Source:  Brandon Wheat Kings Brandon, MB. – A busy week of sales capped off this week as the Brandon Wheat Kings hosted its annual “Seat Moving Day” at the Keystone Centre. The Western Hockey League club has announced that a total of 1,850 season tickets, including five hundred in the past week, have been sold for the 2018-19 campaign. “We’re excited by our numbers coming out of this summer’s early bird deadline,” says Matt McNish, the Wheat Kings Director of Marketing and Ticket Sales. “Our season ticket holders passionately support this team year after year and are some of the most loyal fans in the WHL.” This year’s sales numbers are well ahead of last year and represent the second highest number of early bird season tickets in the past seven years.  All fans that have purchased by the Early Bird Deadline will receive a limited edition bobblehead, featuring the likeness of former Wheat King great Ron Hextall. The bobblehead will be available at Season Ticket Pick-up day on September 7th. “What has been really encouraging,” McNish went on to say, “is that we have seen a large number of first time season ticket holders come on board this spring. In addition to taking advantage of the new monthly payment option, the newly introduced child pricing has been popular.” 2018-19 Wheat Kings Season Ticket Prices are now as follows: Flex Packs           $549 Adult                     $475 Seniors                 $425 Youth (13-17)     $325 Children               $200 Not only are western Manitoba hockey fans taking advantage of one of the best priced tickets in the WHL, those fans that purchase at least two flex packs or adult season tickets will be offered a 50% discount on all children’s season tickets ($99 plus GST). Seat Moving Day on Tuesday gave current season ticket holders the opportunity to move their seats to a more desirable location as all tickets having not been renewed by last week’s Early Bird Deadline were made available to the general public. The Wheat Kings, who finished the 2017-18 season in fourth place in the Eastern Division with a record of 42-27-3-2, sold over 2,500 season tickets last year en route to averaging 3,900 fans per game at Westoba Place. Brandon will open up camp in August with twenty players from its playoff roster eligible to make this year’s club. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets or the popular 34-game flex pack are encouraged to contact the Wheat Kings office at (204) 726-3535 or visit our website HERE.

Brandon's Cole McCaig has joined the Flin Flon Bombers of the SJHL as an assistant coach and as their Director of Marketing. McCaig, who is a product of the Brandon minor hockey system and the Brandon AAA Midget Wheat Kings, recently graduated from Marian University in Wisconsin with a double major in Marketing and Sports Management. While attending Marian University, Cole also played hockey for the University team and was an assistant captain in his final year. Prior to joining Marian University, he spent several seasons with the Flin Flon Bombers and parts of two season with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the MJHL. "I'm going to be doing video at the home games and then I will be on the bench during the road games. It would've been nice to be able to be on the bench for all the games but with how the game is changing video is very crucial...so if I can learn how to operate that as well as do video breakdown on each teams powerplay, pk, etc then I think this will open a lot of doors for me" said Cole about his new position with the Bombers. In regards to the marketing, Cole said he will be handling the teams social media, promoting all of their games and events, as well as meeting with sponsors just to make sure the relationship with them is going smoothly. He will also be helping out with the game day operations manager at Bomber home games just to make sure they have everything they need. Derek Sobkow, a former teammate with the AAA Midget Wheat Kings, said that Cole will be a perfect fit in Flin Flon.  "Cole was always a player we all looked to for leadership and he has always been a student of the game" said Sobkow.

The U12 Westman Magic won gold at the International Classic in Winnipeg this past weekend.  The girls went 4-0 in the round robin and pulled off a thrilling come from behind win (8-6) in the A Final vs the U12 Smitty's Terminators.    It was a great weekend of softball for the Magic after a tough loss in the final last weekend in Regina at the Queen City Classic.

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

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.