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Israel Mianscum took another big step on his hockey journey on October 1, hitting the ice at Val-d’Or’s Air Creebec Centre for the first time as a player for the Sherbrooke Phœnix – with a large contingent of supporters from Eeyou Istchee on hand for the contest.
Youth softball tournament cancellations in several Cree communities this summer is prompting recreation officers and team representatives to rethink their approach to youth sports.
Donald Lucas of Flamme Olympique Hockey recently laid claim to the name “First Nations Elites” – the same one adorning the jerseys of Tommy Neeposh’s AAA development teams since Neeposh started organizing Indigenous teams for elite youth tournaments in 2017.
Major junior hockey fans in Eeyou Istchee will have another homegrown hero to cheer for next season.
When Tommy Neeposh was first inspired to put together the First Nation Elites, it was for a simple purpose – to give young Indigenous hockey players the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of scouts, who may not otherwise have the opportunity to see them play.
The month of April came to a bittersweet close for the community of Waswanipi.
The gymnasium was a blur of spinning colours at a recent speedcubing event in Montreal April 6, at which two teens from Eeyou Istchee performed impressively.
Hockey fans from coast to coast recently had an unprecedented opportunity to hear the Plains Cree version of “He shoots, he scores!”
The Ouje-Bougoumou Snowmobile Cross-Country Challenge 2019, held March 22-24, opened with an emotional tribute to the late Nathaniel Bosum, an avid snocross racer.
Changes to the format and scheduling at this year’s Rupert River Cup made for exciting game play at the hockey and broomball tournament.
