WINNIPEG, MB – With hockey season right around the corner, Hockey Manitoba’s official partner and retailer Play It Again Sports (Winnipeg South) is pleased to announce the return of Player Days this weekend, Friday August 16 to Sunday August 18. Player Days is Play it Again Sports’ annual fall kick-off event featuring exclusive sales, door crashers and prize giveaways. Play It Again Sports will have...
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointment of Ezra Ginsburg as Coordinator, Communications and Saxon Miller as Coordinator, Grow the Game effective August 8, 2019. Ezra is a born and raised Winnipegger and joins Hockey Manitoba after spending the last eight years working for Cushman & Wakefield- Stevenson, a local commercial real estate firm. Ezra is a familiar name to hockey...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada kicks off the 2019-20 season with 89 of the country’s top under-18 and development team talents on the ice for selection camps at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Aug. 2-11. Part of the Team Canada Summer Showcase, 45 players will attend the BFL National Women’s Development Team Selection Camp, with another 44 invited to...
Hockey Canada, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) are pleased to open registration for 2019-20 First Shift program.
CALGARY, Alta. – Forty-four of the nation’s top under-18 hockey players have been invited to attend Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team selection camp, set for July 26-30 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The players, including four goaltenders, 14 defencemen and 26 forwards, will compete for a chance to represent Canada at 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Breclav, Czech Republic, and...
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has invited 112 players to Calgary to participate in Canada’s national under-17 development camp, taking place July 19-26 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park. During the week-long camp, the players – 12 goaltenders, 36 defencemen and 64 forwards – will be split into six teams for on- and off-ice training, fitness testing, intrasquad games and classroom studies. Manitobans...
Tara Chisholm, coach educator for Hockey Canada, will be leading a Coach 2 – Coach Level Clinic for anyone interesting in coaching sledge hockey. The in-person clinic will focus on sledge hockey specifically. REGISTRATION PROCESS
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced the roster of 43 players who will wear the Maple Leaf at Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp, July 27 to Aug. 4 in Plymouth, Mich. The five goaltenders, 13 defencemen and 25 forwards will be split into two teams – Red and White. The Canadians will play four games in Plymouth, taking on the United...
WINNIPEG, MB – Join our team! Hockey Manitoba is now hiring a Coordinator, Communications and Coordinator, Grow the Game. For more information and the full job postings please follow the links below! Job Posting: Coordinator, Communications Job Posting: Coordinator, Grow the Game Application deadline for both positions is June 28, 2019.
WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is excited to announce the rosters for the three Team Manitoba programs (Female U-16, Male U-16, Female U-18) that operate as a part of the Program of Excellence for 2019. All three Team Manitoba rosters have been selected following the Program of Excellence Top-40 Camps which took place in Portage la Prairie from May 9-14, 2019 where athletes took part...
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...
New partnership to focus on Growing the Game WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce a new agreement with Play It Again Sports (Winnipeg South) to become an official partner. The three-year partnership will also recognize Play It Again Sports as Hockey Manitoba’s official retailer. “We are extremely pleased to align with a long-standing and respected Manitoba owned and operated business such as...
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.,...
