The Brandon Wheat Kings selected Russian defenseman Andrei Malyavin with the 34th overall pick in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. The 18-year-old Voronezh native recorded two goals and 13 points in 44 games this past season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sarnia Sting. Malyavin joins Belarusian forward Zakhar Polshakov who was chosen with the 29th overall pick of of the 2021 CHL Import Draft. Polshakov had five goals and 19 points in 55 games during his first season with the Wheat Kings in 2021-22. Teams are permitted to carry a maximum of two imports.


The Winnipeg Goldeyes fell 5-3 to Sioux City. Danny Amaral won it for the Explorers with a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning. The Fish have lost three in a row since their season high six-game winning streak came to an end on Wednesday.


The first edition of the latest World Curling event – the Pan Continental Curling Championship – will be hosted at Calgary’s WinSport Arena from October 30th – November 5th. This championship will feature an A and B division providing teams a direct route to the World Championships, similar to the European Championships format. Member Associations of the Federation voted in September 2021 that two zones – the America’s and Pacific-Asia zone – will merge as one qualifying championship to ensure equal opportunities for all associations. These championships will qualify five teams to the World Women’s and Men’s Championships, while the European Curling Championships will have seven guaranteed qualification spots in the World Championship. The women’s teams competing this year will be Canada, United States, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Australia. The men’s teams are Canada, United States, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China, Chinese Taipei and New Zealand.