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Connor knows what he has to do

Jeff Hamilton 7 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023

LAS VEGAS — There are few things Kyle Connor loves more than scoring goals.

The Winnipeg Jets forward is pretty darn good at it, too. He has scored at least 30 goals in nearly all of his six seasons in the NHL, including a career-high 47 goals last season. The only year he didn’t reach the mark came in the shortened, 56-game campaign in 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in 26 goals.

In fact, since joining the NHL full-time in the 2017-18 season, only six players have more goals than Connor’s 207, including Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin (264), Toronto’s Auston Matthews (259), Edmonton’s Connor McDavid (257), Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl (256), Boston’s David Pastrnak (242) and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (209).

“Winning is the most important thing but it’s definitely great if you can combine the two,” Connor told the Free Press following practice Wednesday. “If you look at Game 3, with the crowd at home and we’re going into overtime, it’s every kid’s dream of scoring an overtime winner. Everyone in this locker room loves to score goals and takes pride in it. For me, it’s definitely up there.”

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All hands on deck

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All hands on deck

Jeff Hamilton 6 minute read Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023

The Winnipeg Jets lost more than just a lead in their playoff series during Saturday’s loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Trailing 2-1 in the best-of-seven battle against the top seed in the Western Conference is a big enough hole to climb out of but they’ll have to do it without Josh Morrissey, their best defenceman and arguably their best player. That makes it an even taller, some might even say impossible, task.

The Jets don’t have time to feel sorry for themselves, not with a critical Game 4 to be played at home Monday night. With Morrissey out it’s on the rest of the team to make up for the loss.

“His mentality. His swagger. His vocal leadership on the bench and in the locker room. All that stuff will be missed,” said Jets defenceman Neal Pionk on Sunday. “It will be a next-man-up mentality, we’ll have to take a little bit more from everybody, because I don’t think one guy can fill those shoes. He’s been our best player all year, so we’ll have to pick up that slack.”

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Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023

Hellebuyck stands tall and things get nasty against Wild as Jets secure post-season berth

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Hellebuyck stands tall and things get nasty against Wild as Jets secure post-season berth

Jeff Hamilton 7 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Being a fan of the Winnipeg Jets this season has certainly not been for the faint of heart. After a nailing-biting affair in the State of Hockey Tuesday night, the Jets are officially playoff bound.

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Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023

Playoff picture coming into focus for Jets

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Playoff picture coming into focus for Jets

Mike McIntyre 4 minute read Sunday, Apr. 9, 2023

The playoff picture for the Winnipeg Jets is starting to come into focus.

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Sunday, Apr. 9, 2023

Golden Knights won’t be denied

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Golden Knights won’t be denied

Stephen Hawkins 4 minute read Tuesday, May. 30, 2023

DALLAS — William Karlsson scored two goals and had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to their second Stanley Cup final with a 6-0 rout Monday night over the Dallas Stars, who had extended the Western Conference final to six games after losing the first three.

William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and Michael Amadio each had a goal and an assist for the Knights, and Jonathan Marchessault had a goal. Carrier, Marschessault and Karlsson were all part of the inaugural 2017-18 Knights season that ended in their Cup final appearance.

Adin Hill stopped 23 shots for his second career playoff shutout — both against the Stars. The other was 4-0 in Game 3 last Tuesday, when the Knights were already within one win of clinching the series before Dallas overcame 1-0 and 2-1 deficits in both Games 4 and 5.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final against Florida will be Saturday night in Las Vegas.

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Tuesday, May. 30, 2023

Jets could learn from the success of Florida and Vegas

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Jets could learn from the success of Florida and Vegas

Mike McIntyre 7 minute read Friday, May. 26, 2023

If you’re the Winnipeg Jets, it’s hard to imagine a more painful Stanley Cup Final than one involving the Florida Panthers taking on the Vegas Golden Knights. Barring a miracle comeback by the Dallas Stars (who trail Vegas 3-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference final series) that’s exactly what’s going to happen.

Talk about having to pick your poison. Open wide and say, “Arggghhhhhh.”

Consider the following from the local club’s perspective: It will pit the coach who left you against the team that ended your season. Twice, if you’re keeping score at home.

Your former partner now at the big dance with your sworn enemy who just so happens to have made many friends from your own backyard. It’s a squad that finished behind you in the regular-season standings and that you beat in both head-to-head meetings facing an organization that didn’t even exist seven years ago going farther than you ever have — for the second time!

