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Post by hollywood on Jun 20, 2022 0:14:53 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jun 20, 2022 0:18:12 GMT -6
June 20: Five Recruits  We anxiously await the CW hockey schedules, since other conferences and other sports within the CW have already done so. A few Bison recruits are rumoured and/or announced at the various sources, amid a smattering of news around USports hockey. Two players come from the Dub, two from Junior A, and one NCAA transfer. Only one has been announced on the official website. RYAN GOTTFRIED - D - Seattle (WHL)We have here a 6'4" 209 lbs defenceman from Winnipeg. He split his 4 year WHL career between Red Deer and Seattle. The various links would describe a hard-nosed player who played a significant role in leading his team to the WHL final.  Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Ryan Gottfried Career Stats
➤ WHL: Video
➤ Hockey Fights: Gottfried v Kuefler
➤ Seattle Thundebirds: T-Birds Acquire Ryan Gottfried From Red Deer JONNY HOOKER - C - Prince George (WHL)Here we have another Winnipeg boy coming home. He split his 5-year WHL career between Brandon and Prince George. In his final season he was team captain and in 64 games had a 17-29-29 stats line.  Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Jonny Hooker Career Stats
➤ Hockey Fights: Seven Videos
➤ PG Cougars: Jonny Hooker named 27th Captain in franchise history
➤ PG Cougars: Video
➤ YouTube: 2019-20 HIGHLIGHT REEL | Jonny Hooker
➤ Prince George Citizen: Hooker turns Cats into Giant slayers
➤ Our Sports Central: Cougars Announce 2021-22 Leadership GroupROSS HAWRYLUK - G - Western Michigan (NCAA)Goalies are now tall, aren‛t they? This one is 6'4". He‛s from Lloydminster and played junior for the Nipawin Hawks in the SJHL before a mid-season jump to the NCAA. I would imagine a battle in the crease with the returning Jeremy Link.  Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Ross Hawryluk Career Stats
➤ GoBisons.ca: Bisons men's hockey bolsters net presence, adding Ross Hawryluk
➤ SJHL: Ross Hawryluk, Nipawin Hawks (player profile)
➤ SJHL: Ross Hawryluk added to CJHL Prospects GameZAC PATRICK - D - Steinbach (MJHL)He got in two seasons with the Kootenay Ice in the WHL before they moved to Winnipeg. That was followed by two seasons of very few games before settling into Steinbach last year in the MJHL. As a defenceman, he had 9-26-35 in 46 regular season games and then 12 points in 14 playoff games.  Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Zac Patrick Career Stats
➤ Game On: Zac Patrick Ready for a New Opportunity with the Steinbach Pistons
➤ Steinbach Pistons: Pistons Thank Graduating Player Zac Patrick
➤ Steinbach Pistons: Zac Patrick Commits to the University of Manitoba Bisons
➤ MJHL: Zac Patrick commits to University of Manitoba JACKSON ARPIN - LW - Winkler (MJHL)We have here a 6'2" 205 lbs grinding winger. He wore at "A" for the Winkler Flyers. He‛s from Rainy River, Ontario but came to Manitoba for his whole junior career. His Lake of the Woods/Rainy River High School team played in Minnesota, where he amassed 84 points in 49 games over two seasons. He had 54 points in 118 MJHL games.  Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Jackson Aprin Career Stats
➤ Pembina Valley Online: Under The Bucket With Winkler Flyers Forward Jackson Arpin
➤ Winkler Flyers: Flyers Assistant Captain Jackson Arpin Commits to University of Manitoba
➤ MJHL: Jackson Arpin commits to University of ManitobaELSEWHERE The Mutts‛ coaching situation is not yet resolved. They have two stories at a fan site, nothing on their official site. Links:
