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Swan River's Carter Cockburn will be at a WHL Training Camp next fall.
Cockburn, who plays his club hockey with the Parkland Rangers, was listed by the Everett Silvertips, just over a week ago.
The Silvertips have been a perennial powerhouse in the U.S. Division for years, including this year, as they are currently first in the division, with a 34-17-1-2 record.
"It's an absolute honour," said Cockburn. "Everett is such a great organization, and are super successful. It feels really good."
Cockburn has been tearing it up this year with the Parkland Rangers. In 41 games, the Swan River native has 52 points, 29 of which are goals.
"I just need to keep working hard," said Cockburn. "It's been a good season so far, and now, I just need to keep pushing it, and doing everything I can to get better."
Despite the great offensive season for Cockburn, he knows what area of his game, he has to work on most.
"I have to work on my defensive game," said Cockburn. "I have to make sure I play in my own end, and the pace is definitely faster at the next level, so that's what I'm working on most."
The Silvertips main camp will be in late August 2018.
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When the High School Curling Provincial Championships kick-off on February 22 at the Winkler Curling Club, Dauphin's Emma Jensen and her curling team will be there.
Skip- Emma Jensen, third- Makenna Hadway, second- Savanna Mansell, lead- Jennifer Yaschyshyn, and alternate- Lane Prokopowich, qualified for the Provincials at the Zone 8 Championships this past weekend.
"It's a great feeling," said Jensen. "We didn't really expect to win because this is a new team. We just kind of put this together for fun, to see how it would go, and it went well. It's a really good feeling, and we can't wait for the provincials."
16 women's teams from around the province will compete at the tournament, all of which compete in a pools format.
"We're hoping to win a few games," said Jensen. "We don't really know the competition out there. We'll get a feeling of the ice and, hopefully, we can play our best the whole weekend."
This will be Emma's second time at high school provincials.
"Last year I played with my sister, and I was lead," said Jensen. "This year I'm skipping, so, I think it's a great experience to play a different position at the Championships."
The Championships will also be played at the Morden Curling Club.
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If you want to support local baseball, the Dauphin Minor Baseball Association is looking for businesses who want to sponsor their jerseys this season.
"So far, we've received sponsorship from about 12 businesses here in Dauphin," said Jodie Romanow, President of Dauphin Minor Baseball Association. "We're about 3/4 of the way to our goal, so we're hoping more businesses will step up and sponsor jerseys."
The Association is offering several different sponsorship packages.
- $500 – 10 jerseys
- $1000 – full team – 21 jerseys
- $1500 – two full teams – 42 jerseys
- $5000 – 10 full teams – This will also get you signage at all tournaments and your logo and website link on our website main page for five years
"Every business that sponsors will be assigned, or can choose one of three locations on the jersey to have their color logo placed," said Romanow. "The jerseys will be high quality, so they will last at least five years, but we're hoping they'll last 10."
If you would like more information or would like to sponsor the new DMBA's jerseys, you can check out the DMBA on Facebook. You can also call Jodie at 572-5182.
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Not much went right for the Dauphin Kings, as they fell, 9-2, against the Portage Terriers tonight.
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Russell's Tyson Zimmer has been having quite the season with the Bantam Parkland Rangers, and now, he's getting prepared for the Manitoba Winter Games, in early March.
"It means a lot to get the opportunity to play in the games," said Zimmer. "Not that many kids get the chance, so I'm just going to do my best, and hopefully it works out."
In 28 games, the 13-year-old has been red-hot, scoring 29 goals, and adding 20 helpers.
"I've been training a lot," said Zimmer. "I've been shooting more in games, so, the more shots I take, the better chance I have at scoring, and it's been working so far."
Zimmer will be one of seven players from the Parkland Rangers that will suit up for team West (White) at the games when they kick off in Thompson.
"We have a great group of guys," said Zimmer. "It's going to be nice to meet some of the new guys, and play with them. The team is stacked with a bunch of really good players, so it's super exciting."
Zimmer and the rest of his team kick off their games on March 4.
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In just 26 days, Roblin's Aidan Brook will be lacing up his skates to compete at the Manitoba Winter Games.
"It feels pretty unreal to be selected," said Brook. "I can't wait for the games to start."
The 14-year-old Roblin native, will be one of seven Parkland Rangers on Team West (White) and the rest of the team members are from Southwest, Yellowhead, RHA and Central Plains.
"I'm looking forward to getting to know the new guys," said Brook. "We had some good practices at the pre-tournament tryouts, so I feel pretty confident that we'll all connect pretty easily."
In 32 games this season, Brook has 17 points, three of which are goals. Last year in 32 games, Brook had just eight points. Next season, Brook will look to make the Midget Parkland Rangers.
