2026-27 MANITOBA BISONS/USPORTS HOCKEY

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October 30, 2026: HERD TAKES FOURTH IN A ROW

 
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 1
MANITOBA BISONS 4

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞  Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ TWU: Spartans Fall to Bisons in Winnipeg (with boxscore)
➤ UofM: Bisons continue strong start with 4-1 win over Spartans  (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: Z. Whittaker  (03:19 1st)
Man: G. Lane  (10:34 1st) , E. Pastro  (16:09 1st) , L. Brennan  (07:06 2nd) , D. Pasternak  (11:38 2nd)
Goal: TWU: Audet (41 shots, 37 saves), Man: Holt (37 shots, 36 saves)

Holy Trinity scored first, on their second shot of the game, then it was all-Bisons. The game got a little chippy after a while, and ultimately it was the powerplay that made the difference (the Bisons were 3-for-7, the Spartans were 0-for-2).

Here's how they lined up:

MANITOBA
Goal:
31 Holt (30 Kieper)

Defence:
4 Bonni - 6 Coyle
8 Toth - 3 Borschowa
27 Turner - 28 Longo

Forwards:
21 Pasternak - 11 Purdom - 17 Bruce
23 Lane - 20 Zaplitny - 24 Brennan
22 Willick - 13 Pastro - 19 Funk
16 Lodoen - 29 Wheddon

Scratches:
F: 9 Alarie - 15 McAllister - 18 Chastko
G: 34 Perreault

TRINITY WESTERN
Goal:
35 Audet (90 Bacovsky)

Defence:
28 Landmanis - 2 Joslin
20 Camaazzola - 94 Whittaker
8 May - 15 Leitch

Forwards:
24 Korzhyletskyi - 19 Simchuk - 17 Hrabovetskyi
91 Lowe - 27 Farren - 43 Schmidt
9 Hungle - 7 Lamoureux - 16 Edwards
93 Knutson - 10 Shearon - 11 Bessey

Scratches:
G: 1 Capton - 31 Savage
D: 4 Abbott - 5 Easton - 6 Wruck
D: 12 Foster - 25 Serrao
F: 14 Moledina - 18 Sinclair - 21 Davis
F: 22 Metastasio - 26 Ayotte - 44 Paulsen - 77 Desabrais

The first major note on the lineups is that the Bisons were one man short. Eric Alarie joined fellow forwards Teague McAllister and Nolan Chastko in the press box. Justin Perreault, as the 3rd string goaltender, is always up there as well. There were also five players there, so somebody new could be coming in. So the Bisons had 10 forwards and seven defencemen dressed, and once again used Tanner Willick up front instead of on defence.

Shortage of bodies is not an issue with Holy Trinity. They have a 34-man roster!

The 2nd period is what did it for the Bisons. They outscored the Spartans 2-0 (both on the powerplay), outshot them 15-6, and all four penalties were assessed upon TWU.

The shot clock (in my opinion) was overstated in the 3rd period (officially, 20-13 in favour of Trinity). The Bisons seemed to just want to run down the clock, hold onto their commanding lead, and get ready for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Bisons responded to some chippiness but otherwise seemed satisfied to mail it in.


(Lucas Brennan scored for the Bisons.)


(Trinity uploaded a picture of Raphael Audet's save on Tanner Willick.)

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD


ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre  
➤ UofA:  Team Website
➤ MRU: MHKY: Cougars overcome lengthy delay to beat Golden Bears (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: A. Thacker  (17:53 1st) , H. Lolacher  (18:57 1st) , A. Hutchinson  (01:00 2nd)
MRU: B. Singleton  (05:21 1st) , V. Watterodt  (08:24 1st) , C. Bouchard  (15:23 2nd) , H. Ahlberg  (07:57 3rd) , C. Kemkaran-Humble  (19:17 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Langkow (18 shots, 14 saves), MRU: Zahara (27 shots, 24 saves)

I was wondering why a game that started at 8:00 CDT (same as MacEwan v Calgary) was so far behind. Well, the Evil Monkeys had no jerseys! Here's a clip from the Bluegars' report:

In a night that saw a 43-minute delay, one team forgetting their jerseys at home and 16 combined minor penalties, a hockey game somehow broke out and the Mount Royal University Cougars men's hockey team downed the University of Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5-3 on Friday evening.