➤ Huskie Fan: Decision on a second season as Huskies' head coach yet to come
➤ Huskie Fan: Offseason preparation in motion for men's hockey staff Last year‛s expansion teams have taken a substantial lead in official recruiting announcements. We start with the Mythical Mutants. They have announced six newcomers, two each from the WHL, AJHL, and NCAA. They are: - Ethan Strang (F - Grand Prairie - AJHL); - Ashton Abel (G - Boston U - NCAA); - Brandon Boyle (F- Okotoks - AJHL); - Carter Chorney (F - Medicine Hat - WHL); - Merritt Oszytko (F - RIT - NCAA); and - Neithan Salame (D - Regina - WHL). Links:
➤ Macewan: Griffins add skill to their forward group with prolific Grande Prairie Storm goal scorer Strang
➤ Macewan: Following Taylor's successful NCAA transfer, Griffins land another high-level goalie in BU's Abel
➤ Macewan: Faceoff specialist, strong two-way forward Boyle joins Griffins out of AJHL Okotoks
➤ Macewan: Speedy, gritty Tigers winger Chorney returning home to play for the Griffins
➤ Macewan: Griffins add another key NCAA transfer as RIT's Oszytko returns home
➤ Macewan: Local product Salame returning home to help bolster left side of Griffins' defence Holy Trinity has one story with eleven (11!) names: - Mikol Sartor (F - Estevan - SJHL); - Daine Dubois (F - Long Island U - NCAA); - Josiah Vanderhooft (F - Winnipeg Blues - MJHL); - Raphael Audet (G - Edmunston - MHL); - Boston Bird (F - Waywayseekappo - MJHL); - Mitchell Joss (F - Sherwood Park - AJHL); - Jesse Pomeroy (D - Niagara U. - NCAA); - Tanner Hopps (F - Long Island U. - NCAA); - Adam Oates (D - Drayton Valley - AJHL); - Nicksha Eric (D - Humboldt - SJHL); and - Jonathan Krahn (F - Melville - SJHL). With just three teams reporting here, there are already 6 NCAA transfers. For TWU, no players are coming directly from the BCHL or the WHL. Links:
➤ Go Spartans: Men's Hockey Recruits
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Post by hollywood on Jun 23, 2022 7:44:51 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jun 24, 2022 13:12:18 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jun 26, 2022 0:13:43 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jun 26, 2022 13:33:04 GMT -6
June 26: Strength of Schedule Analysis  This year the CW teams will play two series against six conference opponents and one series against two conference opponents. Here are the match-ups which occur just once: MacEwan at Manitoba Manitoba at Sask Sask at MacEwan UBC at Alberta Alberta v Calgary Calgary at TWU TWU at Regina Regina at MRU MRU at UBC I find it odd that long-term rivals like the Evil Monkeys and Dinosaurs will play just the once. I did a strength-of-schedule calculation based last year's standings. For each team, I removed them and ranked their opponents by their ranking from 1st to 8th. The lowest score is therefore 3 (i.e. you play the number 1 and 2 teams) and the highest score is 15 (i.e. you play the number 7 and 8 teams). Last year's rankings were: 1 Alberta 2 UBC 3 MRU 4 Sask 5 Calgary 6 Regina 7 Manitoba 8 MacEwan 9 TWU Adding it up and UBC hit the jackpot whilst Sask drew the short straw. Here's the numbers: UBC 3 Alberta 5 MRU 7 Calgary 9 Regina 11 TWU 11 MacEwan 12 Manitoba 12 Sask 13 Of course, this year's standings are unlikely to be the same as last year's. I am wondering if they put forward a multi-year plan for a schedule rotation. If so, over four seasons each team would have 7 series against each opponent. (Assuming no teams are added or deleted in the meantime.)
