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The Brandon Wheat Kings will begin the 2010-2011 Western Hockey League playoffs on Friday night in Medicine Hat. The Wheat Kings finished the regular season schedule in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 32-31-1-8. The Tigers finished third in the Conference with 100 points.

 

 

Brandon forward Mark Stone was the big winner on Saturday night as the Wheat Kings presented their 2011 awards. The Ottawa Senators' sixth round draft choice took home five trophies including the Meighen Haddad & Co. Most Valuable Player of the Year Trophy. The first Wheat King to eclipse the 100-point mark since Eric Fehr turned the trick in 2005, was also named winner of the Manitoba Hydro Turk Broda Trophy that goes to the hockey club's Top Manitoba Born Player, the Keystone Centre John Scott Kent Sportsmanlike Player of the Year Award, the MTS Connect 3 Star Trophy as well as the Brandon Sun Scoring Title Trophy. Stone finished the season with 37 goals and 106 points.

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CJRB's Barry Lamb asked Mark Stone to talk about his big night.