Before the game had even started the Golden Bears were forced to scramble for some yellow practice jerseys in a closet deep in Flames Community Arenas. They dawned bright yellow sweaters that read "Western Elite Hockey" across the central emblem. Good enough for a game against the navy-wearing Mount Royal Cougars.

I got home from the Bison game when the Monkeys were leading 3-2. I wondered what this new jersey was all about. They also had generic white socks! Their usual away jersey this year was white with their monkey logo. However, they have had yellow 3rd jerseys in the past. I'd like to get a good picture of tonight's jersey. I spent a long time trying to find out what this was all about.

The Bluegars are now 1st in the Alberta Division, despite not looking particularly impressive thus far. This was a streaky game. The Bluegars built a 2-0 lead in the 1st period, the Monkeys took a 3-2 lead early in the 2nd period, then three unanswered MRU goals ended it. Powerplays were key here. MRU was 3-for-6, Alberta was 2-for-7. There was an empty-netter, thus leaving each side with one even-strength goal.

I am betting that the Monkeys will have official jerseys when the scene shifts to Edmontown on Saturday.



MACEWAN GRIFFINS 3
CALGARY DINOSAURS 1

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre  
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofC (late preview):  Dino Tracks: Oct, 28- Nov, 4 2026
➤ UofC: Dinos fall 3-1 to Griffins after slow start (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MacU: E. Sundar  (10:56 1st) , S. Simard  (07:00 2nd) , J. Parker  (18:58 3rd)
Calg: R. Gannon  (03:25 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Ironside (28 shots, 27 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (20 shots, 18 saves)

On a night where jerseys are a story, Go Dinos uploaded a picture which displays a new away jersey for The Family Guys. They just got a new logo last year, and it appears that this one is stylized for the hockey team. Their white jersey used to be a circle with their logo shrunken to fit. (I don't care for that look.) I wonder if their home jersey will follow suit. I hope so, this is sharp.


In this one, Bedrock U held to three shots in the 2nd period, and Mac U was held to two shots in the 3rd period. This is a big win for The Family Guys, as it vaults them into 2nd place in the Alberta Division. I have a sense now that the four teams in Alberta will fight tooth-and-nail all season.



SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre  
➤ UofS: Landon Kosior Named to Team Canada Roster for Changchun 2027
➤ Huskie Fan: Quick start propels Huskies to victory over Thunderbirds  
➤ UBC (late preview):  Battle lines drawn between two top five contenders as T-Birds host Huskies
➤ UBC: Huskies down Thunderbirds in Friday night showdown (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Sask: C. Stebbings  (02:01 1st) , L. Bairos  (06:59 1st) , L. Bairos  (10:27 1st) , L. Keeler  (02:23 2nd) , R. Pelletier  (12:03 2nd) , T. Parr  (19:59 3rd)
UBC: Z. Nicholson  (18:29 1st) , T. Thorpe  (08:01 2nd) , J. Williams  (18:20 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Maier (34 shots, 31 saves), UBC: Schwebius (27 shots, 22 saves)

This was part of a unique triple-header, since Sask and UBC played simultaneously in hockey, football, and volleyball. The football game was for first place in the CW, and UBC won. Here, however, they were not really in this game from the start. The Banjo-Mutts outshot the T-irds 16-5 in the 1st period, en route to a 3-1 lead. It was then 5-2 after the 2nd period and the Mutts were playing run-out-the-clock in the 3rd. It took UBC over 18 minutes to make it 5-3, then an empty-netter wrapped it up.

This makes Sask 6-1-0 and keeps them two points ahead of the Bisons. UBC is now 3-2-0 and now needs a win on Saturday to stay in contention for 1st place.


NEXT UP
Sat Oct 31 Trinity Western at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saskatchewan at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Calgary at MacEwan 5:00 MDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Bye: Regina


OUT EAST


Thu Oct 29 R.M.C. 0 Ottawa 7
Thu Oct 29 Toronto 1 Brock 2 (ot)
Thu Oct 29 Lakehead 2 Toronto Metropolitan 5
Thu Oct 29 Western Ontario 2 Laurier 0
Fri Oct 30 McGill 1 Ontario Tech 2
Fri Oct 30 Lakehead 3 Toronto Metropolitan 2 (so)
Fri Oct 30 Nipissing 3 U.Q.T.R. 0
Fri Oct 30 Windsor 4 Waterloo 3
Fri Oct 30 Concordia 3 Queen's 4 (so)
Fri Oct 30 York 3 Guelph 2 (ot)
Sat Oct 31 McGill at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT/2:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Concordia at Carleton 5:00 EDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Western Ontario at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Toronto at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sat Oct 31 York at Windsor 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sun Nov 01 Queen's at Ottawa 3:00 EST/CDT
Sun Nov 01 R.M.C. at Carleton 7:00 EST/CDT


