Virden Oil Capitals forward Braden Fischer is the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player. The 19-year-old Winnipeg native has 31 goals and 38 assists in 49 games this season. Winnipeg Blues captain Braden Foreman is the recipient of the Frank McKinnon Memorial Trophy for hockey ability & sportsmanship. Carson Cherepak of the Dauphin Kings received the Ed Belfour Top Goaltender Trophy. Parker Malchuk of the Kings is the Top Defenseman. Virden’s Carson Buydens won the Kim Davis Rookie of the Year Award and Dauphin's Doug Hedley is the Coach of the Year.

 

Tyler Thoendel had a goal and two assists as the Virden Oil Capitals edged the Dauphin Kings 6-5 at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Evan Groening, Braden Fischer, Layton Veitch, Carson Buydens and Branden Humenuk also scored for the Oil Capitals. Virden lead 3-1 after the first period. The game was tied 3-3 after 40 minutes. The Oil Capitals, who have three games left in the regular season schedule, will finish in third place in the MJHL’s West Division and face the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in the opening round of the playoffs.

 

Daniel Hauser stopped all 14 shots he faced as the Winnipeg Ice blanked the Calgary Hitmen 2-0. Benjamin Zloty and Tanner Brown did the goal scoring for the Western Hockey League’s East Division leading Ice.

 

The Winnipeg Jets scored four third period goals en route to a 7-4 victory over the reigning Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning at Canada Life Centre. Paul Stastny scored twice for the Jets while Mark Scheifele had a goal and assisted on three others. Adam Lowry, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Josh Morrissey and Kyle Connor with his team leading 34th of the season also scored for Winnipeg. The Jets begin a four-game road trip Friday when they face the New York Islanders.

 

Golf Canada announced a full championship schedule for the first time in two years on Tuesday after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of dozens of tournaments. The RBC Canadian Open will be held at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto starting June 6th. The CP Women’s Open will take place in Ottawa in August. The Breezy Bend Country Club in Headingley will host the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Senior Championship August 30th to September 1st.

 

Canada’s Wheelchair Curling team has a 6-3 record at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing. Mark Ideson, Ina Forrest, Jon Thurston and Manitoban Dennis Thiessen defeated Great Britain 6-3 and Estonia 9-3. Canada will play its final round robin game Thursday against Norway. Canadian athletes have won 16 medals in Beijing including seven gold, two silver and seven bronze. Canada’s most decorated Winter Paralympian, Brian McKeever of Canmore, won the men’s visually impaired sprint cross-country for his 15th career Paralympic gold medal. Natalie Wikie of Salmon Arm won gold in the women’s standing Para cross-country skiing sprint event.