WINNIPEG – With the Winnipeg Blue Bombers pre-season schedule set to kick off in three weeks, the club continues to add to their roster as training camp inches closer. Quarterbacks and CFL newcomers will arrive in Winnipeg next week and be on the field for the opening of rookie camp, which begins Wednesday, May 16th,…
Brandon Joins The Party, Announcing The Wheat City Whiteout
BRANDON – The Whiteout is growing! The Keystone Centre announced today the Wheat City Whiteout Viewing Party for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference final. Tickets for both games are just $5.00 and it includes admission to the Westoba Family Skate prior to each game. “our community was asking for this even and…
10,000 More Tickets Made Available for Monday Street Party
WINNIPEG – Good news hockey fans, 10,000 additional tickets have been made available for Monday’s Whiteout Street Party. The additional tickets went on sale today at noon. Fans can claim up to four free tickets per account at ticketmaster.ca. As with Game 1, fans with a ticket to the game, also get into the street…
Saskatchewan Father Upset Son’s Hockey Team Not Allowed to Wear Memorial Patch
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — The father of a young Saskatchewan hockey player who committed suicide calls a decision to remove a memorial patch from his son’s team’s jerseys a slap in the face. Neil Lascelle’s son Ash took his own life in January and his Battlefords Barons teammates had been wearing a patch on their…
Jets Draw First Blood in Western Conference Final
WINNIPEG – If the Winnipeg Jets were to draw up how they wanted to start their Western Conference final series against the Vegas Golden Knights, they would have done exactly what they did on Saturday night, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in front of their home crowd and never looking back as they took…
Injured Humboldt Broncos Player to Play for York University
SASKATOON — One of the hockey players who was injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is taking his first step to getting back on the ice. Kaleb Dahlgren, 20, has committed to play for the Lions hockey team at York University in Toronto. “My goal is to attend York in the fall of this…
Live Racing Starts Sunday
WINNIPEG – It all starts Sunday. The first day of Manitoba’s 50-day live thoroughbred racing meet begins on Sunday afternoon and it should be a Mother’s Day treat. Not only will Sunday’s 1:30 p.m. first post launch the 61st season of racing at the Downs, it will also open up the celebration for the 70th…
#WpgWhiteout Street Party- SOLD OUT
WINNIPEG – The tickets were released at noon and just 90 minutes later 25,000 tickets were claimed for games one and two in Winnipeg. An additional 2,000 extra tickets were released by True North for each game and those were quickly claimed and gone. There is a glimmer of hope if you want to take…
Manitoba Moose Season Ends in Rockford
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Moose season came to an end Friday night in Rockford, losing the Central Division Final in four straight games. Watch highlights of last nights game here: The IceDogs bit first scoring 5:37 into the game on a power play rocket from Cody Franson. The Moose evened…
Jets Alumni – Playoff Fever is Bigger Than Glory Days 40 Years Ago
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg was already in the grip of playoff fever. Now, with the National Hockey League Jets advancing to the Western Conference final — further than they have even been in the NHL — the frenzy has jumped another notch. Jets−themed merchandise is flying off shelves, downtown offices are filled with workers wearing Jets…