Written by Adam Peleshaty (The Manitoban)
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On June - 4 - 2011
Written by Casandra Anderson
So it is official for now, Winnipeg is now the new home to a blossoming NHL team and Winnipeggers could not be any happier or prouder. May 31 is the new unofficial holiday for Canadian hockey fans. As Gary Bettman, Mark Chipman, David Thomson and countless media press like Sportsnet, CBC, fan 590 and even the famous Stephen Brunt gathered at the MTS center to give a press conference regarding the purchase of Georgia’s own Atlanta Thrashers.
On April - 28 - 2011
Written by Adam Peleshaty
The IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championship begins Apr. 29 in the Slovakian cities of Kosice and Bratislava. This year’s edition will be the 75th ever held but it will be the first one ever held in Slovakia. The Canadians will be looking to improve on a worst-ever 7th place finish last year in Germany, due to the fact that most players on the gold-medal Olympic winning hockey team declined to participate. Canada has not won a men’s world title since 2007. Last year, the Czechs upset the Russians for the gold medal.
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On February - 10 - 2011
Written by Adam Peleshaty
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held in Charlottetown from Feb 19 – 27 and the field for this year’s event will be especially strong. Featuring six of the top 15 teams in the country right now, according to the national team rankings, and eleven of the twelve skips in this event have won at least one national curling title either in the Scotties, Canadian Juniors, or Canadian Mixed championships.
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On February - 1 - 2011
Written by Jo Villaverde
I got my first sense that the Super Bowl was around the corner when I went to the bank today and at the ATM was a man wearing a Steelers jacket. It is no news that I am a giant Packer fan so the sight of that man sparked my eye. Normally, a guy wearing a jacket of an extremely popular NFL team would not mean anything. But this week, he was the enemy and I wanted to take him down.
