The Pembina Valley Hawks dropped a 3-2 decision to Interlake Wednesday night in Teulon. Blake Farthing scored the shootout winner for the Lightning. Casey Magarrell and Haiden Friesen did the goal scoring for the Hawks. Friesen's seventh of the season with 51 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 2-2.
Neal Pionk scored twice and Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists in the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Gabriel Vilardi, Nino Niederreiter and Colin Miller also scored for the Jets. Connor recorded his 500th career NHL point and extended his franchise record season-opening point streak to 10 games.
Rachel Homan and Brad Gushue are both 6-0 and will wrap up the round robin today at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Lacombe, Alberta. Team Gushue defeated Australia’s Team Hugh Millikin 13-8 while Team Homan beat South Korea’s Team Eunji Gim 8-2 and Adriana Camarena of Mexico 10-1. The top four countries in the men's and women's field qualify for next year's world championships, although Canada has an automatic berth as the host country of the men's championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Chris Morris is the new president and chief executive of the Edmonton Elks. Morris was an offensive lineman with Edmonton from 1992 to 2005 and won Grey Cup titles with the CFL team in 1993, 2003 and 2005. One of his first jobs will be deciding the futures of general manager Geroy Simon and head coach Jarious Jackson.