2024-25 Manitoba Bisons/CW

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August 31, 2024: Monkeys Start with a W, UQTR On Tour

CARLETON RAVENS 3
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 4
(in overtime)

Turns out they showed this game on free YouTube. You can watch the replay at the links. I found the link while looking for the highlights of Game 1 (which were uploaded). I was provided a link to the EIHL pre-season game sheets (in the links). I’d like to watch the full game (I just saw the ending), but it seems like the Primates lack physicality in front of their net, which is one of the main reasons they finished 5th last year.

So the Evil Monkeys will face the Giants for the Lucky Charms Cup. I’ll check to see if it, too, is free on YouTube.

Meanwhile, Cartoon U has two additional games on their European Tour. On Wednesday they face Selber Wolfe from DEL2 (Germany’s 2nd tier league) and on Thursday they wrap up against EC Peiting of the Oberliga (Germany’s 3rd tier league). None of their pre-season games are showing on their schedule.

Links:
➤ GoRavens.ca: Golden Bears Top Ravens in Overtime
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ Elite League: EIHL Pre-Season Schedule & Results
➤ Elite League: Game Sheet (pdf)
➤ YouTube: Belfast v Carleton Highlights
➤ YouTube: Alberta v Carleton

UQTR PATRIOTES 0
FIFE FLYERS 2

UQTR has the worst website in USports. They never mentioned a thing about having a tour to Scotland and England to play EIHL opponents. Turns out, this is the 4th game on a five game tour. They often go to France, so I was checking in on the French league. Maybe they’ll change the university to English this year! In any event, this was their first loss after three wins.

The previous results on tour were:
Sat Aug 24 UQTR 2 Nottingham Panthers 1 (Gamesheet)
Sun Aug 25 UQTR 6 Manchester Storm 5 (Gamesheet)
Thu Aug 29 UQTR 4 Dundee Stars 1 (Gamesheet)

Links:
➤ Fife: Schedule & Results
➤ Elite League: Game Sheet (pdf)

NEXT UP:
Sun Sep 1 Alberta at Belfast Giants 9:00 AM MDT/10:00 AM CDT
Sun Sep 1 UQTR at Dundee Stars 5:00 GMT/11:00 am CDT
Wed Sep 4 Carleton at Selber Wolfe 7:30 CEDT/12:30 CDT
Thu Sep 5 Carleton at EC Peiting 7:30 CEDT/12:30 CDT
Fri Sep 6 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 6 Saskatchewan at Calgary (at Rocky Mountain House, Alta.) 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

FOOTBALL NOTE:
The CW football season kicked off Friday & Saturday. The lowest seeded team won all three games. Regina beat Calgary, Alberta beat UBC, and Manitoba beat Saskatchewan.

BASEBALL NOTE:
Fish win! Fish win! Fish win! The Goldeyes won their 7th straight and clinched the pennant.

 

[Hollywood3]

September 1, 2024: Giants Squash Monkeys, and Tours Continue

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
BELFAST GIANTS 6

Links:
➤ Belfast Giants: Game Story - Page Not Found As I Post
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ Elite League: Game Sheet (pdf)
➤ YouTube: Belfast Giants Channel
➤ Belfast Telegraph: Belfast Giants to the four as Alberta Golden Bears slain to complete perfect pre-season
➤ Belfast Telegraph: Grant Mismash: Belfast Giants’ offensive depth has us ready to roll for the regular season

The Giants completed their sweep of USports teams with this win, and the Evil Monkeys go home with a 1-1-0 record. The Giants’ game story had a ink, but it says “Page Not Found” as I post. The highlights on their YouTube channel are also not yet uploaded.

The one linked story states that the Giants are thrilled with their goal-scoring with 23 goals from 4 games (all wins) this pre-season. They were also playing with 9 forwards and 5 defencemen due to injuries and absences to Team GB’s Olympic qualification bid. (They lost out to Nic Ehlers’ Team Denmark.)

UQTR PATRIOTES 1
DUNDEE STARS 0
(in shootout)

Links:
➤ Dundee: Trade-Mart Dundee Stars V UQTR – 1/9/24
➤ Elite League: Game Sheet (pdf)

It is a rare event when a game is scoreless until a shootout, but that’s what happened here. This means that UQTR went 4-1-0 on their tour of England and Scotland. The only win by more than one goal was their earlier 4-1 win over the Stars.

I bet UQTR can’t wait to get home for some poutine after a diet of haggis. Do they have pancakes with maple syrup in Scotland?

OTTAWA GEE-GEES 3
HEILBRONNER FALKEN 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Heilbronner: Team Website
➤ X: Ottawa’s Twitter/X
➤ uOttawa: Schedule & Results
➤ Stimme: Friendly match against Ottawa Gee-Gees: Heilbronner Falken fail on their own power play (pay wall)
➤ DEL2: Schedule/Results/Links

I discovered that Ottawa is on a tour of The Fatherland this year. I found two games against DEL2 teams (Germany’s 2nd tier) and this one against an Oberliga team. There is absolutely nothing on their website, but they did post minimal information on X/Twitter. The Falken (Falcons) have been up and down between DEL2 and the Oberliga.

Ottawa’s results thus far are:

Tue Aug 27 Ottawa 4 Blue Devils Weiden 3 (shootout) Game Sheet (pdf)
Thu Aug 29 Ottawa 2 Starbulls Rosenheim 3 Game Sheet (pdf)

I cannot determine whether there are any additional games on the tour. Maybe they’ll update their Schedule/Results page some day!

The Bisons played the Starbulls on past tours, winning 5-4 in 2011 and losing 7-1 in 2013.

