Koda Rocheleau scored the shootout winner as the defending Westman High School Hockey League champion Major Pratt Trojans edged Hamiota/Rivers/Elton/Strathclair 2-1. Kash Henkelman scored four times and Dax Mullin had four assists as the Swan Valley Tigers defeated Roblin/Grandview/Gilbert Plains 11-3. Lance Loutitt, Dylan Brown and Logan Flannery scored two goals each as Reston/Elkhorn/Melita/Pierson downed Crocus Plains 8-4 and Griffin Anderson had a goal and two assists as Glenboro/Carberry/Baldur beat Deloraine/Hartney 5-3.


Nolan Wallace, Nicholas Guberman and Colten Miller did the goal scoring and Eric Reid stopped 26 of the 27 shots he faced in the Virden Oil Capitals 3-1 victory over the MJHL's West Division leading OCN Blizzard at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. The Oil Capitals next game is Saturday against the defending Turnbull Trophy champion Dauphin Kings at Credit Union Place. 


Skyler Bruce, Connor McClennan and Owen Pederson potted two goals each as the Winnipeg Ice defeated the Red Deer Rebels 7-4. Conor Geekie also scored for the Ice who have won 17 of 18 games this season. The Brandon Wheat Kings wrap up their four-game homestand when they host the Rebels Friday afternoon. 


Dennis Williams has been named Team Canada's head coach for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship. Williams was an assistant on Dave Cameron's staff that helped Canada win the gold medal at the 2022 tournament this past summer in Edmonton. The 2023 championship starts Boxing Day in Halifax and Moncton.


Corey Chambers along with third Lisa McLeod, second Nigel Milnes and lead Jolene Callum of the Miami Curling Club have a 2 and 4 round robin record heading into day five of the 2022 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Prince Albert.