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Friday, May. 26, 2023

A Jets fan to the end

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A Jets fan to the end

Mike McIntyre 6 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

He was known online as Ice Dragon, a bright and funny young man whose love and loyalty for his hometown Winnipeg Jets ran deep.

But behind Justin Deleau’s charming on-screen persona in numerous online hockey chat rooms and message boards was a fierce personal battle, one he divulged to hockey fans from around the world in a startling post late last month.

“Figure if I’m dying I might as well give y’all a chance to meet me if you want,” Justin typed on April 28 as he lay in palliative care at the Grace Hospice.

“Anyways thanks for everything you guys. I’ve never felt so loved by a community. I’ll keep cheering on the Jets no matter what. I love you guys!! Pour one out for me at Portage and Main when the boys do win the Cup.”

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Winnipeg Ice eliminated from WHL playoffs following 4-1 defeat to the Thunderbirds

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Winnipeg Ice eliminated from WHL playoffs following 4-1 defeat to the Thunderbirds

Joshua Frey-Sam 2 minute read Saturday, May. 20, 2023

The Winnipeg Ice had their sights on extending their season and bringing the series back home.

Instead, the junior club was stoned by a surging goaltender in a season-ending defeat.

The Ice fell 3-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in Game 5 of the Western Hockey League championship in Kent, Wash. on Friday, ending their bid for a league title just three wins short.

The Thunderbirds won the best-of-seven series 4-1 and will advance to the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C., which begins May 26.

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Saturday, May. 20, 2023

Portage pots power-play pair to advance

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Portage pots power-play pair to advance

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Friday, May. 19, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — The Portage Terriers had already suffered the indignity of an early exit from the MJHL post-season.

They weren’t about to accept a premature ouster from the Centennial Cup playoffs — not on Friday night anyway.

Backstopped by a superb 36-save outing from Bailey Monteith, the host Terriers eked out a 2-1 triumph over the Yarmouth Mariners in quarter-final action before 1,340 fans at Stride Place.

The win put Portage into a semifinal showdown at the national junior A hockey championship with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champion Battlefords North Stars on today at 7:30 p.m.

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Friday, May. 19, 2023

Brooks a refuge from war for Bandits’ Ukrainian duo

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Brooks a refuge from war for Bandits’ Ukrainian duo

Mike Sawatzky 4 minute read Friday, May. 19, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profound affect on many lives — Mikhail Simchuk and Danylo Korzhyletskyi included.

The young Ukrainians have a very personal connection to the war, even though they are living and playing hockey thousands of kilometres from home for the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Brooks Bandits.

Simchuk, a 20-year-old centre, is in frequent contact with his parents, little sister and 16-year-old brother at home in Kyiv.

“We will try to talk every day but usually we can’t because they often doesn’t have electricity in the house,” said Simchuk following a Friday practice as the Bandits prepared for Saturday’s semifinals at the Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship. “They are trying to not talk too much about war with me, but I’m always checking.”

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Friday, May. 19, 2023

Terriers will have hands full with Mariners in Centennial Cup quarterfinal

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Terriers will have hands full with Mariners in Centennial Cup quarterfinal

Mike Sawatzky 4 minute read Thursday, May. 18, 2023

The Portage Terriers will follow the biggest game of the season by an even more massive game Friday night.

That’s just a fact of life at the Centennial Cup, where the remaining six clubs have reached the point of win or go home in their quest for the national junior A hockey championship at Stride Place.

The host Terriers, who beat the Collingwood Blues 4-3 on the strength of Ryan Botterill’s goal with only 20 seconds left in the third period Wednesday to qualify second in Group B, will face the Yarmouth Mariners, who finished third in Group A, in one quarterfinal at 7:30 p.m.

Terriers GM and head coach Blake Spiller said the Maritime Hockey League champion Mariners will be a handful.

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Thursday, May. 18, 2023

Ice face elimination after falling 4-2 to Thunderbirds

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Ice face elimination after falling 4-2 to Thunderbirds

Joshua Frey-Sam 6 minute read Thursday, May. 18, 2023

It was about as close to a must-win game as it gets, and the Winnipeg Ice came up just short.

The Ice hoped history would repeat itself from the team’s second-round series against the Moose Jaw Warriors, which saw the Ice suffer consecutive losses, the worst coming in an 8-4 defeat in Game 3, before rattling off three-straight wins to clinch the series.

It appeared this series could follow the same script, with the club’s back against the wall and fresh off a 6-3 defeat a night earlier.

