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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.

Recent Winnipeg Warriors News

AAA Awards Banquet

By Kaelin Baydock 04/28/2019, 12:30pm CDT

See photos, award winners, and league changes for next year here!

What an amazing year of hockey the 2018-2019 season was! This season saw the Warriors defeat the Monarchs at the Bantam 2 level to win the city championship. The Monarchs won the city championship against the Sharks but be defeated in the provincial finals by the Eastman Selects who had won the rural championship at Bantam 1. Finally the Monarchs narrowly defeated the Sharks to take home the U17 Prep league title. To go along with all of this amazing team success, there were many individual success stories. These individuals were highlighted at the Annual AAA Year end and Awards Banquet at the Canad-Inns Polo Park. See below for a list of all the individual champions:

 

Defenceman of the Year:

Bantam 2- Blake Jones (Monarchs) and Andrew Hladun (Hawks)

Bantam 1- Sam Court (Monarchs)

U17 Prep- Aiden Forrest (Monarchs)

Provincial U18- Matthew Shatsky (Wild)

 

Forward of the Year:

Bantam 2- Jayden Perron (Warriors)

Bantam 1- Michael Cicek (Monarchs)

U17 Prep- Adam Ingram (Hawks)

Provincial U18- Kaden Bryant (Wild)

 

Goalie of the Year:

Bantam 2- Francois Gagnon (Eastman Selects)

Bantam 1- Matthew Kieper (Sharks)

U17 Prep- Ashton Howarth (Sharks)

Provincial U18- Carson Cherepak (Wild)

 

Hardest Working Player

Bantam 2- Hayden Chaloner (Sharks) and Joshua Degagne (Hawks)

Bantam 1- Mathew Renville (Warriors)

U17 Prep- Ty Earl (Wheat Kings)

Provincial U18- Braden Huminuk (Thrashers)

 

Most Valuable Player

Bantam 2- Lucas Hansen (Warriors)

Bantam 1- Matthew Kieper (Sharks)

U17 Prep- Rhonan White (Sharks)

Provincial U18- Reese Belton (Wild)

 

Scholarship Awards

Bruins- Jordan Woods

Thrashers- Andrew Hopko

Wild- Ethan Robson

Impact Player of the Year

Connor Roulette (Thrashers)

 

Coach of the Year

Paul Kruger (Wild)

 

Congratulations to all the award recipients and a job well done to all the nominees and players around the leagues.

 

Other notable new from the awards banquet:

 

The names of the leagues have been changed:

  • Provincial Midget -> U18 Provincial  
  • U17 City Midget -> U17 Prep
  • Bantam 1 -> U15 Bantam
  • Bantam 2 -> U14 Bantam

 

With the U17 league becoming a prep league for the U18 Provincial league, the zones within the U17 leagues will now follow the U18 Provincial boundaries.  This means that there will now only be 3 U17 teams within the city. Each team will have the same name as their corresponding U18 Provincial teams (Wild, Thrashers, Bruins).  

Playoff Brackets

By Kaelin Baydock 03/04/2019, 12:45pm CST

Daily Up dated playoff brackts

Playoff Preview

By AAA Hockey 02/27/2019, 9:30pm CST

With the regular season now over, the playoffs are upon us and here is a quick over view with some early predictions.

Bantam 2

The Bantam 2 playoffs start with the 4th place Eastman Selects playing a mini-series against the 5th place Sharks.  The winner of this series will move on to a best of seven game series against the first place Warriors who have been a dominant force all season.  The other series taking place at the same time will be between the 2nd place Monarchs and the 3rd place Hawks which are separated by only 2 points in the standings.  My prediction is that we will see a final that will feature the Monarchs taking on the Warriors in the final best of seven series with the Warriors being victorious.

 

All games will be taking place at Maples arena.  See the schedule at the bottom for game times.

 

Bantam 1

In the Bantam 1 league, only the teams within city limits are a part of this draw.  The first series sees the Monarchs (2nd place) take on the Hawks (6th place).  The Monarchs will be favourites to win this series.  The second series will include the Hawks (3rd place) and the Sharks (4th place).  There is a 2-point gap between them which will make for a well fought and long series between the two teams.  I believe we will see the Sharks come out victorious and take on the Monarchs in the final best of seven playoff round.  The league champion out of that series, who are predicted to be the Monarchs, will be headed to the Provincial finals to take on the rural champion.

 

All games will be taking place at Maples arena.  See the schedule at the bottom for game times.

 

U17 Prep

The U17 prep playoff schedule sees the first place Monarchs get a bye into the second round with the remaining six teams facing off to see who advances.  The remaining series are set up with the Sharks (2nd place) taking on the Interlake Lighting (7th place), the Hawks (3rd place) against the Warriors (6th place), and the Eastman Selects (4th place) versus the Brandon Wheat Kings (5th place).  The second round of playoffs will most likely see the well-rested Monarchs playing the Wheat Kings, the Sharks taking on the Hawks which will both yield well fought and long battles between the teams.  The league final is expected to see the first place Monarchs take on the second place Sharks in a battle of the two top teams.  With more fire power over the Sharks, the Monarchs look to be the favourites to be the league champions.

 

All games will be taking place at Maples arena.  See the schedule at the bottom for game times.

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