Blaine Weyland

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) franchise in Warman has settled on a new name.  

Next season, the Notre Dame Hounds will be rebranded as the Warman Wolverines. 

Warman Co-Founder Jon Abrametz made the announcement on Monday during SJHL Weekly. He noted that he consulted with the Principal of Warman High School, Andrew Merryweather, about the name. Wolverines is also the name of the teams at Warman High School. 

The playoffs are now over for the AA teams in Humboldt.  

On Saturday, the U18 AA Humboldt Broncos were eliminated by the Martensville Marauders with a 7-0 loss. Martensville won the best of three series 2-0. 

The U13 AA Humboldt Broncos also lost out to the Martensville Marauders. On Friday night in Martensville, Humboldt was defeated by Martensville 5-2, who claimed the series 2-0.  

The Lanigan Pirates season came to an end with a 4-3 loss to the Wilkie Outlaws in the North finals in Senior ‘C’ Provincials, losing the best of three series 2-0.  

Wilkie will meet the Foam Lake Flyers in the Senior ‘C’ Provincial finals after the Flyers eliminated the Assiniboia Rebels on Saturday with a 7-5 home ice victory. The series begins on Friday in Foam Lake. Game two is next Saturday in Wilkie and if necessary, game three is Sunday, March 22 in Wilkie. 

The Humboldt Broncos are officially in the post season.

For the 8th straight year, the Broncos have punched their ticket to the SJHL Playoffs following a 4-1 victory in the last-ever meeting with the Notre Dame Hounds.

The Notre Dame Hounds, who will be relocating to Warman, SK next season, paid one final visit to the Elgar Petersen Arena on Friday. The SJHL’s two most geographically separated ‘natural-rivals’ dropped the puck one final time, with Humboldt, who had controlled much of the rivalry over the last handful of years, picking up one final win.

Carter Hansen will remain behind the bench for the Humboldt Broncos for the foreseeable future.  

On Thursday, the Broncos announced Hansen has agreed to a three-year contract extension and has been promoted to Associate Coach.  

The Rural Municipalities (RMs) of Fish Creek and Hoodoo, along with the towns of Wakaw and Cudworth, recently met with representatives from the Ministry of Highways for an informative session about the highway construction process. The session was also attended by Batoche MLA Darlene Rowden, who was invited as a special guest. 

Another member of the Humboldt Broncos will be playing US PORTS next season. 

Defenceman Liam Rodman has committed to the Dalhousie University Tigers for the 2025-26 season.  

Dalhousie University is located in Halifax, NS and competes in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Division of U-SPORTS. 

With the end of winter in sight, the Saskatchewan government is reminding anglers to remove ice fishing shelters from provincial waterways before rising temperatures create unsafe water conditions.  

Shelters must be removed by March 15 for areas south of Highway 16 while shelters have until March 31 for northern regions of the province.  

The Humboldt Broncos have received another commitment for the 2025-26 season. 

On Wednesday, the team announced 2007-born forward Simon Ward has committed to the Broncos. 

A Trail, BC product, Ward had 44 points (10G-34A) in 34 games and 38 PMs this season with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds AAA program. H 

He is listed as 6’2 and 209 lbs. 

The Horizon School Board of Education has approved the 2025-26 school year calendar. 

Approval followed consultation with staff, school community councils, the Horizon Teachers’ Association, and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 4799). 

Some highlights include the first day of school taking place on Tuesday, September 2.