Hockey Manitoba will be hosting a High Performance Coach Camp in conjunction with the High Performance 1 seminar at Canad Inns Polo Park on Saturday July 15, 2023. The High Performance Coach Camp will be a great way for current High Performance 1 coaches to maintain their certification status. Coaches will earn 10 Professional Development (PD) points for participating in both presentations. Coaches require 30...
Charleen Wong played this past season for the Female U18 AAA Interlake Lightning but she made headlines for a different team thousands of kilometres away from the keystone province. This past April, the 17-year-old Vincent Massey Collegiate student won a gold medal representing Team Hong Kong at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship Division IIIA in Brasov, Romania, fulfilling a lifelong dream and inspiring a...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to recognize the 38 Manitoban players selected yesterday in the 2023 Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. In total, 232 players were selected by WHL member Clubs, including 128 forwards, 88 defencemen, and 16 goaltenders. Players eligible for the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft were 2008-born players residing in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California,...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced the first 20 players who will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2023 IIHF World Championship , May 12-28 in Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The initial roster, which includes two goaltenders, six defencemen and 12 forwards , was selected by general manager Doug Armstrong (Sarnia, Ont./St. Louis, NHL), associate general manager Steve Yzerman (Nepean, Ont./Detroit, NHL), assistant general manager Shane Doan (Halkirk, Alta./Arizona,...
It would appear that some of Manitoba’s best young hockey players did not finish their national tournament schedules in February. In fact, seven players who represented Manitoba at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island will suit up for Indigenous Team Manitoba at the 2023 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, beginning this Sunday May 7th and running until Saturday May 13th at...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to release the roster for the 2023 Female Under-16 Program June Development Camp which will be held from June 9 – 11, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This camp will be the second phase of the Hockey Manitoba Female U16 Program which is a program for emerging high performance female U16 athletes with a focus on preparing these athletes...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to release the roster for the 2023 Male Under-16 Program of Excellence Top-40 Camp which will be held from May 11 – 14, 2023 in Brandon, Manitoba. This camp will be the second phase of the Hockey Manitoba Male U16 Program of Excellence (POE) which is the provincial high performance development and selection program that leads to the...
NHL Central Scouting has released its Final Rankings for the 2023 NHL Draft with 5 Manitobans making an appearance. Carberry’s Carson Bjarnason (Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL) is the number 1 ranked North American goaltender while Winnipeg’s Jayden Perron (Chicago Steel, USHL) is the highest ranked Manitoban amongst North American skaters at number 43. The 2023 NHL Draft will be held in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced the 22 players who will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship , April 20-30 in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland. The roster, which includes three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 12 forwards , was selected by Alan Millar (Tottenham, Ont.), director of player personnel, and Benoit Roy (Sudbury, Ont.), senior manager of hockey operations, with support from Scott Salmond (Creston, B.C.), senior vice-president of hockey...
The #LegendaryWeekend is back! The 2023 Hockey Manitoba Cup takes place from April 14 – 16, 2023 at Scotiabank hockey for all centre (formerly Bell MTS Iceplex), Canlan Sports and other local arenas in Winnipeg.
WINNIPEG – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointment of Savitha Praveen Kumar as the new Coordinator, Business Operations, effective April 10, 2023. Savitha was born and raised in India (Tamil Nadu province) and moved to Winnipeg in 2019 with her young family. Savitha holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Krishnasamy College of Engineering & Technology. Before joining Hockey Manitoba, Savitha worked...
The Ste. Anne Aces and the Miniota/Elkhorn C-Hawks will do battle in Hockey Manitoba’s Best-of-Three Provincial Senior A Final, beginning this Saturday April 8th at East End Arena (Puck drop is at 6:00 pm CT). Game 2 will take place on Sunday April 16th in Virden at Tundra Oil and Gas Place (Puck drop is at 3:30 pm CT). Game 3 is scheduled to take...
The Hockey Canada Officiating Program is soliciting applications for the Kenneth R. Stiles Memorial Scholarships for 2023. The Kenneth R. Stiles Memorial Scholarship was established by the Seaman Hotchkiss Hockey Foundation (formerly Project 75) and Hockey Canada in recognition of Kenneth Stiles and his tremendous contribution to grassroots hockey in Canada. Scholarships are presented in both the men’s and women’s categories. In the men’s stream,...
Steve McFarlane’s dedication and passion for hockey is inspiring the next generation of leaders in the RM of Macdonald. McFarlane, 45, grew up in Winnipeg’s Westdale neighbourhood but moved to Oak Bluff with his wife Kari and their young family in 2014. He has been coaching in Oak Bluff since 2015 and is currently the Player Development Director for the RM of Macdonald. This past...
Ste. Anne, Manitoba is a finalist for Kraft Hockeyville 2023 and they need our help this weekend! The unlimited 32 hour voting period will begin on Friday March 31 at 8:00 am CT and will run until Saturday April 1st at 4:00 pm CT. Vote Here Beginning on Friday March 31st The Grand Prize winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2023 will have an opportunity to host an NHL preseason game and receive $250,000...
Hockey Manitoba is excited to announce the group of coaches who will be leading the 2023 Female U16 Program of Excellence. This year’s program will be led by Megan Robertson (Westman), Jordyn Zacharias (Winnipeg), Kelsey McHolm (Winnipeg), Autumn Garnham (Central Plains) and Brooke Anderson (Winnipeg). The Female U16 Program of Excellence has been redesigned as a development focused program for Female Under-16 athletes in Manitoba....
Hockey Manitoba’s 2023 Program of Excellence coaching staffs will lead their respective programs through the team selection process, team preparation process, and their respective championship events. The Male Under-16 Team Manitoba contingent will compete in October at the 2023 WHL Cup in Alberta with a roster featuring the province’s top male players born in 2008. In early November, Female Under-18 Team Manitoba will compete at...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba congratulates the 7 championship teams from the third and final weekend of the 2023 Hockey Manitoba Provincials presented by Cargill Ltd. who competed in various divisions over the weekend of March 10 -12, 2023. Category Host Gold Silver Bronze Co-ed Under-13 Rural AA Winkler Virden Winkler MacDonald Co-ed Under-13 Rural A Dauphin St.Claude Rat River Swan Valley Co-ed Under-13 Rural...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced the 23 players who will compete for a gold medal on home ice with Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, April 5-16 at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont. Three goaltenders, seven defence and 13 forwards were selected by head coach Troy Ryan (Spryfield, N.S.), in consultation with Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda), director of hockey operations, and Cherie Piper (Scarborough, Ont.), senior manager...
Registration is now open for the 2023 Hockey Manitoba Cup taking place from April 14 – 16, 2023 at hockey for all centre and Canlan Sports in Winnipeg.
