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Hockey runs in the family for Koy Funk, who has taken to the ice four times as a member of the Portage Terriers this season. Funk hails from Portage la Prairie and is following in the footsteps of his older brother, Reilly, and father, Kelly. Koy says that it's been nice to see the community standing behind him.

Some tough injury news for the Swift Current Broncos.

Veteran forward Rylan Gould is out of the lineup pending further test results. 

"We're still waiting on some imaging and waiting to hear back from the doctor," said Broncos head coach Taras McEwan.  "Definitely week-to-week with him, but still waiting to get confirmation from the doctor."

He was hurt during Saturday's Broncos win in Brandon.

The Strathmore Spartans are gearing up to host the Bowness Trojans on Thursday (Oct. 10).

The Spartans will be playing at the Strathmore High School football field, with kickoff set for 5 p.m.

"The Trojans are first place in the Division 2 Calgary High School Football League," said Danny Warrack, head coach of the Spartans.

The game follows the Spartans' first win of the season, beating the Crescent Heights Cowboys 59-13.

Brody Green, forward for the Steinbach Pistons received exciting news and got to share it with his teammates, and the community this past weekend. 

“The announcement is I’ve been committed to the University of Northern Michigan. It’s pretty exciting news. So, pretty excited and happy about it.” 

The 16-year-old from Winnipeg shares how he landed on committing to Northern Michigan. 

Cochrane's Ty Mueller has wrapped up training camp with the Abbotsford Canucks and ready to ice up Friday night for their AHL season-opening games in Calgary.

The four-day training camp wrapped up on Oct. 5 with a scrimmage at the Abbotsford Centre leading up to the two-game stand in Calgary.

In March, the 5'11", 201 lb. forward signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks. He was drafted in the fourth round, 105th overall, in the NHL 2023 entry draft.

The Swift Current Broncos went Cougar hunting.

They added overage forward Carlin Dezainde from the Prince George Cougars today in a deal for 19-year-old forward Van Eger, a 2nd round 2025 WHL prospects draft pick and a 2027 4th round pick. 

Prince George also sent a 2025 9th round pick to the Broncos as a part of the deal.

Dezainde has 10 points in 7 games this season. He has scored 41 goals and 61 assists in 194 WHL games.

Registration is open for the Weyburn Curling Club’s 2024 season. Manager for the Weyburn Curling Club, Jim Nikolejsin, says there are some new developments from last year. 

“For the first time in a few years, we're going to have a full-time kitchen. Lisa Knobloch of Lisa K Catering is going to be the assistant manager at the club and run the catering business out of the kitchen, which means we will have a kitchen here full time.” 

Steps have also been taken to make the sport more accessible.  

The Swift Current Comp Colts play for a spot in their high school soccer league final later today against Moose Jaw Central.

They earned their way with an 11-1 win over Moose Jaw Boys on Saturday.

"It was a really good game," said Colts co-coach Chris Garner. "We enjoyed that the guys were playing to the plan. Controlled the game probably 95% of it was in our favor and we were able to capitalize on a lot of our offensive runs. And then we were able to shut them down defensively to prevent any major threat."

A rocky start to the season has the Portage Terriers 2-4-0-0 so far, but a game tonight against the Winnipeg Freeze could get them closer to evening up their record.

The Freeze have yet to record a win this season, however, the Freeze have faced the MJHL-leading Selkirk Steelers twice, along with a single matchup against the Steinbach Pistons and the Niverville Nighthawks.

Portage comes into the game with two wins in their last five games, coming against the Dauphin Kings on the road, and at home against the Neepawa Titans in a shootout.

The Red Deer Rebels are excited to announce that forward Jaxon Fuder has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the team.

Fudor, who is 18, comes to the Rebels from the Powell River Kings of the BCHL where he had six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in four games this season.

The Cold Lake, AB native recorded 37 points over 76 career games in the BCHL with Powell River and Cranbrook.

#11 Jaxon Fuder
Forward
Birthdate: April 2, 2006

Hometown: Cold Lake, AB

Height: 6’1

Weight: 175 lbs.