The Humboldt Broncos are proud to announce the hiring of Brayden Klimosko as the next Head Coach and GM, effective immediately.

Klimosko is no stranger to the roots of the community and the organization. Born and raised in Humboldt, his skates hit the ice at the Elgar Petersen Arena as a youngster and eventually played for the Broncos for three full seasons from 2005-2008 winning two SJHL Championships and one National Championship.

After six seasons at the helm of the Humboldt Broncos, Head Coach and GM, Scott Barney is advancing to the next stage of his career, as the Head Coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Sudbury Wolves.

Barney began his Humboldt Broncos’ journey as the Assistant Coach following the Broncos bus tragedy, then was promoted to Interim Head Coach following a coaching change midway through the 2018-19 season. He went on to lead the Broncos to a 14-6-1 record to finish the season, after which then Interim tag was lifted.

The Humboldt Broncos had a third period lead but couldn’t contain the top line of Melfort and dropped to 0-2 in the SJHL’s Semi Final Series with a 4-3 loss on Friday night.

Once again, it was Melfort’s high-end threats who proved to be the difference makers in the game. Minus an empty net goal in Game 1, outside of their top line, and their first pairing of defensemen, no other player has scored against Ben Motew in the first two games of the series.

The Humboldt Broncos express their gratitude and thank everyone for the amazing support for their 30th Anniversary Lottery.

Here are the Grand Prize Winners of the 30th Anniversary Lottery

Grand Prize 1 – $100,000 

Winner – Karen Ingram (in trust)
City – Melfort
Ticket # – HB2 1022332

Grand Prize 2 – 2024 Ford Bronco Black Diamond – or – $50,000

Winner – Danielle Hoppe
City – Humboldt
Ticket # – HB2-101121

The Humboldt Broncos are two legs up in their opening round playoff series against the Weyburn Red Wings following a pair of successful outings at the EPA this weekend.  

On Friday night, the Broncos got a solid all-round performance for a 6-1 statement over the Wings.  

Ben Costantino, who led all rookie defensemen in goals and points, picked up his first career playoff goal beating Red Wings Netminder, Dazza Mitchell. 

The Humboldt Broncos took a step forward in the SJHL league standings with their away win over the Battlefords North Stars on Friday night. Then, they slid back from their third place standings with a home ice loss the next night. It’s a race to the finish line for teams who have locked up their playoff spots making the first-round picture clearer in the fast approaching post-season. Here’s the breakdown of the two games.  

Friday, March 8 

The Humboldt Broncos celebrated the accomplishments early this season on Saturday, March 2 at the Humboldt Legion.

Joined by family, friends, and fans the Broncos presented 24 individual awards giving recognition to a wide range of achievements.

Here are your 2023/24 Award Winners:

2017-18 Bronco Memorial Mentor of the Year – Landen Stromme

Elgar Petersen Award for Contributions On/Off the Ice – Cage Newans

Roger Nielsen Hockey Ministries Award – Chase Cooke

Colony Motors Top Scorer – Spencer Bell

Friday night 

Simple, effective hockey for the Humboldt Broncos. 

5-on-5 dominating, a successful PK, and timely goals were the propellent to a 5-1 road victory over the Melfort Mustangs on Friday night. 

The new month started off on the right path for the Humboldt Broncos as they locked up two points against the Millionaires in a 5-2 victory on the road Friday night. 

The victory was built through a hard fought 60-minute effort with strong defensive awareness and scoring from five different players. The victory also started off the month of February string, after a Jekyll and Hyde January where the Broncos won three of their first four games, before losing five of the subsequent six. 

It was not the performance the Broncos were hoping for in the midst of their 3-game road trip.

After defeating the Weyburn Red Wings on Thursday night in a valiant 60-minute effort, it was a totally different looking team as the Humboldt Broncos fell rather flat throughout the majority of the game on Friday, dropping a 4-1 defeat to the Estevan Bruins.

The opening frame was competitive.