The Brandon Novice Wheat King girls came out on top of the recent Winnipeg Stars Cup hockey tournament, played over the weekend. Despite only three practices together, the girls came together as a team to compete in the A1 division of the 17th annual tournament. The games took a total team effort from all players, especially in the two games played against the St. Vital Chill. The two teams battled to a 5-5 round robin action, and were deadlocked at 4 late in the 3rd period of the championship game, when Sydney Sass dented the twine with 27 seconds left to propel the Wheat Kings to the win. Winnipeg Stars Hockey Tournament March 24-26, 2017 Novice A1 Category (all games played at the Southdale arena) Games: 1. vs Winnipeg Stars Purple, Win 8-1 2. vs St. Vital Chill, Tie 5-5 3. Vs Winnipeg Stars, Win 8-1 4. Gold Medal finals vs St. Vital Chill, Win 5-4 Team Members: 3. Brooke Ratz, 4. Emily Beckwith, 5. Taylor Thompson, 6. Ashley Henwood, 7. Reese Shutte, 8. Shayla Scinocca, 9. Sydney Sass, 10. Chloe McBeth, 12. Devyn Moncur, 13. Chloe S. Pierre, 14. Nicole Dyck. 15. Layla Desjardin, 16. Claire Slomiany Coaches: Paul McBeth Jeff Sass Landon Desjardin Dave Scinocca  

The Killarney Shamrocks have captured their 2nd consecutive Tiger Hills Hockey League Championship, after defeating the Carberry Plainsmen 2-0 on Friday evening. Clayton Heinrichs and Reid Gow scored for the Shamrocks, who defeated the Plainsmen three games to none in the championship final. Reid Gow won the Blaine Garvis Trophy as the leagues Playoff MVP. Photo: Killarney Shamrocks Over in the North Central Hockey League, the Miniota-Elkhorn C-Hawks needed overtime in game 4 to defeat the Russell Rams 7-6. With the victory the C-Hawks claim the title by upending the Rams 3-1 in their best of 5 final. Photo: Miniota-Elkhorn C-Hawks The Norway House Sr. Senior North Stars won the inaugural Northwest Senior Hockey League (NWSHL) 2017. The Stars upended the Pequis Mohawks 3-0 in their best of 5 championship finals to advance. Photo: Norway House Sr. North Stars All three teams will now advance to the Hockey Manitoba Provincial Senior A Championships in Winnipeg April 1-2 and April 7-9. .Killarney will be looking to defend their provincial title from last season. The first Sr. A Provincials tournament was held in 2013 with the Altona Maroons of the SEMHL taking home the championship. The Deloraine Royals were crowned provincial champions in 2014  

The Brandon Blizzard U14B ringette team brought home Brandon's first ever provincial championship this past weekend. Brandon finished the provincial tournament weekend with a 4-1 record to get the gold medal. After an opening 9-3 loss to the Park City Wildcats, Brandon rebounded with a 4-3 win over MacDonald Wildfire and then defeated Red River Rage 6-4. With the tournament format, Brandon then had to beat Park City twice to take gold. In game one, Carly O'Rourke and Jasmine Horwood each scored twice and Jordyn Rolling added another to lead Brandon to a 5-4 win. Emily Robb had 36 saves. In game two Brandon came up with their best effort of the weekend. Brandon again got two goals each from O'Rourke and Horwood. Reese Burke and Rylee Slator chipped in singles. Emily Robb made several spectacular saves to get the win. Brandon managed to kill three penalties in the last 2:44 of play to capture the title in exciting fashion.  

The Riverdale Recreation Commission in Rivers, MB will be hosting a 3 on 3 hockey tournament on March 31, and April 1st. Games will consists of 2-8 minute periods and 1-10 minute period. Teams are to made up of 6 players and a goalie. Players need to be at least 16 years of age, and 4 of your roster players have to be 18 plus. A skills competition will follow each game and a canteen and lounge will be available to participants. Cost is only $210 per team and you have until March the 27th to enter.

Brandon University Bobcats Media Release BRANDON - Aziza Kinnarath has been recognized by the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference following a fabulous futsal season. The Bobcats' star is the co-winner of the league's MVP award along with Julika Kehler of the Providence Pilots. "I am honoured to earn this award and to be co-recipient for MVP among all the student-athletes is a big achievement," said Kinnarath. "I am grateful to my teammates as I have enjoyed playing with them." Kinnarath was one of BU's top offensive weapons during the regular season as she scored a team-leading 10 goals and seven assists. She served as captain of the Bobcats, who finished in fourth-place with a record of 4-4-and-2. "She has been really great this season and we are all proud of Aziza," said coach Rainer Schira. "Futsal gives her the chance to shine and the small indoor field shows her technical skills, view of the game and passing ability. When she beats her defender and can score from distance it is really good to see." Meanwhile, the Bobcats are off to the MCAC Final Four tournament at Providence College this weekend in search of more hardware. BU will take on the top-ranked Red River Rebels in one semifinal at noon on Saturday, while the other semifinal has the CMU Blazers battling the host Pilots. The women's final is 2 p.m. on Sunday. If the Bobcats can bring home the futsal title, they will complete a double-double after capturing their first-ever women's soccer championship in October. "We need to find that intensity again. We need to find a way for every player to realize that they need to give their best. If they can step up, we have a good chance of winning this championship," added Schira. "Big games are always important and big games are always great to win. It would be awesome to win both titles."