2026-27 MANITOBA BISONS/USPORTS HOCKEY

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September 1, 2026: NEWS AROUND THE CW


There was no game between the Bisons and Moose on the Bison schedule, and the Moose have confirmed that no such game(s) will be played this year. The Moose face the Iowa Wild in the Twin Cities on Sept 25-26.

Links:
➤ Global News: Manitoba Moose announce pre-season schedule



The CW announced their Hall of Fame inductees. Pertaining to hockey, former Saskatchewan coach (and Team Canada Junior coach and NHL coach) Dave King was selected. Pertaining to the Bisons, their 1990-92 women's volleyball team was selected.

Links:
➤ Canada West (Prezly): Canada West Hall of Fame Unveils Class of 2026-27



When I delved into the Family Guys' roster on August 20, 2026, I had not saved the link for their story on Zach Coutu. I covered his stats back then, but the story link is here today.

Links:
➤ MacEwan: Talented Trail forward - Junior Oilers, SSAC product Coutu - returns home to boost the Griffins
      


Although Holy Trinity hasn't issued any sort of story this off-season, and were the last ones to update their Schedule & Results page, they are one of the first to release a roster page.

Goaltenders (4)
Returning
31 Cole Savage (1-1-1, 5.66 GAA, .861 S%)
35 Raphael Audet (1-8-2, 4.62, .905 S%)

Arrivals
1 Carter Capton - Victoria (BCHL), Camrose (AJHL)
90 Steven Bacovsky - Simon Fraser (Indy/NCAA2)

Audet and the departed Leon Sommer more-or-less split the duties. Trinity's goaltenders are often bombarded with shots so it is typically required to rotate goaltenders. Audet's .905 S% behind that team is pretty impressive.

Defencemen (10)
Returning
6 Eduard Wruck (27-0-3-3)
8 Samuel May (28-0-0-0)
15 Adam Leitch (24-0-3-3)
25 Tristan Serrao (19-0-3-3)
28 Ricards Landmanis (28-2-4-6)
94 Zack Whittaker (28-1-9-10)

Arrivals
2 Riley Joslin - Wisconsin Windigo (NAHL)
4 Quinn Abbott - Camrose (AJHL)
20 Nicco Camazzola - Simon Fraser (Indy/NCAA2)
-- Jackson Foster - Portage College (ACAC)

The good news is that Trinity is losing just four skaters, two defencemen. And those two defencemen had ZERO points last year.  So their defence should be at least as good as it was a year ago. Problem is, they gave up 144 goals in 28 regular season games last year. That was last in the CW.

Forwards (20)
Returning
7 Matteo Lamoureux (25-3-2-5)
10 Lleyton Shearon (28-2-3-5
11 Matthias Bessey (27-1-4-5)
17 Artem Hrabovetskyi (26-8-8-16)
19 Mikhailo Simchuk (28-16-14-30)
21 Cyprus Davis (18-0-2-2)
22 Damiano Metastasio (17-1-0-1)
23 Yuji Akimoto (2024-25: 8-0-3-3)
24 Danylo Korzhyletskyi (10-4-11-15)
26 Nathan Ayotte (15-0-0-0)
27 Connor Farren (27-4-5-9)
44 McLaren Paulsen (15-0-2-2)
91 Christian Lowe (26-11-19-30)
93 Aiden Knutson (28-8-2-10)

Arrivals
9 Jacksenn Hungle - Calgary (CW)
16 Matthew Edwards - Melville (SJHL)
18 Brayden Sinclair - Trail (BCHL)
-- Cody Walker - Lebanon Valley (NCAA3), Birmingham (SPHL)
-- John Desabrais - Williams Lake (KIJHL)
-- Nabeel Moledina - Langley (PIJHL)

The two forwards they lost were 4th and 9th in team scoring. The roster they have posted could be just a training camp roster because it includes 34 names and several players have not been assigned numbers. This squad has three forwards who were better than a point-per-game. Lowe, Simchuk, and Korzhyletskyi are blue-chip players by any measure. It is not unreasonable to think that the other 11 returnees will collectively surpass last year's scoring totals. They also got Hungle to ditch the Dinos and move west.

The Elite Prospects list of recruits for 2026-27 includes just six names, with Brayden Sinclair being new. The players whose numbers were not posted on July 14, 2026 are:

Brayden Sinclair - C - Trail (BCHL) [prior: Cowichan & Merritt (BCHL), Battlefords (SJHL)]
Link: Brayden Sinclair - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
BCHL: 97 GP, 25 G, 28 A, 53 Pts
SJHL: 41 GP, 16 G, 24 A, 40 Pts

Nicco Camazzola - D - Simon Fraser (Indy/NCAA2) [prior: Drayton Valley (AJHL), Tri-City & Vancouver (WHL)
Link: Nicco Camazzola - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
WHL: 107 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 Pts.
Indy: 24 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 Pts
AJHL: 19 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 4 Pts

Cody Walker - F - Lebanon Valley (NCAA3) & Birmingham (SPHL) [prior: Albertus Magnus (NCAA3), Express (EHL), Hearst (NOJHL)]
Link: Cody Walker - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
SPHL: 8 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pts
NCAA3: 23 GP, 5 G, 10 A, 15 Pts
NOJHL: 85 GP, 19 G, 27 A, 46 Pts
EHL: 44 GP, 26 G, 33 A, 59 Pts

Jackson Foster - F - Portage College (ACAC) [prior: Merritt (KIJHL), Waywat (MJHL), LaRonge (SJHL)]
Link: Jackson Foster - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
ACAC: 24 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts
MJHL: 7 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts
SJHL: 19 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pts
KIJHL: 41 GP, 1 G, 8 A, 9 Pts

Jacksenn Hungle - F - Calgary (CW) [prior: Victoria & Merritt (BCHL)]
Link: Jacksenn Hungle - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
CW: 10 GP, 1 G, 3 A, 4 Pts
BCHL: 150 GP, 32 G, 33 A, 65 Pts

John (J.P.) Desabrais - F - Williams Lake (KIJHL) [prior: Grand Forks (KIJHL)]
Link: JP Desabrais - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
KIJHL: 131 GP, 72 G, 94 A, 166 Pts

Nabeel Moledina - F - Langley (PIJHL) [prior: White Rock & Surrey (PIJHL)]
Link: Nabeel Moledina - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
PIJHL: 163 GP, 29 G, 49 A, 78 Pts

Links:
➤ Trinity Western: Roster Page
➤ Elite Prospects: Trinity Western Page