Team MJHL will face Team SJHL tonight (7:30 p.m.) in Warman, Saskatchewan in the first of two games at the Western All-Star Showcase. Serving as a pre-selection camp for Team Canada West, forty of the top 19U prospects from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League started on-ice sessions Monday and will play two games during the Showcase in front of Team Canada West staff and scouts from all higher levels of hockey (NCAA/WHL/U Sports/NHL, etc.). A total of 30 players will be invited from the western CJHL leagues (AJHL, SJHL, MJHL, SIJHL). Steinbach Pistons defensemen Reece Gault & Luke Bogart along with forwards Mathis Laplante, Jackson Kostiuk, Brody Green & Connor Paronuzzi are on the Team MJHL roster. Grady Hoffman was selected but cannot attend due to an injury. Niverville Nighthawks goaltender Raiden LeGall and defenseman Avery Laliberte are also on the roster.
The Steinbach Pistons and Dauphin Kings are in the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Rankings. The Pistons (12-2-1) moved up two spots from nine to seven. The Kings (12-4), who were not ranked until this week, are number 12. The defending Turnbull Cup champion Winkler Flyers and the Selkirk Steelers dropped out of rankings. The Central Canada Hockey League's Rockland Nationals (15-0-0-1) remain the number one ranked team in the country.
Team Manitoba will play its final preliminary round game today (8 a.m.) against Ontario Blue at the 2024 U18 Women's National Hockey Championship in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. Manitoba has an 0-2 record after losing 3-0 to Quebec on Monday. Elyse Denbow of Plumas made 36 saves in net for Team Manitoba.
The Winnipeg Jets face Utah tonight (7 p.m.) at Canada Life Centre. The Jets, who have won 11 of their first 12 games, opened their four-game homestand with a 7-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.
Ryan Wiebe, Shaela Hayward, Ty Dilello and Jennifer Clark-Rouire have a 2-1 round robin record heading into day three of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Manitoba champions defeated Charlie Sullivan of New Brunswick 6-5; lost 5-4 to Jamie Koe of Northwest Territories and beat Peter Mackey of Nunavut 9-1. Team Wiebe will face Tyler Smith of Prince Edward Island and Don Bowser of Quebec today.
Steinbach Regional swept Lord Selkirk 26-25, 25-18 in the final of the River East Kodiaks Invitational junior varsity boys volleyball tournament this past weekend. Gabrielle Roy defeated the host Cougars 25-14, 20-25, 15-9 in the final of the Carberry junior varsity girls volleyball tournament. Gabrielle Roy captured the Neelin Spartans DIG varsity boys volleyball tournament. Les Roys beat the host Spartans 25-20, 22-25, 15-9 in the final. The Edward Schreyer Barons of Beausejour swept College Beliveau 25-23, 25-22 in the final of the Ste. Anne Lynx varsity boys volleyball tournament. The Landmark 96’ers beat Pointe des Chenes 25-13, 23-25, 15-12 in the final of the Treherne Tigers junior varsity boys volleyball tournament. Real Berard swept St. Joachim 25-22, 25-19 in the final of the Pointe des Chenes Cavaliers junior varsity girls volleyball tournament. Northlands Parkway defeated Steinbach Christian 25-9, 25-13 in the final of the Garden Valley Zodiacs junior varsity girls volleyball tournament.
The Sydney marathon will become the seventh event of the World Marathon Majors series. World Marathon Majors announced that the Sydney event, which had more than 20,000 finishers in its last running in September, will join a series of elite events in 2025 that includes New York, London, Berlin, Boston, Tokyo and Chicago. Sydney is the first southern hemisphere city to be included as a major.
CurlManitoba is looking forward to a busy 2024-25 curling season. Association president Lynn Fallis-Kurz will join Clayton Dreger on This Week in Curling which airs Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. on AM 1250 Radio.