Midwest CXC Cup finals entertain Mount Itasca cross country meet
Thunder Bay skiers from Lappe and Big Thunder dominated the 2025 Midwest CXC Cup finals at Mount Itasca Winter Sports Centre Coleraine Minnesota. Open men 7.5K saw Big Thunder’s Reid Thompson win with multiple podiums across under-16 to masters divisions.
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Thunder Bay
Lappe Nordic Ski Club
Lappe
Big Thunder Ski Club
Big Thunder
Mount Itasca
Coleraine
Minn
U.S
Reid Thompson
Oskar Berglund
Sawyer Puumala
Brock Balabuck
Max Sarrazin
Griffin Abbink-Davis
Elliot Wheatley
Rudy Balabuck
Werner Schwar
Carter Cameron
Yannik Cameron
Felix Bailey
Klaus Berglund
Talon Wheeler
Forest Wheeler
Wheeler
Delaney Summers
Sarah Peters
Britton Vander Vegte
Nemma Clark
Jillian Thompson
Ashira Levkoe-Stephens
Ella Nephin
Mantha Shao
Leighth
Maren McMahon
Livia Wiehbeck
Kaia Wiebe
Bay Berglund
Alison Shao
Cedar Clark
Klaus Bergland
Samantha Shao
Canmore
Alta
Hughes to the rescue in 4 Nations final
United States coach Mike Sullivan announced Quinn Hughes would join the roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off final to replace injured Charlie McAvoy. Hughes was practicing in Vancouver with a noncontact jersey, complicating roster eligibility under 4 Nations rules. The U S faces Canada, with Vancouver’s Hughes potentially needed if another defender is ruled out.
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Boston
United States
Charlie McAvoy
Quinn Hughes
Mike Sullivan
Canada
Hughes
Canucks
Vancouver
Golden Knights
Las Vegas
NHL
Michigan
U.S
Canadian skating hall inductees named for 2025 class
Skate Canada unveiled the 2025 Hall of Fame class headlined by two time Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and three time world champion Patrick Chan. Also honored are Kaitlyn Osmond Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford and others including Lyndon Johnston and the Ullmarks plus Jane Moran.
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Skate Canada
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
Patrick Chan
Kaitlyn Osmond
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Balmertown
Virtue
London
Ont
Moir
Ilderton
Chan
Ottawa
Osmond
Mary
Duhamel
Sudbury
Radford
Canada
Pyeongchang
South Korea
Crosby Leads Canada Past Finland In Final Five Drama
Sidney Crosby struck late in the third period to push Canada to a 4-3 win over Finland in the 4 Nations Face-Off at TD Garden, securing a rematch with the United States in Thursday's final. Prominent teammates praised Crosby as a national icon while the game featured feisty exchanges and a resilient Canadian performance.
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Boston
Canada
Finland
TD Garden
United States
Sidney Crosby
Mikael Granlund
Centre Ice
Maple Leaf
Crosby
Jon Cooper
Montreal
Cole Harbour
N.S
Josh Morrissey
Winnipeg Jets
Sam Bennett
Florida Panthers
Brandon Hagel
Tampa Bay Lightning
Sid
Anthony Cirelli
Tampa
Morrissey
Cooper
U.S
Brady Tkachuk
Bennett
Matthew
J.T. Miller
Hagel
Matthew Tkachuk
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Lyndon Johnston
Hamiota
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Cynthia and
Jan Ullmark
Jane Moran
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Connor McDavid