BOSTON, Mass. – The chase to win the 2019 Stanley Cup is over. The St. Louis Blues captured their first Stanley Cup in franchise history Wednesday night with a 4-1 victory in Game 7 over the Boston Bruins. Hockey Manitoba would like to congratulate Joel Edmundson (Brandon, MB) and Alexander Steen (Winnipeg, MB) on their Stanley Cup run! Edmundson finished the 2019 playoffs with 7...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence and National Women’s Program are preparing for the 2019-20 season with a pair of four-day goaltending camps at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The camps bring together the top goaltending talent and elite-level instructors from across the country. They serve as the initial evaluation stage for summer development and selections camps...
WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues gets underway with Game 1 scheduled for Monday, May 27, in Boston. Hockey Manitoba is proud to cheer on all players, coaches & staff members that started their hockey careers in Manitoba. Manitobans in 2019 Stanley Cup Final: Position First Name Last Name Hometown NHL Team Forward Alexander Steen...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Canada’s National Men’s Team has finished with the silver medal at the 2019 IIHF World Championship after falling to Finland 3-1 in the gold medal game Sunday. The medal is the 15th silver and 51st overall for Canada at the tournament. Shea Theodore (Langley, B.C./Vegas, NHL) scored the lone goal for Canada, opening the scoring midway through the first period. Anthony Mantha...
CALGARY, Alta. – Six coaches have been selected to lead Canada’s National Junior Team and Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, respectively. Dale Hunter (London, Ont./London, OHL) will serve as the head coach for Canada’s National Junior Team, with André Tourigny (Nicolet, Que./Ottawa, OHL) and Mitch Love (Quesnel, B.C./Saskatoon, WHL) serving as assistants....
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to recognize the 33 Manitoban players selected today in the 2019 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft hosted in Red Deer, AB. The WHL Bantam Draft is the first opportunity for WHL Clubs to replenish their systems with graduating Bantam-aged players. Players eligible for the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft will be 2004-born players who reside in Alberta, B.C.,...
MONTRÉAL, Que. – Eighteen athletes have been named to Canada’s National Para Hockey Development Team, and will face the United States this weekend as part of the 2019 Défi sportif AlterGo. Twenty-two players were evaluated through a series of practices, off-ice workouts and training sessions, as well as two intrasquad games during the five-day NextGen Prospects Camp. Following camp, the coaching staff narrowed down the...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced the 22 players, including gold-medallists from previous IIHF events, to Canada’s National Men’s Team for the 2019 IIHF Championship taking place May 10-26 in Košice and Bratislava, Slovakia. The roster was confirmed following the close of the NHL’s regular season and first-round playoff series and includes: Seven players who have previously represented Canada at the IIHF World Championship, including three gold medallists (Couturier...
WINNIPEG, MB – The two top-ranked teams from the 2018-19 Western Hockey Regular Season will meet for the right to be called WHL Champions as the Prince Albert Raiders and Vancouver Giants collide in the 2019 Rogers #WHLChampionship Series. Confirming their spot Friday were the Giants, winning the Western Conference Championship in five games against the Spokane Chiefs. The Raiders secured their spot Sunday by...
CALGARY, Alta. – Twenty-three para hockey athletes will attend the third-annual NextGen Prospects Camp, held April 26- May 1, as part of the Défi sportif AlterGo in Montreal. The players will be evaluated through the week for the chance to be one of the 17 who will wear the Maple Leaf as part of Canada’s National Para Hockey Development Team for a three-game series against the United States from May 3-5....
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba are excited to announce the selections for the Program of Excellence Top-40 Camp which will be taking place in Portage la Prairie May 9 – 14, 2019. Hockey Manitoba operates three Provincial Team programs within the Program of Excellence on an annual basis which include the Male U16, Female U16 and Female U18. This camp is the second phase for...
TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Dylan Myskiw of the Edmonton Oil Kings is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the fourth week of playoff action ending April 14 with a 2-0 record, including one shutout, a goals-against average of 0.49, and save percentage of .977. Myskiw claims the honour for the first time this year after stopping 42 shots...
WINNIPEG, MB – Gord Agnew, from Hartney, MB, was involved with minor hockey and youth sports as a volunteer in the western area of Manitoba for over three (3) decades, devoting countless hours to make the game enjoyable and a positive learning environment for all participants. As a coach, Gord has focused on the development of all players and encouraged participation at every level. He...
Calgary, Alta. – The Western Hockey League announced today that Dylan Myskiw of the Edmonton Oil Kings has been named the WHL Eli Wilson Goaltending Goaltender of the Week and league nominee for the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending April 14, 2019. Myskiw appeared in two games during the past week, picking up a pair of wins over the Calgary Hitmen as the Oil Kings advanced to the Eastern Conference Championship....
WINNIPEG – Hockey Manitoba would like to congratulate and wish good luck to the twelve (12) Manitobans who are currently on NHL Playoff rosters heading into Wednesday’s opening night of the 2019 NHL Playoffs. Alexander Steen (St. Louis Blues; Winnipeg, MB) and Ryan Reaves (Vegas Golden Knights; Winnipeg, MB) lead the way with 7 NHL Playoff appearances prior to the 2018-19 season while Cody McLeod...
Calgary, Alta. – The Western Hockey League announced today that Dylan Myskiw of the Edmonton Oil Kings has been named the WHL Eli Wilson Goaltending Goaltender of the Week and league nominee for the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending April 7, 2019. Myskiw appeared in two games during the past week, picking up a pair of wins as the Oil Kings secured two wins in their second-round series against the...
CALGARY, Alta. – Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team will begin to assemble in Kisakallio, Finland next week before flying to Sweden for two pre-tournament games ahead of the 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship. Twenty-three players will gather in Finland for training camp prior to U18 worlds, scheduled for April 18-28 in Örnsköldsvik and Umeå, Sweden. The roster, consisting of three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards, includes: Eight players who won a...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the 2019 Male Senior A Provincials which gets under way Thursday March 28th. Teams competing in the Senior A Provincials tournament are determined by winning their respective league championship and earning a berth into the Provincial Championship tournament that sees the majority of the games hosted within Winnipeg between March 28 – April 6, 2019. The...
TORONTO – March 25, 2019 – For the second time in franchise history, the Calgary Inferno won the Clarkson Cup on Sunday afternoon (Mar. 24) defeating Les Canadiennes de Montreal by a final score of 5-2 at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Inferno forward Brianna Decker was named the playoff MVP, presented by Gongshow. The three stars of the game were third star, Inferno defence Kacey Bellamy (2 assists),...
