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BRONZE AT WHL CUP
City Americans in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft.
After a final round-robin record of 1-2-0 the
Serving as assistant captains were Seth Jarvis head-to-head tiebreaker with Saskatchewan
(Winnipeg, MB) and Dameon Hunt (Brandon, MB). forced Manitoba into 4th place and a semi-final
Team Manitoba started the tournament with
rematch with Alberta. In the semi-final game
a solid team victory over BC in a shootout, Alberta came out to a hot start and Manitoba
displaying solid attention to details and a full effort did not recover despite a strong effort the depth
for sixty-five minutes. After a strong showing of the opponent shown through with a 7-1 loss.
in game one, Manitoba started off slow versus After a loss in their respective semi-final against
Saskatchewan and despite adjustments were BC, Saskatchewan would face Manitoba for the
unable to recover falling in a 4-3. The team’s Bronze. Despite outplaying Saskatchewan much
last round-robin game was likely their best of the game the score remained tight until the final
throughout the event playing the touted Alberta seconds when Manitoba was able to stave off the
squad who outscored opponents 14-5 in their extra attacker and score an empty net goal for the
first two games. With another game showcasing 4-2 victory.
commitment to the details and team play,
After a strong two-way performance, Daemon
Manitoba’s efforts gave Alberta a scare but came Hunt (Brandon, MB) was named as a WHL Cup All-
up just short in a 4-3 loss. Star, the lone Manitoban on that list.
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