KLEYSEN COMMITS TO
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY
Winnipeg’s Stephen Kleysen,
featured in the November issue of
Game On Magazine, has committed to
the Niagara University Purple Eagles
for the 2018-19 season.
Kleysen, 20, who plays for the
BCHL’s West Kelowna Warriors had
nine goals and 33 points to go along
with 56 penalty minutes in 73 games
in the BCHL. The 6-foot, 190-pound
defenseman got off to a strong start
this season. He has three goals and 10
points in his first 15 games.
“I would like to thank my parents
who have been the back bone of my
hockey career,” said Kleysen, a client
of Winnipeg’s Brain Coach, Robert
Broten. “They have always supported
me, pushing me to be the best that I
can be.”
Jordy Stallard at the Jets camp
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Ashton Bell with Team Canada
THE NOTEBOOK
Former St. Mary’s Academy star
defenseman K.K. Thiessen is off
to a great start as a freshman at
Mercyhurst University. She’s played
in all 12 games for the Lakers this
season and scored her first NCAA
Division 1 goal against Colgate on Oct.
20… The University of Minnesota-
Duluth has three Manitobans on its
women’s varsity hockey roster this
season – Ashton Bell from Deloraine
(the captain of Canada’s U-18 women’s
team), Jalyn Elmes from Brandon and
Ryleigh Houston from Winnipeg. All
three have played all 13 games. Bell
is second in team scoring with six
goals and nine points, Elmes is third
with three goals and eight points and
Houston is sixth with five assists…
The tip goaltender in the Western
Hockey League through Nov. 15 was
Altona, Manitoba’s Cole Kehler of the
Portland Winterhawks. Kehler, who
attended the Jets development camp
this year, had a goals against average
of 2.08... There are three Manitobans
in the Top 10 in scoring in the WHL
(through Nov. 15) Brandon’s Ty Lewis
(Brandon Wheat Kings) was sixth
with nine goals and 31 points in 18
games, Brandon’s Jordy Stallard (a
Jets draft pick with the Prince Albert
Raiders) was seventh with 13 goals
and 30 points and Winnipeg’s Cody
Glass of the Portland Winterhawks
was 10th with goals and 28 points
The Winkler Flyers recently honored
their head coach, Ken Pearson, for
reaching a major milestone. The pride
of Neepawa, recorded his 500th
victory as a coach in the Manitoba
Junior Hockey League. The former
player and assistant with the Neepawa
Natives, back in the 90s, has the Flyers
near the top of the MJHL standings
after the first third of the season…
The MJHL announced its coaching
staffs for the MJHL/SJHL Showcase
in Regina on Jan. 15 and 16. MJHL
Team 1 (20 and under) will have
OCN’s Doug Hedley with Neepawa’s
Dustin Howden. MJHL Team 2 (20
and under) will have Winkler’s Ken
Pearson with his own assistant, Steve
Mullin. And MJHL Team 1 (18 and
under) will feature Steinbach’s Paul
Dyck with Virden’s Troy Leslie…
Jennifer Fleming, the wife of the
late U of M and NHL coach Wayne
Fleming, flew into Winnipeg last
month to hand out the 2017 Fleming
Family Hockey Coach Scholarship.
This year’s recipient is University of
Manitoba Bisons’ captain Brett Stovin.
Stovin, 23, has been a certified coach
for eight years. The $1,200 scholarship
will be applied to his U of M tuition…
St. Mary’s Academy Grade 12 student,
Hailey Karbonik, a member of the
Flames prep team, has committed to
play for the University of Ottawa Gee
Gees in the fall of 2018…