Kali Remillard and Sophia Heidinger scored two goals each in the Eastman Selects 5-1 victory over the Pembina Valley Hawks Sunday in Niverville. Isabelle Carriere also scored for the Selects (6-1) who received a 27-save performance from Addison Tomes. Eastman is tied with the Westman Wildcats for first place in the Manitoba Female U18 AAA Hockey League.
Asher Gingras of Steinbach, William Picklyk of Mitchell, Madden Tymchak of Oakbank and Graeme Pickering of Ste. Adolphe are bringing home silver medals from the 2024 WHL Cup in Red Deer. Team Manitoba lost 8-1 to Alberta in the gold medal game. Knox Burton of Winnipeg scored our province's lone goal. Team Manitoba went 0-3 in the round robin losing 4-3 to British Columbia, 5-2 to Alberta and 5-0 to Saskatchewan. Tyden Lafournaise of Winnipeg had a goal and two assists and Tate Barnaby of Winnipeg made 46 saves as Manitoba beat BC 4-2 in the semifinals.
The Macdonald Swarm, Niverville Clippers and Springfield Xtreme were winners in the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League Sunday night. Cole Kendall and Talon Weselak scored three goals each as the Swarm defeated Steinbach 6-4. Ian Friesen had a goal and two assists for the defending champion Huskies. Mason Hooper had two goals and two assists as the Clippers downed Landmark 7-1. Brandon Leblanc had the lone goal for the Blues. John Pelletier scored twice and Dylan Kizlik made 16 saves in recording the shutout, the Xtreme blanked the East St. Paul Gators 6-0.
Brenden Walker and Matt Bailey scored four goals each as the defending South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League champion Ste. Anne Aces defeated the Portage Islanders 19-0 at Stride Place. Mathieu Moreira and Jordan DePape each had a hat trick while singles went to Brett Lernout, Caleb Paisley, Adam Hughesman, Braden Purtill and Burke Heide. Travis Bosch made 24 saves in recording the shutout.
The Winnipeg Jets put their season opening eight-game win streak on the line tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Canada Life Centre. The Jets wrapped up their three-game road trip on Saturday with a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.
Brad Lambert scored the go-ahead goal on the power play 30 seconds into the third period and Dominic Divincentiis made 30 saves as Manitoba defeated the Rockford IceHogs 3-1 at Canada Life Centre. C.J. Suess and Dylan Anhorn also scored for the Moose.
Team Brad Gushue was 2-0 and Team Rachel Homan were perfect on day one of the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships in Lacombe, Alberta. Gushue defeated Team Jaebeom Lee of South Korea 10-3 and Team Ken Hsu of Chinese Taipei 17-1. Homan beat Team Cory Thiesse of the United States 9-2.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were again golden at Skate Canada International in Halifax. The Canadian ice dancers won gold at the Grand Prix event for the fifth straight year.
The Eastman Selects are riding a four-game win streak. Head coach Bruce Sirrell will join Clayton Dreger on the Selects Report which airs Mondays at 5:15 p.m. on AM 1250 Radio.