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The Soo North Stars will begin a best-of-five series with the Kapuskasing Flyers with games Saturday and Sunday nights. Saturday's game will be at Memorial Gardens, with Sunday's match set for the John Rhodes Community Centre.

ECHO BAY -- After an unexpected week off due to stormy weather, the Women's Hockey League resumed action here Monday night.

The Greyhounds defeated the Sudbury Wolves 6-1 Tuesday to move into sixth place within the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League.

Sault Ste. Marie native Rico Fata Jr. has been dealt by the New York Rangers to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a seven-player National Hockey League trade completed on Monday.

A weekend split closed out the regular season for the Soo North Stars, who finished in second place in the Great North Midget Hockey League. After beating the Valley East Cobras 5-3 on Saturday, the North Stars lost 3-1 to Sudbury Lockerby on Sunday.

The Soo Jr. Greyhounds received a scare Sunday night but survived it and escaped with a 5-3 victory over the Abitibi Eskimos at Memorial Gardens. The Jr.

The host Sault Ste. Marie Aquatic Club finished just nine points behind the Timmins Marlins to finish second at the Dave Kensit Memorial Championship over the weekend at the John Rhodes Community Centre.

Patrick O'Sullivan scored twice and assisted on two others as the Mississauga IceDogs erupted for a 6-0 win over the Soo Greyhounds before a Hershey Centre crowd of 5,042 on Sunday afternoon.

The Sault College Cougars didn't disappoint a loud, frenzied, partisan crowd on Friday night in clawing the St. Clair Saints 90-68 in OCAA West Region men's basketball play.

ERIE, PA. -- Three players involved in the same trade were the game stars here Friday as the Erie Otters and the Soo Greyhounds played to a 3-3 OHL tie.