Logan Unger and Elijah Durksen scored two goals each as Niverville defeated Macdonald 7-2 in the lone game in the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League Sunday. Ethan Fehr, Matt Hill and Dylan Peters also scored for the hometown Clippers. Dryden Bound and Eric Bossuyt replied for the Swarm.

 

The Manitoba Female U18 AAA Hockey League’s Eastman Selects first game of 2022 scheduled for Sunday against the Winnipeg Avros in Niverville was postponed due to COVID protocol.

 

Kyle Connor scored his team leading 19th goal of the season 2:39 into overtime to lift Winnipeg past Vegas 5-4. Jansen Harkins, Kristian Reichel, Paul Stastny and Andrew Copp also scored for the Jets who last played on December 19th when they beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2. Winnipeg had five games cancelled due to COVID concerns and attendance restrictions. Brandon’s Zach Whitecloud had a pair of assists for the Golden Knights.

 

Evan Cormier stopped 29 of 30 shots as Manitoba defeated the Iowa Wild 2-1. Declan Chisholm and Todd Burgess did the goal scoring for the Moose who played their first game since losing 4-1 to the Wild back on December 17th. Manitoba had two games with the Texas Stars and two games with the Abbotsford Canucks postponed due to COVID concerns.

 

The Grey Cup champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers added three players to their 2022 roster and they are quarterback Dru Brown, defensive lineman Cedric Wilcots and defensive back Mike Hampton. Brown ended the 2021 CFL season on the Bombers practice roster.