The Pembina Valley Hawks gave up four second period goals and lost 8-6 to the Winnipeg Thrashers Wednesday night in Morden. Carter Campbell had a pair of goals for the Hawks who lead 3-2 after the first period but trailed 6-3 after 40 minutes. Keston Worley, Carter Sotheran, Logan Fillion and Marek Miller also scored for Pembina Valley. Cameron Parr chipped in with three assists. The Hawks have lost six of their last seven and head up to Thompson this weekend for a pair of games against the Norman Northstars.

 

Toronto Six defenseman Taylor Woods is on the list of 30 players the Premier Hockey Federation unveiled for its 2022 All-Star Showcase in Toronto later this month. The 27-year-old Morden native has two goals and four assists in nine games this season with the Six. The players were selected by the coaches and general managers of all six teams and includes three goaltenders, 12 defensemen and 15 forwards. The final four roster spots will be determined by online voting. The league will use a virtural draft to determine the three teams that will play a series of three single-period games on January 29th.

 

There will be no more games for the Canadian women's hockey team until the start of the Winter Games. The squad will enter a bubble to ensure its players can board a plane to Beijing in less than a month. The 26 players which include defensemen Jocelyne Larocque of Ste. Anne and Ashton Bell of Deloraine along with goaltender Kristen Campbell of Brandon have yet to reunite as a full team since COVID-19 infiltrated their ranks last month. The roster must be trimmed to 23 ahead of the January 19th deadline for Hockey Canada to nominate its team to the Canadian Olympic Committee.

 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms with defensive tackle Jake Thomas on a one-year contract extension. Thomas was scheduled to become a free agent next month and will now return for his 10th season with the defending Grey Cup champions. Thomas has recorded 129 defensive tackles, 22 sacks, three forced fumbles and one interception in 151 games played throughout his nine seasons with Winnipeg. In 2021, Thomas recorded four sacks and 15 defensive tackles in 14 regular season games. In the club’s postseason run, Thomas also registered a sack in the both the Western Final and Grey Cup, while posting five tackles (four in the 108th Grey Cup) in those two games. Thomas was drafted by the Bombers 29th overall in the 2012 CFL Draft and is the club’s longest serving Blue Bomber.

 

CurlManitoba has announced that as a result of the new health order that came into effect, Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 and will extend to at least January 11th, 2022, the Provincial U18 Championships, the Canada Inns Youth Winter Bonspiel and the Manitoba Open and HalfSPIEL have been postponed. Despite the many potential changes brought on by this new health order, CurlManitoba is hopeful that it will be possible to hold the affected events in a timely manner, and will issue updates on the situation as soon as a course of action become clear. The current Health order does not allow bonspiels, Provincial Championships or Regional Playdowns but league play can continue.