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The Canadian National Women's Hockey Camp ran from September 9-15 with several invites from the Province of Manitoba. Defenceman Jocelyne Larocque and Goaltender Raygan Kirk are in attendance from Ste.

Roseau Valley boys and Portage Collegiate girls captured the Zone 4 High School golf championship banners Monday at the Scotswood Links golf course in Elm Creek. 

Kasen Mateychuk (71), Crosby Mateychuk (75), Grayson Slaney (82), Nash Riach (87) & Rowan French (96) of the Raiders finished four shots ahead Sanford's Kyler Zulyniak (70), Austin Illife (77), Tyler Kendall (85), Maxwell Nabess (88) & Jaymyn McIntrye (89).

The three best scores were used to determine the team results. 

The Cochrane Endurance Project (CEPR) has found a new home to mark the return of its cross-country open, thanks to a collaboration with the Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre and Bike Cochrane.

On Sept. 14, 38 athletes from seven clubs became the first to test the new courses that incorporated portions of the Brother Sun and Sister Moon trails of Bike Cochrane. It's all located on lands of the retreat centre.

Winnipeg Goldeyes General Manager Andrew Collier has been named American Association Executive of the Year, the league announced Monday.
 
The 2024 season marks Collier’s 23rd as the club’s General Manager. He previously won the award in 2014 in the American Association and 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2009 in the Northern League.

The High River Flyers started hot in the HJHL pre-season, winning their first two games but then falling twice this weekend to end with a .500 win percentage. 

The Flyers took on the Airdrie Techmation Thunder on Friday night (Sept. 13) and were handed a 7-3 loss. The Flyers got their first goal in the second period and then followed up with two more in the third, but it wasn't enough to get past the Thunder in Airdrie.

The Estevan Elecs endured another challenging loss over the weekend, falling 61-0 to the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones. 

Head Coach Chris Bayerle acknowledged it wasn’t the result they had hoped for but pointed to several highlights from the game. 

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons opened and closed their HJHL pre-season this past weekend with a 5-4 loss to the Agra Risk Wheatland Kings.

The Kings opened the scoring early in the first period and the Bisons responded with two goals to take the lead, with one in the first period and a second on the powerplay during the second frame.

The Wheatland Kings took the lead back after answering with two goals of their own with just over a minute left in the period.

Staff with the Calgary Flames removed a memorial for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday morning.

According to the Flames organization, the team has ended a 13-day tribute period for the brothers.

The Gaudreau brothers were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver named Sean Higgins while out for a bike ride on August 29.

With the BCHL pre-season well underway, teams in the league are figuring out their opening rosters for the 2024-2025 season.

The Okotoks Oilers played two pre-season games over the weekend, falling to the Bandits in Brooks 7-1, and then hosting the Cranbrook Bucks for the first time in their franchise history.

The Green and Gold had a back-and-forth game against the Bucks, but Cranbrook got the last laugh in a 7-5 loss for the Oilers.

The Portage Terriers continue to trim their roster for the upcoming season, as they announced the trade of forward Nathan Lenoski to the Dauphin Kings this morning.

Lenoski joined the Terriers before last season, coming over in a trade with the Winnipeg Freeze for defenceman Darien Schaan, and third-round draft pick and future considerations. 

Lenoski would put up 25 points in 43 games, while missing some time to injury, and played in all five playoff games.