NEXT UP:
Wed Sep 4 Carleton at Selber Wolfe 7:30 CEDT/12:30 CDT
Thu Sep 5 Carleton at EC Peiting 7:30 CEDT/12:30 CDT
Fri Sep 6 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 6 Saskatchewan at Calgary (at Rocky Mountain House, Alta.) 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

 

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September 4, 2024: Carleton Loses, RSEQ Div 2 Schedule

CARLETON RAVENS 2
SELBER WOLFE 3
(in a shootout)

Links:
➤ Selber: Wolves must go into penalty shooting
➤ Carleton: Team Website

Carleton uploaded game stories for the Irish games, but not yet for this one. Selber has one former USports player, Colin Campbell who played one season for Laurier. The Ravens are now 0-1-2 on the tour, with one game left.

The RSEQ Div 2 schedule was released, with just regular season games. It looks like each team gets 8 home games and 8 away games. The season starts October 11th and runs through February 28th. The teams in this league don’t have much for websites. Concordia has nothing at all on their university’s site. No word on any non-conference play. ETS played a lot of games against CEGEP teams last year.

Links:
➤ RSEQ: Schedule

 

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September 5, 2024: Weekend Preview & Euro Segment Ends

The European games wrapped today, and tomorrow we start the domestic pre-season games. The heavy emphasis is on CW teams, with one game in Ontario. So, here we go with the first weekend preview of 2024-25, and the Euro wrap-up will follow. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Regina, and MacEwan have byes.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (2023-24: 18-8-2, OHT 35 #8, 2024: 1-1-0)
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (2023-24: 21-6-1, OHT35 #2, 2024: 0-0-0)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website : X : IG
➤ MRU: Team Website : X : IG

The Evil Monkeys have the nation-wide pedigree, but the Bluegars are IMO very under-rated. They could solve that by qualifying for the nationals. Neither game is on CWTV. No LegaueStat uploads for live updates are available, either. At least not yet. It seems that X and Instagram get more updates than team websites, so I added those links.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (2023-24: 20-6-2, OHT35 #7, 2024: 0-0-0)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (2023-24: 21-5-2, OHT35 #6, 2024: 0-0-0)

Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website : X : IG
➤ UofC: Team Website : X : IG

Bedrock U has the fewest recruits announced at Elite Prospects, with one. So it is hard to gauge what kind of team the will have. This series is unique in that one game is in Rocky Mountain House, and the other in Calgary.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2023-24: 4-23-1, OHT35 #33, 2024: 0-0-0)
VANCOUVER ISLAND MARINERS (2023-24: 17-3-0, OHT35 N/A, 2024: 0-0-0)
VICTORIA VIKINGS (2023-24: 14-5-1, OHT35 N/A, 2024: 0-0-0)

Links:
➤ TWU: Team Website : X : IG
➤ VIU: Team Website : X : IG
➤ UVic: Team Website : X : IG
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ YouTube: BCIHL Channel
➤ YouTube: Friday Game
➤ YouTube: Saturday Game

Holy Trinity kicks this off with a Saturday/Sunday trip to the island. These are two of their former BCIHL foes. The Mariners beat the Vikes for the BCIHL title last year. Trinity leads the league in new recruits, with almost half their roster as rookies. The BCIHL has their games streamed free on YouTube again, which is a handy feature. Being on the coast, these games come on TV just as the rest of the games are winding down.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Fri Sep 6 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 6 Saskatchewan at Calgary (at Rocky Mountain House, Alta.) 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Sep 7 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Sep 7 Saskatchewan at Calgary 3:00 MDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Sep 7 Trinity Western at Vancouver Island 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sun Sep 8 Trinity Western at Victoria 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 7 Queen’s v R.M.C. (at Gananoque, Ont.) 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey Page
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ OUA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CARLETON RAVENS 6
E.C. PEITING 3

Links:
➤ Peiting: Summary
➤ Carleton: Team Website

This game wraps up not only Cartoon U’s Euro excursion, it wraps up all USports’ tours abroad.

In summary, here’s how the USports teams fared:
UQTR: 4-1-0 (all games against EIHL teams)
McGill: 2-1-0 (defeated Czech 2nd tier and university teams, lost to Czech 1st tier team)
Ottawa: 2-1-0 (split against German 2nd tier teams, beat German 3rd tier team)
Alberta 1-1-0 (beat Carleton, lost to EIHL)
Carleton: 1-1-2 (beat German 3rd tier, lost to EIHL, two OTLs against German 2nd tier and Alberta)

And the relative Euro records are:
Czech 1st: 1-0-0
German 2nd: 2-1-0
EIHL (UK 1st): 3-3-1
German 3rd: 0-1-1
Czech 2nd: 0-1-0
Czech U: 0-1-0

 

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September 6, 2024: Sask Gets a W

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6
CALGARY DINOSAURS 1

Links:
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

Bedrock U got whipped by the Banjo-Mutts on neutral ice in Rocky Mountain House. No stats are uploaded. In fact, just Sask posted the score. This was an opener for both sides.

Note: The Alberta at Mount Royal game was cancelled. I don’t know why.

NEXT UP

Sat Sep 7 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Sep 7 Saskatchewan at Calgary 3:00 MDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Sep 7 Trinity Western at Vancouver Island 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sun Sep 8 Trinity Western at Victoria 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 7 Queen’s v R.M.C. (at Gananoque, Ont.) 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT

Links:
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results

FOOTBALL NOTE
The pre-season coach’s poll favourites are now 0-6 after two weeks. The Bisons destroyed UBC on the road, Regina beat Sask, and Calgary beat Alberta.

