Wheat Kings win first U17 title
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For the first time ever, the Brandon Wheat Kings are champions of the Winnipeg Hockey League U17 AAA.
On Saturday afternoon at J&G Homes Arena, the Wheat Kings received goals from Grayson Rome, Karter Hermenegildo, Denzel Monias and Ashton Shields along with 26 saves from Carter Krahn as they beat the visiting Eastman Selects 4-1 to sweep the best-of-five league final.
Kipton Slaney made 21 saves for Eastman.
The Brandon Wheat Kings celebrate a goal by Ashton Shields in the third period to put them up 4-1 during Game 3 of the Winnipeg Hockey League U17 AAA final on Saturday afternoon at J&G Homes Arena. Brandon swept the series to win the city’s first U17 championship. Eastman Selects goaltender Kipton Slaney (31) is in the foreground. (Perry Bergson/The Brandon Sun)
Match 21, 2026
Brandon won the earlier games 4-3 and 3-2. They went 9-2 in the playoffs, beating the Winnipeg Wild and Winnipeg Bruins en route to the final.
The Wheat Kings finished third in the regular season with a record of 26 wins, five losses, one overtime loss and four ties. The Selects (31-3-2-0) and Bruins (28-6-0-2) both finished ahead of them.
Brandon’s championship roster included goalies Krahn and Zayden Munro, defencemen Rome, Hermenegildo, Colin Melnyk, Ty Cowan, Max Roberts and Landon Redfern, and forwards Monias, Shields, Ty Aldcroft, Jaxon Deg, Carson Fowler, Brayden Watt, Soren Milne, Etienne Visser, William Marvin, Cashton Chastellaine, Ethan Chen and Luke Krieser. Sully Taylor and Vaughn McLeod also both skated in one game as callups.
The Brandon Sun will have a complete story on the championship squad in an upcoming edition.
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