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Post by hollywood on Jul 1, 2022 22:08:23 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jul 2, 2022 0:06:38 GMT -6
July 2: Meanwhile, out in British California ...   There is a post on the SFU site which has a story from March accompanied by a recent picture. The link is posted and the picture is below. The picture is stated to be a "proposed schedule", which is not how teams typiclly phrase these things. If accurate: - It would confirm that the BCIHL is going to be a 5-team league. The two teams previously announced to commence play in 2022-23 (Thompson Okanagan Pioneers and Fraser Valley Brigade) are being replaced by one (Logan Lake Miners). These are all called "independent transfer teams", a designation unique to B.C. The Okanagan Lakers (who started play in 2021-22) had players from Okanagan College's main Kelowna campus and UBC-Okanagan. The Pioneers were to have players from Thompson Rivers University, Okanagan College's smaller Kamloops campus, and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. Logan Lake is to include players from just Thompson Rivers and Nicola Valley. The Brigade was to be based in Abbotsford and Chilliwack with players to come from the University of the Fraser Valley, Columbia Bible College, Ashton College, Summit Pacific College, and CDI College. Clearly, the Pioneers have been replaced by the Miners. Whether the Brigade is still a possibility is TBA. - SFU would make a trip to Alaska Sept 24-25 to play one game against each of Alaska's NCAA teams. Each of those would make a return trip south for a weekend double-header later in the season. That makes six games against NCAA teams for SFU. - Exhbition games against Holy Trinity and UBC are a given. Whether this will continue to be part of the "Captain's Cup" series is TBA and, if so, whether or not VIU and Victoria would again be included.  Links:
➤ Simon Fraser: Simon Fraser University Hockey is set to embark on a pilot project that could see the program soar to new heights.
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Post by hollywood on Jul 12, 2022 14:39:48 GMT -6
  Six USports players have signed NHL deals to attend training camp: Luke Richardson - G - Queen's Gaels - Tampa Bay Lightning Alexis Gravel - G - U.Q.T.R. Patriotes - Seattle Kraken Liam Hawel - F - St. F.X. X-Men - Columbus Blue Jackets Riley Sawchuk - F - Mount Royal Cougars - Seattle Kraken Noah Philp - F - Alberta Golden Bears - Edmonton Oilers Ryan Roth - F - U.N.B. Reds - St. Louis Blues Links:
➤ 49 Sport: 6 U SPORTS players called to NHL Development Camps
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Post by hollywood on Jul 13, 2022 22:59:02 GMT -6
July 13, 2022: Toronto Metropolitan Narrows the Options Toronto Metropolitan is down to 3 names and 6 mascots. It seems they were dedicated to something which will be stale within a couple of years. Yuck! 1. The Bold/TMU Bold 2. The Meteors/TMU Meteors/Met Meteors 3. The Towers/TMU Towers/Metropolitan Towers Funny they are trying out abbreviated university names. (I like T-Met myself.) The potential mascots are also odd: 1. Bee 2. Caribou 3. Meteor 4. Moose 5. Squirrel 6. Tower So Squirrels made the list? Must be hoping for UNB to pay a visit. I wonder if the people who gave us "USports" (or "U Sports", "U-Sports", or "USPORTS") instead of "CIS" were involved in this? Links:
➤ Toronto MU: Provide input on the shortlisted options for TMU mascot and team name
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Post by hollywood on Jul 20, 2022 9:01:34 GMT -6
July 19: CWTV Passes Available I usually just watch hockey and football, but I will still go for the all-access. ALL-ACCESS PASS - all sports, regular season nd playoffs Early bird price (July 18-Aug. 1) - $89.99 Full price (Aug. 2) - $99.99 SPORT PASS - REGULAR SEASON (available for football, soccer, hockey, volleyball, and basketball) Early bird (July 18-Aug. 1) - $34.99 Full price (Aug. 2) - $39.99 SINGLE EVENT PASS: $8.99 2022-23 POSTSEASON: $19.99 Links:
➤ Canada West: Canada West TV passes now on sale
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Post by hollywood on Jul 21, 2022 22:44:36 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Jul 23, 2022 20:04:39 GMT -6
July 23: New Bumpkin Cup, OUA Story  Starting this coming season, games between the Banjo-Mutts and Banjo-Cats will be part of a multi-sport challenge between their universities. This is like the Duckworth Challenge started years ago as a challenge from the University of Winnipeg to the University of Manitoba. Unlike the Duckworth Challenge (where one game in each sport is designated as the challenge game), every Battle of the Bumpkins will count with each sport being worth a point. Hopefully the winner gets free moonshine, a concert featuring Saskatchewan's finest banjo and kazoo players, and indoor plumbing in at least 50% of school buildings within 5 years.  Links:
➤ U of R: Friends. Rivals. Two Universities. One Title.
