WHSHL releases regular season schedule

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Published on Saturday, October 14, 2017

Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press

The continuation of a long standing rivalry opens up the Westman High School Hockey League’s (WHSHL) regular season.

The league has announced the 2017-2018 schedule and has confirmed that the Neepawa Tigers and Minnedosa Chancellors will play on Friday, Oct. 20, in the lone game of opening night. The showdown of Highway 16 rivals will take place at the Minnedosa Arena and begin at 8:30 p.m. The Tigers return to the ice on Sunday, Oct. 22 to challenge Killarney at the Shamrock Centre. Neepawa’s home opener, meanwhile, will be on Sunday, Nov. 5 versus the Vincent Massey Vikings. The majority of clubs in the 19 team league will begin their seasons on Friday, Nov. 3,with six games on the schedule.

As for the divisional lineup, the WHSHL will be split into three divisions (North, East and West). The North Division consists of Dauphin, Major Pratt (Russell), McCreary, Roblin, Sandy Bay and Swan River. The East will house Crocus, Boissevain, GBC (Gleboro-Baldur-Carberry), Killarney, Minnedosa and Neepawa. As for the West, Deloraine, Hamiota, Rivers, Reston, Souris, Vincent Massey and Virden will comprise that division.

It was also recently announced that the annual All-Star game has been cancelled. The reason for the decision is the difficulty of scheduling the game to accommodate playoff dates. First and second team all-stars will still be announced, with those players being presented with an award before the playoffs.