It took 22 shooters before the Fort Frances Lakers were declared winners of their mini-series over Wisconsin Saturday.
The Lakers took the second series with 4-1 and 4-3 wins to force the shootout.
Brett McMahon got the eventual winner.
With the victory, the Lakers decided to face Dryden in the semi-finals who dispatched Sioux Lookout in five games.
Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team failed to reach the finals of the ACHA Division 2 championship.
The Voyageurs tied with Alaska and Delaware in round robin play, but a goal differential tie breaker eliminated them from the playoff rounds.
International Falls Broncos boys basketball team was eliminated from the Section 7AA championship with a 68-61 loss Saturday to Deer River.
Raymond Roy for Fort Frances skipped his team to the provincials of the Dominion Curling Club playdowns after going 4 and 1 at a regional event in Kenora.
On the women's side, Kathie Jackson of Fort Frances finished third in the standings.
Fort Frances Muskies have been seeded 7th for the upcoming all-Ontario high school boys hockey championship in Peterborough.
It puts the team in a division with schools from Mississauga, Kincardine, Peterborough and top ranked Glendale of Tillsonburgh.
The championship begins March 21.
A regional volleyball team, that included players from Fort Frances and Rainy River, came away from the Ontario Winter Games without winning a game.
The team finish 6th out of 6 teams.
