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The 2023 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft took place earlier today and Brandon's Jaxon Jacobson was the top Manitoban selected in the draft, going fifth overall to the Wheat Kings. Several members of the Brandon Wheat Kings U15 AAA roster were also drafted Thursday including Nolan Saunderson, Jonah Lemoine, and Gradey Taylor. Lemoine, pictured above,… May 11, 2023

The Brandon Wheat Kings used the 5th overall selection in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft to select homegrown product forward, Jaxon Jacobson. The 5'8", 150lb Jacobson spent last season with the Brandon Wheat Kings U-18 AAA team where he amassed 60 points in 44 regular season games. He followed that up by recording 8 points… May 11, 2023

The MB Mavericks, which includes 4 players from Brandon (Reese Schutte, Shayla Scinocca, Devyn Moncur, and Sydney Sass), headed to Minneapolis this weekend for the annual Stars & Stripes hockey tournament and returned home with the 14U Tier 1 female championship trophy in their possession. In Sunday's tournament clinching 5-2 victory over Team Colorado, the… May 7, 2023

Exciting news as Virden's Bryn Chyzyk was named USHL GM of the Year.   Bryn, whom is only 30 years old, was a former Southwest Cougar, Dauphin King, Fargo Force, UND Fighting Sioux forward and then signed a two way contract in the AHL with Rockford. Chyzyk scoring for UND Fighting Sioux ( now Fighting Hawks… May 5, 2023

Week 2 of the 2023 AAA Hockey Challenge wrapped up in Brandon over the weekend. Twenty Eight teams took to the ice, competing in three different age groupings. Of note, all three championship games on Sunday were decided by one goal. [caption id="attachment_232196" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by: Scramble Studio[/caption] 2008-09 Championship Following an overtime period,… May 1, 2023