Deer Ridge Golf Course is offering a Junior Summer league every Wednesday in July and August starting July 4th between 12:30-5:00pm. The league is designed for children aged 7-14.  The participants must be physically able to walk and play 9 holes without an adult. League is for kids with previous experience Fees include tournament style format event every Wednesday, lunch, tutorials to improve their golf game and an unlimited membership on non tournament days. Call 204-726-1545 for more information or to register.  Program costs $275.00 plus GST.

The third and final week of the 2018 Source for Sports AAA Summer Hockey Challenge wrapped up today and featured three different female age groups. In the U8 Division, the MB Hawks (pictured above) toppled the North Stars 7-0 in a game played at Westoba Place.  Miley Sorin & Rowyn Street each potted 2 goals for the Hawks.  Street also added 2 assists.  Gabby Robbins, Casey O'Brien and Adriana Pepe added single markers for the Hawks who went undefeated over weekend.   Gina Plett made 6 saves to record the shutout.  In total the Hawks only surrendered 4 goals in the 5 games they played in over the 3 days. Maddie Kaiser picked up 3 goals and added an assist as the U10 Girls of the North upended the Sask Grrrowl by a score of 5-1.  Makenna Williment also had a big afternoon as she chipped in with 2 goals and an assist.  The Girls of the North earlier in the day defeated The Monsters 3-1 to advance to the afternoons final.  They suffered a hard fought 1-0 loss in their opening game of the tournament before rattling off 5 straight victories to repeat as the U10 Champions. The Southwest Storm received 4 goals and an assist from Hayley Kolosky as they cruised past the MB Hurricanes 11-4 in U12 action.  Sophia Anderson & Spring Mosset each added 2 goals for the Storm while Kamryn Cloet, Emily Malchuck, & Billie Baranyk each found the back of the net once.  Replying for the Hurricanes was Vanessa Moreira (2g),  Annika Russell and Addison Kartusch.  Grace Glover registered the win in net for the Storm.  The Hurricanes advanced to the afternoons final after a thrilling win in their semi final game earlier in the morning.  Down 3-0 with only 9 minutes left to play in the third they rallied to score 4 straight goals to upset the MB North Stars 4-3.

Starting May 1st, 2019 the all new Wendy's 3 on 3 Youth Hockey League will come to Brandon.  Only 9 skaters and 1 goalie per team means lots of ice time as well as time spent with the puck for each skater.  The league will only keep track of team standings and not record individual player stats making this a more fun league to play in. League Features: - League will run 6 weeks in total - Free League Jersey - Certified league officials - No weekend or long weekend games - Most games scheduled between Monday to Thursday nights - 10 league games plus playoffs for each team Additional information on the league will be available at www.aaahockey.com closer to the launch date.

The three champions crowned in their respective divisions of week 2 in the Source for Spots AAA Hockey Challenge all had one thing in common, they all went undefeated over the weekend.  Former NHL players Aaron Rome (2010 Ice Kings) and Josh Green (2010 MB Hawks) were each seen coaching teams in the 2010 bracket.  Former Wheat King power forward Tyler Coulter also coached a team, the 2005 Westman Winterhawks.  Coulter picked up his first win as a coach in the Source for Sports AAA Summer Challenge, improving his overall record to 1-11 in the process. In the 2010 age division the Ice Kings (pictured above) upended the Southwest Oil Caps 12-6 in one of the weekends finals.  The Ice Kings received a big game from Reid Nicol as he registered 4 goals and 3 assists in the divisions final contest.  Nicol was a dominant force all weekend amassing 29 points, in just 5 games played.  Braydon Watt (3g,1a) and Nash Lenton (2g,1a) had multiple point games as well.  Cooper Dryden picked up the win in net.  Zander Clarke and Markus Knaub both replied with 2 goals each for the Oil Caps. The Man-Sask Wolfpack (pictured above) had an easy time of it in the 2005 division as they clubbed Winnipeg Future Jets 10-1 in a game played at Westman Place.  Carter McKay picked up a hat trick while Dylan Price and Tyler Stevenson each chipped in with two of their own.  Single markers came off the sticks of Kersey Hollingshead, Colton Pushie & Carter Skarbon.  Won Huh was the lone skater to beat Wolfpack's goalie Walker Berner. In the weekends most competitive final, the Sask Grrrowl U14 female hockey team received 20 saves from goaltender Amaya Giraudier as they blanked the U14 Westman Jr. Wildcats 3-0.  Allee Gerrard, Kaitlyn Gilroy & Keara Merriman each dented the twine once in the win.  The Grrrowl only surrendered 4 goals all weekend in the 5 games they played in.

