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U15 Wheat Kings Open Season With Overtime Victory

By Winnipeg AAA, 09/30/22, 10:45PM CDT

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Brandon 4 Cougars 3 OT

Friday September 30 2022 - Brandon MB

The Cougars Jack Swanepoel open the scoring in the first period to give his team a 1-0 lead.  However as time would down Brandon got the equalizer when Cole Dupuis scored on the powerplay with 1 second left in the period.

The teams traded goals in the second with Ethan Stanley scoring for Brandon while Riley Fluker responded for the Cougars.

The third period would once again see each team score as Cole Lobreau game Brandon the lead only to see Spencer Cullen score on the power play to tie it at 3.

Brandon would finally come out on the winning side when Nolan Saunderson scored in the last minute of the period to give his team a hard fought 4 to 3 victory.

AA AAA Restructuring Continues

By Winnipeg AAA 03/09/2024, 12:15pm CST

AA AAA Restructuring Continues

As part of our mandate to keep everyone informed of the upcoming program changes, the committee formed by Hockey Winnipeg to restructure the AA and AAA programs has worked diligently over the past few months to propose and pass eight significant motions leading up to the following changes for the 2024-25 AA/AAA hockey seasons:

The first, to use established area brands, the naming for both the AA and AAA teams will be Bruins, Thrashers, and Wild within the following zone structures:

  • Bruins –Transcona, St. Boniface and St. Vital
  • Thrashers –St. James, Seven Oaks, Lord Selkirk, and River East
  • Wild – South Winnipeg, Fort Garry North, and Assiniboine Park

The second, the number of teams per zone has been set at:

  • (1)-U18 AAA, (1)-U17 AAA and (2)-U15 AAA
  • (2) –U18 AA, (4)– U15 AA and (4) –U13 AA
  • Fourteen teams per zone in total

The AA/AAA committee will review the number of teams and zone structures on an annual basis and may alter the results based on the number of player registrations provided from the previous year. The goal of the committee is to create an integrated high-performance hockey program that will allow for all players to play at the appropriate levels.

The third, is that a coach’s selection committee has been formed and has started the process of identifying coaches that are currently involved in the AA/AAA programs. In the coming weeks, the formal coaching application process will begin, and an online application form will be hosted on the Hockey Winnipeg website. Individuals are encouraged to complete the application process promptly as final coaching selections will be announced in early May.

The fourth, is tryouts will continue in a similar fashion as previous years, starting with the U13AA, U15AAA, U17AAA and U18 AAA teams. Once these team’s progress through the selection process, U15AA and U18AA tryouts will begin. Coaching staffs will be responsible for their own teams’ selections and will work with the coaching selection committee to ensure the number of players, number of teams and coaching staffs are following the Hockey Winnipeg guidelines on finalized roster cut off dates.

The fifth, see’s the Coaching and Development committee working hard to ensure in-season development will be provided to all teams as part of the overall program, with the exception of U18 AAA and U18AA.  Development sessions for the U13AA, U15AAA, U15AA and U17 AAA teams will be part of their in-season practice schedules and will be focused on overall player development.

The sixth, a sub-committee has started negotiations with key area/zone facilities to put ice requirements in place for the upcoming season.  With both the AA and AAA programs working together, this combined approach will allow for substantial game, practice, and skill session schedule improvements. The goal being to establish fixed dates and times for both games and practices to allow for better family planning, tournament play, and other sports commitments. The number of games and practices will be similar to existing programing and the committee will constantly review the overall commitment by team, age, and zone.

The seventh, is understanding what the base budgets will be for all teams for the upcoming season. Once the base budgets are approved, each team may supplement their overall budget for increased number of practices, cost of travel (accommodations, meals, buses) for out-of-town games or tournaments. Maximum tournament costs, locations, and entries will be established and communicated to coaching staffs prior to the season start.  Each team will be responsible to set up their own bank account under a master account for that is set up by the Committee Treasurer for each division.

The eighth, request for proposals (RFPs) have been sent out for equipment, and financial services for the AA teams.  Each proposal will be reviewed in the coming weeks with commitments being made by the middle of March. The colour schemes, logos, and uniforms are based on the current AAA colour palette and new uniform mockups will be provided in the next communication.

As always, additional volunteer support and committee participation is needed to ensure a seamless transition to the new structure. Committee members may contact current volunteers to gauge their interest in being part of this exciting new program council.

As the AA/AAA Committees continue to harmonize the programming and more details confirmed, a new update will be published to help keep the general public informed as to our progress and when actions will need to be taken to register for the 2024 – 2025 season.

Noah Alexander scores 3, Wild Red win game 5.

By Winnipeg AAA 03/17/2024, 6:45pm CDT

Wild Red 7 Yellowhead 3 - Wild Red wins finals 3 games to 2

March 17 2024 - Shoal Lake MB

The first period would see Noah Alexander and Mark Munday score for the Wild, while Davian Ferland and Grady McNish replied for Yellowhead to send the teams into the second period tied at 2.

Noah Alexander score his second of the game to give the Wild a 3 to 2 lead after 40 minutes of play.

In the third Noah Alexander would score his third of the game while Mark Munday and Will Van Norman would each score their second to give the Wild a 7 to 3 victory to win the B Side finals 3 games to 2.  Athens Shingoose scored the lone goal for Yellowhead.

Brandon 6 Eastman 3 - Brandon wins series 4 games to 0

March 12 2024 - Landmark 2024

The first period would see each team score twice with Hudson Champagne and Reid Nicol scoring for Brandon and Ethan Brown and William Picklyk responded for Eastman.

The second period would see Brandon take a 5 to 2 lead on goals from Hunter Ethelston, Owen Stanley and Reid Nicol (2nd of the game.

Kevin Knee would extend the Brandon lead to 4 when he opened the third period scoring.  Deegan would score the last goal of the game to get Eastman to within 3 however, that would be as close as they would get.

With the win Brandon sweeps the best of seven championship final 4 games to 0.

Yellowhead forces game 5 with victory over Wild Red

By Winnipeg AAA 03/15/2024, 8:45pm CDT

Yellowhead 4 Wild Red 3 - Best of 5 series tied at 2.

March 15 2024 - Winnipeg MB

The Wild would get first period goals from Will Van Norman and Mark Munday to take a 2 to 1 lead heading into the second period.  Grady McNish replied for Yellowhead.

Brody Bohemier and Athens Shingoose would score in the second period to take a 3 to 2 lead.  Noah Alexander would get the Wild even when he scored a powerplay goal with 43 seconds in the period.

Grady McNish would score the loan goal of the third period to give Yellowhead the 4 to 3 victory and tie the best of 5 at 2 games each.

 

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