➤ U of S: Huskies, Cougars/Rams team up for U-Prairie Challenge
➤ YouTube: U Prairie Challenge
➤ U of S: Huskies, Cougars/Rams team up for U-Prairie Challenge
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies, U of R to commence inaugural U-Prairie Cup Challenge
➤ 980 CJME: U of R, U of S teams set to battle for bragging rights  The title of the story at 49 Sport covers its theme. The five dates cited include the derbies in Kingston, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa, the opening game at Brock's new arena, and the season finale. The best story of those IMO is the new building in St. Catharines. Brock University donated land and got a building in return.  Links:
➤ 49 Sport: 5 must-watch days of the 2022-23 OUA MHKY season
➤ YouTube: Canada Games Park | Niagara 2022
➤ Brock U: Canada Games Park
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Post by hollywood on Jul 28, 2022 23:29:04 GMT -6
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Post by hollywood on Aug 1, 2022 22:16:49 GMT -6
August 1: A Smattering of Stories  The Bisons have a belated scheduling announcement, with no comment on exhibition games. It also notes that the Wayne Fleming Arena is undergoing repairs. The Winnipeg Ice and both men's and women's Bison squads will not be able to use it until November. The Ice will play two home exhibition games at The Rink Training Centre before a lengthy road trip. Both Bison teams will play two regular season series there as well. The Rink is located barely outside official southwest city limits in the R.M. of MacDonald, technically not in Oak Bluff (and, despite what the schedule says, definitely not in Oakbank which is just east of the city). It is the home of the Blues and the Freeze of the MJHL. It holds just 700 spectators.   Links:
➤ UofM: Men's hockey begin home schedule October 7-8 weekend
➤ The Rink: Website  Holy Trinity has had three players turn pro since last season, and has a new coach. Logan Casavant has signed with Soderhamn Ljusne HC (Sweden's 2nd tier), Brayden Brown with the Coventry Blaze(EIHL), and Kylor Wall with the Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL). Behind the bench, Ben Walter will be the Spartans' new coach. He played in the AHL and a lot of European leagues. He wa salso a finalist for the Hobey Baker award. His coaching resume includes a lot of skills development work. He was with the Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) last year and runs his own training program as well. Links:
➤ Trinity: CASAVANT SIGNS WITH S?DERHAMN LJUSNE HC
➤ Trinity: BEN WALTER NAMED TWU MEN?S HOCKEY HEAD COACH  A former Bluegar has an NHL job now. Connor Rankin has been hired as the Calgary Flames' video analyst. Links:
➤ MRU: From on ice to off ice - Rankin's jump to the NHL  One hockey player and one coach are being honoured with U of C Hall of Fame inductions. The CW was a great cultivating ground for coaches back in the day. Father David Bauer (UBC), Clare Drake (Alberta), Dave King (Sask), Mike Babcock (Lethbridge), Wayne Fleming and Barry Trotz (Manitoba) join Kingston as names of great renown. Links:
➤ UofC: Dinos announce 2022 Hall of Fame Class    Dr. Randy Gregg played for the Evil Monkeys, went on to play for the 1980 Olympic Team, and then the Edmonton Greasers. He is now being inducted into the CW Hall of Fame. The link also includes a video. Links:
➤ CW: Dr. Randy Gregg (MHKY | Student-athlete)
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