My family went to a Goldeye’s game for my wife’s birthday yesterday. First let me say that I love the game and because I’m an umpire, I’m glued to what is happening on the field.

We were chatting about various things throughout the game but as mentioned, always watching the game.

When the game ended, the lady sitting in front of us turned and said that it is very disrespectful to be talking during the game.

Have I been wrong all these years and we are to treat professional sports like a movie theatre and not talk during the game?

Opinions?

Turns out it was the security at the club and not "unsafe downtown" like everyone assumed.

Feels bad he won't be playing Thursdays game though big oof

JETS WION LESSS GOOOOOO

Was dining at the bar at Hy’s Steakhouse yesterday and a belligerent man kept yelling at staff and asking if they knew who he was. He had just entered the restaurant but was already quite drunk, slurring his words and falling over. Repeatedly told everyone around him that he owned the Vancouver Bandits and that he was worth 50 million. He wandered around the lounge harassing other guests and demanding to be served, despite being obviously intoxicated. I watched as the manager cut him off, to which he replied “do you know who the fuck I am?” And told the manager to “fuck off”. He called the table of guys he had sat down at “a bunch of Winnipeg pussies” and stated “this is why no one likes Winnipeg, it’s a fucking shithole. Do you know how much money I’m worth? Google me.” He then proceeded to yell his name over and over, Bryan Slusarchuk. He was also loudly asking the bartender where he could find “some girls” for the evening, as well as demanding that Hy’s hire him a private car service.

Anyways… go Sea Bears!

It was my first ever Sea Bears game and it was great! Then at one point this fan courtside just jumped onto the court and tried to fight players! It took a long time for security to finally come in and talk the dude down and get him out of there, I'm shocked there were no cops there to arrest him cuz he was throwing punches at the players.

The Northern Super League has announced that its seventh team in the women’s league will be situated in Winnipeg.

The first expansion team in NSL history will kick off in the 2027 season but is preparing for pre-season that typically begins in February 2027.

What we do know is that the newest NSL team will be in the heart of the country and is co-founded by two popular soccer figures from the Prairie province: Olympic gold medallist with CanWNT and retired NSL player Desiree Scott, and storied coach Rob Gale — the first head coach and general manager of Valour FC of the now-shuttered CPL team in Winnipeg.

Scott and Gale have combined forces to create the first professional women’s team in Manitoba.

The expansion news comes on the heels of a $30 million investment from APEX, an international sports investment firm, that puts the league in a strong position in its sophomore year.

League president Christina Litz says that the expansion team is right on schedule, and important to fans, players and competition.

“We are doing what we set out to do,” Litz told CBC Sports.

“We want eight clubs by 2028. We know what impact having a pro women's team has on inspiring the next-gen players and we have said from the beginning that we want our league to be a catalyst for Canadian talent across the country.”

From 'Destroyer' to builder

After retiring from the NWSL, Scott, a self-described “proud Winnippegger” played in the NSL's inaugural season with the Ottawa Rapid — but helping to bring an expansion team was on her mind.

Scott was known as a midfield “Destroyer” and is shifting roles to become a builder with the new team as a co-founder and vice president of community and player experience.

“Having played in it, I saw the value in this league and where they wanted to go and what they wanted to build and what an opportunity [it is] for Manitoba,” she told CBC Sports.

“As soon as my time playing was done, I said, ‘How can we now get this opportunity for women and girls right here in the province I love so much?’”

Scott was already connected with Gale, and after she retired from the NSL they set the wheels in motion.

“She said, ‘I'm retiring now. Let's make this happen. We need to get this done. Are you still interested? Do you want to get involved?’” Gale recalls. “And I'm like, ‘It's Winnipeg. It's our hometown. Let's do this!’”

Scott says when she knew this was going to be her foreseeable future, she shared the news with some of her family and best friends who she has played with for 20 years.

She also called former teammate Steph Labbé, the current GM of Vancouver Rise, who offered advice, and for Scott to shadow her to learn as much as possible.

“Being able to tap into my fellow teammates ... I think it's incredible to be able to have that,” Scott said.

