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Wheat King’s Elick drafted by Columbus, Caswell goes to Seattle

Wheat Kings announce intent to bid for 2026 CHL Memorial Cup

Wendy’s Summer Hockey League Honors Previous Players

Revitalizing Our Ice Rink: An Update on Community Sportsplex

Thiesen wins fourth Grey Owl

Lewis, Howarth still on top

Lewis, Howarth lead 62nd annual Grey Owl men’s golf tournament

Lemoine selected in first round of MJHL draft, seven Brandon prospects selected overall

Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake heading to Virden, Souris

Canadian Wrestling's Elite has hosted nearly 100 major TV and international superstars as headliners over the last decade but one man who has created more of a buzz than most is WWE Legend Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake! For the first time EVER the WWF 80s mega star tours across Canada visiting a lot of Canadian markets for the first time ever with 31 events in 31 days across Canada. The buzz for Beefcake has been so strong the online advance pre sale tickets have been put on sale months in advance so you can confirm your seat in what is going to be full buildings around the country. Get your advance tickets online NOW atwww.cwecanada.ca for CWE's Struttin' & Cuttin' Tour and see Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake live on the following events! Oct 22- Stonewall, MB Oct 23- Gimli, MB Oct 24- TBA (Dauphin has to be rescheduled due to venue scheduling conflict) Oct 25- Gladstone, MB Oct 26- Yorkton, SK Oct 27- Melfort, SK Oct 28- Prince Albert, SK Oct 29- Saskatoon, SK Oct 30- St. Albert, AB Oct 31- Grande Prairie, AB Nov 1- Red Deer, AB Nov 2- Kelowna, BC Nov 3- Penticton, BC Nov 4- Vernon, BC Nov 5- Golden, BC Nov 6- Calgary, AB Nov 7- Lethbridge, AB Nov 8- Medicine Hat, AB Nov 9- Kindersley, SK Nov 10- Regina, SK Nov 11- Estevan, SK Nov 12- Moosomin, SK Nov 13- Virden, MB Nov 14- Souris, MB Nov 15- Morden, MB Nov 16- Winnipeg, MB Nov 17- Thunder Bay, ON Nov 18- Sault Ste. Marie, ON Nov 19- Blind River, ON Nov 20- Sudbury, ON Nov 21- Kirkland Lake, ON For more tour information visit www.cwecanada.ca

Brandon to host Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir, Elvis Stojko in October

Source:Keystone Centre Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir along with Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond, Elvis Stojko, Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford, and more will bring their new figure skating show to Westoba Place at the Keystone Centre, Oct 21, 2018. Canada has produced the most talented figure skaters in the history of the sport, with household names like Virtue, Moir, Chan, Osmond, Stojko and more who have reached the pinnacle of the sport in the Canadian Nationals, World Titles and Olympic Games. As a ‘thank you’ to their home country, these Canadian greats will embark on The Thank You Canada Tour, presented by Round Room this fall. For more information, click here.

Virden’s Grady Lane selected 1st overall in annual MJHL draft

The MJHL's annual bantam draft took place earlier this morning and Virden's Grady Lane was the first player selected by the Winkler Flyers.   Lane registered 42 points in 35 regular season games while skating with the Southwest Cougars.  With the second overall selection in the draft the Dauphin Kings drafted Sloan Stanick who amassed 59 points in just 36 games for the Yellowhead Chiefs.   Other notable selections in today's first round include Foxwarren's Colby Wotton who went to Waywayseecapo with the 7th overall pick and Treherne's Roux Bazin who was selected 10th overall by Virden.  Wotton spent the 2017/18 season with the Yellowhead Chiefs while Bazin suited up for the Pembina Valley Hawks.   Nolan Wallace was the lone player from Brandon selected. The 5'8" defensemen was selected in the 5th round, 46th overall by the Virden Oil Capitals.  This year's draft was held in Winnipeg and featured players born in 2003. A complete listing of those drafted can be found at this link.

AAA Midget Wheat Kings announce new head coach

Source: Brandon AAA Midget Wheat Kings Facebook The executive of the Brandon AAA Midget Wheat Kings is pleased to announce that they have hired Chris Johnston as their new head coach for the upcoming 2018-2019 hockey season. This will be Chris' first time as head coach of the Brandon AAA Midget program after spending the last two season as an assistant coach to Tyson Ramsey. Chris has coached at many levels over the last 11 years. Before coaching Chris played hockey at many levels including the American Hockey League, Central Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League plus 5 years in the WHL. The executive looks forward to Chris' experience to continue the tradition of developing players for the next level.

U14 Magic Win Gold in Saskatoon division “A”

Submitted This past weekend saw your local U14 Westman Magic Softball Team travel to Saskatoon to compete in the 2018 Presidents Tournament. The “A” level division brought in 16 teams from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Your Westman Magic team selected from western Manitoba was well represented, going undefeated throughout the weekend, setting themselves up for the gold medal game Sunday night. The teams offensive power, active defense and leadership of the veteran players earned them a championship title and gold medal as they defeated Sherwood Park, Alberta 3-2.