The Manitoba Junior Hockey League and it’s member clubs are pleased to release the 2019 preseason schedule.  The schedule consists of a total of thirty-seven (37) games spanning from September 2 – 15.

This year’s preseason will also see nine (9) inter-league exhibitions with several member MJHL clubs facing off with the Flin Flon Bombers, Melville Millionaires, and Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).  The Winkler Flyers will also feature in a home-and-home set against the Thief River Falls (MN) Norskies of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL)

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Main Camp Information:

The OCN Blizzard Management and Coaching staff are pleased to announce our Main Camp which will take place Aug 30th till Sept 1st @ the Gordon Lathlin Memorial Center.

Camp will consist of 4 teams featuring all drafted, signed, returning  and free agent players looking to earn a spot on the 2019-2020 Blizzard.

Camp Cost will be $100 and can be paid via Email Money Transfer to blizzard.reception@hotmail.com password Blizzard

Camp Schedule:

Thursday August 29th

6:00pm Check in and Meet and Greet

Friday August 30th:

8:30 AM Blue and Black Fitness Testing

9:00 AM Red vs White

10:30 AM Blue vs Black

11:00 AM  Red and White Fitness Testing

1:00 PM Red and White Goalie Session

2:10 PM Blue and Black Goalie Session

6:00 PM Red vs Black

7:30 PM Blue vs White

Saturday August 31st:

10:00 AM Red vs Blue

11:30 AM White vs Black

1:00pm Team Building exercise Red and Black

2:15 Team Building Exercise

6:30 pm Red vs White

8:00pm Blue vs Black

Sunday Sept 1st:

10:00 Am All Star Game

12pm Exit Interviews

To Register for Camp Please Click Here —–> https://form.jotform.com/92034544269257

For any Questions please feel free to contact:

General Manager Greg Hunter —- ghunter@ksd.mb.ca

Assistant GM and Associate Head Coach Ryan Wood – wood14@rocketmail.com

Associate Head Coach and Assistant General Manager of the OCN Blizzard Ryan Wood is excited to be joining the OCN Blizzard coaching staff.
Ryan had the chance to chat with the NEW voice of the OCN Blizzard Ryan Schultz and talk some Blizzard hockey and the subtle differences between junior hockey in Ontario and junior hockey in Manitoba..
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Sports Reporter Ryan Schultz had a chance to catch up with newly acquired OCN Blizzard Defenseman Josh Bear.
Josh chats to Ryan via phone from Whitewood, SK.

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OCN Blizzard fans, mark your calendars. After a one year hiatus, the customary preseason showdown between the Flin Flon Bombers and OCN Blizzard is back.

The Bombers will have their final preseason matchup against the Blizzard Sept. 7, facing their northern and cross league rivals for the first time in two years.

 The Blizzard and Bombers only meet in preseason games due to each being in separate leagues.

The two sides typically play a home-and-home series against each other every fall, but the series did not take place last year after Blizzard management deemed holding the series clashed with the team’s training camp schedule.

While the SJHL has not released a full regular season schedule for the upcoming season, the season traditionally starts in mid-September.

The complete MJHL Schedule is available -------->here<----------

its been quite the 2019 for Hockey Prospect and Grand Rapids, Manitoba native Connor Roulette.

Roulette was the Seattle Thunderbirds second round selection, 34^th overall, in the 2018 Bantam Draft. Last season Roulette played in one game as a T-Bird. He played 43 games with the Winnipeg Thrashers in the MMHL last season and had 41 goals and 47 assists for 88 points.

Roulette played for Team Manitoba in February at the Canada Winter Games and had four goals and four assists in six games. Roulette signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement with the team on June 5, 2018.

Roulette has  been named to the Selection Camp for Canada’s U-17 team that will be competing at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

The Selection Camp is July 19 to July 26 (NEXT WEEK)at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic  Park in Calgary, Alberta.

The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge takes place November 2 to November 9 in Medicine Hat, Alberta and Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

CJAR Sports Reporter Ryan Schultz had a chance to chat with Connor!...............CLICK FOR FULL INTERVIEW!!

Leach is among 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada, in a list that includes scientists, health-care advocates, jurists, actors, athletes and public servants. They join nearly 7,000 people on the honor roll — “the elites that Canada has to offer,” Leach says — since its introduction more than five decades ago, including Leach’s relative, educator Rev. Frederic Leach.

Leach joins former Philadelphia Flyers teammate Bobby Clarke, in the Order of Canada. Leach is being honored for his work in promoting sport as a way to build healthy communities, part of his regular talks with Indigenous youth.

His NHL career started in the fall of 1970, three years after the Order of Canada was created in 1967 to mark Canada’s centenary.

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