It wouldn’t fall their way this time. The Ice staged an admirable effort — controlling play at many points in the game — but fell 4-2 to the hosting Seattle Thunderbirds in Game 4 of the Western Hockey League championship on Wednesday.

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Thursday, May. 18, 2023

It was about as close to a must-win game as it gets, and the Winnipeg Ice came up just short.

The Ice hoped history would repeat itself from the team’s second-round series against the Moose Jaw Warriors, which saw the Ice suffer consecutive losses, the worst coming in an 8-4 defeat in Game 3, before rattling off three-straight wins to clinch the series.

It appeared this series could follow the same script, with the club’s back against the wall and fresh off a 6-3 defeat a night earlier.

It wouldn’t fall their way this time. The Ice staged an admirable effort — controlling play at many points in the game — but fell 4-2 to the hosting Seattle Thunderbirds in Game 4 of the Western Hockey League championship on Wednesday.

Terriers’ Botterill busts loose to bury Blues with late-game heroics

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Terriers’ Botterill busts loose to bury Blues with late-game heroics

Staff 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Ryan Botterill’s second goal of the game with 20 seconds left in the third period lifted the host Portage Terriers to a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Collingwood Blues in the final preliminary-round game at the Centennial Cup at Stride Place Wednesday night.

The Terriers, needing a regulation win to earn three points in order to move past Collingwood into second place in Group B, pulled goaltender Bailey Monteith with 1:37 left to set the stage for Botterill’s heroics at the national junior A hockey championship.

Brock MacDonald and Austin McLean also scored for the Terriers, who had a 2-1 lead after the opening 20 minutes.

Collingwood’s Carter Diceman scored a pair of goals 81 seconds apart in the second period to pull the Blues even at 3-3 heading into the third period.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Thunderbirds score early, often in 6-3 win over Ice

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Thunderbirds score early, often in 6-3 win over Ice

Joshua Frey-Sam 5 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

The damage came early enough to leave some hope, but the hole was too deep for the Winnipeg Ice to escape against the defensively-sound Seattle Thunderbirds.

The Ice were dominated in a 6-3 losing effort on the road against the Thunderbirds in Game 3 of the Western Hockey League championship on Tuesday.

The Thunderbirds lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 and sit firmly in the driver’s seat with Games 4 and 5 also taking place at their home in Kent, WA.

Carson Latimer, Zach Benson and Zack Ostapchuk scored for the Ice on a night they outshot the hosts 38-33. Meanwhile, five different players scored for the T-Birds, including Brad Lambert, the Winnipeg Jets’ first-round pick in 2022, who has bulged the twine three times in the last two contests.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

The damage came early enough to leave some hope, but the hole was too deep for the Winnipeg Ice to escape against the defensively-sound Seattle Thunderbirds.

The Ice were dominated in a 6-3 losing effort on the road against the Thunderbirds in Game 3 of the Western Hockey League championship on Tuesday.

The Thunderbirds lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 and sit firmly in the driver’s seat with Games 4 and 5 also taking place at their home in Kent, WA.

Carson Latimer, Zach Benson and Zack Ostapchuk scored for the Ice on a night they outshot the hosts 38-33. Meanwhile, five different players scored for the T-Birds, including Brad Lambert, the Winnipeg Jets’ first-round pick in 2022, who has bulged the twine three times in the last two contests.

Missed opportunities costly for Pistons

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Missed opportunities costly for Pistons

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Tuesday, May. 16, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — The Steinbach Pistons had one game to earn a trip to the Centennial Cup playoffs Tuesday night.

Ultimately, it became a hill to difficult to climb for the MJHL champions, who would come to regret penalties taken and uncapitalized scoring chances in a 3-1 loss to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Battlefords North Stars before 1,011 spectators at Stride Place.

Steinbach completed preliminary-round play at the national junior A hockey championship with one win, two regulation losses and one OT defeat for four points to finish fourth in Group B and out of the playoffs.

“I think as a group the guys felt like we kind of left one on the table,” said Pistons head coach Paul Dyck. “If you look at the four games, we probably outchanced our opposition maybe slightly some games. Every game we had our opportunities but we made some costly mistakes. We had some some penalties that really hurt us (and) there were just times where we weren’t all on the same page.”

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Tuesday, May. 16, 2023

Absent BCHL continues to be a hot topic at Centennial Cup

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Absent BCHL continues to be a hot topic at Centennial Cup

Mike Sawatzky 4 minute read Tuesday, May. 16, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Ten junior A hockey leagues are participating at the Centennial Cup here this week but the league not taking part in the festivities continues to make the biggest news.

