HAS THE SWAGGER RETURNED

By TERRY FARRELL Daily Herald-Tribune The Grande Prairie Storm made a statement on the weekend and it took them all of 50 seconds to do so. Team coach and general manager Blaine Bablitz has stated a key to success this season will be a return to the home-ice domination that the Grande Prairie Storm have […]

STORM SWEEP BOBCATS

When Gus Correale arrived in Grande Prairie he was Dan Correale’s little brother. The 19-year-old Storm forward operated for a season in the shadow of big brother, who was the team’s second leading scorer in 2010-2011 and earned himself an NCAA scholarship. He didn’t escape that shadow last year finishing fourth in team scoring, but […]

STORM TOP ‘CATS FOR FIRST WIN

It was a great start and a bit of a shaky finish, but the Grande Prairie Storm will take the two points. The Storm defeated the Lloydminster Bobcats 4-2 in the Canada Games Arena in the Alberta Junior Hockey League home opener for the Swan City team Friday and find themselves in a four-way tie […]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Grande Prairie Storm players got in some fun at a Salvation Army Food Bank event at the Northside IGA on Thursday and helped the commuknity. Tonight they are hoping to help themselves when the 2012-2013 campaign kicks off with a tailgate party at 5:30 p.m. (free hot dogs for the first 100) in the parking […]

CLOSE ONE IN CAMROSE

Curtis Skip had never played in the Encana Arena in Camrose until Saturday night. Chances are if the Storm return to the building for the playoffs Skip will be in net against the host Kodiaks. The 18-year-old was brilliant, but it was in a losing effort. Camrose defeated the Storm 2-1. “Curtis made some great […]

SLOW START, GREAT FINISH

The finish was outstanding . . . the start not so much. As a result the Grande Prairie Storm fall 5-3 to the Sherwood Park Crusaders in both team’s Alberta Junior Hockey League season opener in the Edmonton bedroom community Friday. “Early in the game we were trying to force the play,” said Storm coach/general […]

COTE LATEST STORM CAPTAIN

The newest captain of the Grande Prairie trend continues an old trend. Taylor Cote, a native of Falher, is the 13th Peace Country hockey product to wear the “C” with the Peace Country's only Junior A hockey club. He joins Spencer Bettenson (Hines Creek), Jason Abel (Slave Lake), Mike Mohr (Falher), Adam Loncan (Dawson Creek), […]

NEW SEASON, NEW OPTIMISM

  There is only one team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League that has been in the playoffs every year of their existence. On Friday night, the Grande Prairie Storm start the quest to make it 17 in a row when they kick off the latest campaign in Sherwood Park against the Crusaders. No other […]

STORMIN’ SCHOOL ZONES

It was an exciting first day of school for most Grande Prairie students. Alberta Motor Association (AMA), RCMP and peace officers were scattered throughout the city to ensure that the first day was a safe one. AMA spent Tuesday morning at École Parkside school educating young students and seasoned motorists on the importance of slowing […]

HOME OPENER FEATURES ONE MAN CIRCUS

The circus is coming to Grande Prairie! A one man circus who calls himself Balanzo! Balanzo will be doing his thing in the parking lot tailgate parties (weather permitting) and on the ice as part of the GT’s Oilfield Hauling/Isolation Equipment Service Ltd. Home Opener Weekend in the Canada Games Arena Sept. 14-15. “We always […]