BASEBALL NOTE
Fish win! Fish win! Fish win! They beat Sioux Falls to even their best-of-three at 1-1. Game three goes Saturday night.

 

[Hollywood3]

September 7, 2024: Nightly Wrap-Up

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 1
CALGARY DINOSAURS 3

Links:
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

All we have is the score from Bedrock U’s site. I’d like to know how that 6-1 happened on Friday. It’s no surpise that they split, but Friday’s margin stands out like a sore thumb. Both sides are now 1-1-0.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results : X : IG

The Evil Monkeys usually upload their stats to LeagueStat, but not tonight. I included their X and IG links, just in case something arises late night or overnight. The Schedule & Results page says that Ty Nash and Bruce MacGregor scored for the Apes. MacGregor must be going back to school in his 70s! He played in the WHA with the Greasers. Alberta is now 1-2-0 and this was the first game for the Bluegars. Despite the addition of some inspiring names on the roster, the Monkeys did not look tough enough in fornt of their own goal. I wish I could see highlights of this one.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5
VANCOUVER ISLAND MARINERS 1

Links:
➤ YouTube: Complete Game
➤ VIU: Team Website : X : IG
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : Boxscore
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results

Holy Trinity dominated the game, but the Mariners were still not a bad exhibition opponent. The shots favoured Trinity by 41-23, which fairly reflects the play. The boxscore contains just the VIU goals, penalties, and roster.

NEXT UP

Sun Sep 8 Trinity Western at Victoria 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT : YouTube Live Link

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 7 Queen’s 5 R.M.C. 2 (at Gananoque, Ont.) : X

BASEBALL NOTE
Fish win! Fish win! Fish win! The Goldeyes beat Sioux Falls 10-3 to win their best-of-three 2-1. They now play the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks in the West final. Game one is Monday in F-M, then Wednesday and Thursday (if required) in Winnipeg.

 

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September 8, 2024: Holy Trinity Is Unbeaten!

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3
VICTORIA VIKINGS 2

Links:
➤ YouTube: Complete Game
➤ UVic: Schedule & Results : X : IG
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : Boxscore
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results

The Vikes almost stole one from Holy Trinity in this one. After two periods, Holy Trinity led 3-1 and were outshooting UVic 29-18. However, UVic had the only goal in the 3rd period, where they outshot Trinity 18-7. So the shot clock ended up even at 36-36. Former Bison goaltender Brett Murphy has transferred to UVic and he stopped all 7 shots he faced. The boxscore only contains the names of BCIHL players.

Holy Trinity is now 2-0-0 and this was Victoria’s first game.

NEXT UP

Fri Sep 13 MacEwan at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Saskatchewan v Regina (at Big River) 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Simon Fraser (BCIHL) at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Alberta at MacEwan 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Manitoba at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Sun Sep 15 Manitoba at Regina 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT EX

NOTE: Saskatchewan is streaming their home games on CWTV.

OUT EAST

Thu Sep 12 Toronto at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Lakehead at York 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Waterloo at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Windsor at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Toronto Metropolitan at Toronto 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Lakehead at Toronto Metropolitan 1:00 EDT/12:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Queen's at Windsor 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Laurier at Waterloo 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 York v Brock (at Beamsville, Ont.) 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 McGill at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX

Fri Sep 13 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 13 Moncton at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Dalhousie at U.P.E.I. 2:00 ADT/12:00 CDT EX

OUA-AUS Interlock
Fri Sep 13 Ontario Tech at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Ontario Tech at Saint Mary’s 4:00 ADT/2:00 CDT EX

NOTE: These are the first of 10 OUA-AUS interlocking games.

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 14 Simon Fraser at Okanagan 6:15 PDT/8:15 CDT EX

 

[Rob]

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results : X : IG

The Evil Monkeys usually upload their stats to LeagueStat, but not tonight. I included their X and IG links, just in case something arises late night or overnight. The Schedule & Results page says that Ty Nash and Bruce MacGregor scored for the Apes. MacGregor must be going back to school in his 70s! He played in the WHA with the Greasers. Alberta is now 1-2-0 and this was the first game for the Bluegars. Despite the addition of some inspiring names on the roster, the Monkeys did not look tough enough in fornt of their own goal. I wish I could see highlights of this one.

Mount Royal had a good team last year. Not sure how much talent they've lost. Would like to see them finally make it to the Nationals.

 

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Preview: September 13-15: MANITOBA at SASKATCHEWAN & REGINA

MANITOBA BISONS (2023-24: 5-22-1, OHT 35 #31, 2024: 0-0-0)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (2023-24: 20-6-2, OHT 35 #7, 2024: 1-1-0)
REGINA COUGARS (2023-24: 6-20-2, OHT 35 #27, 2024: 0-0-0)

Friday, Sept 13: Sask v Regina (at Big River) 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Saturday, Sept 14: Manitoba at Sask 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Sunday, Sept 15: Manitoba at Regina 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT

Links:
➤ Video (Saturday): CanadaWest TV
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ USports: Schedule/Links
➤ CW: Season Schedule
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ Elite Prospects: Manitoba Bisons (7)
➤ Elite Prospects: Regina Cougars (6)
➤ Elite Prospects: Saskatchewan Huskies (7)

This is the first almost full weekend on the CW calendar, with 8 of 9 teams in action. Just Holy Trinity has a bye.

The Bisons start on the road with this 3-way dance throughout Banjoland. So far no team has updated the Live Stats at either LeagueStat or the Hockey Tech page at the CW website. I have linked each team’s Elite Prospects page, which lists just the new recruits (number in parenthesis).

