Day one of the MJHL-SJHL Showcase is in the books, and three games were played yesterday.  Game one was between team MJHL 20U Red and team SJHL 20U Gold; the MJHL 20U Red is not only being coached by Coach Eric Labrosse but also features a plethora of Blizz players like Brett Ward, Miguel Bouvier and Keenan McNeill, to name a few. Winkler centerman Brody Beauchemin orchestrated a power play goal to put team Red on the board first. Shortly after, team Gold was able to bang in back-to-back goals to make it a 2-1 game. Late in the second, team Gold scored again and made it a 3-1 game for the SJHL squad. Early in the third, Niklas Gudmundson made the game a bit closer by recording his first goal for Team Red, but not too long after, team Gold bagged another goal to make the score 4-2. Late in the third, team Gold added another one via a power play to make the final score 5-2.

The next game featured team MJHL 20U Black and SJHL 20U White and saw team White put on an offensive clinic.  Eight goals were scored between the two teams in the second period. Two came from Niverville's Matteo Speranza and Portages Decker Mujcin; the rest were scored by team White, with two being short-handed goals. The next goal was scored early in the third by Steeler forward Wyatt Witham, followed by a power play goal by Decker Mujcin. With the score being 6-4 for Team White, the game was most definitely within reach for Team Black; that was the case until Team White chalked up three unanswered goals to make the final score 9-4.

The closest game was yesterday's last contest between team MJHL 18U White and SJHL 18U Blue. Blizz defender Esteban Cinq-Mars gave Team White the lead early in the second by scoring his first goal in the showcase; a few minutes later, Adam Mater of the Winnipeg Blues made it a 2-0 game for Team White. Team Blue was able to score one soon after Matar's goal, and they were able to tie up the game at the halfway point in the third. The game would eventually be decided via shootout after a quiet overtime period and see Selkrik forward Remy Hlady win the game for team White.

Three more games will happen today; this time, team SJHL 20U Gold will do battle against team MJHL 20U Black, then team MJHL 20U Red will go toe to toe with team SJHL 20U White, and lastly, team MJHL 18U White will rematch team SJHL 18U Blue.