Red River Rage Ringette is celebrating a strong year and saying goodbye to a beloved longtime coach.

The Niverville Nighthawks earned a massive win on Tuesday night in game three of their best-of-seven first round series against the Portage Terriers. With their backs up against the wall after losing the opening two games of the series, the Nighthawks rallied to win 5-4 and get back into the thick of things.

The arrival of spring heralds the promise of returning to nature’s great outdoors. For many Manitobans, camping is the modus operandi.

The Nighthawks gave it everything they had in game one of their first round best-of-seven series against the Portage Terriers. It took double overtime to decide a winner, but in the first Nighthawks’ playoff game in franchise history, they lost 5–4.

The Niverville Nighthawks accomplished the primary goal of their inaugural season, which was to qualify for the playoffs. Now they have a new goal: to give the MJHL’s league-leading Portage Terriers all they can handle in their first-round series, which gets underway on Friday night.

Prior to this year’s regular season finale on home ice, the Niverville Nighthawks handed out some hardware, presenting their first crop of team awards for the inaugural 2022–23 campaign.