However, the Banjo-Mutts are slated to stream all of their home exhibition games at CWTV, including the Saturday night game against the Bisons. So far, no other CW exhibition games are slated for streaming.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (2023-24: 9-17-2, OHT 35 #23, 2024: 0-0-0)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (2023-24: 18-8-2, OHT 35 #8, 2024: 1-2-0)

Links:
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ Elite Prospects: MacEwan Griffins (whole roster)
➤ Canada West: MacEwan 2023-24 Stats
➤ Elite Prospects: Alberta Golden Bears (7)

This is a home-and-home Battle of Edmontown. The Evil Monkeys host on Friday, and the Family Guys host on Saturday.

I saw the Evil Monkeys look kinda mediocre against Cartoon U, in Belfast. They looked weak in front of their own crease when I was watching on YouTube. Also, that scoreline against the Bluegars does not strike fear into anybody. Nevertheless, their recruiting class is top-notch. One has to think they’ll get it together before the season starts.

The Family Guys made the playoffs for the first time last year. They were the first CW team to upload a 2024-25 roster. Here’s what it looks like (with career stats from Elite Prospects for each new recruit):

Veterans (18)
5 Hunter Donohoe D
7 Sean Comrie D
11 Samuel Simard F
12 Spencer McLean F
13 Loeden Schaufler D
14 Logan Dowhaniuk D
16 Jack Parker D
18 Kadyn Chabot F
19 Liam Hughes F
21 Tyson Kowaluk D
22 Vincent Scott F
23 Ryley Appelt F
24 Liam Ryan F
27 Marc Pasemko F
31 Eric Ward G
38 Brendan Boyle F
91 Ethan Mercer F
96 Carter Chorney F

Rookies (8)
4 Carson Haynes D - Regina Pats (WHL), previously with Vancouver and Tri-Cities
10 Ethan Sundar LW - Fort McMurray (AJHL) and Spruce Grove (BCHL)
15 Tanner Fincaryk C - 4 games over two seasons with UofA, no points, previously Lloydminster (AJHL)
17 Blake Eastman F - Summerside (MJAHL), previously Prince George (WHL)
29 Brett Epp G - played 6 games for Nipissing (OUA) then played in 5 different ECHL and SPHL teams, before playing 3 senior games last year
35 Carson Ironside G - started at Albertus Magnus College (NCAA III) last year before returning to Camrose (AJHL)
44 Brody Tallman D - Canmore Eagles (AJHL)
93 Caden Cabana F - Lloydminster (AJHL)

Departures (10)
93 Ethan Strang F
14 Jordan Taupert F
34 Kole Gable F
6 Eduard Wruck D
44 Ben Bygrove D
25 Conrad Mitchell F
17 Rylan Lefebvre F
33 Thomas Davis G
29 Ashton Abel G
15 Tye Pedersen D

The Mythical Mutants have lost their top 3 forwards from a year ago (Strang, Taupert, and Gable). They scored 30 of the team’s 86 regular season goals. I don’t see an obvious replacement from the recruits. Also, their top two goaltenders (Abel and Davis) are gone. They had 88% of the playing time. On a positive note, their 2nd leading scorer (Schaufler) is a returning defenceman. In 27 games we went 9-14-23.

SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS (2023-24: NCAA 5-11-2, 2024: 0-0-0)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (2023-24: 22-4-2, OHT 35 #3, 2024: 0-0-0)

Links:
➤ Video: SFU Hockey YouTube
➤ SFU: Team Website
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ Elite Prospects: S.F.U. Red Leafs (Non-Conference Team)
➤ Elite Prospects: U.B.C. Thunderbirds (3)

These teams play just the once this weekend, on Friday. It’s being streamed on YouTube. This game involves SFU’s non-conference team, not their BCIHL team. SFU’s five wins last year were two against Briercrest of the ACAC (one in a shootout), one against Trinity (out of two games), one against Minot State of the ACHA (out of two games), and one against Pittsburgh of the ACHA. The T-irds, of course, won the CW title.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (2023-24: 21-6-1, OHT35 #2, 2024: 1-0-0)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (2023-24: 21-5-2, OHT35 #6, 2024: 1-1-0)

Links:
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website
➤ Elite Prospects: Mount Royal Cougars (7)
➤ Elite Prospects: Calgary Dinosaurs (1)

This is a one-off battle of The Town of Bedrock. The Bluegars had a convincing scoreline in their win last weekend. The Dinos bounced back for a split after being trounced in their opener against Sask.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Fri Sep 13 MacEwan at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Saskatchewan v Regina (at Big River) 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Simon Fraser (NCAA II) at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Alberta at MacEwan 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Manitoba at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sun Sep 15 Manitoba at Regina 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT

OUT EAST

Thu Sep 12 Toronto at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Lakehead at York 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Waterloo at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Windsor at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Toronto Metropolitan at Toronto 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Lakehead at Toronto Metropolitan 1:00 EDT/12:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Queen's at Windsor 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Laurier at Waterloo 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 York v Brock (at Beamsville, Ont.) 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 McGill at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT

Fri Sep 13 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Sep 13 Moncton at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Dalhousie at U.P.E.I. 2:00 ADT/12:00 CDT

OUA-AUS Interlocking Games
Fri Sep 13 Ontario Tech at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Sep 14 Ontario Tech at Saint Mary’s 4:00 ADT/2:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey Page
➤ OUA: Hockey Tech Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

no games

Sat Sep 14 Simon Fraser at Okanagan 6:15 PDT/8:15 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: YouTube Channel

 

[Hollywood3]

September 12: ROSTER NEWS

I found some roster links away from the usual sources and, lo and behold, I found the Bison roster at the Media Access site and the Hockey Tech stats page at the CW website. If true, the Bison bumper crop of seven high quality recruits is now a bumper crop of nine high quality recruits. I await confirmation, with fingers crossed.

