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Fort St. John Senior Flyers prevail in nail-biter versus Fox Creek

The Fort St. John Senior Flyers have won two games in a row in 2026, for a record of 3-7 in the 2025-26 North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) season.

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Pictured here versus the Spirit River Rangers, Fort St. John Senior Flyers forward Aiden Craig-Steele had a two-goal game against the Fox Creek Knights on January 10th. (Street Legal Photography, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers continued their winning ways this weekend.

The Flyers edged the Fox Creek Knights by a score of 4-3 in North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) senior action on Saturday, January 10th. 

Aiden Craig-Steele, last season’s NPHL rookie of the year, had a two-goal third period, including the go-ahead goal midway through the frame on a short-handed opportunity.

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Alex Nimmo and team captain Cayle Bell had the other goals for the Flyers, who improved their record to 3-7, one point ahead of the Knights by virtue of Fox Creek having an overtime loss. 

The Flyers’ penalty kill held off Fox Creek on all seven power-play opportunities, and goaltender Landon Hatton had 37 stops in the win. 

The Flyers will hope to continue winning in 2026 against the Dawson Creek Canucks on Thursday, January 15th at the Chetwynd and Area Recreation Centre.

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Initially planned for December,it was one of several games the Flyers were forced to reschedule due to winter weather.

Game time is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. More details can be found on the Flyers’ 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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