Brandon Wheat Kings Release Red Deer, AB. – The 2018 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft is underway in Red Deer and the Brandon Wheat Kings used their first pick and fifteenth overall selection to take power forward Jake Chiasson of Abbotsford, British Columbia. Described as having excellent hockey IQ, the 6’1” 162 lb Chiasson scored 20 goals and 68 points in thirty games with the Yale Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team this past season. “He’s a great leader who does everything,” says Wheat Kings’ director of scouting Darren Ritchie. A big forward with an excellent shot, Jake is known as a solid 2-way player. “It’s truly an honour to be chosen in the first round by such a class organization,” says Chiasson, who served as captain for Yale in 2017-18. “I would describe myself as a power forward to likes to score. I always try to play a 200 foot game and take pride in my defensive game.” “You work hard to get to this point and I have to thank my family, my coaches and teammates for helping me to get here,” he went on to say. This marked only the second time since the WHL bantam draft was introduced in 1990 that the Wheat Kings, who finished as the first wild card team in the Eastern Conference this past season, has had the fifteenth overall pick. Brandon chose defenceman Brett Dickie 15th overall in 1998 and the Pennant, Saskatchewan product went on to play four years in Brandon before closing out his major junior career with the Prince George Cougars in 2003-04. The Wheat Kings, who selected Ridly Greig of Lethbridge with their first round pick (8th overall) in 2017 had three second round picks and used them to select Edmonton left-winger Brett Hyland(24th overall), Calgary forward Dylan James (37th overall) and Saskatoon blueliner Jacob Hoffrogge (41st). In 30 games with the NAXtreme, the 5’11” 173 lb. Hyland scored 22 goals and 44 points, the 5’10” 150 lb James had 26 goals and 56 points in 25 games for the Calgary AAA Bantam Bisons while Hoffrogge, a 5’10” 142 lb defenceman had 42 points, including ten goals in thirty games. In round three, Brandon returned home to Manitoba and selected Lorette’s Cabrel Labossiere (59th overall). The 6’4″ 188 lb forward scored 26 goals and 56 points in 32 games for the Eastman Bantam Selects this past year. The Wheat Kings had three fifth round selections and opted for 5’9″ 167 lb forward Owen Weihs(95th) from Winnipeg, 6′ 160 lb Regina defenceman Logen Hammett (101st) and Jaxon Dube(108th), a 6′ 167 lb forward from St. Albert. During the 2017-18 campaign, Weihs had 21 goals and 39 points for Rink Academy, Hammett had 48 points, including thirteen goals with the Regina Monarchs while Dube had 20 goals and 32 points for his hometown Sabres. With their only sixth round selection, Brandon took defenceman Tyler Teasdale (125th overall). A 6′ 156 poiunder, Teasdale scored six goals and 19 points in 33 games for the Winnipeg Bantam Monarchs this past season. With their final selection, the Wheat Kings turned their attention to North Dakota, taking 6’2″ 175 lb. defenceman Charles Larsen with the 169th overall pick. As a member of the Minot U14 Wolves, he scored seven goals and 23 points in 24 regular season games. Rather than drafting in the tenth and final round, the Wheat Kings dealt their final two picks to Portland in exchange for a ninth round selection in 2019. Brandon wound up taking ten players Thursday – four defenceman and six forwards. The Edmonton Oil Kings won last month’s draft lottery and used it to take forward Dylan Guenther of the NAXtreme. With the second overall selection the Kootenay Ice chose Winnipeg defenceman Carson Lambos and Prince Albert – with the third pick – grabbed defenceman Nolan Allan of the Humboldt Bantam Broncos. Players eligible for the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft will be 2003 born players who reside in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The WHL bantam draft is the first opportunity for WHL clubs to replenish their systems with graduating bantam aged players. To follow the remainder of the WHL Bantam Draft click HERE