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MOOSE JAW, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors are excited to announce that 19-year-old defenceman Aiden Ziprick has committed to Bemidji State University for the 2026-27 season. 

“We would like to congratulate Aiden on committing to Bemidji State in 2026-27,” said General Manager Jason Ripplinger. “Aiden came to Moose Jaw looking for an opportunity to develop as a player and a person. [Aiden] took big steps to set himself up to be a top defenceman in the WHL in the upcoming season.”

The Portage Terriers staved off elimination on Saturday night, beating the Dauphin Kings 3-0 on home ice. Penalty trouble cost the Terriers early in the series, but on Saturday night they locked it down giving up four power plays to Dauphin but they killed them all off.

Portage came out firing in the first period and scored in the first three minutes. Adam Belzil was left alone in front of the net and he was able to deke past Dauphin goalie Cole Sheffield to open the scoring. The Dogs outshot the Kings 16-9 through 20 minutes.

Steinbach’s junior curlers closed out the 2024-25 season with strong performances at two major events in Winnipeg — the Curl Canada RockFest skills competition and the annual junior season wind-up bonspiel.

The Curl Canada RockFest Man-Sask event wrapped up Saturday after three days of competition. Nearly 100 U15 curlers from across the Prairies gathered for the individual skills challenge, and Steinbach had seven curlers qualify for the event.

One of the highlights came in the female division, where Ahinoam Ruka brought home the bronze medal.

The Portage Terriers dropped a heart breaker on Friday night 4-3 in double overtime to the Dauphin Kings.

The Terriers started the game strong until a penalty derailed their momentum. Matthew Thomas then scored on the power play to make it 1-0 Kings. Rylan Gage made it 2-0 late in the period for his second of the playoffs. After letting in 2 goals on 14 shots, Terrier goalie Ryan Velan was done for the night, and Mitchell Kathler came into the game in relief.

Cochrane football player Leighten Boynton received his Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) championship ring at St. Clair College’s athletics awards banquet on Thursday night, recognizing his team’s historic national title win.

The oldest group of West Central Wheat Kings players had their awards night recently.

Moose Jaw, SK – With the conclusion of the Moose Jaw Warriors’ season, General Manager Jason Ripplinger and the Moose Jaw Warriors scouting staff are preparing for one of the organization’s biggest days of the year – the WHL Prospect Draft. 

The 2025 drafts begin on May 7 with the WHL Expansion Draft and the first round of the WHL Prospects draft. The US Priority Draft and the remaining rounds of the Prospects Draft will follow on May 8. The CHL Import draft will follow later in the summer. 

Friends, family, and the hockey world marked the fifth anniversary of Colby Cave's passing.

The former captain of the Swift Current Broncos died on April 11th, 2020, after suffering a brain bleed.

"5 years without you," Cave's widow Emily posted on X. "I will endure a lifetime of missing you for the privilege of loving you."

Cave played four full seasons and 287 WHL games with the Broncos.

He went on to suit up for the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers in the NHL.

Local water polo players recently took home some hardware in a provincial tournament.

Members of the Foothills-based Prairie Dolphins Water Polo Club were in Edmonton over the weekend to compete in the Alberta Water Polo Winter Provincial League.

Three groups of Prairie Dolphins players competed each of them paired with other teams.

The U12 girls were paired with the Calgary Wild, the U14 boys played with the Edmonton Riptides to form the Riptides Blue and Riptides Teal teams, and the U18 boys were paired with Calgary Mako.

Yesterday HCAA Sr. Badminton Pre-District Championship action continued.  

Boys and Girls Double action took place in Englefeld, Foam Lake, Leroy and Imperial. 

The top two teams in each category will now advance to districts 

Here are the results: 

NW held in Englefeld 

Boy’s Doubles