Dave Lowry led the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 35-win season when the campaign was shut down because of the novel coronavirus. He was back in Brandon, putting together all the organization’s plans ahead of Wheat Kings’ training camp this year which is slated to begin after Christmas. While […]
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Brandon bench boss promoted to NHL ranks
Dave Lowry is returning to the National Hockey League and he’s staying in Manitoba. Lowry — who coached the Brandon Wheat Kings last season — has signed a contract to become an assistant coach for the Winnipeg Jets ahead of the new season. Lowry led Brandon to a 35-22-4-2 […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S 10 DUB THINGS VOLUME IX
(Fleury Family Photo courtesy Radio-Canada) 1 – The leaves have long turned orange and gold here in the Wheat Province and several have already fallen off the trees. That’s a sure sign that it should be hockey season around here but as we all know, it isn’t. After bathing my […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S 10 DUB THINGS VOLUME VIII
1 – BEDARD TO SWEDEN: The biggest news in the Dub this week actually sent waves across the entire country. 15-year old Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard is headed to Sweden to train with a team until the WHL season gets underway. The WHL’s first-ever Exceptional Player is going with […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S 10 DUB THINGS VOLUME VII
1 – VIVE LAS VEGAS: It seemed nobody saw Monday’s news coming that the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights have hired WHL great Emanuel Viveiros as the franchise’s first-ever head coach. The San Antonio Rampage were purchased by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment this winter and moved to the Las Vegas […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S 10 DUB THINGS VOLUME V
1 – A lot of us junior hockey followers are disillusioned with the fact the 2019-20 WHL season was cut short by COVID-19 and the 2020-21 season has been delayed until December 4. And that’s best-case scenario since the current Health & Safety guidelines here in Saskatchewan don’t even allow […]
Brandon Wheat Kings: The 2019-2020 edition
The Brandon Wheat Kings really showed what they were made of this season from December 30 until January 24 when they won 10 straight games. They extended their point streak to 11 games in a 6-5 overtime loss against the Lethbridge Hurricanes on January 25. During that time, the […]
Wheat Kings trending in right direction
The Brandon Wheat Kings’ season has been one of ups and downs, peaks and valleys if you will, as most teams experience throughout the grind of a Western Hockey League season. One of the toughest stretches Brandon has gone through this season — at least in terms of losses […]
Wheat Kings erupt, make it 10
The Portland Winterhawks are no doubt the hottest team in the Western Hockey League. On Friday night, the team extended its point streak to an incredible 20 games by scoring eights goals in an 8-2 thumping of the Tri-City Americans. Nearly 1,400 miles from Portland is where you will find […]
Kruger stones Warriors, Brandon wins again
The Brandon Wheat Kings have used Jiri Patera a lot lately and why not? No one in the Western Hockey League has been able to beat him as he helped the team win its eighth straight game on Friday. After that win, the Wheat Kings hit the road for one […]