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Another day, another hockey league that has wrapped up its season. The Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League (MMJHL) wrapped up the championship with a four-to-one series win by the St. Boniface Riels.

Portagers Carson Dubois and Alex van Deynze helped the squad to the win, with three and seven points in the championship respectively. 

Several hockey players from Central Alberta have earned spots at the 2025 Prospects Cup, a provincial showcase for top 2012-born male athletes. The tournament runs May 8–11 at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer.

Athletes selected for the Prospects Cup were identified through regional camps held earlier this month in Calgary, Edmonton, Olds, and Vegreville. Over 160 players will compete on eight regional teams—each with two goaltenders, six defencemen, and 12 forwards—in a modified round-robin format.

The 2025 lacrosse season is officially underway here in Weyburn, as two teams hit the road for their first league matchups of the year.  

The Weyburn Credit Union U11 Thrashers travel west to Moose Jaw, taking on the Moose Jaw Mustangs Red team at 7:00 P.M. at the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Sportsplex.  

The Weyburn Panther Drilling U17 Thrashers will head the same direction as they’ll take on the Moose Jaw Mustangs team at the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Sportsplex at 8:00 P.M. 

Cochrane native Dillon Dubé is among five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team standing trial in London, Ontario, in connection to an alleged sexual assault dating back to 2018.

Dubé, along with Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault. McLeod faces an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.

The charges stem from an alleged incident in London in June 2018.

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The regular season is in the books, and the Saskatchewan Rush are off to the playoffs! 

The Rush will face the Georgia Swarm in the single-elimination quarterfinal game on Saturday, April 26. Rush broadcaster Cody Janzen is looking forward to an exciting matchup. 

“I would expect a goaltender’s duel,” Janzen said. “It’s two of the best goalies in the game with Frank Scigliano and Brett Dobson going head-to-head.” 

The Toronto Maple Leafs needed overtime to get the job done and they now have a two-games-to-none lead in their first round series against Ottawa. 

Max Domi scored the winner 3:09 into OT giving the Leafs a 3-2 win last night. Former Warriors' star Morgan Reilly scored his 2nd of the playoffs to open the scoring.

With files from Shawn Mullin

A double overtime thriller ended the season for Macklin's Cole Reschny and the WHL's Victoria Royals on Tuesday night.

Taking on the Spokane Chiefs in a must-win Game 6 and down two goals in the third period, the Royals sent the game to overtime after former Saskatoon Blade Brandon Lisowsky came up clutch, but Victoria would only keep their season alive an extra 38 minutes before Spokane got the winner to earn a berth in the Western Conference finals. 

TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND

MJHL
Finals
Game 3
Northern Manitoba 4 Dauphin 2
Northern Manitoba leads series 2-1

After doing some work indoors, the U13 AAA South Central Cubs are ready to head outside onto the diamond and start the 2025 season.

Coach Scott Edwards admits this time of year is special as a new season is on the horizon. "We're feeling good, it's been a bit of a grind through the last month as we worked through indoor sessions, given the climate we're in. We've gotten to the point where we have made our team and we're ready to get out on the baseball filed here in the next week or so. We're all very excited."