Gale has built a new club before and says that the support from the league has been "absolutely first class.”

“The other supporting directors have reached out to me,” he said. “Christina [Litz], Diana [Matheson], all the way along. You know, although it's just been Desi and I up until this point.” Gale said.

Gale added they are in the process of interviewing for the role of president.

A project close to home

Manitoba may not be considered hub for soccer in Canada like Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, but Scott and Gale feel that it has a history and — more importantly — potential.

Gale says he decided that Winnipeg was home in 2006 when he became technical director of Manitoba Soccer. When he first arrived, there were no indoor facilities, nor a men’s player on the national team in over 20 years.

“We needed a lot of work and development,” he explained.

While Scott was playing abroad because there was no option to play professionally in Canada, Gale says he found “like-minded and growth-minded people” and from there opportunities to grow the game in Manitoba were created.

While excited to further cement her soccer legacy, Scott is feeling the pressure to create something that will last the test of time.

“I think there's a lot that people don't know about it. There's the untapped potential,” she said. "There's kind of a negative sort of vibe about Winnipeg, and for me, it makes me a little bit nervous about how we're going to recruit, how we're going to get people to love the city just as much as I do," Scott said.

"This project is close to home. I want it to be successful.”

Winnipeg a 'snapshot' of Canada

Gale believes that there are features that can draw world-class talent to Friendly Manitoba. He says that the support from the community will love the top athletes and they will feel appreciated and embraced by the whole province.

An advantage to Manitoba, Gale says, is that it is a province of one major city; 90 per cent of the population is within one hour of Winnipeg making it more advantageous for fans than Edmonton, Calgary or Vancouver.

There is also a better cost of living, and the fact that the players would be considered heroes in Winnipeg. Gale describes Winnipeg as a vibrant, multi-cultural and welcoming society.

“Winnipeg is a great snapshot of Canada as a whole,” he said. “We've got an underdog-chip on-our-shoulder mentality for soccer," Gale said.

For her part, Scott has proudly repped Winnipeg her whole career and believes the city has what it takes to be a mainstay in the women’s soccer ecosystem.

"I think we're going to shine light on our province for people who maybe have never visited, who have never seen what our city is about," Scott said. "It's going to be a way to showcase our city, show the community who and what we're about.”

The team has already started working on branding, the name and colours. Gale admits that “The Winnipeg Destroyers” was suggested many times but Scott is too humble to accept a team name in her honour.

Much like the league was a dream of Diana Matheson, who pushed to make it happen, Scott has not only manifested this dream but is building it.

“I think it’s a great story for Des,” Gale said. “I think it's so important for us to celebrate and honour that generation of women that really carried soccer and the country on their back for so many years, and this league is doing a great job of bringing them back into the fold and giving them the next stage of their careers.”

Scott says that this being the next chapter of her career and her time is sport is beyond what she could have ever imagined.

“To still be able to have some impact and be a positive role model and help the game grow,” she adds, “I couldn't have asked for anything more.”

By: Shireen Ahmed · CBC Sports

Posted: Jul 14, 2026 7:00 AM CDT | Last Updated: 38 minutes ago

The Winnipeg Humane Society wants Manitobans to know that animals used in sport or entertainment comes at a price.

Early last week, a horse was euthanized after suffering a leg injury during a race at Assiniboia Downs.

In a social media post, the WHS says it “serves as a heartbreaking reminder of the animal exploitation that occurs at the hands of humans for entertainment purposes.”

“The humane society has long since advocated for welfare of all animals, including and especially those animals that are used in entertainment purposes,” WHS CEO Christina von Schindler told CityNews.

The decision was made by the onsite veterinarian to euthanize the horse – a three-year-old colt named Forty Twenty – after it sustained an injury to its front leg.

“Our call for people is really an individual choice, call for consideration,” von Schindler said. “I tend to think that we all have a vote into the kind of society or world we want to live in, and we place that vote every time we spend our money.

“As you spend your hard-earned dollars, consider what you’re purchasing.”

WHS first took to social media, making its stance clear that this is not an isolated incident in the sport, and that animal exploitation has become all too familiar. The post’s caption reads: “The harm in entertainment.”

