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The Winnipeg Jets signed left-wingers Tanner Pearson and Cole Koepke to matching one-year deals for US$1 million on the opening day of NHL free agency. Pearson will turn 33 in August and is coming off a 12-goal, 15-assist, 27-point performance in 78 games with Vegas during the 2024-25 season, his 12th in the National Hockey…
After the selection of 18-year-old defenceman Sascha Boumedienne with the 28th overall selection during Friday night’s first round of the NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, the Winnipeg Jets kicked off Day Two on Saturday by signing pending unrestricted free agent blueliner Haydn Fleury to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of…
LOS ANGELES – Simon Wang is still only 17 years old. The journey that brought him to Peacock Theater on Saturday morning had already been long and winding. Then he made history. The San Jose Sharks chose the defenceman from the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals with the first pick of the NHL draft’s second…
Two veterans led the way Thursday night to keep the Bombers perfect start to the season going. Zach Collaros had four total touchdowns, throwing for three and rushing for one, while Nic Demski caught two touchdown passes as the Bombers moved to 3-0 on the season with a 36-23 win over the Edmonton Elks in…
The Winnipeg Jets, like every other team, will be making their selections from afar this year. The two-day NHL Draft starts on Friday and the league changed up the draft format as teams won’t make their picks in person and will instead make their selections virtually like they did during the COVID years. With the…
What a difference a year makes for the Blue Bombers. At this time last season, the CFL team was on its way to opening with a four-game losing streak and didn’t pick up its second victory until the sixth game. On the eve of hosting the winless Edmonton Elks on Thursday, Winnipeg is 2-0 out…
Winnipeg is a strong football market, the CFL’s commissioner says, but the host of this year’s Grey Cup is an outlier when it comes to other cities in the league. Stewart Johnston told Global Winnipeg that while television ratings, game-day revenue and attendance are all up across the board for the league, it’s not all…
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be without the CFL’s most outstanding player for a second straight game, while one of their top receivers is questionable to play against the still-winless Edmonton Elks on Thursday. Running back Brady Oliveira missed Tuesday’s practice and has already been ruled out for the week four matchup with a shoulder…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg Blue Bombers made a number of moves as they returned to the practice field for the first time since their season-opening victory. The Bombers released one of their big free agent signings in receiver Reggie White Jr. and signed long snapper Ian Leroux to the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s been 27 days since the Winnipeg Jets’ season ended. That was the day of Game 6 against Dallas. Who can forget everything that surrounded that last game, including the heroic appearance of Mark Scheifele, whose father died in the early hours of that Saturday? And now,…
