The Boissevain Border Kings, Killarney Shamrocks and Rivers Jets were winners in the Tiger Hills Hockey League Friday night. Skylar Canada and Carter Cowlthorp each had a goal and two assists as the Border Kings beat the MacGregor Wild 8-1. Ty Enns and Bryce Enns each had two goals and two assists as the Shamrocks downed the Souris Elks 12-2. Riley Lamb made 23 saves, and the Jets blanked the Neepawa Farmers 5-0.
In the Westman High School Hockey League - Riley Kleinsasser had four goals and an assist as the Sandy Bay Badgers beat Boissevain/Deloraine/Waskada/Pierson 5-3. Ian Foster scored his second goal of the game 66 seconds into overtime to lift the Neepawa Tigers past the Killarney/Wawanesa Raiders 2-1. Dexen Routledge and Jaden Browning Lozinski had two goals each as the Virden Golden Bears downed Crocus Plains 5-1
Team Manitoba lost 8-6 to Team Atlantic in the 7th place game at the 2024 U18 Women’s National Hockey Championship in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. La Salle’s Kate Manness had three assists for Team Manitoba.
Joby Baumuller had two goals and an assist, and the Brandon Wheat Kings beat the Pats 5-3 in Regina. Caleb Hadland, Carter Klippenstein and Matteo Michels also scored for the Wheat Kings who are riding a six-game points streak.
The Winnipeg Jets wrap up their four-game homestand today (2 p.m.) when they meet the Dallas Stars at Canada Life Centre. The Jets have won 13 of their first 14 games.
Chloe Primerano scored the shootout winner as Canada's National Women's Hockey Team defeated the United States 5-4 in the second game of the Rivalry Series in West Valley City, Utah. Laura Stacey had a pair of goals in regulation while Emma Maltais and Marie-Philip Poulin with a shorthanded effort also scored for the Canadians. Game three goes Sunday in Boise, Idaho.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Saskatchewan Roughriders today in the CFL’s West Division final. The opening kick-off at Princess Auto Stadium is 5:30 p.m. The Bombers have made four changes on defense. On are safety Brandon Alexander, defensive end Celestin Haba, defensive back Nick Taylor and linebacker Kyrie Wilson. Wilson is a game-time decision. Winnipeg has won its last five home division finals (2023, 2022, 2021, 2011 & 2001).
Ryan Wiebe, Shaela Hayward, Ty Dilello and Jennifer Clark-Rouire will meet Owen Purcell of Nova Scotia in the semifinals at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Manitoba champions lost a pair of games Friday and finished in third place in the Championship Pool. Team Wiebe fell 9-2 to Purcell and 6-5 to Jason Ackerman of Saskatchewan. Ackerman will face Kurt Balderston of Alberta in the other semifinal.