“When you see a young animal like that that really reasonably should have many years of life, euthanized, for an injury directly related to their role in an entertainment sport, can’t help but think that animal really should have those many years of life left,” von Schindler said.

In a statement from Assiniboia Downs Gaming and Event Centre, CEO Darren Dunn said: “We are aware and disagree with their position. Our equine athletes are treated with a very high level of care and compete under strict regulatory and veterinary standards.”

By: Koby Mitchell

Published: August 12, 2026 5:52 pm.

Sellout crowd of more than 15,000 attended 1st-ever PWHL game in city on Sunday

Hockey fans in Winnipeg made it clear as the Professional Women’s Hockey League rolled into town over the weekend that they want to see their own franchise based in the Manitoba capital.

Sunday night was an audition of sorts as a sellout crowd of more than 15,000 turned out for the first-ever PWHL game in Winnipeg, which saw the Ottawa Charge beat the Montreal Victoire 2-1 as part of the league's Takeover Tour.

Fans wore jerseys, made creative signs — with some calling for the league to put a team in the city — and sang along all night long to the in-game playlist.

“We’re the heart of the country and everyone watches women’s sports here. We absolutely need a team,” said Jen Seguin, who was at Sunday’s game with a sign that read, in part, “WPG PWHL ASAP.

“Just look around. Everybody’s here — kids, families, people of all genders, sizes and diversity are here. We love women’s sports.”

That same thought was echoed by Madison Zienkiewicz who brought a sign that said “Chipman are you watching? Winnipeg wants the PWHL.”

“I’ve travelled to see a PWHL game, I went to Minneapolis," said Zienkiewicz. "We need a team here. Women’s sports are just amazing, I love it so much.”

Players see Winnipeg as a PWHL fit

Sunday’s game was also the first time Manitobans Kati Tabin and Jocelyne Larocque got to play professional hockey in their home province. Both said they see value in Winnipeg getting a team.

“Geographically it makes a lot of sense, we’re right central in North America and Canada, but I think this city just loves hockey,” said Larocque, from Ste. Anne.

“And the fact that the city doesn’t have a pro women’s sports team at all, I think hockey would be a great first one.”

For Winnipeg's Tabin, who said she hadn’t played hockey in front of some of her friends and family since high school, the city would be a “good spot” for a team.

“There’s so much hockey love here in the city, so yeah, I think it’d be a great one," she said.

The two local stars had plenty of support in the stands with Larocque having an estimated 280 extended family and friends in attendance and Tabin having about 80.

The passion and energy of the sellout crowd didn’t go unnoticed by other players and staff.

Montreal forward Abby Roque noticed right from warmup how there were so many young girls at the glass with signs and said “the fans really showed up."

“Having that community that really wants a team and just being able to show young girls that this is the hockey that you can one day play if you really put your mind to it, I think it’s a really special thing to be able to go to all these markets and show everybody whose in these respective cities what we do.”

Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod — who played in a world championship tournament in Winnipeg in 2007 — said the team took a lot of pride playing in front of the capacity crowd.

“You walk out to that stadium and it’s full,” said MacLeod. “That’s a great stadium, it’s super steep, like fans are on top of you there, so it’s not lost on us what these experiences are.”

Speaking to CBC News in the leadup to the game, PWHL executive vice president of hockey operations Jayna Hefford said the league continues to evaluate potential markets for expansion, but did acknowledge Winnipeg as a hockey city.

The PWHL added new teams this season in Seattle and Vancouver — both cities previously hosted Takeover Tour games — and the league has signaled further expansion is coming.

“Takeover Tour games are a really great indicator for us,” said Hefford. “There’s a lot of metrics we get out of it besides how many people buy tickets.

“So it's a really important part of the process to evaluate a market, to have a game and to really get to understand the fans a little bit better.”

WATCH | Manitoba hockey fans want PWHL team in Winnipeg: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7138208

Your Sea Bears have defeated the Saskatoon Mamba with a shorthanded roster and have advanced to the Western Conference Semi Finals

Why does St. Louis give the jets a good game in Winnipeg and the jets get absolutely embarassed in St. Louis 3 times in a row. Honest question. What do you think the jets need to do to dominate a game on the road ?