BEN BONNI - D/F - Spokane (WHL)

Bonni is a Winnipegger who at started out with one season divided between Spokane and Selkirk, before going back to Spokane for two full seasons. Some sources list him as a forward as well as a defenceman. He wore the “A” for Spokane last year. He was eligible to be an overager this year, however he was released due to the 3-overager rule.

Of note, Bonni is a very good student. I quote:

Nineteen-year-old Ben Bonni was selected by his peers as the first ever winner of the Terry Bartman Players' Player award. The three-year veteran has scored a career high six goals, 16 assists and 22 points while playing both forward and defense. Bonni was also named the team's College Scholastic Player of the Year. By the end of this season, he will have earned 10 credits from Spokane Community College in English 101 and Business 101 with an almost perfect grade point average.

Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Ben Bonni Career Stats
➤ CHL.ca: Profile Page
➤ CHL.ca: TIGERS SIGN BEN BONNI
➤ CHL.ca: Chiefs acquire defenseman Ben Bonni from Medicine Hat
➤ Our Sports Central: Chiefs Announce 2023-24 Player Awards in Pre-Game Ceremony Sunday
➤ SWX: Spokane Chiefs release 20-year-old forward Ben Bonni ahead of 2024-25 season

RILEY STOTTS - C/LW - Calgary (CWUAA)

This is hard to believe. Stotts is a Winnipegger who started in the WHL with Swift Current, then went to the Calgary Hitmen. Upon graduation, he stayed in the Town of Bedrock and went to the University of Calgary, where he spent three seasons with the Dinos. So, the Bisons' gain would be the Dinos’ loss. Big Time!

Stotts’ peak junior season was GP 64 - G 25 - A 43 - Pts 68. Then came the Covid season, then a CW career where he accumulated a stats line of GP 68 - G 20 A 60 - Pts 80. That is a solid point-per-game pedigree, enough to strengthen any team in USports. In 2023 he was all-conference!

Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Riley Stotts Career Stats
➤ UofC: Profile Page
➤ CHL.ca: WHL Class of 2021 – Riley Stotts (video)
➤ Calgary Sun: Hitmen overagers stay positive through shutdown about life after WHL
➤ Global News: Calgary Dinos focused on playoffs after capping season with 23-game winning streak

Using the two rosters, here is how the roster breaks down:

Veterans (19)
4 Parker Malchuk D
5 Brandon Casey D
6 Lucas Fry D
8 Evan Toth D
10 Josh Paulhus F
11 Hayden Ostir F
12 Cameron Trimble F
13 Andre Sutter F
14 Riley Zimmerman F
18 Jonny Hooker F
19 Jackson Arpin F
20 Codey Behun F (#28 last year)
24 Owen Wareham D
25 Kian Calder D
26 Andrew Boucher F
27 Ryan Gottfried D (at Hockey Tech, not a Media Access)
29 Michael King F
30 Kolby Thornton G
34 Ross Hawryluk G

Rookies (9)
1 Dawson Pasternak F - Victoria Royals (WHL)
1 Eric Alarie F - Moose Jaw & Seattle (WHL) and Adirondack (ECHL)
21 Ben Bonni D - see above
27 Skyler Bruce F Vancouver & Edmonton (WHL)
35 Braden Holt G - Victoria Royals (WHL)
36 Grady Lane F - Victoria Royals (WHL) and Virden Oil Capitals (MJHL)
37 Riley Stotts F - see above
38 Dexter Whittle D - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
39 Caden Zaplitny F - Everett Silvertips (WHL)

Departures (6)
1 Simon Harkness G
9 Dylan Thiessen F
16 Chase Hartje D
17 Colton Veloso F
20 Tony Apetagon F
23 Eric Fawkes F

If Gottfried and Hartje are both gone, then the defence will be about the same as last year, with any improvement coming from an added year of experience.

Links:
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Manitoba 2024 Exhibition Roster
➤ LeagueStat: Media Access Manitoba Roster

The Evil Monkeys are the only team, other than the Bisons, to upload rosters at the Hockey Tech and Media Access sites. They have also posted a story commemorating the passing of a former player, John Devaney. It will take me a while to review the whole roster.

Links:
➤ UofA: Remembering John Devaney
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Alberta 2024 Exhibition Roster
➤ LeagueStat: Media Access Alberta Roster

The Banjo-Mutts posted their first half of their recruiting class on August 29th. Now they have the rest, plus one name not posted at Elite Prospects:

Ethan Chadwick - G Everett Silvertips (WHL)
Braxton Buckberger - F - Nipawin (SJHL) & Alberni Valley (BCHL)
Ethan Regnier - D/F - Rosthern Wheat Kings (senior)
Jarrett Penner - RW - Trinity Western Spartans (CWUAA)

Penner is the only one not previously linked, so he’s linked below. I don’t know if he has to red-shirt.

Links:
➤ UofS: Huskie Men's Hockey Add Dynamic Trio from the WHL
➤ Elite Prospects: Saskatchewan Huskies (6)
➤ Elite Prospects: Jarrett Penner

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

This has to be Manitoba’s best recruiting class in recent memory.

