Great North winners
Kapuskasing Flyers and Timmins Majors have drawn first blood in their respective first-round, best-of-three, Great North Midget Hockey League playoff sets.
Playing on the road at New Liskeard on Friday, the third-seed Flyers blanked the sixth-place Cubs 3-0. Game 2 is tonight at 7:30 in Kapuskasing.
Playing a home game in nearby Iroquois Falls on Friday, the fifth-place Majors of Timmins edged the fourth-seed Soo Greyhounds 2-1. Game 2 is tonight at 7:30 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.