The Pembina Valley Hawks gave up six third period of time objectives and lost 8-3 to the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League leading Wheat Kings in Brandon. Lane Apperley had a pair of objectives for the Hawks while the other went to Sam Delaquis. Pembina Valley heads into the Christmas break in seventh place with 9 wins, 11 regulation losses, 3 extra time losses and three shootout losses.

Trent Penner is the Winkler Flyers consultant on the 2023-24 RBC – MJHL Local community Ambassador Crew. The 20-yr-previous Winkler indigenous has displayed exceptional citizenship and sportsmanship each on and off the ice and a dedication to volunteerism. RBC Group Ambassadors are recognized for making a variation and providing back to their communities exactly where they enjoy. Every Ambassador will be identified at an RBC Video game Night time and will be honoured by a donation from RBC to a university in their area neighborhood.

Canada’s National Junior Hockey team will engage in its 2nd of three pre-tournament game titles right now (8 a.m.) versus Switzerland in Ängelholm, Sweden. Canada’s remaining tune-up match is Saturday from the United States. Staff Canada defeated a Denmark U25 crew 8- on Tuesday. The 2024 Earth Junior Hockey Championship starts December 26th in Gothenburg, Sweden. Canada will participate in its preliminary spherical opener on Boxing Working day against Finland.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to conditions on a two-yr contract extension with American defensive again Deatrick Nichols. He was scheduled to turn out to be a free agent in February. The 29-calendar year-aged Miami native returns in 2024 for his 4th Canadian Soccer League season – all with the Blue Bombers. A two-time CFL all-star, Nichols initially signed as a totally free agent in February of 2021, Nichols has performed in 47 vocation frequent season game titles for Winnipeg, recording 126 defensive tackles, a single sack, 4 interceptions and one particular forced fumble, and has been a mainstay in the club’s defensive backfield considering the fact that 2021.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes declared the hirings of Mark Brewer as the ball club’s pitching coach and Adam Donachie as hitting mentor. Brewer joins manager Logan Watkins’ staff members right after possessing used the previous 10 seasons in the Colorado Rockies’ method. Most lately, the indigenous of Tulsa, Oklahoma worked with the Fresno Grizzlies – their Course-A California League affiliate – from 2021-2023. Previous assignments in Colorado’s chain integrated the Asheville Vacationers of the South Atlantic League (2014-2016, 2019), the Japanese League’s Hartford Garden Goats (2018), and the Course-AAA Pacific Coast League’s Albuquerque Isotopes (2017). The 65-calendar year-outdated has also served as a minimal league pitching mentor or coordinator for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Kansas Town Royals, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Donachie was the Lincoln Saltdogs’ hitting mentor for the previous two seasons. He has also coached at Chicago State College and Southwestern Illinois Faculty, in addition to serving as catching coordinator for the Nexen Heroes of the Korean Baseball Business. The 39-year-outdated retired as a participant after a 2017 campaign in which he was a participant/mentor for the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. Mainly a catcher and initial baseman, Donachie was drafted by the Kansas Town Royals in the second spherical of the 2002 Key League Baseball June Beginner Draft out of Timber Creek Substantial Faculty (Orlando, Florida). The Winter season Park, Florida indigenous played 1,099 expert online games in the Royals’ and Baltimore Orioles’ chains, achieving Baltimore’s Course-AAA Intercontinental League affiliate in Norfolk in 2010 and 2011.
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