The B.C. Hockey League, which last participated in the national junior A championship in 2019, took its independence a step further earlier this month when it announced it would be splitting from Hockey Canada, effective June 1.

The BCHL, widely considered to be the most competitive junior A league in the country, has long chaffed under the direction of the sport’s governing body. A major point of contention is Hockey Canada’s policy preventing under-18 players from relocating to play for an out-of-province team.

“Right now they have to stay within their branch unless they’re at the major-junior level,” said Andy Harkness, president of the Canadian Junior Hockey League, which serves as the umbrella organization for junior A hockey. “So, obviously it would affect the player pool. In our conversations, I know our commissioners are talking to their teams and leagues and saying, ‘Make sure you’ve got a program where these kids want to stay home and play hockey.”

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Tuesday, May. 16, 2023

Special teams the difference as Portage falls to Battlefords

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Special teams the difference as Portage falls to Battlefords

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Monday, May. 15, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — The Portage Terriers were gunning for their third straight win to cement a playoff berth at the national junior A hockey championship Monday night.

Much to the Terriers’ chagrin, the Battlefords North Stars were intent on spoiling the party and the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champions, buoyed by the superb goaltending of Josh Kotai, eked out a 3-2 triumph over Centennial Cup hosts at Stride Place.

Steven Kesslering struck first, putting the North Stars up 1-0 late in the opening period but Terriers centre Matt Wisener evened the game at 1-1 just 24 seconds into the middle frame.

A close game turned in favour of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champs midway through the second period.

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Monday, May. 15, 2023

Bandits rolling over the competition

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Bandits rolling over the competition

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Monday, May. 15, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — If there is anyone capable of stopping the Brooks Bandits from winning their third consecutive national junior A hockey championship, it’s not really clear which team that will be.

On Monday afternoon, the Alberta Junior Hockey League champions were dishing out their brand of attacking hockey again as they thrashed the Timmins Rock 9-0 for their third consecutive preliminary round victory on their way to top spot in Group A at the Centennial Cup.

Brooks has outscored its opponents 21-3 so far with the help of a talented crew of Manitobans, including left-winger Hunter Wallace of Oak Lake and a trio of Winnipeggers — centre Jordan Hughesman and blue-liners Hughie Hooker and Sam Court.

The Bandits, led by GM and head coach Ryan Papaioannou, have now won 15 consecutive games at the nationals while outscoring their opponents 91-27 over that span.

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Monday, May. 15, 2023

Neill comes up big in his Terriers post-season debut

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Neill comes up big in his Terriers post-season debut

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Saturday, May. 13, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Rory Neill’s timing was impeccable Friday night.

Playing in his first post-season game as a member of the Portage Terriers, the 19-year-old left-winger from Winnipeg scored twice during a three-goal first-period outburst and the home side went on to post a 4-2 triumph over the MJHL champion Steinbach Pistons in Centennial Cup preliminary-round action before 1,535 fans at Stride Place.

“I was just trying to do whatever I could to help the team but yeah, it was pretty surreal,” said Neill, whose new club was making its tournament debut as the host club at the national junior A hockey championship. “It was awesome.”

Neill, who spent the 2022-23 season with the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League’s St. James Canucks, was on Portage GM and head coach Blake Spiller’s short list for recall after playing a mid-season game with the club as an affiliate.

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Saturday, May. 13, 2023

Ice hold on for Game 1 triumph

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Ice hold on for Game 1 triumph

Joshua Frey-Sam 5 minute read Friday, May. 12, 2023

The Winnipeg Ice did just enough to stave off a shocking upset to open the franchise’s biggest series since relocating to the Manitoba capital.

What started with two periods featuring stretches of pure dominance from the top-ranked Ice ended in pandemonium as the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds roared back within one goal in the game’s waning moments.

The Ice built a 3-0 lead in the first 40 minutes of the game, but that was chopped down 28 seconds into the third period thanks to a deflection from Edmonton Oilers prospect Reid Schaefer. Then, with the goalie pulled, Chicago Blackhawks blue line prospect Kevin Korchinski beat Ice goaltender Daniel Hauser with one minute and 42 seconds remaining in the game.

The visitors continued a strong push, highlighted by a chance from forward Jared Davidson, who sent a shot wide of an open cage with under 10 seconds remaining.

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Friday, May. 12, 2023

Pistons lose OT heartbreaker in cup opener

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Pistons lose OT heartbreaker in cup opener

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Thursday, May. 11, 2023

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — This wasn’t the way the Steinbach Pistons wanted to start the Centennial Cup.

