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Weekend sports round up

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

The Wolves were defeated 57-52 by Archbishop Jordan and will advance to the first leg of a consolation round Friday. The Lady Wolves faired better on the opening day of the tournament, handily defeating … […]

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Jets send Bruins into hibernation

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – After a disappointing 4-1 loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks Sunday afternoon the Jets redeemed themselves Wednesday night with an 8-4 victory of the Strathcona Bruins. The victory gave the Jets another two greatly-needed points as they race towards the end of the CJHL regular season Feb. 6… […]

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Pressure on for Morinville Jets

Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s 4-1 loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Pyramid Hawks (14-14-5) put even greater pressure on the Morinville Jets (15-13-5) to rack up some points in their remaining four contests if they are to have home-ice advantage in the qualifying round of playoffs.

Head Coach Scott Rodda said Sunday the Jets will need to win three if not all of their remaining four games to achieve that goal… […]

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Vipers suffer another defeat to Ice Dogs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – Wednesday night’s make up game against the Onoway Ice Dogs originally scheduled for Jan. 9 ended in a 7-3 decision for the visiting Ice Dogs. The contest was the fifth time the Vipers took on Onoway this season and the fourth time they were defeated… […]

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Vipers experience mixed bag weekend

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – It was a two-point weekend for the Legal Vipers Jan. 15 and 16. The club handily extinguished the flames of the struggling Hinton Heat with an 11-5 decision Saturday night but fell from a five-goal lead against the Slave Lake Winter Hawks Sunday afternoon to lose the contest 6-5… […]

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Titans even in wins and losses for January

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Titans have picked up four points in four outings so far in January. The club were defeated in back-to-back outings early in the month, but achieved back-to-back victories this past week, although one of the contests was by default… […]

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Jets defeat Mustangs for first time in three outings

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s 5-2 victory over the 12-15-4 Edmonton Mustangs was the first time in the past three matchups between the two teams that the contest was decided in regulation play, and the first time the Jets have walked away with the win. Both the Nov. 5 and Dec. 8 contests between the two clubs ended in overtime … […]

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Jets receive royal defeat from Royals

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Jets returned home from Tuesday night’s road game with their second defeat in as many games. Last night’s 4-1 loss brought the Jets record to 14-13-5, just one game above .500 hockey.

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Vipers narrowly defeated by Aces

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – The Vipers were dealt a couple of rough hands over the weekend. Saturday night’s home-ice rematch with the Onoway Ice Dogs was cancelled due to inclement weather and Sunday’s road game to Athabasca ended in a 7-6 loss to the Aces, largely due to the Vipers being deprived… […]

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Morinville Sports Shorts

Compiled by MorinvilleNews.com Staff

MCHS Senior Girls take fourth in tourney

The MCHS Senior Girls placed fourth at the Louis St Laurent Green and Gold Basketball Tournament held Jan. 6 – 8… […]

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Jets pummelled by Knights in lopsided affair

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After carving out two victories earlier in the week, the Morinville Jets dropped a 10-2 decision to the visiting Sherwood Park Knights (18-11-0) Sunday afternoon, a contest that looked like it could be anybody’s game at the end of the first period… […]

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Jets rally in third period to defeat Regals

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Tuesday night’s home-ice contest against the Spruce Grove Regals broke a three-game losing streak for the Morinville Jets. The 7-4 victory was also a reversal of fortunes from the 7-6 overtime loss the Jets suffered at the hands of the Regals Dec. 19. Tuesday night’s victory brings the Jets […]

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Vipers defanged by Winterhawks

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – Saturday night’s home-ice show down between the Legal Vipers and Slave Lake Winterhawks was a different outcome for the Vipers than the last time the two teams met. Instead of a tightly contested 9-8 victory for the Vipers, the snakes came away with an 8-5 loss, their second defeat against Slave Lake this season.

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Jets lose to Regals in shootout

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Jets ended the 2010 calendar year on a down note Sunday night after dropping a 7-6 shootout decision to the Spruce Grove Regals. Although taking one point for a contest against the CJHL West Division’s second-ranked club would normally be an acceptable situation, the loss was the Jets third in a week… […]

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Morinville Jets fall to Warriors

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Dressed in their road jerseys, the Morinville Jets took to home ice Friday night to face the CJHL West Division’s top-ranked Beverly Warriors. Despite 40 minutes of discipline and determination that brought the Jets to a 4-3 lead over the Warriors; a series of defensive breakdowns in the final frame reversed the Jets’ fortunes, giving the Warriors a 7-5 victory… […]

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Titans end 2010 with another victory

]By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Titans earned another win Saturday night, pulling off a 3-1 victory over the 5-8-1 Seera Icemen, currently ranked in 10th place in the Noralta Junior C Hockey League. The victory brings the Titans’ record to 13-3-3 on the season and ends 2010 on an up note for the club… […]