 

[Hollywood3]

September 13, 2024: Bisons Sit Out the First Big Friday Night

The Bisons had one last night of rest before heading to Saskatown for a game on Saturday, and Regina for a game on Sunday. This was a night of one-sided games. A portent of things to come?

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 9
REGINA COUGARS 1
(at Big River First Nation)

Links:
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

This Battle-of-Banjoland was on neutral ground, on the Big River First Nation. They have a two-year old arena called the Jim Neilson Sports Complex. It looks like a nice rink, surely better than the small town rinks of the past. No stats on this one, but the Canines must have dominated the Felines. Sask is now 2-1-0 and this was Regina’s first game.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 1
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 8

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

Quick Summary
Mac: B. Tallman (12:34 3rd)
Alta: A. Thacker (00:21 1st) , T. Preziuso (07:53 1st) , A. Thacker (13:26 1st) , J. Prokop (19:56 1st) , J. Hall (01:37 2nd) , A. Thacker (07:03 2nd) , M. Ward (14:58 2nd) , B. MacGregor (08:37 3rd)
Goal: Mac: Ward L (33 shots, 26 saves) Epp (18 shots, 17 saves); Alta: Palmer (21 shots, 20 saves)

This wasn’t on CWTV, but at least the U of A is diligent about uploading games to live stats. The Evil Monkeys had period leads of 4-0 and 7-0. The Family Guys will blame Meg. Although, this was Alberta’s 4th game and Mac’s 1st of this pre-season.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4
SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS 3

Links:
➤ SFU: Red Leafs hockey returns to the ice for four games in September, including three home games at Bill Copeland Sports Centre
➤ YouTube: SFU Hockey Channel
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results

This one was streamed on YouTube. The T-irds led 1-0 after the 1st, and 4-3 after the 2nd. The goaltenders would like to erase the tape of that 2nd period. This game looked very “exhibitiony”. SFU has no Schedule & Results page, hence no boxscore availability as is the case with regular BCIHL teams. This was the opener for both sides.


NEXT UP
Sat Sep 14 Alberta at MacEwan 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Manitoba at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT EX : CWTV
Sat Sep 14 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Simon Fraser at Okanagan 6:15 PDT/8:15 CDT EX
Sun Sep 15 Manitoba at Regina 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT EX


OUT EAST

Thu Sep 12 Toronto 3 Guelph 2
Fri Sep 13 Lakehead 6 York 2
Fri Sep 13 Waterloo 0 Western Ontario 6
Fri Sep 13 Windsor 0 Guelph 5
Fri Sep 13 Toronto Metropolitan 3 Toronto 5
Sat Sep 14 Lakehead at Toronto Metropolitan 1:00 EDT/12:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Queen's at Windsor 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 Laurier at Waterloo 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 York v Brock (at Beamsville, Ont.) 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Sat Sep 14 McGill at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX

Fri Sep 13 St. F.X. 3 Saint Mary's 5 : boxscore
Fri Sep 13 Moncton 7 U.P.E.I. 4
Sat Sep 14 Dalhousie at U.P.E.I. 2:00 ADT/12:00 CDT EX

OUA-AUS INTERLOCKING GAMES
Fri Sep 13 Ontario Tech 2 New Brunswick 5 : boxscore
Sat Sep 14 Ontario Tech at Saint Mary’s 4:00 ADT/2:00 CDT EX

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 13 Jamestown 1 Briercrest College 6
Sat Sep 14 Jamestown at Briercrest College 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT

Sat Sep 14 Simon Fraser at Okanagan 6:15 PDT/8:15 CDT EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

[Hollywood3]

September 14: MORE ROSTER NEWS

Before I update the evening results, there is even more roster news for the Herd. The Bisons updated their roster page today. There were two more additions, both of whom are CW transfers. One went to high school at Shaftesbury and the other right beside at St. Paul’s, both just south of the Zoo!

MITCHELL JOSS - F - Trinity Western (CWUAA)

Joss is a Winnipegger coming home. He shoots right and usually plays the wing. He is the Shaftesbury grad of the latest additions. He started his junior career in Dauphin. His junior stats peaked in 2020 when he had 71 points in 57 games for the Winnipeg Blues in the MJHL. During the Covid season, he had just 6 games in the NAHL, then it was off to Sherwood Park of the AJHL in 2021-22, where he had 50 points in 58 games. He played the last two seasons with Holy Trinity, amassing a respectable 25 points in 55 games. In comparison, Jonny Hooker and Hayden Ostir are the only Bison returnees with superior offensive stats in the CW.

Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Mitchell Joss Career Stats
➤ YouTube: Best of Mitchell Joss 2019-21
➤ Free Press: Sartor, Joss reunited in Wilderness
➤ 730 CKDM: Winning Ways With Kings' Joss
➤ AJHL: Joss, McKinley and Hauer Receive Player of the Week Honours
➤ TWU: Profile Page

COLBY JAQUET - D - Saskatchewan (CWUAA)

Jaquet is a right-shooting defenceman who had 11 points in 12 games for the Banjo-Mutts a year ago. This is the St. Paul’s grad of the pair. He played for the Selkirk Steelers and Dauphin Kings in the MJHL. In his last junior season (2021-22), he wore an “A” for Dauphin and had 62 points in 54 regular season games, 16 points in 18 playoff games, and 5 points in 5 games in the Centennial Cup. He is now one of the We Three Kings on the blueline, with Parker Malchuk and Owen Wareham also grads of the Dauphin Kings.

