– The Brandon Wheat Kings look to keep their momentum going when they host the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday night (7:00 p.m., Westman Communications Group Place). The Wheat Kings snapped an eight-game winless streak Saturday with a 7-4 home-ice win over the Moose Jaw Warriors. From a lineup standpoint, the Wheat Kings should be much better off Wednesday as well. Defenceman Colton Waltz returns after serving his three-game suspension while Richard Nejezchleb and Rene Hunter are also expected to return from injury. In fact, only Peter Quenneville was on the sidelines for practice on Tuesday, with the 19-year old listed as week-to-week with a lower body injury. For more on the Wheat Kings, visit Bruce Luebke’s blog at http://luberslounge.blogspot.ca/
– Wawanesa product Jordan Thomson is set to suit for the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades, at least temporarily. Thomson will join the Blades this week and is scheduled to play three games with them this weekend including Saturday’s game against Brandon. The 17-year old decided not to join Saskatoon after the Blades acquired his rights from Kamloops on January 8th. He has been playing with the MJHL’s Dauphin Kings.
– Hudson Morrison had two goals and an assist to pace the Dauphin Kings to a 5-2 victory over the Virden Oil Capitals in MJHL action Tuesday night. Ben Williams and Lucas Oliver scored the goals for the Oil Caps. Virden has lost three straight and nine of their 13 games in February.
– Carberry’s Braden Calvert and his Deer Lodge Curling Club team opened the World Junior Curling Championship in Switzerland Wednesday morning with an 8-6 loss to Russia. It was a back-and-forth game with Russia scoring three points in the tenth end to pick up the victory. Calvert will play Sweden in his second game Wednesday (1:00 p.m. CST).
– Canada’s gold medal women’s curlers are continuing to bask in the Olympic spotlight after returning home to Winnipeg. Mayor Sam Katz announced Tuesday the city will recognize the team led by skip Jennifer Jones by naming a street after them, though only in an honorary fashion so as not to create an extra expense for local businesses. Regal Avenue, the street where the St. Vital Curling Club is located, will now be known as Honorary Team Jones Way. They will also be presented with City of Winnipeg Outstanding Achievement Award Medallions, an honour bestowed upon all winners of Olympic gold medals who are based in or live in Winnipeg. In addition, the team will present a trophy at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg on March 30.
– The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have bolstered their defence with some local talent. The Bombers have signed defensive back and Winnipeg native Donovan Alexander. He spent the last three seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos, recording 121 defensive tackles. Prior to that, he went to back-to-back Grey Cups with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2009 and 2010.
– As part of a new look for the 2014 season, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of Minor League Baseball have unveiled some new additions to their on-field hat and uniform repertoire — and they aren’t just designed to look cool. One of the new additions, the Bacon Strip ‘Smell’ Tee, actually smells like bacon and it will supposedly maintain its pungent aroma for up to 10-15 washes. The IronPigs are based in Allentown, Penn. The "Smell The Change" campaign also outfits the IronPigs with caps that feature a bacon strip logo and pants that are stitched with ‘bacon-style piping’ down both legs.
