Jordin Tootoo Announces Retirement

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BRANDON, Man. — Jordin Tootoo, the first Inuk player in the history of the NHL, has announced his retirement from the league after 13 seasons. Tootoo made history when he was selected by Nashville in the fourth round, 98th overall, of the 2001 NHL draft. He played most of his career with the Predators and…

MFMHL Player of the Week

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The MFMHl is pleased to announce that Pembina Valley Defense Cora Fijala has been selected as the CCM-Selkirk Source for Sports Player of the Week for Week 3 ending October 14. Fijala, a grade 11 student from Manitou, registered 5 points over the weekend picking up 1 goal and 3 assists in the Hawks 8-2…

Winnipeg High School Hockey Scores for October 17

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WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg High School Hockey was busy yesterday afternoon with eight games being played. Men’s divisional games; Sanford 2 @ Steinbach 1 (OT) College Gabrielle-Roy 2 @ Dakota 4 Sturgeon Heights 4 @ Kelvin 1 Leo Remillard 2 @ Fort Richmond 3 Glenlawn 2 @ Murdoch MacKay 3 (OT) Lorette 2 @ College…

Winnipeg Women’s High School Hockey Scores

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WINNIPEG – There were four games played in Winnipeg Women’s High School Hockey on Wednesday. Pierre Elliott Trudeau beat John Taylor by a score of 7 to 2. Garden City scored 5 goals on Steinbach who only managed to get 1. Dakota beat Oak Park in overtime 3 -2 and Murdoch MacKay lost to SJR,…

Kylie Lesuk MFMHL Player of the Week

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The MFMHL is pleased to announce that Eastman Selects’ forward Kylie Lesuk has been selected as the CCM-Selkirk Source for Sports Player of the Week for Week 2 ending October 7, 2018. Lesuk picked up 4 points (1 G / 3 A) in the Selects 8-1 victory over the Interlake Lightning on Saturday October 6…

Ottawa Trades Captain Erik Karlsson

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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators promised they were going into rebuild mode earlier this week. They weren’t kidding. Ending months of speculation and creating yet another juicy headline, the Senators traded their franchise player — captain Erik Karlsson —to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. In the end, the defenceman and the Senators did not…

Hockey Night in Humboldt

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HUMBOLDT, Sask. — The Humboldt Broncos lost, but the score didn’t matter. The Broncos fell 2−1 to the Nipawin Hawks on Wednesday — their first regular−season game since a team bus crash claimed 16 lives on April 6th — but the game prompted an outpouring of support from the hockey community as the team returned…

Humboldt Broncos Back on The Ice

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HUMBOLDT, Sask. — As head coach Nathan Oystrick skated around the ice barking orders at his new players on Friday night, the Humboldt Broncos looked like any other junior hockey team in training camp. About 50 people sat in the stands watching the team for the first time since the April 6 bus crash that…

Stanley Cup Taken to Humboldt Broncos Crash Site

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HUMBOLDT, Sask. — A small Saskatchewan city devastated by a fatal bus crash involving its junior hockey team welcomed a trophy Friday that fans no doubt hoped would one day be hoisted by one of their boys. Chandler Stephenson, a forward with the NHL champion Washington Capitals, brought the Stanley Cup to Humboldt to recognize…

Court to Decide on Humboldt Broncos Money

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SASKATOON — A court hearing related to money raised following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will be the first real test of Saskatchewan’s efforts to regulate crowdfunding campaigns, says a lawyer for the fund. The Humboldt Broncos Memorial Fund Inc. is to ask Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday for an initial order that…