St. James, Beausejour, the Blizzard and Balmoral Hall Off to Near-Flawless Starts

Jayden Ward has been sensational, Chloe Nicholas is red-hot, Keestin Danielson and Jackson Kostiuk are the Jr. B stars and the RINK’s Andrew Wilkinson is stopping almost every shot he sees. We are well into the 2026-27 Manitoba hockey season.

Game On Hockey Brief — October 19–25

St. James extended its MMJHL winning streak to eight, Polar Ice retained the MWJHL lead, and RINK Winnipeg’s U17 groups delivered the strongest CSSHL results. Public reporting remains unreliable in the CRJHL, KJHL and MFHL U18 AAA.

• Standings: St. James is 10-1 with 20 points—six ahead of St. Boniface—after edging the Raiders 5-4 Sunday for its eighth consecutive victory. River East and the Twins share third with 11 points.
• Other Sunday results: St. Boniface beat River East 6-5 in overtime; Charleswood defeated Transcona 5-2; Pembina Valley routed St. Vital 7-1.
• Player watch: St. James’ Jayden Ward leads with 27 points. Teammates Rhylan Baxter and Cole Robertson are among the top five; Robertson scored twice Sunday and now has a league-best 11 goals.

Jayden Ward (18) of the St. James Canucks (Photo by Dave Willson)

Source: MMJHL results, standings and leaders. Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League

CRJHL

Jackson Kostiuk, Beausejour Comets (Photo by Rayme Thompson)

Source: CRJHL official site.

• Battle at the Top: It’s a real battle at the top of the KJHL. The Peguis Juniors are in top with a 5-3-0 mark in eight games while the OCN Storm are 4-1-1 after six games and Cross Lake is 4-3-1 after eight outings.
• Big Scorers: Keestin Danielson of OCN has the scoring lead with 13 goals and 25 points in just six games. Darian Sinclair of Peguis is next with 11 goals and 24 points in eight games while Shaden Duliak of OCN is next with nine goals and 24 points in six games.
• Feature angle: “Keeping the numbers” — the volunteers responsible for scorekeeping, statistics and communications in northern Junior B hockey.
• Editorial action: Confirm the week’s results and standings directly with the KJHL before publication.

Source: KJHL official site.

MWJHL

• Standings: Polar Ice leads at 7-1-1 with 15 points. Manitoba Blizzard remains unbeaten in regulation at 6-0-1 and sits two points back with two games in hand. Silvertips and Northern Stars share third at 10 points.
• Verified results: Polar Ice defeated the Grey Owls 5-3 on October 23. The standings also show Silvertips on a three-game winning streak and Blizzard on a three-game run; some weekend box scores had not populated in the public schedule.
• Player watch: Silvertips star Chloe Nicholas leads all scorers with six goals and 21 points while veteran Maisie Duffin of Polar Ice is next with eight goals and 19 points. Raya Hrankowski of Silvertips has five goals and 19 points while Taylor Audette of Silvertips has 10 goals and 13 points.
• Goaltending: Blizzard’s Sofia Lund owns a .967 save percentage and 1.00 goals-against average. Polar’s Victoria Johnson is at .962 and 1.00.
• Feature angle: “Pressure without a loss” — how Manitoba Blizzard is managing its unbeaten-regulation start while chasing Polar Ice with games in hand.

Source: MWJHL results, standings and leaders. themwjhl.ca

MFHL U18 AAA

CSSHL — Manitoba programs

RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg

• U17 Prep: Beat Notre Dame 4-1 Friday and 4-3 in a shootout Saturday. Max Sanders scored twice in 31 seconds Friday; Grayson Speirs scored the late equalizer Saturday.
• U17: Swept its weekend, beating Indigenous Sports Academy 5-1 and 4-2 before defeating Notre Dame 6-2. Julien Crook finished the weekend with four goals and five points; Andrew Wilkinson stopped 40 of 41 shots Friday.
• U18 Prep: Rallied from 3-0 down to tie Calgary International before losing, then fell 6-1 to South Alberta on Sunday. Noah Hawkins made 36 saves in the finale.
• Feature angle: RINK’s two U17 teams found momentum simultaneously—what changed after difficult early-October results?

Pilot Mound Hockey Academy

• U17 Prep: Beat North Shore 6-2, supplying the program’s best result of the week.
• Women’s U18 Prep: Lost 10-1 to South Alberta, 5-3 to Calgary International and 5-0 to Edge. Gracie Bray scored her fourth of the season while helping Pilot Mound build a 3-1 lead over Calgary before the comeback.
• U18 Prep: Lost 7-3 to Calgary International and 5-2 to South Alberta. Maddox Ramage scored both goals Saturday despite Pilot Mound being outshot 67-23.
• Team storyline: Pilot Mound endured a difficult weekend, but the U17 Prep victory and competitive stretches from its other teams offer useful evidence of where development is occurring.
• Feature angle: “Learning under fire” — how Pilot Mound’s coaches develop confidence and structure while facing heavily tilted shot totals.

Balmoral Hall

Best immediate Game On Stories: St. James’ four-headed scoring machine, the simultaneous surge by RINK Winnipeg’s U17 teams and Manitoba Blizzard’s unbeaten-regulation pursuit of Polar Ice.