WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to release the boys and girls rosters for the 2026 Manitoba Winter Games, which will take place from March 1-7 in Thompson.

The 2026 Manitoba Winter Games will welcome more than 1,500 athletes, 300 coaches and managers, 100 officials, and upwards of 750 volunteers from throughout Manitoba. This will mark the third time Thompson has hosted (1994 and 2018).

For hockey, teams consist of Under-13 (U13) Major age boys (2013 birth year) and Under-13 Minor and Major age girls (2013, 2014 birth years). The Manitoba Winter Games are the first step in Hockey Manitoba’s Program of Excellence Player Pathway which, for some, will ultimately lead to Team Manitoba’s U16 Provincial Teams. This program has been created for our identified top athletes at these age categories who will compete in two separate phases.

There are eight teams which are made up from five Sport Manitoba regions which differ from the ten Hockey Manitoba regional boundaries; South (2), West (2), Winnipeg (2). East (1) and North (1).

The 2026 Manitoba Winter Games rosters were selected with assistance from regional coaching staffs and selected by the Hockey Manitoba Evaluator. The eight boys teams will compete from March 2-4, 2026 at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena in Thompson while the eight girls teams will compete from March 5-7, 2026 at the Gordon Beard Arena in Thompson. The tournament format is round-robin.

The Manitoba Winter Games last took place in 2018 and follow the Olympic cycle, taking place every two years, alternating between summer and winter events and precede the Canada Games by one year.  The program is administered by Sport Manitoba and implemented by the Manitoba Games Council along with the governing Provincial Sport Organizations managing the coordination of their specific sport.  To learn more about the 2026 Manitoba Winter Games please visit https://www.mbgames.ca/.

For more information about the Hockey Manitoba Program of Excellence please visit www.hockeymanitoba.ca/players/poe.  Hockey Manitoba is pleased to recognize CCM Hockey as an Official Partner of the Program of Excellence.