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Flyers swept in four games by Dawson Creek Canucks

The Fort St. John Senior Flyers 2024-25 North Peace Hockey League season has come to a close after a four-game sweep by the Dawson Creek Canucks.

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The Fort St. John Senior Flyers season came to an end on February 15th against Dawson Creek (Street Legal Photography, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers 2024-25 North Peace Hockey League season has come to a close after a four-game sweep by the Dawson Creek Canucks.

Dawson Creek wrapped up the best-of-seven series on Saturday, February 15th with a dominant 10-2 victory against the Flyers at the North Peace Arena.  

The Canucks took a commanding 4-0 lead through the first 20 minutes, led by two goals from Matt Schmermund, and never looked back. It was the first game in the series the Flyers did not have a first-period lead.

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In total six Canucks scored, led by hat tricks from both Schmermund and Alex Hanson.  Zach Ryan finally got the Flyers on the board late in the second period, and Alex Nimmo added his second goal of the playoffs in the third.

Flyers goalie Landon Hatton made the start and stopped 45 shots.  

The Canucks will now advance to the next round of the Campbell Cup playoffs, where they will play the winner of the series between the Fahler Pirates and the Fox Creek Knights.

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More information about the Fort St. John Senior Flyers is available through the club’s Facebook page.

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Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.

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