generals won a pair of Heritage Junior Hockey League games over the weekend, downing the Three Hills Thrashers 8-2 on Jan. 28 at Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) Family Sports Centre after defeating the High River Flyers 5-3 Jan. 27 in High River.
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Cochranites sharpen skills at Edge tournament
Eight Cochrane players are skating in the Junior Women’s Hockey League East-West tournament scheduled Feb. 2-5 at Edge School in Calgary.
Erika Sowchuk, who won gold with Team Canada at the U18 world women’s championships last month in…
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Twenty-four teams competing in Cochrane Classic
Cochrane U10 Red Rockies
Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre will be ringing with activity this weekend as the third-annual Cochrane Classic ringette tournament descends on the facility.
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Catch Cochrane Classic and get in on the prizes
Megan Ogilvie
Grab the ring and win a prize.
For ringette fans, the third-annual Cochrane Classic ringette tournament provides more than a chance to enjoy high-level play between ringette teams from across Alberta.
It also gives fans a chance to win big, while contributing thousands of dollars to Cochrane’s ringette program and promoting local businesses.
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Generals run on high-octane offence
Ian McRae
The best offence is a good offence.
Just ask the Cochrane Generals, who have four top-10 players on the Heritage Junior Hockey League scoring-leaders list – Jason Labelle, Jonny Pictin, Kris Keller and Tyson Soloski. It’s no mystery the Generals have been at, or near, the top of league standings all season.
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Ringette resources squeezed
Cochrane Classic organizers are victims of ringette's popularity. Photo by Jeremy Broadfield.
Popularity comes with a price.
In the case of the Cochrane Classic ringette tournament, that price is a shortage of resources.
Tournament coordinator Jan Thue has booked all the ice she can get in town for the 24-team tournament, and is now scrambling to find referees for the 48 games that will be played over three days in the three arenas at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.
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Teams line up for Cochrane Classic
Cochrane Classic ringette tourney to take place Jan. 27-29 at SLS Centre.
It’s so popular, they’re beating them away with a stick. A ringette stick, that is.
The third-annual Cochrane Classic ringette tournament is set for Jan. 27-29 at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre. And while two dozen teams involving players aged 9-14 are signed up and ready to go, many more were turned away.
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Midget T-wolves duo shooting for the all-stars
Craig Packard
Following a rough start to the season – just one win in November – the Bow Valley Timberwolves Midget AA squad is coming together at the right time. And it’s due partially to the commitment and excellent play of forward Reed Boothby and defenceman Craig Packard, who have been chosen by their team to go to the South Central Alberta Midget AA Hockey League all-star game in Red Deer this weekend.
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