Linesman Justin Johnson (Winnipeg) will make his National Hockey League officiating debut this Sunday, September 26th in Winnipeg at Canada Life Centre when the Jets host the Ottawa Senators in their pre-season home opener. The 23-year-old signed an entry-level minor league contract after attending the 2021 NHL Exposure Combine in Buffalo in late August. Johnson will work six NHL preseason games before he splits the...
Hockey Manitoba is proud to celebrate the 7th Annual National Coaches Week (September 18, 2021 – September 26, 2021) presented by the Coaching Association of Canada and Territorial Coaching Representatives. Beginning on Saturday September 18th, Hockey Manitoba in conjunction with Sport Manitoba will be running a week long social media campaign (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) where we will be encouraging players and parents to acknowledge...
Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the roster for the 2021 Male U16 Program of Excellence. The Male U16 Team Manitoba roster includes 12 forwards, six defencemen and two goaltenders that were selected following the Male U16 POE Summer Camp that took place from August 13, 2021 to August 15, 2021 at Bell MTS Iceplex. Athletes participated in team practices and inter-squad games over the...
Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the roster for the 2021 Female U18 Program of Excellence. This upcoming weekend will see Female U18 Team Manitoba participate in a three-game exhibition series against the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s hockey team. Game times are 7:00 p.m. on Friday September 10th, 7:30 p.m. on Saturday September 11th and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday September 12th. All games will...
CALGARY – In furthering its commitment to being leaders in safety and inclusivity, Hockey Canada has introduced an update to its rulebook to focus on recognizing and reporting incidents of maltreatment. In a special meeting of the Members held on June 22, 2021, Hockey Canada and its 13 Members unanimously approved the adoption of Section 11 – Maltreatment in the Hockey Canada Rulebook starting this season, which...
Hockey Manitoba is excited to announce the launch of the Female Coach Development Group for the 2021 – 2022 season. The Female Coach Development Group will be led by three Female Master Coach Developers (Sarah Zacharias, Ashley van Aggelen, and Regan Boulton) and will provide female coaches in Manitoba with support and mentorship throughout the upcoming season. With the start of the new season right...
CALGARY, ALTA. – Hockey Canada has announced the 25 players selected to represent Canada at the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship at WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Aug. 20-31. The roster was selected from the 29 players chosen to centralize with Canada’s National Women’s Team for the 2021-22 season, leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. Following the world championship, all 29 players will resume their Olympic preparations....
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is excited to release Summer camp rosters for our two teams in the 2021 Program of Excellence (POE). The POE Summer Camps are scheduled to take place from August 13, 2021 – August 15, 2021 at Bell MTS Iceplex. While there have been positive changes within the Manitoba Public Health orders, the 2021 Program of Excellence will be significantly different than the usual program...
WINNIPEG, MB – Four (4) Manitoba-born players from the Western Hockey League including two (2) U-16 Team MB alumni, had their names called this past weekend at the 2021 NHL Draft. The 1st round was completed Friday, July 23rd with rounds 2-7 taking place Saturday July 24th. The NHL Draft is held annually after the completion of the NHL Playoffs and brings together the thirty-two (32) teams...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced that 51 players have been invited to attend Canada’s National Junior Team summer development camp, July 28-Aug. 4 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on the Tsuut’ina Nation near Calgary. Five goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 30 forwards will be part of the eight-day camp, participating in a variety of on- and off-ice sessions. The camp will also feature combined practices and intrasquad games with players attending Canada’s National Men’s...
Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce that the Program of Excellence (POE) Summer Camps for the Female U18 and Male U16 programs are scheduled to take place from August 13, 2021 – August 15, 2021 at Bell MTS Iceplex. The 2021 Program of Excellence will be invitation only. Invited players will be notified via email with full details on registration and cost. On-ice activities will be dependent on...
CALGARY, Alta. – Canada’s National Women’s Development Team will return to the ice for the first time in two years, with 43 athletes invited to participate in the BFL National Women’s Development Team Summer Camp, presented by Sobeys. The 40 players who will attend camp – six goaltenders, 12 defence and 22 forwards – will be split into two teams and participate in practices and intrasquad games from July 29-Aug. 9 at WinSport’s Canada Olympic...
CALGARY, Alta. – Forty-five of the nation’s top under-18 players have earned invites to Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team summer development camp, July 25-Aug. 4 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on the Tsuut’ina Nation near Calgary. The players include four goaltenders, 15 defencemen and 26 forwards. Of the 45 invitees, two won a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship...
On May 12, 2021, Ste. Anne’s Jocelyne Larocque (along with fellow Manitobans Ashton Bell and Kristen Campbell) was chosen to centralize in Calgary with Canada’s National Women’s Team for the 2021 – 2022 season, leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, February 4-20 in Beijing, China. Larocque is a two-time Olympian who won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in...
Hockey Manitoba official Lauren Fox (Creighton/Flin Flon) is one of eight recipients of the Kenneth R. Stiles Memorial Scholarship for the 2020 – 2021 season. The scholarships are awarded annually to both male and female members of the Hockey Canada Officiating Program. “At first I didn’t really process it but then I was like oh wow I got it then I was like only eight...
WINNIPEG, MB – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is delighted to announce the regular season start date, schedule format, divisional format and important dates for the upcoming 2021-22 season. The puck will drop for opening weekend on Friday, September 17th Opening weekend will feature six home and home divisional matchups taking place over the course of the weekend involving all 12 member teams. The...
Eight Manitobans have been named to NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings for the 2021 NHL Draft. Winnipeg ICE defenceman Carson Lambos was the highest ranked Manitoban by NHL Central Scouting at 11th overall amongst North American skaters. The 18-year-old was limited to just two games with the ICE this year due to injury. Prior to the start of the 2020 – 2021 WHL Regular Season,...
Winnipeg’s Jett Woo is a top prospect with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks and he is also providing inspiration to the next generation of hockey players of Asian descent. Woo, 20, recently completed his first pro season with the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets, the minor league affiliate of the Canucks, registering three goals and two assists in 28 games. Even though the 2020 – 2021...
