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The Winnipeg Jets closed out their regular season with a 2-1 overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, and will kick off the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday evening at home.

Mark Scheifele played the hero in the extra frame, scoring just 1:11 into overtime to seal the win. Neal Pionk had the other goal for Winnipeg, while Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 30 shots to earn the victory.

The Jets finish the season with a record of 56-22-4, setting a franchise-best 116 points to win the Presidents’ Trophy.

The Montreal Canadiens clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 4-2 win over Carolina last night. The Habs will play Washington in the first round. The Winnipeg Jets needed overtime to beat the Ducks 2-1. Edmonton shutout the Sharks 3-0 and the Vancouver Canucks lost their final game of the season 4-1 to the Golden Knights.

The regular season finishes with a handful of games tonight and the playoffs being Saturday with two games - Winnipeg will host St. Louis while Dallas opens up at home to the Colorado Avalanche.

Rush forward Brock Haley is having himself quite the rookie season. Through 16 games played, he has recorded 16 goals and 26 assists.  

Currently in second place in the NLL standings with 12 wins, Haley says part of the reason the team is so successful is because everyone has bought in. 

Top badminton singles and doubles teams in the HCAA were decided yesterday at Humboldt Collegiate.

All five categories, boys and girls singles and boys, girls and mixed doubles, competed in the day long district competition. 

The top two players and teams from each category are off to provincial competition on Saturday, May 3 in Prince Albert.

2025 Senior Badminton

District Championship Results

(teams in bold to compete in SHSAA Regionals)

Boys Singles

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH

NHL
Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 1 (Overtime)

MLB
Toronto 3 Atlanta 1

THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH

IIHF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Round Robin
Japan vs Canada - 1:30 PM

Baseball season is approaching quickly and President of Killarney Minor Ball, Pam Skeoch, says this year really shows the love of the sport within the region. 

As the weather turns, Skeoch says she's feeling really good with where they are at heading into the 2025 season. "Well, we're excited to get going. We have some coaches that are already practicing, some indoors and some perhaps outdoors later this week. Things are drying up and that's great news for the kids."

President for the Altona Angels, Derek Sawatzky, says this is a big year for the programs and he may be more excited than the kids are to get the season going.

"Lately with the weather the way it's been, we start itching to get outside and get the ball games going here," Sawatzky says with a smile. "We've been doing lots of prep work ahead of the season and it's been going really well."

Last week saw the Morden Chamber of Commerce have its Annual General Meeting, where the board of directors are elected and minutes of the previous year are adopted.  

Board Chair Tyler Schroeder breaks down what happened and how the Chamber’s last year went. 

2024 came with profit 

For Schroeder, 2024 was a success. He pointed to the financial net gains the Chamber received throughout the year. 

Fans of the Winnipeg Jets get to cheer on the NHL-leading club each game, and Lorne Korol serves as the chaplain to the team and cheers them on and off the ice as well. 

"I come alongside them and support them," says Korol. "I'll be there to support the guys via text and maybe see them around the rink. Just trying to come alongside them and be a calming voice in their lives because there is a lot of pressure on them."

Anyone for Tennis?

If you are, you'll need to wait until May.

The Town of High River will be working on the courts throughout April.

They need to wash the courts, apply crack filler to any surface cracks and install the nets.

Once it's complete, the High River Tennis Club is looking to hit the courts on Friday, May 2.

The windscreens won't be installed until the following week, and the outdoor port-a-potty will open that same week.