Wheat Kings select 11 at annual WHL Bantam Draft, Dittmer lone Brandon player selected in draft
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The Brandon Wheat Kings selected a total of eleven new players in today's online 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. Quinn Mantei from the Weyburn Bantam Red Wings was selected 13th overall by the Wheat Kings in the first round. Mantei registered 52 points, including 22 goals, in only 30 games last season with the Red Wings. A complete list…
Using trees as pylons, video captures kids skating on grandfather’s frozen front lawn
A really fun and interesting video recently surfaced online of a youth hockey player weaving his way through a series of trees before rifling a shot on net, in what looked like in a residential front yard. We reached out to the family to acquire additional information to share with our followers. The boy in the…
2020 Matt Calvert Charity Shootout Cancelled
Due to the ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, our committee has made the difficult decision of cancelling the 2020 Matt Calvert Charity Shootout. We did not take this decision lightly, however the safety of our sponsors, vendors, and golfers is of the utmost importance. We also face the unknown of the NHL season and whether or…
Tyler Coulter receives award
The ECHL's Rapid City Rush recently named former Brandon Wheat King Tyler Coulter their 2020 recipient of the Blaine Jarvis “Heart and Soul Award”. The honor "is awarded annually “to the Rush player that best exemplifies the qualities of Blaine Jarvis both on and off the ice: professionalism, perseverance, determination, commitment to the game, work ethic,…
Brandon’s Robins looking forward to NHL Draft
The end-of-season North American rankings in the NHL’s Central Scouting report was released earlier this week. Tristen Robins, who played the majority of his minor hockey in Brandon, ended up being listed as the 86th overall prospect among North American skaters. It should be noted that in the mid-term rankings Robins had been listed 134th…