Links:
➤ Elite Prospects: Colby Jaquet Career Stats
➤ Dauphin: Getting to know Jaquet, a man on a mission
➤ Dauphin: Calder makes top 3, Jaquet and Bryant join
➤ Dauphin: Jaquet commits to U of S
➤ MJHL: Colby Jaquet commits to University of Saskatchewan
➤ UofS: Profile Page

There were also a lot of number changes from the CW and LeagueStat data:

Veterans (19)
4 Parker Malchuk D
5 Brandon Casey D
6 Lucas Fry D
8 Evan Toth D
10 Josh Paulhus F
11 Hayden Ostir F
12 Cameron Trimble F
13 Andre Sutter F
14 Riley Zimmerman F
18 Jonny Hooker F
19 Jackson Arpin F
24 Owen Wareham D
25 Kian Calder D
26 Andrew Boucher F
27 Ryan Gottfried D
28 Codey Behun F
29 Michael King F
30 Kolby Thornton G
34 Ross Hawryluk G

Rookies and Transfers (11)
2 Dexter Whittle D - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
3 Colby Jaquet D - Saskatchewan (CWUAA)
9 Eric Alarie F - Moose Jaw & Seattle (WHL) and Adirondack (ECHL)
15 Ben Bonni D - Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
16 Mitchell Joss F - Trinity Western (CWUAA)
17 Skyler Bruce F - Vancouver & Edmonton (WHL)
20 Caden Zaplitny F - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
21 Dawson Pasternak F - Victoria Royals (WHL)
22 Riley Stotts F - Calgary (CWUAA)
23 Grady Lane F - Victoria Royals (WHL) and Virden Oil Capitals (MJHL)
35 Braden Holt G - Victoria Royals (WHL)

A roster of 30 would be larger than the usual 25 or 26 carried in past seasons. Will some returnees be moved to the taxi squad? I don’t see any of the recruits or transfers being healthy-scratched from a regular season game-day roster.

 

[Hollywood3]

September 14, 2024: BISONS EDGED IN SASKATOWN

MANITOBA BISONS 1
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
Man: J. Arpin (17:13 3rd)
Sask: C. Petruic (14:59 2nd), L. Keeler (09:10 3rd)
Goal: Man: Thornton (40 shots, 38 saves); Sask: Kooy (21 shots, 20 saves)

I had planned on an evening of streaming this game and the Goldeyes’ baseball game on alternative screens, but this one was dropped from the CWTV broadcast schedule. (I did see the afternoon football, though.) At least they updated the live links to LeagueStat and the CW Hockey Tech page. (See the links.) I have always preferred LeagueStat, but the new “Game Centre” format at Hockey Tech is nice when following out-of-town games in progress.

The Bisons gave some ice time to their “bubble” players. Kolby Thornton went the distance in goal, and stopped 38 of 40 shots. He was backed up by newcomer Braden Holt. Last year’s backup, Ross Hawryluk, did not suit up.

The scratched veterans were: Parker Malchuk D, Evan Toth D, Josh Paulhus F, Hayden Ostir F, Jonny Hooker F, Ryan Gottfried D.

The scratched newcomers were: Colby Jaquet D, Mitchell Joss F, and Dawson Pasternak F.

The veterans who dressed were: Brandon Casey D, Lucas Fry D, Cameron Trimble F, Andre Sutter F, Riley Zimmerman F, Jackson Arpin F, Owen Wareham D, Kian Calder D, Andrew Boucher F, Codey Behun F, and Michael King F.

The newcomers who dressed were: Dexter Whittle D, Eric Alarie F, Ben Bonni D, Skyler Bruce F, Caden Zaplitny F, Riley Stotts F, and Grady Lane F.

The scratched veterans were the ones who had the most ice time last year. I do not know what the pairings and line combos were.

Sask is now 3-1-0, and the Bisons are 0-1-0.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 6
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 3

Links:
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Canada West Hall of Fame announces Class of 2024-25

The Family Guys did not upload this to LeagueStat or CW Hockey Tech. Alberta’s site links a story on Billy Moores’ CW Hall of Fame induction. The Apes are now 3-2-0 and MacEwan is 0-2-0.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2

Links:
➤ UofC: Team Website
➤ MRU: Team Website

I just discovered that this game was moved to Friday. I have nothing but the score. Neither side has a 2024-25 roster posted. Mount Royal is 1-1-0 (with two cancellations) and Calgary is 2-1-0.


NEXT UP

Sun Sep 15 Manitoba at Regina 2:00 CST/3:00 CDT EX
Thu Sep 19 U.B.C. at Trinity Western 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT EX
Thu Sep 19 Minot State (ACHA) at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Alberta at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Regina at Manitoba 7:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Concordia-Edmonton (ACAC) at MacEwan 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Trinity Western at Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT EX

OUT EAST

Fri Sep 13 Carleton 3 Concordia 2 (late report)
Sat Sep 14 Lakehead 4 Toronto Metropolitan 2 : boxscore
Sat Sep 14 Queen's 4 Windsor 3
Sat Sep 14 Laurier 1 Waterloo 4
Sat Sep 14 York 0 Brock 3 (at Beamsville, Ont.)
Sat Sep 14 McGill 3 U.Q.T.R. 1 : boxscore
Sat Sep 14 Concordia 3 Carleton 1
Wed Sep 18 York at Laurier 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Thu Sep 19 Queen's at Laurier 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT EX
Thu Sep 19 Brock at Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EDT/5:15 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Guelph at Brock 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Windsor at Ontario Tech 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 R.M.C. at Ottawa 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Queen’s at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 York at Nipissing 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX

Sat Sep 14 Dalhousie 2 U.P.E.I. 3
Tue Sep 17 Dalhousie at Acadia 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 U.P.E.I. at St. F.X. (at Antigonish) 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT EX

