CALGARY — Ryan Straschnitzki spent an hour at his second home Tuesday. The 19−year−old Albertan, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, spent an hour practising sledge hockey at the Winsport Centre in Calgary under the watchful eye of former national team member Chris…
U of L Women’s Hockey Team Coach Remains on Bench Following Harassment Complaints
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The head coach of the University of Lethbridge women’s hockey team is to receive more training after the school investigated a formal harassment complaint filed by six of her players. In documents obtain by the Lethbridge Herald the players outlined 21 complaints against Michelle Janus. They included claims the coach told a…
KidSport Raises $210,000 With Mark Scheifele Golf Classic
KidSport raised $210,000 from the 2018 Mark Scheifele Golf Classic and 4th Annual Hockey Camp presented held June 23-25th. The cumulative total raised since the camp and tournament’s inception in 2015 is $620,000. The sold-out two-day hockey camp was held at Bell MTS Iceplex and hosted 224 kids between the ages of 5-12. Scheifele, Michael…
Manitoba Bison Women’s Hockey Introduces Coach Sean Fisher
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Bison women’s hockey team will have a new head coach for the 2018-19 season, Sean Fisher. Fisher was introduced as the program’s interim head coach, because Jon Rempel has received a six-month reassignment of duties to allow for professional development. Fisher, an assistant with Bison women’s hockey for the last four…
Ray Emery Former-NHL Goalie Drowns in Hamilton
HAMILTON — Ray Emery, the former NHL goaltender whose career spanned more than a decade and included stops in Ottawa, Chicago and Philadelphia, drowned in Hamilton Harbour on Sunday, police said. Insp. Marty Schulenberg said Emery’s death does not appear to be suspicious, calling it a “case of misadventure.” Schulenberg said Emery jumped off of…
Semi Driver & Bus Maker Sued by a Humboldt Broncos Parents
REGINA — The family of one of the Humboldt Broncos players killed in a highway crash has filed a lawsuit alleging a semi−truck driver with inadequate training failed to stop at a flashing stop sign at a rural intersection hidden by trees before colliding with the junior hockey team’s bus. The suit further alleges the…
6 Manitobans Invited to World Junior Showcase
Every hockey player has a dream of playing for their country. Forty of Canada’s top junior hockey players begin their quest to fulfill the dream of representing Canada. Six Manitoba players are among the forty hopefuls all vying for a chance to play for Canada at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. Players have received…
Humboldt Broncos Play Comes Out of Coma, Unable to Speak
SASKATOON — A junior hockey player who was injured in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash is making progress but is not yet able to speak. Defenceman Layne Matechuk’s family released a statement on Friday updating his recovery from a brain injury. His family said he was in a coma for the first month and…
Breaking News – Former Humboldt Bronco & Family Among the Dead in Sask Highway Crash
ROSETOWN, Sask. — Officials say a former Humboldt Broncos player and his family were among the six people who died in a car crash in southwestern Saskatchewan on Friday. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League expressed its condolences for the death of 26−year−old Troy Gasper of Rosetown, Sask., noting he was a former Bronco. An elementary…
Paralyzed Broncos Says – “It’s a different curve that maybe God has chosen for me”
PHILADELPHIA — The steady footsteps heard coming from the physiotherapy room at Philadelphia’s Shriners hospital belong to paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki. “It’s just hard to keep my neck up,” he said during a session this week. Straschnitzki clenched his fists as he took a stroll on the TheraSlide — a device that…