The Southwest Cougars are riding a seven-game win streak. The Cougars scored five first period goals en route to an 8-2 victory over the Yellowhead Chiefs Wednesday night in Souris. Connor Hoemsen had a hat trick and Lynden Gould had a goal and three assists for Southwest. Slater Anderson, Eric Berger, Spencer Cullen and Taylor Lockhart also scored for the Cougars who went 9-1 in October. Southwest netminder Brodie Cameron made 33 saves.
The Neepawa Tigers and Hamiota/Rivers/Elton/Strathclair Huskies were winners in the Westman High School Hockey League. Ian Foster had three goals and an assist as the Tigers downed the Glenboro/Carberry/Baldur Wildcats 5-2. Jack Oakden, Samuel Rivas-Banos and Jaxen Dziver each had a goal and two assists in the Huskies 8-1 victory over the Major Pratt Trojans.
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.