Courtesy CWE Wrestling It was just announced hours ago that CWE will host a historic 38 events across Canada to celebrate 10 years of operations and the select dates will be celebrated with Cheeseburger! That's right! Ring Of Honor fan favorite Cheeseburger is an enigma that despite perhaps being the smallest wrestler in all of professional wrestling has become one of the most popular with what can only be described as a cult like following and one of the most successful and he will debut for Canadian Wrestling's Elite! Closing in on what will be his 6th year with Ring Of Honor the junior heavyweight star has been in the ring with literally everyone who is anyone in Ring Of Honor including having challenged for every title in the company including the World Championship. The cult following success of Cheeseburger in Ring Of Honor overflowed overseas in what resulted in him living every wrestler's dream and competing at the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 3 years in a row from 2016-2018. Now for the first time Cheeseburger looks to bring his crazy popularity and incredible talents across Canada for the first time ever! Although CWE has become known as the land of the heavyweights Cheeseburger debuts for CWE, a company that still represents wrestlers of a smaller stature with a junior heavyweight division which has to be at the eye of his attention coming to CWE for the first time. See Cheeseburger in action on the following events, Apr 17- Assiniboia, SK Apr 18- Regina, SK Apr 19- Weyburn, SK Apr 20- Estevan, SK Apr 21- Moosomin, SK Apr 22- Virden, MB Apr 23- Souris, MB Apr 24- Brandon, MB Apr 25- Morden, MB Apr 26- Winnipeg, MB Apr 27- Thunder Bay, ON Apr 28- Sault Ste. Marie, ON Apr 29- Blind River, ON Apr 30- Sudbury, ON May 1- Kirkland Lake, ON May 2- TBA For full tour information as it becomes available visit www.cwecanda.ca

Brandon, MB – The Brandon Wheat Kings have dealt American born 19-year old Defenceman Chase Hartje to the Kootenay Ice for a third round draft choice (via Red Deer) in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft. A Bemidji, Minnesota native, Hartje has four goals and 12 points in 35 games for the Wheat Kings this season. In 93 career games Hartje has 37 points for the Wheat Kings and Moose Jaw Warriors combined. Hartje was originally acquired by the Wheat Kings at last year’s deadline in the deal that saw Kale Clague go to Moose Jaw. Yesterday Brandon acquired overage Defenceman Braydyn Chizen and a 5th round pick from the Kelowna Rockets. Chizen is expended to be in the Wheat Kings lineup against the Red Deer Rebels at Westoba Place tomorrow night.

The AAA Midget Wheat Kings have made various personnel changes over the past 24 hours.  Former coach Ken Schneider will return to the team today as they travel to Dauphin to play Parkland this evening.  Also returning in an assistant coaching role will be alumni member Curtis Broland. The Wheat Kings are currently in 3rd place in the Manitoba AAA Midget League behind the Thrashers and Wild. No official comment has come from the AAA Midget board at this time. (Ken Schneider / photo courtesy of Dustin Schneider)

Brandon, MB. – On the eve of the Western Hockey League Trade Deadline, the Brandon Wheat Kings have dealt Defenceman Schael Higson to the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for Defenceman Braydyn Chizen and a fifth round draft choice in the 2019 Bantam Draft. A four year WHL veteran, the 20-year old Chizen comes to Brandon having played 227 games, including sixteen in the playoffs. The 6’7” 207 lb. St. Albert product has eleven goals, 34 points and 233 penalty minutes in 211 career games with the Rockets. “Braydyn is a big bodied right shot Defenceman with over 200 games of experience in this league” said Wheat Kings General Manager Grant Armstrong. “We look forward to adding him to our lineup as soon as Friday Night.” Chizen was a seventh round selection of the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild in 2016. Higson meanwhile is in his fifth and final season in the WHL, having played for both Brandon and Saskatoon. In 20 games this season, he had three goals and 17 points. The Wheat Kings next action comes Friday night when the Red Deer Rebels pay a visit to Westoba Place. The WHL Trade Deadline is 4pm (Manitoba time) Thursday.

Long-time Hockey Brandon volunteer Glen Parker will serve as the honourary chairperson for the 50th Anniversary edition of the A & W Tournament of Champions next month. Parker’s affiliation with the Tournament of Champions goes all the way back to the first two events in 1970 and 1971, when he participated as a player with the Brandon team in the Bantam (13U) Division in 1970 and the Brandon UCT team in the Bantam A Division in 1971. More recently, Parker spent 17 years as President of Hockey Brandon from 1996 to 2013, during which Hockey Brandon took over operation of the Tournament of Champions from the City of Brandon (2001). In addition, Parker coached 24 youth teams over the years, has served as an on-ice official for almost 20 years, and was a Hockey Manitoba Director. He continues to serve on the executive as the Brandon representative on Hockey Manitoba’s Minor Council while also representing the Riverview Ward on Brandon City Council. The 50th edition of the A & W Tournament of Champions will take place February 7-10 and February 15-17, 2019. Many special events are planned to recognize the Golden anniversary of the event including a special reception to be held on Friday, February 8th at the Keystone Centre. Further details about the reception and other events associated with the 50th anniversary will be announced at a later date.