Fri Oct 30 St. F.X. 1 New Brunswick 6
Fri Oct 30 Dalhousie 4 Moncton 2
Fri Oct 30 Acadia 2 U.P.E.I. 4
Sat Oct 31 St. F.X. at Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saint Mary's at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Dalhousie at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST


Fri Oct 30 Red Deer Poly 3 N.A.I.T. 5
Fri Oct 30 Concordia-Edmonton 10 S.A.I.T. 8
Fri Oct 30 Briercrest College 6 UA-Augustana 1
Sat Oct 31 Briercrest College at UA-Augustana 2:00 MDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 N.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 S.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT


Fri Oct 30 Thompson Rivers 6 Simon Fraser 4
Fri Oct 30 Vancouver Island 5 Victoria 3
Sat Oct 31 Thompson Rivers at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:15 PDT/9:15 CDT 

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube  

[Hollywood]

October 31, 2026: BISONS TRICK OR TREAT AS A TEAM ON 5-GAME WINNING STREAK

 
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞  Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ TWU: Spartans' Late Push Falls Short Against Bisons (with boxscore)
➤ UofM: Bisons improve to 6-2 with weekend sweep over TWU  

Quick Summary
TWU: M. Simchuk  (11:04 1st) , C. Farren  (19:29 3rd)
Man: D. Pasternak  (13:12 1st) , D. Pasternak  (15:22 1st) , S. Bruce  (13:24 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Bacovsky (37 shots, 34 saves), Man: Kieper (32 shots, 30 saves)

The Bisons make it five in a row, and that has not happened for a long time. Combined with the results from elsewhere, the odds of them not only qualifying for playoffs, but hosting a playoff series, have increased greatly.

Line-up-wise, things were mostly the same as on Friday.

For the Bisons, Matthew Kieper rotated into the net, as is usual. Eric Alarie returned to the line-up, hence they had a full 20 dressed. This prompted a rotation on the left wing. Alarie was with Pastro and Funk, Willick with Lodoen and Wheddon, Pasternak with Zaplitny and Wheddon, and Lane with Purdom and Bruce. However, Joel Purdom did not play after a few early shifts. At least not that I noticed. Bruce and Lane continued to play together with assorted linemates, and they killed penalties and were on the powerplay. Thus, the Herd was back to a 19-man line-up for the bulk of the game.

For the Spartans, Landmanis was scratched from the blueline, and they dressed an extra forward, #21 Cyprus Davis. Their alignment was altered somewhat in that Christian Lowe replaced Artem Hrabovetskyi on the Ukrainian line.

Once again, Holy Trinity opened the scoring but the Bison powerplay turned things around. Dawson Pasternak's scored his 4th and 5th goals of the season about two minutes apart.

The 2nd period was fairly uneventful, with no goals and much sloppy play by the Bisons. This culminated with a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty late in the period.

In the 3rd period, Skyler Bruce scored his 6th of the season for what proved to be the winner. The Bisons nursed the 2-goal lead until Trinity registered a powerplay goal with 31 seconds left. There was a brouhaha after the final whistle. Holy Trinity is generally a fairly chippy team, and this game was not really different.

For reasons which really call for an explanation, the Bisons lose a home game against Regina next weekend. They want to have men's and women's teams in Virden on Saturday. The women were already scheduled to play in Regina. The men could have played at home Friday, then ventured out to Virden on Saturday. I'll address this later in the week. For those unaware, Virden is straight west of Winnipeg just inside the Manitoba/ Saskatchewan border.


(One of three Bison celebrations.)


(One of 30 saves by Matthew Kieper.)