OUA-AUS INTERLOCKING GAMES
Sat Sep 14 Ontario Tech 2 Saint Mary’s 6 : boxscore
Fri Sep 20 New Brunswick at Toronto 7:00 EDT/6:00 EDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Waterloo at Saint Mary’s 1:00 ADT/11:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Concordia at Dalhousie 4:00 ADT/2:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Acadia at McGill 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT EX

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 14 Jamestown 2 Briercrest College 10
Fri Sep 20 UA-Augustana at Portage College 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Minot State (ACHA) at Briercrest College 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT EX

Sat Sep 14 Simon Fraser 3 Okanagan 4
Fri Sep 20 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT EX
Fri Sep 20 Montana State (ACHA) at Logan Lake 7:30 PDT/9:30 CDT EX

ACAC-BCIHL INTERLOCK
Fri Sep 20 Okanagan at S.A.I.T. 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

[Hollywood3]

September 15, 2024: REGINA’S ROSTER UPDATED

Veterans (17)
3 Ayden Third D
4 Christian Riemer D
5 Carson Sass D
8 Jakob Brook F
9 Kolton Shindle F
11 Kade Runke F
12 Eric Houk F
14 Matt Culling F
16 Randen Schmidt D
18 Carson Whyte F
19 Paycen Bjorklund
20 Leyton Holoien D
21 Jordan Borysiuk F
23 Eric Pearce F
27 Logan Barlage F
29 Jackson Doucet F
39 Adam Evanoff G

Rookies (11) - names link to Elite Prospects' player page
2 Aidan Brook D - Dauphin & Portage (MJHL)
10 Ashton Fishley D - Swan Valley & Portage (MJHL)
15 Steven Kesslering F - Niagara University (NCAA)
17 Turner McMillen F - Estevan (SJHL), Kelowna & Prince Albert (WHL)
22 Adam McNutt D - Swift Current (WHL) & Flin Flon (SJHL)
24 Noah Wills RW - Sherwood Park (AJHL/BCHL)
28 Blake Heward D - Estevan (SJHL), previous seasons with Edmonton & Calgary (WHL)
32 Jaxon Steele F - Red Deer Poly (ACAC)
35 Jackson Fellner G - Alvernia University (NCAA III)
37 Carter Belitski F - Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA)
44 Chase Friedt-Mohr D - Melfort (SJHL), previously with Tri-City (WHL).

Departures (10)
10 Jayden Davis F
17 Ty Barnstable F
22 Griffin Asham-Moroz F
2 Austin King-Cunningham D
3 Dylan McCabe D
7 Carson Sass D
16 Randen Schmidt D
28 Ben Christian D
31 Ethan Anders G
35 Curtis Meger G

The Banjo-Cats used to stock up on recruits from the SJHL. Not so much this year. They do have three recruits from state-side, though. There is a big turnover on defence. On paper, the players recruited seem to be equivalent to those they are replacing. But so many rookie blue-liners could be a problem.

Links:
➤ UofR: Roster Page
➤ Elite Prospects: Regina Cougars

 

[Hollywood3]

September 15, 2024: ALBERTA’S ROSTER UPDATED

Veterans (17)
3 Joel Sexsmith D
4 Blake Gustafson D
6 Aidan de la Gorgendiere D
9 Justin Hall F
10 Josh Prokop F
11 Tyler Preziuso F
12 Adam Hall F
14 Eric Florchuk F
17 Alex Thacker F
18 Connor McClennon F
19 Bruce MacGregor F
21 Noah Boyko F
23 Jakin Smallwood F
24 Mason Ward D
30 Ethan Kruger G
52 Konrad Belcourt D
64 Alonso Tapia Ruiz F

Rookies (10) - names link to Elite Prospects' player page
1 Ethan Lawczynski G - Castelgar Rebels (KIJHL)*
8 Elias Carmichael D - Red Deer Rebels (WHL)*
13 Ty Nash F - Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
15 Tyson Laventure F - Swift Current & Victoria (WHL)
16 Sean Tschigerl F - Calgary & Lethbridge (WHL)
20 Vincent Lamanna F - Fort McMurray (AJHL), previously Everett (WHL)
26 Sam Popowich F - Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
27 Marc Lajoie D - Edmonton (WHL) & Bakersfield (AHL)
31 Tyler Palmer G - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
37 Chase Leslie D - UA-Augustana Vikings (ACAC)*

* Denotes player not listed at Alberta’s Elite Prospects page.

Departures (13)
1 Jake Bennett G
7 Dylan Plouffe D
8 Wyatt McLeod D
13 Tanner Fincaryk F
15 Daneel Lategan F
16 Cam Wiebe F
22 Ethan Sakowich D
25 Jacob Herauf D
26 Jacob Kendall F
27 Dilan Savenkov D
29 Josh Paterson F
35 Matt Berlin G
40 Hayden Platz D

The Monkeys’ Elite Prospects page has just seven of the ten new recruits listed on their team page. All names were added on the Roster page of their website. On paper, the Apes should be stronger this year. They return most of the top players and the recruits are highly touted. Thus far, all I saw were a game against Carleton and highlights against the Belfast Giants. They seemed a bit weak in front of their own net, IMO.

Links:
➤ UofA: Roster Page
➤ Elite Prospects: Alberta Golden Bears

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Re/ Alberta…I noticed D - Parker Berge, who was mentioned by Stan Marple and Ian Herbers as a recruit, isn’t listed on their roster. He is currently at LAK rookie camp…but I haven’t found anything indicating he has gone pro.