"I'll be playing against all the best Bantam players in Manitoba, in March, which should get me ready for next season," said Brook. "I need to bring back the compete level, and get better every shift."
Aidan won't be a rookie at the games when they kick off in less than a month. Brook took part in the last Manitoba Summer Games.
"It's awesome that this is going to be the second games I've played in," said Brook. "Getting the chance to play with some new people, and improve my skill, is really exciting for me."
Brook and his team kick off their games on March 4.
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An initiative, spearheaded by the players from the McCreary Atom Mustangs hockey team, has raised more than $12,700 for Ronald McDonald House.
"All of the players on our team have been going out and getting pledges, for each goal we score this season," said Syd Gower, Head Coach. "Then at the end of the season, which just ended, we were going to tally it all up, and donate it to the RMH in Winnipeg."
In 14 games this season, not only did the Mustangs go 14-0, but they scored 192 goals, and each goal was worth just under $67.
"I think the success we had was overwhelming for everyone," said Gower. "Nobody expected to raise as much money as we did. We sort of thought if we reached $5,000, we would be more then happy, but we more then doubled that, so it's great."
The Mustangs will travel to Winnipeg, to hand-deliver the over-$12,700 to the Ronald McDonald House, in the coming weeks.
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Brayden Paterson is well into his first season with the Meaford Knights of the Greater Metro JR.A Hockey League.
"It's been a really good learning experience," said Paterson. "The people are great. It's different playing with people from around the world, but it's interesting. It's just a lot of fun playing out here."
Paterson, who played his high school hockey with the Dauphin Clippers, is starting to get more comfortable playing Jr. hockey every day.
"It's definitely a lot faster pace out here," said Paterson. "We're on the ice every day, and in the gym. I'm learning a lot, and I'm definitely getting used to it more every day."
The 18-year-old Dauphin native has played just three games with the Knights, but Paterson loves the Jr. hockey life, and he continues to work as hard as he can to get in the lineup on a more consistent basis.
"We have a great group of guys that push me to get better," said Paterson. "I'm just working hard, and I know it will pay off in the end."
Paterson expects to be playing Jr.A hockey for a few more years, but where, is still to be determined.
"I'm really not sure where I'll be playing," said Paterson. "I was thinking of coming back to Dauphin, but it all depends. We'll see what the Knights offer me, and I'll go from there."
The Knights are fifth in the North Division, with a 20-13-5 record.
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The Dauphin Kings are back on the ice tonight as they welcome the Portage Terriers to town, for the fifth meeting between the two teams this season.
In four prior meetings against the Dogs this season, the Kings are 1-3, with the lone win coming at Credit Union Place, in October.
The Kings will play the Terriers twice this week, tonight being the first, and then this Friday when the two teams hook up at Stride Place.
Kyle Oleksiuk comes into the game as the hottest King, with points in four straight games, with three of them being goals, while he’s chipped in three assists in the last two games.
Jaymes Knee is also in the middle of a four-game point streak, with one goal and four assists.
The game starts up tonight at 7:30 at Credit Union Place.
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The Dauphin Kings are getting set to welcome the Portage Terriers to Credit Union Place, tomorrow night.
The Kings and Terriers hooked up four times this season, with the Kings winning the first meeting between the two teams, way back in October.
Tomorrow's meeting is the first of two-straight between the two clubs, as the Kings will head to Portage on Friday night.
The Kings are coming off a mixed bag of results over the weekend, as they beat Wayway on Friday, but fell on Saturday night, against the Selkirk Steelers.
The puck drops tomorrow night at 7:30, and you can hear Friday's game right here on 730CKDM, kicking off with the pregame show just before 7:20.
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In just over a month, Russell's Keaton Ziprick will be in Thompson, for the Manitoba Winter Games.
Ziprick, who plays club hockey with the Bantam Parkland Rangers, will suit up on team West (Green), at the games.
"It feels really good to be chosen to play at the games," said Ziprick. "I just want to bring my A-game out there, and I'm really excited to play with some new kids."
Three other Rangers players will join Ziprick on the green team, and 13 other players from the west part of the province.
"It's going to be a little tough getting used to playing with players that I usually play against," said Ziprick. "But, once I play a game with them, it's going to be really fun."
The 2018 Manitoba Winter Games men's U16 hockey tournament will feature eight-teams, and several scouts will be in attendance, as players compete to try and make team Manitoba that will represent the province at the 2019 Canada Summer Games.
"I'm confident, and feel like I have a really good chance, at making that team," said Ziprick. "It's going to be really fun playing in front of the scouts. Just the whole experience and everything, it's going to be a lot of fun, and I can't wait."
The men's hockey tournament takes place from March 4-7 at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena.
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