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Jon Bittner, who coached boys’ hockey at Hallock, Warroad, and Crookston and served a decade as the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association’s Executive Director, has been named the winner of the MHCA’s Cliff Thompson Award for long-term outstanding contributions to the sport of hockey in Minnesota. Born and raised in Duluth, Bittner graduated from Duluth East
The 2025-26 Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team held its end-of-the season banquet and handed out the team awards. The award winners are listed below- MVP – Garrett FischerCurtis Brekken Sportsmanship Award – Greyson EckerHobey Baker Character Award – Teegyn JohnsonArt Nomland Most Dedicated Award – Jay Reese and Cody DemaraisPirate Coxswain Award – Brady Chander,
The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team had a 3-1 lead at the end of the first period and a 4-3 lead at the end of the second, but could not hold on as the Thief River Falls Prowlers won by a score of 6-4 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Tuesday night in the Section
The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team used a hat trick from Garrett Fischer and great goaltending from Brady Chandler to defeat the Red Lake Falls Eagles by a score of 5-1 at Cardin Hunt Arena on Tuesday night. FIRST PERIOD –The first period began with dominant play by the Eagles, who recorded 6 of the
The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team had five different goal scorers and used both goaltenders to shut out the Breckenridge/Wahpeton Blades by a score of 5-0 at the Crookston Sports Center on Tuesday afternoon in the team’s final home game of the season. FIRST PERIODAs the game got underway, the Pirates did a great job
The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team hung with the Detroit Lakes Lakers at the beginning, but the Lakers were too much as they scored 5 in the third period en route to an 8-1 win over the Pirates at Kent Freeman Arena on Monday night. FIRST PERIODAs the first period began, Detroit Lakes (DL) had