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 3
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre  
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Bertholet beauty seals Huskies OT victory in Vancouver  
➤ UBC: 'Birds rally to force overtime but drop second straight to Huskies (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Sask: K. Sorensen  (11:34 1st) , A. Ferster  (15:36 1st) , C. Bertholet  (01:39 1st OT)
UBC: A. Fraser  (04:48 2nd) , J. Williams  (05:00 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Thomson (25 shots, 23 saves), UBC: Gee (29 shots, 26 saves)

This sweep, albeit a 4-1 on points sweep, places the T-irds in a difficult situation. They are now level with Regina at 3-2-1. That said, this was a good battle and could have gone either way. The Banjo-Mutts thus remain two points ahead of the Bisons in the race for first place.


CALGARY DINOSAURS 2
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 4

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre  
➤ UofC: Late goals lift MacEwan past Dinos (with boxscore)
➤ MacU (Friday late): Parker caps Griffins' revenge game win over Dinos with his first Canada West goal (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Calg: R. Gannon  (07:44 1st) ,  L. Hauer  (11:02 3rd)
MacU: K. Chabot  (01:22 1st) , K. Chabot  (01:05 3rd) , W. Erickson  (16:11 3rd) , M. Gauld  (18:56 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Pyne (23 shots, 20 saves), MacU: Onyskiw (34 shots, 32 saves)

MacEwan posted a story on Friday's game too late for me, and it is now linked.

During the CWTV broadcast, they pointed out that this was the Dinos' first loss at MacEwan since they entered the CW. This win came at a good time for The Family Guys. They entered the weekend level with the Dinos, now they lead them by a full four points. Could we see the Dinos and Evil Monkeys battling for a playoff berth? That would be something. They face each other next weekend.


 
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 0

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofA (Friday late): Mount Royal rallies past Golden Bears 5-3 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MRU: J. Lies  (00:23 2nd) , C. Bouchard  (19:12 3rd)
Alta: none
Goal: MRU: Zahara (25 shots, 25 saves), Alta: Lawczynski (24 shots, 23 saves)

I saw a good portion of this game. The first thing I noticed was that the Evil Monkeys had full uniforms! Their late post of a Friday game story is accompanied by a photo, which I have linked for posterity.

This was a very evenly-played game and, to coin a cliche, could have gone either way. The Alberta Division thus had a pair of sweeps which really shifts this division. The Evil Monkeys face the Dinos next week, and neither could survive another sweep.


(Here's what the Evil Monkeys looked like on Friday night, with borrowed practice jerseys and generic white socks.)

NEXT UP
Fri Nov 06 Trinity Western at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Manitoba at Regina 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 U.B.C. at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Alberta at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Bye: MacEwan

STANDINGS


OUT EAST


Sat Oct 31 McGill 1 Ontario Tech 4
Sat Oct 31 Nipissing 4 U.Q.T.R. 5 (ot)
Sat Oct 31 Western Ontario 4 Waterloo 3
Sat Oct 31 Guelph 4 Toronto 3
Sat Oct 31 York 1 Windsor 6
Sun Nov 01 Queen's Ottawa 3:00 EST/CDT
Sun Nov 01 Concordia Carleton 5:00 EST/CDT
Thu Nov 05 Concordia Ottawa 7:00 EST/CDT
Thu Nov 05 Guelph Windsor 7:30 EST/CDT

NOTE: The Concordia-Carleton game was moved from Saturday to Sunday and the RMC-Carleton game was moved from Sunday to Dec 5th.


Sat Oct 31 St. F.X. 6 Moncton 3
Sat Oct 31 Saint Mary's 3 U.P.E.I. 0
Sat Oct 31 Dalhousie 1 New Brunswick 4
Wed Nov 04 Dalhousie U.P.E.I. 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Moncton Saint Mary's 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 New Brunswick Acadia 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 U.P.E.I. St. F.X. 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST


Sat Oct 31 Briercrest College 4 UA-Augustana 0
Sat Oct 31 N.A.I.T. 0 Red Deer Poly 5
Sat Oct 31 S.A.I.T. 5 Concordia-Edmonton 4 (ot)
Wed Nov 04 Portage College at Concordia-Edmonton 8:15 MDT/9:15 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. 8:00 MDT/9:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 N.A.I.T. at Briercrest College 6:00 MDT/7:00 CDT


Sat Oct 31 Victoria 0 Vancouver Island 3
Sat Oct 31 Thompson Rivers 2 Okanagan 6
Fri Nov 06 Vancouver Island at Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Nov 07 Vancouver Island Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube