The Zone 4 High School Hockey League's 2021-22 season is officially over. The Zone 4 All-Stars dropped a 3-2 decision to Winnipeg Elite Monday night in Pilot Mound. Hunter Mangin of the Prairie Mountain Mustangs and Alex Kubinec of the host Pembina Tigers did the goal scoring for the Zone 4 All-Stars.
The Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association and Volleyball Manitoba announced the 2021-2022 recipients of the Dr. Dale Iwanoczko Memorial Volleyball Scholarships. $1,000 scholarships were awarded to Nolan Houde of St Paul’s Collegiate in Elie, Nicole Hildebrand of the Steinbach Regional Secondary School, Katya Cisneros of St. Mary’s Academy and Sammy Ludwig of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate.
Swift Current Broncos netminder Reid Dyck of Winkler and Moose Jaw Warriors defenseman Denton Mateychuk of Dominion City are in Kitchener for the 2022 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game that takes place Wednesday. The Game showcases the top-40 CHL players eligible for the 2022 NHL Draft from across the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Players will participate in off-ice and on-ice testing and take part in a practice session today at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
The Winnipeg Jets traded forward Andrew Copp, defenceman Nathan Beaulieu, and the contract of injured centre Bryan Little before Monday's NHL trade deadline. Copp and a sixth-round selection in the 2023 draft were sent to the New York Rangers. Winnipeg received forward Morgan Barron, two conditional second round picks, and a fifth-round pick in 2023 in return. Beaulieu was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft. Little's contract and unsigned prospect Nathan Smith were moved to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2022 fourth-round draft pick. The Jets also acquired defenceman Markus Phillips from the Los Angeles Kings for defenceman Nelson Nogier and forward Zach Sanford from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft. On Sunday, the Jets acquired Mason Appleton from the Seattle Kraken for a fourth-round pick in 2023.
Randy Neufeld of La Salle and Terry Ursel of Neepawa won the 2022 Provincial Senior Curling Championships in Beausejour. Neufeld, Dean Moxham, Peter Nicholls, Dale Michie and fifth Andy Stewart beat Richard Muntain of the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg 9-4 in the senior men's final. Ursel, Wanda Rainka, Brenda Walker, Tracy Igonia and fifth Darla Hanke defeated Judy Colwell from East St. Paul 9-1 in the senior women's final. Neufeld and Ursel will represent Manitoba at the National Championships in December at a location yet to be announced by Curling Canada.