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Flyers’ rough start: 79 shots against, 10-1 defeat

The Fort St. John Senior Flyers scored their first goal of the North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) 2024-25 season on Saturday night.

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The Fort St. John Senior Flyers lost by a score of 10-1 in Fahler, Alberta to the Pirates on October 26th (Street Legal Photography, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers scored their first goal of the North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) 2024-25 season on Saturday night.

It was the team’s lone bright spot. On October 26th, they allowed an incredible 79 shots against the Falher Pirates, losing by a score of 10-1.

Fahler opened the scoring about seven minutes in on a goal by Eric Sorensen, doubling their lead by the end of the first period on Tyrell Boucher’s first of the year.

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Three second-period scores by the Pirates had them up 5-0 before Fort St. John player Cole Caillou broke the shutout at around the halfway mark of the middle period.  

The Pirates were led by Wyatt Noskey and Pat Rowan, who had four points apiece.

The Flyers took more than a dozen penalties in the contest, including Darin Wood’s major in the second.

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Fort St. John’s next game is on Saturday, November 2nd, at the Multiplex Centre in Fox Creek, Alberta against the Knights.

Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. More information about the Flyers is available at their 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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