The St. Malo Warriors dropped a 6-4 decision to the Arborg Ice Dawgs. Tre Strachan made 44 saves and Brayden Broome had a hat trick for the hometown Ice Dawgs who evened the best-of-seven Capital Region Junior Hockey League semifinal at a game apiece. Dayden Collier had a pair of goals for the Warriors while singles went to Thomas Maynard and Brady Gregoire. Game three goes Tuesday in St. Malo.


Hockey Manitoba Provincial Championships that wrap up today include the CO-ED Under-15 Rural B in Landmark. The CO-ED Under-11 Rural A1 Championship is in Niverville/Ste. Agathe and the Rural A2 Provincials are in Springfield.


The Winnipeg Ice scored five goals in a 10-minute span of the second period en route to an 8-3 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings at Westoba Place. Conor Geekie had a hat trick for the Ice who went 7-3 on their 10-game road trip. Nate Danielson, Nolan Flamand and Calder Anderson did the goal scoring for the Wheat Kings.


The Winnipeg Jets five-game losing skid came to an end Saturday night at Canada Life Centre. Josh Morrissey had two goals and an assist as Winnipeg defeated Edmonton 7-5. Mark Scheifele, Morgan Barron, Dylan DeMelo, Adam Lowry and Kyle Capobianco also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves. Leon Draisaitl had a hat trick for the Oilers who beat Winnipeg 6-3 Friday night in Edmonton.


Both Manitoba teams played their round robin openers Saturday afternoon at the Brier in London, Ontario. Matt Dunstone defeated Kelly Knapp of Saskatchewan 9-3. Reid Carruthers lost 6-4 to Tanner Horgan of Northern Ontario. Dunstone will face Jake Higgs of Nunavut on Sunday. Carruthers will take on Jamie Koe of Northwest Territories and Nathan Young of Newfoundland & Labrador.