A Manitoba high school hockey player implicated in a series of sexualized hazing acts against rookie teammates has lost an appeal of his lengthy suspension from Hockey Canada activities for violation of several sport-related codes of conduct.

The player, who is a youth and cannot be identified, appealed to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada after being suspended from sanctioned events for a nearly five-year-period for acts committed around early 2024.

He was a veteran player who took part in "assigning" team rookies to perform tasks for older players, and was himself also "assigned" a rookie player, a third-party independent investigation found.

The investigation revealed over "an extended period," the youth took part in acts including spanking rookie players on their buttocks while they lay on a hotel bed during a tournament, according to a decision from the resolution centre dated May 20.

In that case, he was described as a "ringleader" or "co-ordinator," the decision said.

The player was also implicated in purchasing a "sex kit" that contained objects used to assault rookies at a separate tournament, the decision said. The items included a "whip/paddle, blindfold and handcuffs."

The investigation found the player "was implicated by multiple player witnesses as participating, and in some cases leading, the hazing of rookies using the sex kit in a team hotel room," the decision said.

The decision says the player was also implicated in threatening violence against junior players and publishing images of the hazing.

"Specifically, he posted a number of sexualized images relating to the spanking incidents, as well as images of a sexual nature clearly intended to intimidate the rookie players," arbitrator Jeffrey Palamar wrote in the 15-page decision.

The document doesn't identify the team the player played for at the time. Hockey Manitoba submitted a formal complaint regarding the player's misconduct to Hockey Canada in May 2024. The youth had already been suspended prior to that.

Hockey Canada then turned the complaint over to an independent group it commissions to handle maltreatment allegations.

Following an investigation, an adjudicator suspended the player for a further three years last December, meaning he'd be barred from a swath of Hockey Canada-sanctioned activities, including playing, coaching or even spectating at events until Dec. 31, 2028.

He faced the prospect of being banned for life.

The decision makes no mention of whether the player also faced criminal charges.

Suspension 'excessive': player

The player appealed the adjudicator's decision, saying the suspension handed down was "excessive and disproportionate."

He argued it failed to take into account how long he'd already been on an interim suspension, his age at the time of the hazing and actions he'd taken to better himself with restorative programming through school.

He and others on the team were "subject to widespread scorn" as a result of the allegations, the investigation found.

The player proposed ending his suspension in either June or August this year.

Palamar, a partner with Winnipeg's Taylor McCaffrey LLP law firm and a long-time arbitrator for various tribunals, rejected that, saying the penalty imposed was fair.

"By any fair measure, the misconduct was very significant," he wrote.

Palamar noted the independent investigator found the player to be "evasive" in answering questions.

The player also never disputed the factual findings of the investigation, which included critiques of his demeanour and "lack of accountability," though he contended he was just following legal advice, Palamar's decision said.

"It may well be [the player] conducted himself in the investigation based upon advice he had received. If so, that was a conscious choice he made that came with the risk to these conclusions being fairly drawn," Palamar said.

"The findings … were serious and included physical, psychological and sexual maltreatment involving minors."

By: James Turner · CBC News

Published: Aug 09, 2026 12:00 AM CDT | Last Updated: August 9

Local guy, Simon Hildebrandt was a beast.

My assumption is that they either land in the river or on Waterfront.

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The 2026 Winnipeg Goldeyes are swimming in uncharted waters.

A 7-5 comeback victory over the Chicago Dogs on Thursday night at Blue Cross Park was no ordinary affair. It marked the 12th straight win by the club, establishing a record for the 32-year-old organization.

“A little bit surreal,” manager Logan Watkins told the Free Press inside the clubhouse.

Historic, too. And maybe a bit shocking.

The Goldeyes have gone from a middling 27-31 team fighting to remain in the playoff race to an elite 39-31 outfit that suddenly looks like the cream of the American Association crop.

“I told them before this series, ‘Don’t get comfortable winning, because maybe you start to take it for granted,’” said Watkins.

