Virden Oil Capitals rookie forward Bryce Bryant has announced his commitment to play NCAA Division 1 hockey for the Bemidji State University Beavers. The 17-year-old Virden native has scored three goals and three assists in nine games this season. Bryant was put on the Oil Capitals Auto Protect list prior to the 2022 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Draft. Bemidji State plays in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. 


The Brandon Wheat Kings have two wins and two losses on their seven-game road trip. The Seattle Thunderbirds scored four goals in the final 64 seconds of regulation and beat Brandon 6-4. Luke Shipley gave the Wheat Kings a 4-2 lead when he potted his second of the season at 17:24 of the third period. Lucas Hauf then scored twice in a 33 second span to tie the game at 4-4. His second came on the power play at 19:29 of the third period. Braeden Cootes got the go-ahead goal with nine seconds left and Simon Lovsin scored into an empty net with four seconds remaining. Roger McQueen, Brett Hyland and Dominik Petr had the other Brandon goals. The road trip continues tonight as the Wheat Kings will meet the Winterhawks in Portland. 


Team Manitoba will face Alberta on day one of the 2023 WHL Cup in Red Deer. The tournament will showcase the top 2008-born players from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Brandon's Jaxon Jacobson and Nolan Saunderson are on Team Manitoba's roster.


Mark Scheifele scored Winnipeg's lone goal in the Jets 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. LA netminder Cam Talbot made 28 saves, Trevor Moore had two goals and an assist and Pierre-Luc Dubois opened the scoring for the Kings against his former team. Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves. The Jets (1-2) next game is Thursday at home against the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights.


Kerri Einarson, Jennifer Jones and Matt Dunstone won their opening games at the Hearing Life Tour Challenge in Niagara Falls which is the first Grand Slam event of the season.  Einarson beat Kate Cameron 5-3; Jones shaded Seungyoun Ha 6-5 and Dunstone downed Magnus Ramsfjell 6-3. Reid Carruthers lost 5-4 to Kevin Koe and Kaitlyn Lawes fell 8-7 in an extra end to Isabella Wrana. 


Team Canada is undefeated at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship at Aberdeen, Scotland. Skip Felix Asselin, vice-skip Laurie St-Georges, second Émile Asselin and lead Emily Riley of the Glenmore Curling Club in Montreal won a pair of games Tuesday and have a 6-0 record in Pool B. Asselin defeated Andrzej Augustyniak of Poland 6-3 and Dave Watt of New Zealand 6-3.