The defending Manitoba Junior Hockey League champion Steinbach Pistons were held to just one goal for the second straight playoff game. Brody Beauchemin scored the go-ahead goal shorthanded 11:18 into the second period as the Winkler Flyers downed the visiting Pistons 3-1 Sunday night at the Centennial Arena. Zach Nicolas and Lucas Ens also scored for the Flyers who lead the best-of-seven Turnbull Cup final two games to none. Kirk Mullen opened the scoring for the Pistons 12:41 into the opening period. Flyers goaltender Malachi Klassen stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced in game two. Steinbach's Cole Plowman made 26 saves. The Pistons lost the series opener 2-1 last Friday. It's the first time Steinbach has lost back-to-back playoff games since the Swan Valley Stampeders defeated the Pistons 4-3 and 3-2 in games four and five of last year's semifinals. Game three goes Tuesday night at the Niverville Recreation Centre.


The Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League champion Brandon Wheat Kings play their preliminary round opener at the Telus Cup in Membertou, Nova Scotia today (1 p.m.) against the Quebec champion Cantonniers de Magog. The Wheat Kings will also face the host Sydney Rush, the Calgary Buffaloes, Kensington Wild and Markham Waxers. The top four teams advance to the semifinals. 


Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor each scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Colorado Avalanche 7-6 Sunday night in front of a sold-out white-out crowd of 15,225 at Canada Life Centre in game one of the NHL's best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series. Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets. Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar, Nathan McKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen, Miles Wood and Casey Mittelstadt replied for the Avalanche. Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck made 40 saves in net for the Jets while Alexandar Georgiev stopped 16 shots for Colorado. Game two goes Tuesday night (8:30 p.m.) at Canada Life Centre. 


Kadriana Lott & Colton Lott have a 3-0 round robin record at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Oestersund, Sweden. The Manitoba and Canadian champions beat Zuzana Paulova & Tomas Paul of Czechia 8-3 and Vanessa Tonoli & Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands 11-0. Lott & Lott will face Jiyoon Kim & Byeongjin Jeong of South Korea today at 7 a.m.


The opening day for the La Broquerie golf course is today. 

baseball_2023Susanne Dandenault, Greg Dzioba, Gabrielle Wishart, David Howes & Janet McMahon (photo courtesy Sport Manitoba)

A celebration was held last Thursday for our province's highest achievements in sport from 2023. Sport Manitoba President & CEO Janet McMahon will join Clayton Dreger on Sportsbeat which airs Mondays at 5:15 p.m. on AM 1250 Radio.