Local Sports News

Travis Mealy & Dallas Drysdale will join head coach Curtis Brolund behind the bench of this year's Brandon AAA U18 Wheat Kings. In a posting on the team's Facebook page, Brolund stated "A key to the success of any hockey program is to have a coaching/management staff that is both knowledgeable and passionate about the game of hockey".… August 20, 2019

The Brandon Wheat Kings have announced that Finnish forward Marcus Kallionkieli has signed his transfer card and is expected to join the Wheat Kings in 2019-20. Kallionkieli was Brandon’s first selection in June’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft and was also a fifth round selection (139th overall) of Vegas in this year's National Hockey League draft.… August 15, 2019

Virden-Birtle Mainline Motors toppled the Supplement Kings 10-4 on Wednesday evening to claim the Division 1 title in the Wendy's Summer Hockey League. Jordan Stallard carried Mainline Motors on the strength of 6 goals and 2 assists. Also scoring for Mainline was Tristan Robins, Derek LeBlanc, Ryan White, and Dakota Scheirlinck. Fan favourite Jeremy Champagne… August 14, 2019

NHL stars Micheal Ferland, Matt Calvert, Travis Sanheim and Cody McLeod among the players featured in the Wendy’s Summer Hockey League Division 1 final Wednesday night at the Sprortsplex. Rounding out the rosters for the two teams are players with experience in the AHL, ECHL, WHL, USPORTS, and Europe. Former Wheat Kings Patera, McCorrister and Plante are… August 13, 2019

St. John’s, NFLD – The Canadian Ball Hockey Association (CBHA) announced that their Board of Directors has named Brandon, Manitoba and the Manitoba Ball Hockey Association (MBHA) as the Host Community and Host CBHA Member for the 2021 International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF) World Ball Hockey Championship. Brandon was selected from among four… August 12, 2019