The Winnipeg Goldeyes are one win away from advancing to the American Association's Wolff Cup final. Dayson Croes, Ramón Bramasco and Roby Enríquez had three hits each as the Fish defeated the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks 10-1 Monday night at Newman Outdoor Field in game one of their best-of-three West Division Championship Series. Joey Matulovich started for Winnipeg and went six innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven. Ben Onyshko and Ryder Yakel appeared in relief. Game two goes Wednesday night (6:30 p.m.) at Blue Cross Park.
The Professional Women's Hockey League has unveiled team names and logos for all six franchises. The Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Boston Fleet and Minnesota Frost will hit the ice as the league enters its second season. Teams played without nicknames or logos during its inaugural season, which ran from January to May, with only city names on their jerseys.
The Brandon Wheat Kings have re-assigned forwards Chase Surkan and Prabh Bhathal to their respective U18 teams in Regina and Winnipeg. Surkan, a first-round draft choice of the Wheat Kings in 2024, sustained an injury in the black and gold game that kept him out of the lineup for both pre-season games against the Saskatoon Blades this past weekend. Bhathal, a second-round pick in 2024, had a goal and two assists against the Blades. Goaltender Carson Bjarnason, defenseman Charlie Elick and forward Marcus Nguyen are off to NHL camps. Bjarnason will attend Philadelphia Flyers camp; Elick will be at the Columbus Blue Jackets camp and Nguyen was invited to Florida Panthers camp. Bjarnason was chosen by the Flyers in the second round of the 2023 NHL draft while Elick was selected by the Blue Jackets in round two of the 2024 draft.
Canada's men's soccer team will meet Mexico tonight in a friendly at Arlington, Texas. The 40th-ranked Canadians are coming off a 2-1 victory over the 16th-ranked U-S squad on Saturday in Kansas City, Canada's first victory over the Americans on US soil since 1957.