On Thursday night, Collingwood’s Robert Strachan scored a power-play goal with 56.1 seconds remaining in the five-minute overtime period to lift the Blues to a 2-1 triumph over the MJHL champions at the national junior A hockey championship at Stride Place.

The Blues played the last 90 seconds of regulation on a 5-on-4 advantage and then most of OT with a 4-on-3 power play before Strachan potted the game-winner behind Pistons goaltender Dominik Wasik.

Steinbach defenceman Langley Kruggel was assessed a double minor for kneeing at 18:30 of the final frame yet Steinbach managed to kill off the final 90 seconds of the third period and the team began the five-minute overtime period with a 4-on-3 disadvantage.

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Thursday, May. 11, 2023

Drive and determination pay off

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Drive and determination pay off

Mike McIntyre 7 minute read Wednesday, May. 10, 2023

A year ago, Domenic DiVincentiis had no idea where his career was headed. He was coming off a promising rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League, looking forward to the NHL draft and hoping a team might be willing to take a shot at bringing him into the fold.

Now? The seventh-round selection of the Winnipeg Jets is the most intriguing goalie prospect for the organization since Connor Hellebuyck was picked in the fifth round way back in 2012.

“The whole year, from the draft until today, has been a roller-coaster,” DiVincentiis, 19, told the Free Press on Wednesday in a telephone interview from his hometown of Bolton, Ont. “It’s been pretty eye-opening. A very cool year, overall. Something that I have obviously enjoyed and am taking a moment to recap and think about what a year it has been.”

He’s coming off the only low from that ride, a season-ending loss to the Peterborough Petes this past Monday in Game 7 of their OHL semi-final series. His North Bay Battalion ultimately ended up five wins short of getting to the Memorial Cup. The highs, however, were plentiful, including 68 games played (48 in the regular-season, 20 in the playoffs) and a combined 47-15-5 record. His goals-against-average (2.33 in the season, 2.41 in the playoffs) and save percentage (.919 in the season, .926 in the playoffs) were stellar.

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2023

Top PHF puckstopper Schroeder finds new hockey home in Montreal

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Top PHF puckstopper Schroeder finds new hockey home in Montreal

Mike Sawatzky 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 10, 2023

The Premier Hockey Federation’s best goaltender has a new home.

Corinne Schroeder, the 23-year-old Elm Creek product who took the PHF by storm as a rookie in 2022-23 with the Boston Pride, has signed a one-year contract to join the Montreal Force.

Further details of the deal were not disclosed, but Schroeder, who had a productive four-year NCAA career with Boston University and a fifth season with Quinnipiac University before turning pro, was a free agent and considered an offer to return to the Pride as well as two other PHF clubs.

“There’s a lot that went into it obviously,” Schroeder said Wednesday from Elm Creek. “I’m sad to be leaving Boston… I’ve been out here for a while but I think one major piece for me was being back in Canada. I haven’t played for a Canadian team since high school (at Balmoral Hall) and being a little closer to home was a big part of my decision. I’m very excited to be in Montreal. I think it’s a great city.”

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Wednesday, May. 10, 2023

Ice, T-birds last teams standing

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Ice, T-birds last teams standing

Joshua Frey-Sam 6 minute read Tuesday, May. 9, 2023

Premier talent will be on full display and the stakes will be at their highest when the Winnipeg Ice and Seattle Thunderbirds clash in the Western Hockey League championship series.

The Ice and Thunderbirds will duke it out in a best-of-seven series for junior hockey supremacy in Western Canada and the right to play in the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C., later this month.

Game 1 goes Friday at 7 p.m. at Winnipeg’s downtown arena.

The venue change from Wayne Fleming Arena on the University of Manitoba campus was announced Monday after the Ice came to an agreement with True North Sports and Entertainment to play its home games during the series at the home of the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose.

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Tuesday, May. 9, 2023

Wheeler Jets King Clancy Award nominee

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Wheeler Jets King Clancy Award nominee

Mike McIntyre 1 minute read Tuesday, May. 9, 2023

Veteran Winnipeg Jets forward Blake Wheeler is the team’s nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.

The annual honour is given to the NHL player “who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.”

The 32 finalists were selected by their respective NHL teams.

The winner will be chosen by a committee of senior NHL executives looking at criteria that includes “clear and measurable positive impact on the community, investment of time and resources, commitment to a particular cause or community, commitment to the league’s community initiatives, creativity of programming and use of influence; engagement of others.”

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