He's been the guy in the booth getting the teams and crowd pumped up, before, during, and after a hockey game, for over a decade.

"I started in 2005, said Patrick Wiebe. "Shannon Holenski at the time was in charge of game Ops. She had put an announcement in the school announcements at the high school, so I called her up."  Wiebe said he had prior experience with doing music at youth groups and was pretty much approved on the spot.  He's been doing music with the Hawks, Redskins, Twisters, and many other teams since that point.

Wiebe has covered many championship runs for teams and has been able to cherish every memory along the way. He added he's been part of roughly 400 hockey games and has been part of two male Hawks and three female Hawks championship runs. During this time his enthusiasm and passion for the position has never wavered.

Former Pembina Valley Hawk Garrett Szeremley, who was part of the Hawks 2015 championship team and had this to say about Wiebe. "Patty is the definition of what being a Pembina Valley hawk is all about. His dedication, hard work, and creativeness in his music to the team over the years has completely revamped not just the watching experience for fans but completely changes your experience as a player as well. He will always be an essential part of the Hawks family."

It has always been Wiebe's goal to be able to play music at a national level event, and this week has been his chance to shine. He was selected to be the music guy for the entire Esso Cup on-ice games.

"I'm honoured and privileged to be selected by Hockey Canada and the host committee to be the one guy leading the charge with music,'' said Wiebe. "To be here is something special because something like this doesn't come to Manitoba very often. It's even more special when you are one of the only people to be selected by the host committee to do something like this. It's something that you don't forget because you are being recognized for your hard work."

He stated music has always been part of his life.

"I've always had a fascination with music. Music has always been somewhat therapeutic to me and it's a great stress reliever. I feel that it adds a lot to a hockey game. It can really make a difference in a game, be it a high-stress situation during the last few minutes of a game, maybe a comical situation comes up, and I feel music really adds to that," said Wiebe. "When the crowd is reacting I feed off of that. It really makes the difference between a boring and interesting hockey game."