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Rylan Gould had a career night while Ty Coupland’s first career hat-trick would end the undefeated streak of the Saskatoon Blades with a 6-3 Swift Current Bronco victory Friday night.

The Broncos would open the scoring at 7:28 on a Blades power play Rylan Gould (Headingly, MB) would break in on a shorthanded chance and beat goaltender Evan Gardner to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead from Clarke Caswell (Brandon, MB). The Blades would come back just under seven minutes later with Cooper Williams solving Reid Dyck (Steinbach, MB) drawing things even at 1-1 after 1.

As the Estevan Curling Club gears up for its 2023-2024 season, new installations and a packed schedule of events promise an exciting year ahead. Manager Pauline Zeil Grimsrud shared details about the ongoing preparations and some of the exciting changes curling enthusiasts can expect.

“We are busy getting ready for the upcoming season. Install is happening out on the ice surface,” said Ziel Grimsrud. “We’re excited to see the paint down, the houses in, and the lines going in.”

The Blackfalds Bulldogs are still looking for their first win of the BCHL season after a hard-fought 2-1 loss in Cranbrook Friday night.

Kaslo Ferner opened up the scoring at 6:08 of the second period with his fourth goal of the season.

The Bulldogs would tie it up when Joey Melo found the back of the net at 8:07 of the third.

Sammy Hynes netted the game-winner for the Bucks with less than six minutes remaining in the final frame.

Blackfalds goalie Waylon Esche stopped 25 of 27 shots while Cranbrook goalie Jaden Cholette went on to stop 28 of 29.

The Red Deer Rebels picked up their third straight win over the Medicine Hat Tigers Friday night with a 6-3 victory at Peavey Mart Centrium. With the win, Red Deer improved their record to 3-0-1-0 on the season, the only team in the WHL without a regulation loss. Medicine Hat falls to 1-3-0-0.

The Rebels opened the scoring early when Matthew Gard found the back of the net from Trae Wilke at the 4:36 mark of the first.

Carson Birnie made it 2-0 putting home a rebound for a power play goal with less than five minutes left in the first.

The Strathmore Spartans boys football team has taken home their first win of the season.

The Spartans were on a heavy losing streak of five games in a row since the start of the season. However, on Thursday's (Oct. 3) game against the Crescent Heights Cowboys, the Spartans turned things around.

"I didn't think we had the best week of practice," said head coach Danny Warrack. "We had a short week with lots of guys banged up, and a few guys missing."

Warrack said that the game started competitive, with the Spartans up 17-4 by halftime.

Clear your November calendars, Bomber Nation, and circle the 2nd and the 9th in particular, because the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ remarkable romp right through the Canadian Football League over the last two months means playoff football is coming back to Princess Auto Stadium.

Again.

The Blue Bombers cranked out their eighth straight victory Friday night here in Steeltown with a 31-10 mauling of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in front of 22,241 at Tim Hortons Field, and in the process locked up at least second in the West Division with their 10-6 record.

The Steinbach Pistons did the heavy lifting offensively in the first period scoring four times and Christian Green did the rest as the 20-year-old got his first MJHL shutout in a 4-0 win over the Northern Manitoba Blizzard. 

Early in the first, the Blizzard came out strong, pushing to get on the board first. Despite the pressure, the Pistons defence held strong and a key block from Cole Cairns kept the game scoreless early. 

The Moose Jaw Warriors opened up their two-game weekend in Alberta for a narrow loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Brayden Yager scored twice, but it wasn’t enough as the Warriors dropped a 4-3 game to the Hurricanes on Friday night at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.

“We had some good moments there, didn’t execute a whole lot throughout the game though and I think that ended up costing us,” Warriors assistant coach Curtis Pereverzoff said.

The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings were looking to bounce back from their 0-3 start Friday night as the Flin Flon Bombers came to town. Weyburn would jump out to lead in the first period, but the Bombers rallied, scoring four unanswered goals en route to a 4-2 victory. 

"The puck's not going in the net, but I do like a lot of the things that are going on," said head coach Cody Mapes after the game. "We've just got to find a way to make sure the puck's going in the net more often than they go in ours, and right now, that's not happening."

The Westman Wildcats scored three first period goals and won their 2024-25 Manitoba Female U18 AAA Hockey League season opener 4-1 over the Pembina Valley Hawks in Morden.

Nik Trakakis made 31 saves and Maxx Hamelin, Campbell Epp and Marshall Light did the goal scoring as the Virden Oil Capitals beat the Niverville Nighthawks 3-1.