Dauphin Kings Release DAUPHIN, MB – The Dauphin Kings announced Monday that they have parted ways with Head Coach & General Manager Marc Berry. The Kings make the move following a 4-18-2 start to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League season. Berry had been with the Kings since 2010 and was the club’s Head Coach & GM since the summer of 2016. “Marc’s a character guy whose efforts to rebuild from within are much appreciated but our record indicates things were not going as planned. It’s unfortunate but change was needed. We wish Marc the best moving forward” says Kings President & Governor Randy Daley. “Assistant Coach Mitch Giguere will be handling the team in the interim until we have an opportunity to bring our staff back up to strength” added Daley. The Kings return to the ice Wednesday when they visit the Waywayseecappo Wolverine

With a brand new location at Assiniboine Community College, NextPlay offers new & exciting versions of ball hockey for Div 1 playing a 3 on 3 style game & Div 2 playing 4 on 4, plus goalies. Division 1 has 5 teams already anxious to start playing, with space for new players in Brandon to get their hockey mates together & see if they are up for the shot at becoming the next Farmery Keg Champions in NextPlay's second season. Pre-season starts December 3rd, with regular season play having 10 games starting the following week.  The top 4 teams in each division earn a spot into the Farmery Keg Playoffs for another 2-additional  games held March 3rd & 4th. Team fee's are $750. See the NextPlay Ball Hockey Facebook page for the entire season of game days.  Played Saturdays between 10am - 4pm, with a handful of Sunday game times at 9am-1pm & 4pm-6pm. Each game having 1 hour time slots to get a good run in. The sooner we get the 6th team, the better!  Peak Performance had a solid 14 guys last season and with more wanting to join this Organization, fitness club Owner and GM Rodman Batson says this year he might just build 2 teams, the question remains, will the 2nd team be in Div 1 or Div 2? Who's the best team in Brandon?  The Pitbulls are the defending Champions, and are in talks with Pet Valu on naming rights this year.  With a new general manager Dustin Ferland, getting the team together, they opted to sign up a new netminder Terry Spence. "Might as well just give us the Keg now" he says. lol. The North Stars were happy to hear Pitbulls starting goalie last year became available, signing up Derrick Genaille as their starter for this season.  "Watching him play last year and helping the Pitbulls win the Keg with an injured arm in net was impressive"  He's got the talent and with new speed on the team picking up free agent Shaun Theiessen this year, we have a good chance of getting our names on the Keg this season". If your a free agent, or gm looking to put a team in, contact Brian by texting 306-421-2000, registration can be done online at www.nextplay.ca and team deposits can be made in person.  $250.00 with the remaining $500 to be made into 2 more monthly payments. 

The Imperial Ballroom, inside the Victoria Inn, will be trading in the dancing shoes for a pair of boxing gloves as the venue will play host to an Olympic Style Boxing event. The “amateur” boxing event will feature local athletes as well as fighters from Winnipeg, Minot, The Pas, and possibly a few other clubs. Rodman Batson tells bdnmb.ca that to date they have 10 confirmed matches. The event goes down on Saturday, November the 18th with the doors opening at 5:00 pm. Bell time for the first fight is 5:30 pm. and pizza will be served at 7:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased at Peak Performance or by calling 573-2114. For additional event information please follow this link.

There will be another high calibre softball event held in Brandon in the summer of 2018. Softball Manitoba has awarded the 2018 U19 ‘A’ Girls’ Championship to Brandon, with the event to be held July 19-22 at the Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex. The U19 category was re-introduced by Softball Canada at their Annual General Meeting in November of 2016, replacing the U18 Division, and the 2018 season will mark its’ return to the playing field. The Westman Magic, under the guidance of Coach Bev Neufeld, will be the host for the eight-team event. In addition to a new (old) age group, the 2018 event will also feature the introduction of a four-day Provincial Championship by Softball Manitoba. The eight-team Championship will include a full round-robin on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a playoff round to follow on Sunday. This will guarantee that there will be a gold medal game on the final day. In addition to determining the Provincial Champion, the Softball Manitoba U19 ‘A’ Girls’ Championship will determine the teams that will represent Manitoba at the Softball Canada U19 Championship in Surrey, British Columbia and the Western Canadian U19 Championship to be held in Saskatchewan. The Softball Manitoba U19 ‘A’ Girls’ Championship will be co-hosted by the Westman Softball Association, the Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex Committee and the Westman Softball Umpires’ Association. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});  

At the start of September, the Keystone Centre announced that the Montreal Canadiens Alumni Team would be coming to Brandon to face-off in a charity game against a team of “local legends”. Patrice Brisebois, Keith Acton, Gaston Gingras and Stephane Richer were among the former Canadiens listed to take part for the Habs.  Late last week the names of the players on the local legends team was announced including alumni from both the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Brandon University Bobcats hockey teams. Full roster listed below.  The game will take place at Westman Communications Group Place on Thursday, November the 30th. Local Legends Alumni Team: Bruce Thompson Craig Geekie Brad McConnell Tyler Plante Curtis Menzul Mark Kolesar Peter Gerlinger Laird Lidster Kelly Glowa Doug Roach Jomar Cruz Barry Gooden Tyson Ramsey Marty Murray Darren Duncalfe Jeff Odgers (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});