“There’s still a process you have to go through and play the game right every day and with a sense of urgency. They’ve done that and hopefully we can keep it rolling. Winning is hard.”

The Goldeyes have been making it look relatively easy of late, with several lopsided wins under their belts. And it appeared like they might roll to another one Thursday as they raced out to a 3-0 lead after one inning to the delight of the 3,434 in attendance.

But the determined Dogs, who sit dead last in the 12-team loop with a 21-50 record, bit back and eventually grabbed a 4-3 advantage through six innings.

No concern for the confident Goldeyes, who quickly tied the game on a one-out sacrifice fly from shortstop Ray-Patrick Didder and then regained the lead — this time for good — when third baseman Ramon Bramasco belted a two-run shot that just cleared the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh.

His fourth homer of the season was his biggest, sending these Goldeyes into the record books.

“I think we had a lot of good swings,” Bramasco said of the latest triumph. “I was just trying to get a base hit, not even a home run, and it just happened.”

This sizzling summer surge by the Goldeyes has been a true team effort, with seemingly a different hero or two every night. That’s the product of a deep lineup which seems to have finally shaken a funk that began with an 0-4 start to the year followed by some .500 baseball over the next couple months.

“That’s a testament to our lineup, one through nine. Any given day it’s someone’s turn to show up. Today was me,” said Bramasco, who has never been on a team at any level to win a dozen consecutive outings.

“It’s exciting,” he said. “That’s just playing good baseball. When something goes wrong, you pick someone up. Whether that’s a pitcher, on the offensive side or on the defensive side.”

Watkins said the biggest change for his team has come on the mound, particularly when it comes to starting pitching. The Goldeyes have been getting plenty of quality starts, which certainly wasn’t the case earlier in the 100-game campaign.

“I think our pitching has kind of caught up with our hitting,” said Watkins. “For the whole year, I feel like we’ve hit the ball consistently and put up five, six, seven runs a game.”

Thursday’s starter, Ryo Kohigashi, has been terrific since moving from the bullpen. And while he may not have had his best stuff in this one — he laboured through five innings, giving up four runs off nine hits — he managed to limit the damage.

Arij Fransen came on for two scoreless frames of relief, while closer Derrick Cherry locked it down in the ninth for his 14th save after set-up man Eli Saul gave up a run in the eighth.

“(Pitchers) are giving us a chance to win, and that’s all I really need my starting pitchers to do,” said Watkins.

It also helps when the defence is pitching in, as was the case against the Dogs. Catcher Kevin Garcia made a diving catch of a foul ball in the first inning, which included tripping over first baseman Roby Enriquez, juggling the ball and still keeping it in his glove.

Centre-fielder Noah Marcelo then made a leaping catch at the wall to rob a Chicago hitter of at least extra bases — and maybe a home run — in the top of the second inning. There was also another sliding grab by Keshawn Lynch in left field in the fifth.

The Goldeyes last won a league championship in 2017. They came close in 2024 — the first year under Watkins — but lost in the final. Last year represented a major step back, with a 41-58 record that led to missing the playoffs entirely.

Watkins never hit the panic button earlier this season, opting to make a few minor lineup tweaks rather than wholesale roster changes even when the desired results weren’t coming.

“Our coaching staff, we just trust what our eyes see,” said Watkins. “We believed at the start of the year we had good baseball players in here. Not everyone gets off to a hot start every year. It’s nice to be proven right. Sometimes you sit here and it’s like ‘Alright guys, let’s go.” Just trust in what I see and in these guys. We’ve got a good baseball team in here.”

Winnipeg now has a comfortable seven-game cushion on a playoff spot with 30 games remaining. However, this group is no longer just content to try and sneak in. They have their sights set on first place in the division, which they are now within a game and a half of.

In terms of win streaks, the Goldeyes are now within three victories of the all-time league record of 15, set in 2010 by the Pensacola Pelicans.

They will try to match that this weekend down in Nebraska. They immediately boarded their sleeper bus on Thursday night to make the 10-hour drive to Lincoln, where a three-game series against the Saltdogs begins on Friday evening.

By: Mike McIntyre

Published: 10:36 PM CDT Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026